A core Ethereum developer said he was hit by a cryptocurrency wallet drainer linked to a rogue code assistant, underscoring how even seasoned builders can be caught by increasingly polished scams.
Core Ethereum developer Zak Cole fell victim to a malicious artificial intelligence extension from

Bitcoin-focused investment company Metaplanet has surged nearly 190% year-to-date (YTD), leaving Japan’s largest and most liquid blue-chip companies in its wake
On Wednesday, Metaplanet released its earnings report for the second quarter of 2025. The report showed that the company’s YTD

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 Internati

Crypto venture capital firm Pantera Capital has invested $300 million into companies with crypto treasuries, predicting that their yields will be better than crypto exchange-traded funds (ETFs).
Pantera’s general partner, Cosmo Jiang, and content head, Erik Lowe, said on Tuesday that the firm

The US has seized servers, domain names, and around $1 million in crypto assets from the ransomware group BlackSuit.
The Justice Department said on Monday that multiple US and international law enforcement agencies conducted an

Social media chatter shows retail traders are in disbelief about Ether’s recent rally and are selling off their holdings to be scooped up by large crypto buyers, says the crypto sentiment-tracking platform Santiment.
“Traders have shown FUD [fear, uncertainty and doubt] and disbelief as the asset m

Ethereum core developer Federico Carrone said that he would contribute $500,000 to Roman Storm’s legal fund amid the Tornado Cash co-founder facing a potential retrial in New York.
In a Monday X post, Carrone said his experience in Turkey led to the decision to increase his donation to Storm

Two Estonian nationals who co-founded the cryptocurrency mining service HashFlare are scheduled to be sentenced on Thursday after pleading guilty to conspiracy to commit wire fraud as part of a plea deal with prosecutors.
In a Monday filing, US prosecutors pushed back against many of the claims

Pantera Capital’s adherence to the Bitcoin halving cycle enabled it to predict Bitcoin’s price with striking accuracy in 2022, underscoring how the asset’s supply schedule can influence valuations, even as skepticism about the cycles grows.
In November of that year, Pantera published a price

Roman Storm’s legal team and US prosecutors have agreed to extend procedural deadlines that could affect retrying the Tornado Cash co-founder on conspiracy to commit money laundering and conspiracy to violate sanctions.
In a Monday filing in the US District Court for the Southern District of New

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