Crypto Crime Escalates With Kidnappings, Cons and Human Coercion May 21, 2026 By Suvashree Ghosh and Isabelle Lee After a year of kidnappings, assaults and armed home invasions targeting cryptocurrency holders, the industry is racing to harden its...
Few Foreign Ships Seen in Hormuz Amid Reports of Iran’s Insurance Plan May 19, 2026 By Prejula Prem and Julian Lee The Strait of Hormuz remains effectively closed to commercial shipping, with maritime traffic reduced to a trickle and dominated by...
Iran Starts Bitcoin-Backed Shipping Insurance for Hormuz Strait May 18, 2026 By Golnar Motevalli Iran has started a Bitcoin-backed insurance service for Iranian shipping companies that want to transit the Strait of Hormuz, the...
South Korea Crypto Exchange Bithumb Says System Flaws Led to $40 Billion Error February 11, 2026 By Jack Kim South Korea’s Bithumb said on Wednesday that serious flaws had left the crypto exchange’s internal system susceptible to potential sabotage...
Bitcoin’s Break Below $80,000 Signals New Crisis of Confidence February 2, 2026 By Sidhartha Shukla and Olga Kharif Price, relevance, conviction — Bitcoin is bleeding all three. The world’s largest cryptocurrency slipped below $76,000 in thin weekend trading,...
Crypto Money-Laundering Hit $82 Billion in 2025, Researchers Say January 30, 2026 By Elizabeth Howcroft Money launderers received at least $82 billion in cryptocurrencies last year, up sharply from $10 billion in 2020, driven in...
Hong Kong Plans New Crypto, Infrastructure Rules for Insurers December 22, 2025 By Echo Wong The Hong Kong Insurance Authority is proposing a slate of new rules to channel insurance capital into assets including cryptocurrencies...
Crypto Traders Seek Out Extra Security as Kidnappings Rise December 11, 2025 By Olivia Solon To maintain an edge in the volatile, non-stop world of cryptocurrency trading, it helps to be chronically online. Telegram, Discord...
Irish Regulator Fines Coinbase Europe 21.5 Million Euros Over Monitoring Failures November 7, 2025 Ireland’s central bank fined an Irish subsidiary of cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase Global 21.5 million euros ($25 million) on Thursday for...
G20 Risk Watchdog Warns of ‘Significant Gaps’ in Global Crypto Rules October 20, 2025 By Elizabeth Howcroft and Marc Jones There are “significant gaps” in countries’ attempts to regulate fast-growing crypto markets, which could potentially harm financial stability, the G20’s...