The United States Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) officially designated Nobitex—Iran’s absolute largest cryptocurrency exchange—alongside three other prominent domestic platforms. Operating under the codename “Operation Economic Fury,” the broad regulatory offensive marks a historic escalation by the Trump administration to systematically paralyze the cryptographic plumbing that has long served as
Key Facts CertiK’s 2026 Skynet Stablecoin Threat Intelligence Report finds Russian-ruble-backed stablecoin A7A5 processed over US$110 billion in cumulative on-chain transactions within one year of its January 2025 launch, capturing approximately 43% of the global non-USD stablecoin market. A7A5 became the first cryptocurrency ever explicitly named in an EU transaction ban (19th sanctions package, effective
Overview: Ethereum remains under pressure, with ETHUSD continuing to trade within the descending trend channel that has guided the market lower since the early-May pullback. The cryptocurrency has struggled to generate meaningful upside momentum in recent weeks, as repeated recovery attempts have been met with selling interest. The broader technical structure continues to favor the
What Was Found Inside The Trezor Safe 7? Ledger’s Donjon security research team disclosed a hardware vulnerability in the TROPIC01 chip used inside the Trezor Safe 7, showing that a lab-based laser attack could bypass the chip’s firmware verification system. Trezor said user funds were not compromised and that users do not need to take
Florida’s lawsuit accuses OpenAI of misrepresenting ChatGPT’s safety and raises broader questions over AI liability, child protection and consumer safeguards. Florida has sued OpenAI and Chief Executive Sam Altman, alleging that ChatGPT poses risks to children and that the company misrepresented the safety of its artificial intelligence chatbot. The civil lawsuit, filed by Florida Attorney
The Open Network’s native token will be renamed Gram, reviving the original name associated with Telegram’s early blockchain project while leaving the TON network name unchanged. Telegram founder Pavel Durov said the change will apply to the network’s native currency, currently known as Toncoin or TON, and will be rolled out gradually across wallets, infrastructure
Citron Research founder Andrew Left has been convicted of securities fraud by a federal jury in Los Angeles, marking a major legal defeat for one of Wall Street’s most prominent activist short sellers and a significant enforcement moment for market-moving investment commentary. The jury found Left guilty on 13 counts tied to allegations that he
CME Group’s first weekend of 24/7 cryptocurrency futures and options trading generated more than 7,200 contracts and approximately $50 million in notional volume, marking an early liquidity test for regulated digital asset derivatives outside traditional market hours. The expanded schedule went live on Friday, May 29, allowing market participants to trade CME-listed crypto futures and
The attacker behind the Kelp DAO exploit has laundered nearly all of the roughly $220 million in unfrozen stolen funds, sharply reducing the practical recovery window for one of the largest decentralized finance breaches of 2026. On-chain tracking shows only about $1.7 million remains in the original exploiter wallet, with most of the remaining assets
Charles Schwab is targeting a 2027 launch of spot cryptocurrency trading, transfer and custody capabilities for financial advisors, a move that could push direct digital asset access deeper into the mainstream U.S. wealth management market. The planned rollout would extend Schwab’s crypto strategy beyond retail brokerage clients and into the registered investment advisor channel, where