Tagged: cryptocurrency

November 5, 2026 @ 12:28 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Bitcoin (BTC) has evolved considerably during the past 18 years to become a global asset class valued at more than $1 trillion (peaking at over $2 trillion). Despite calls for making Bitcoin a more consumer-friendly digital currency that businesses can easily accept for payments, the… Read More

November 4, 2026 @ 12:47 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Deputies in France’s National Assembly failed to hold the scheduled solemn vote on the revenue section of the 2027 state budget on Tuesday, 3 November, marking the second such delay. The examination of the first part of the finance bill, which sets taxes and other… Read More

November 4, 2026 @ 12:07 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Tuesday’s midterm elections have now produced a decisive shift in Washington. Democrats secured majorities in both the Senate and the House of Representatives, ending two years of unified Republican government under President Donald Trump. Reuters and The Wall Street Journal reported sweeping victories that reached… Read More

November 2, 2026 @ 9:14 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Hong Kong once served as a primary launchpad for Asia’s cryptocurrency sector. Early exchanges, trading desks, and developer communities took root in the city, drawn by its common-law framework, deep capital markets, and proximity to both mainland China and global finance. That foundation helped seed… Read More

November 2, 2026 @ 2:09 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Two brothers from Waller, Texas, have received lengthy federal prison terms after a violent home invasion in Minnesota that involved the kidnapping of a family and the forced transfer of more than $8 million in cryptocurrency. Raymond Christian Garcia and Isiah Angelo Garcia were sentenced… Read More

November 1, 2026 @ 3:01 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Dubai Police have taken six individuals into custody following a sophisticated fraud that cost one victim approximately AED 2.6 million (roughly $708,000). The case involved an unlicensed currency exchange and the rapid movement of both cash and across decentralized wallets, yet investigators recovered the full… Read More

October 29, 2026 @ 8:52 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

On October 28, 2026, Thailand’s Supreme Court, sitting in full bench, issued Judgment No. 4929/2569 confirming that Bitcoin qualifies as property capable of supporting criminal liability for robbery and related offenses. The decision, summarized in the court’s selected-judgment series and accessible through the official Supreme… Read More

October 29, 2026 @ 10:44 am By Omar Faridi  |  

The Singapore Police Force (SPF) has issued a public advisory highlighting recent incidents involving compromised Ledger cryptocurrency hardware wallets. Since 10 September 2026, authorities have received reports of at least two cases in which individuals suffered combined losses of approximately S$3.5 million after purchasing the… Read More

October 27, 2026 @ 8:44 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

A Thai partnership has introduced a new digital wallet application that lets visiting travelers convert popular stablecoins into local currency and settle everyday purchases through the country’s widely used QR PromptPay system. The service, called WORPT, became available under Thailand’s Tourist DigiPay regulatory sandbox after… Read More

October 27, 2026 @ 5:33 am By Omar Faridi  |  

An Argentine federal judge on Friday afternoon terminated the criminal probe into President Javier Milei, his sister Karina Milei, and nine additional individuals connected to the February 2025 launch and rapid collapse of the $LIBRA meme coin. Federal Judge Marcelo Martínez de Giorgi of National… Read More

October 26, 2026 @ 10:11 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Federal authorities in Connecticut have accused a Meriden tax preparer of systematically inserting fictitious cryptocurrency and stock losses onto clients’ returns even though the taxpayers never held the assets in question. The allegations form one element of a wider set of charges that also encompass… Read More

October 23, 2026 @ 9:23 am By Omar Faridi  |  

SoFi Technologies (NASDAQ: SOFI), the digital financial services company operating as an all-in-one app, announced on October 22, 2026, the debut of SoFi Earn, or SOFIE. The firm describes it as the first tokenized deposit made available to consumers by a nationally chartered U.S. bank…. Read More

October 23, 2026 @ 9:14 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Andreessen Horowitz is rebranding its dedicated cryptocurrency investment practice as a16z Frontier, broadening its mandate beyond blockchain-focused startups to encompass a wider range of emerging technologies. The change, announced on October 22, 2026, by managing partner Chris Dixon, frames the shift as an expansion rather… Read More

October 18, 2026 @ 12:16 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Toronto police have charged seven men, including three members of the Canadian Armed Forces reserves, in connection with a July abduction in which a cryptocurrency exchange owner was forcibly taken in an attempt to seize control of his digital assets. The incident unfolded on July… Read More

October 6, 2026 @ 11:11 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Digital assets tied to artificial intelligence posted the strongest relative returns of any major crypto category last month, according to research published by Grayscale. In a note dated October 2, 2026, the firm’s head of research, Zach Pandl, reported that Grayscale’s Artificial Intelligence Crypto Sector… Read More

October 4, 2026 @ 12:02 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

A couple in the West Midlands has described a violent home invasion in which masked intruders beat the husband and threatened to kill his pregnant wife and their unborn child unless cryptocurrency was handed over. The attack took place on the afternoon of 13 December… Read More

October 3, 2026 @ 12:33 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Arthur Hayes, chief investment officer of the crypto fund Maelstrom and chief executive of Flop Labs, is arguing that the artificial-intelligence buildout is less a durable earnings story than a credit boom whose eventual strain could force official liquidity back into digital assets. In his… Read More

August 31, 2026 @ 5:36 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Security remains a core concern across cryptocurrency, yet losses keep climbing. CoinGecko’s 2026 State of Crypto Security Report, published in late August, found that platforms lost $3.63 billion in 245 documented incidents from January 2025 through July 2026. A small number of large events drove… Read More

August 25, 2026 @ 3:47 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

A recent working paper from the Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland sheds light on how American households view and interact with cryptocurrencies. Titled “Do You Even Crypto, Bro? Cryptocurrencies in Household Finance,” the study draws on repeated large-scale surveys of U.S. households to examine investment… Read More

August 15, 2026 @ 9:13 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

France’s tax administration has acknowledged a cybersecurity incident that allowed unauthorized access to sensitive taxpayer records. The breach, which occurred in late June 2026, involved the extraction of personal and financial data belonging to both individuals and businesses. The French Ministry of the Economy and… Read More