Opinion by: Michael Egorov, founder of Curve Finance The crypto world shifts its focus every few months, with headlines buzzing about AI, integrations, memecoins and grand Web3 visions. While the spotlight moves from trend to trend, a quieter, deeper transformation is taking place beneath the surface: the gradual birth of a new financial system built…
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A US federal appeals court has overturned the conviction of Nathaniel Chastain, a former OpenSea manager found guilty of wire fraud and money laundering for using insider information to trade non-fungible tokens. In a Thursday decision, the Second Circuit ruled that the jury was improperly instructed and could have convicted Chastain for unethical conduct rather…
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Naoris, a cybersecurity firm focused on safeguarding digital assets from quantum computing threats, is offering bounties to anyone who can break the encryption algorithms that secure major blockchain networks. In an announcement shared with Cointelegraph on Thursday, Naoris said it has set a bounty of $120,000 — equivalent to approximately one Bitcoin (BTC) — for…
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Bitcoin overtakes amazon in 2025 On July 14, 2025, Bitcoin crossed a historic threshold. Its price surged past $122,600, pushing its market capitalization to approximately $2.4 trillion — surpassing Amazon’s estimated $2.3 trillion. With that, Bitcoin officially joined the ranks of the top five most valuable assets on Earth. It wasn’t a slow burn. Bitcoin…
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Cryptocurrency is becoming a financial planning priority, with 99% of chief financial officers at billion-dollar firms expecting to use it for business in the long term, according to Deloitte’s Q2 2025 survey of CFOs. The survey, conducted among 200 CFOs at companies with over $1 billion in revenue, revealed that 23% expect their treasury departments…
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Corporate cryptocurrency treasuries are emerging as a new class of public companies bridging traditional finance and digital assets, signaling rising institutional interest in crypto. Corporate cryptocurrency treasury firms including Strategy, Metaplanet and SharpLink have collectively amassed $100 billion worth of digital assets, according to a Galaxy Research report released Thursday. Bitcoin (BTC) treasury firms hold…
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South Korea’s financial regulators plan to release guidelines on cryptocurrency lending services next month in an effort to tighten oversight and protect investors amid growing concerns over leveraged crypto products. The Financial Services Commission (FSC) and Financial Supervisory Service (FSS) on Thursday announced the formation of a joint task force to develop a regulatory framework…
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Coinbase has taken aim at the United Kingdom’s financial system in a darkly satirical video, which comes as data reveals an increase in financial hardship across the country. Titled “Everything is fine,” the video uses a musical tone and lyrics to brag about the UK’s strong finances while showing grim scenes of inflation, poverty, debt…
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The government of the Philippines announced that it will notarize its documents on the Polygon blockchain — on the same day that the network suffered a temporary outage. Maria Francesca Montes- Del Rosario, undersecretary at the Philippine Department of Budget and Management, announced in a Wednesday Facebook post that the government’s blockchain transparency is now…
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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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