Czech police have reportedly arrested darknet marketplace founder Tomas Jirikovsky in connection with a $45 million Bitcoin donation that prompted the resignation of former Justice Minister Pavel Blazek earlier this year. Czech police intervened in the Bitcoin (BTC) donation case that led to Blazek’s resignation on Thursday. According to Chief State Prosecutor Radim Dragoun, authorities…
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Turkish cryptocurrency exchange BtcTurk has halted withdrawals amid reports suggesting that the platform has suffered a major loss of funds due to a hack. Cybersecurity firm Cyvers took to X on Thursday to report that it had detected $48 million worth of digital assets, including Ether (ETH), involved in unusual activity. “Our system detected multiple…
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BitGo, a US-regulated crypto custodian, will safeguard assets for Central Asia’s first spot Bitcoin exchange-traded fund (ETF), which debuted Wednesday on the Astana International Exchange in Kazakhstan. The Astana International Exchange (AIX), a stock exchange operating within the Astana International Financial Centre (AIFC) framework, announced the listing of the Fonte Bitcoin Exchange Traded Fund (BETF)…
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Cathie Wood’s investment company ARK Invest has returned to purchasing the shares of Jack Dorsey’s financial services firm Block after a prolonged sell-off. ARK snapped up 262,463 shares of Dorsey’s Block (XYZ) on Monday, according to a trade notification seen by Cointelegraph. With the stock closing at $73, the purchase is worth $19.2 million. Block…
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Michael Saylor’s Strategy, the world’s largest public holder of Bitcoin, has made its first BTC purchases in August, marking five years since adopting Bitcoin as a treasury asset. Strategy acquired 155 Bitcoin (BTC) for $18 million during the week ending Sunday, according to a US Securities and Exchange Commission filing on Monday. Strategy’s new Bitcoin…
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Cryptocurrency investment products posted gains last week, rebounding after the previous week had ended a record 15-week inflow streak totaling $27.8 billion. Global crypto exchange-traded products (ETPs) saw $572 million of inflows during the trading week ending Friday, the European crypto asset manager CoinShares reported on Monday. The inflows came amid Bitcoin (BTC) and Ether…
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The United Kingdom’s Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has lifted the ban on retail access to cryptocurrency exchange-traded notes (cETNs). Companies in the UK will soon be able to offer retail consumers cETNs, with regulatory changes effective from Oct. 8, 2025, according to an official FCA announcement on Friday. The new development in the UK’s regulatory…
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Billionaire investor Ray Dalio has said his final goodbye to Bridgewater Associates, a hedge fund giant he founded 50 years ago. Dalio has sold his last remaining stake in Bridgewater and stepped off its board, The Wall Street Journal reported on Thursday. After buying Dalio’s shares, Bridgewater reportedly issued new shares to the sovereign wealth…
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An employee of CoinDCX, a cryptocurrency exchange that was hacked for $44 million in mid-July, was arrested in India in connection with a security breach, according to multiple local reports. Bengaluru City police detained CoinDCX software engineer Rahul Agarwal after hackers allegedly managed to compromise his login credentials to siphon the exchange’s assets, The Times…
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The Indonesian government updated its tax policies for the crypto industry, raising levies on traders and miners while removing value-added tax (VAT) obligations for buyers. On Monday, Indonesia’s Ministry of Finance issued multiple regulatory updates, including regulations No. 50/2025 and No. 53/2025, which amend crypto tax rates and compliance requirements effective Aug. 1. An excerpt…
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