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Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin on March 1, 2025, criticized Roger Ver's possible sentence for alleged nonviolent tax offenses, calling the case politically motivated and disproportionate. Ethereum Co-Founder Vitalik...

Tether’s USDT has achieved the fastest deployment of a stablecoin on any blockchain, reaching $1.4 billion issued on TON in just ten months. This is according to data by Artemis and Ournetwork. As the largest stablecoi...

A House committee has moved to repeal the IRS' controversial "DeFi Broker Rule," arguing it would stifle innovation, overwhelm the agency with filings, and disadvantage U.S. crypto users. House Committee Blocks IRS DeFi ...

Michael Saylor met with U.S. lawmakers to push for a structured digital asset framework, aiming to position the U.S. as a global crypto leader. Michael Saylor Pushes for US Crypto Leadership in Congressional Talks Michae...

A new research paper published on Ethereum's community research forum proposes a decentralized system to replace Ethereum's centralized block-building model, eliminating maximal extractable value (MEV) risks while democr...

The change to the Ethereum Foundation followed months of complaints from the community that the project was headed in the wrong direction.

The week of Feb. 24 to 28 saw significant outflows from crypto ETFs, with bitcoin funds losing $2.61 billion and ether funds losing $335.35 million. A record single-day withdrawal of $1 billion from bitcoin ETFs on Feb. ...

Following February’s detection of 1,549.25 dormant bitcoins roused from cryptographic hibernation, three microtransactions—originating from wallets dormant for seven years and eight months—unveiled a colossal whale...

The Ethereum developer was also recently informally elected as head of the Ethereum Foundation in a non-official, non-binding vote.

A federal judge dismissed the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission's lawsuit against HEX founder Richard Heart on Feb. 28, 2025, ruling the agency lacked jurisdiction over his cryptocurrency projects. Federal Judge Di...

The addition of 1% to 2% allocation of its bitcoin ETF to its model portfolios by Blackrock signals growing institutional confidence in bitcoin, despite recent market turbulence. Blackrock Adds Bitcoin ETF to Model Portf...

Following the successful campaign to free Silk Road founder Ross Ulbricht, industry executives have turned their attention to Roger Ver.

North Korea’s Lazarus Group has been identified as the likely perpetrator of a $3.1 million cryptocurrency theft from a Tron user, according to onchain investigator ZachXBT, marking the latest exploit tied to the sanct...

The last time investor sentiment dropped to similar levels was a month after Bitcoin fell to $17,500 in 2022.

In February 2025, long-static bitcoin wallets redistributed 1,549.25 BTC—worth roughly $130.45 million at a current per-unit price of $84,202—signaling a smaller revival of inactive holdings compared to last month. F...

Memecoins are evolving into retail investor traps, with insider trading and rug pulls raising regulatory concerns, industry observers told Cointelegraph.

President Trump will host the first White House Crypto Summit on March 7, bringing together industry leaders to discuss regulations, stablecoins and Bitcoin reserve legislation.

Hubpay, a United Arab Emirates-based cross-border payments platform, has partnered with Aquanow, a digital asset infrastructure provider, to launch a regulated cryptocurrency payments facility for businesses in the Middl...

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman announced the release of GPT-4.5, the latest iteration of the company’s flagship artificial intelligence (AI) model. Altman warned that, while this was not a reasoning model and won’t crush benc...

A stealthy malware campaign is hijacking crypto wallets by embedding malicious code in fake open-source projects on Github, tricking developers into executing hidden payloads. Stealthy Malware on Github Is Hijacking Cryp...

A federal jury in Texas has convicted Randall V. Rule, 73, of laundering cryptocurrency linked to various fraud schemes, including romance scams and real estate fraud. Prosecutors revealed that Rule and co-conspirator Gr...

India’s CBI has seized cryptocurrencies worth approximately $2.8 million in raids across over 60 locations, uncovering key evidence in the Gainbitcoin scam. CBI Seizes Cryptocurrency in Gainbitcoin Scam Raids The Centr...