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A class action filed in California accuses JPMorgan Chase of aiding a US$328 million crypto Ponzi scheme run by Goliath Ventures, alleging the bank ignored clear warning signs. Approximately US$253 million flowed through a single JPMorgan account, with US$123 million, transferred directly to Coinbase wallets. Goliath Ventures CEO Christopher Delgado was arrested in February on federal wire fraud and money laundering charges carrying up to 30 years in prison. Investors have filed a proposed class action against JPMorgan Chase, alleging the investment bank enabled a US$328 million (AU$460 million) cryptocurrency Ponzi scheme run by now-defunct Goliath Ventures by allowing suspicious…
Crypto ATM fraud losses reached US$333 million in the first 11 months of 2025, with over 12,000 complaints filed with the FBI, a 33% year-over-year increase. AI-enabled scams proved 4.5 times more profitable than traditional methods, with criminals deploying real-time deepfakes and hyper-personalised social engineering to target victims, 85% of whom are aged 60 or older. Senator Dick Durbin introduced the Crypto ATM Fraud Prevention Act to impose daily transaction limits of US$2,000 and mandate operator registration, while 17 states have passed comprehensive protective legislation. Crypto ATM fraud losses in the United States reached US$333 million (AU$470 million) in the…
VeryAI secured US$10 million in seed funding led by Polychain Capital, with backing from Berggruen Institute, Anagram, and Solana co-founder Anatoly Yakovenko. The palm-scan system claims a false acceptance rate of 1 in 10 million per hand and works on 98% of US smartphones without special hardware. Built on Solana with zero-knowledge proofs, the platform lets users verify their humanity across services without exposing personal biometric data, positioning it as a privacy-focused rival to World’s iris-scanning approach. VeryAI has raised US$10 million (AU$14 million) in seed funding to build a palm-scan identity verification system aimed at separating real users from…
President Donald Trump’s Solana-based meme coin, TRUMP, briefly jumped more than 10% on the news of an exclusive token holder event to be held at Mar-a-Lago in April 2026. The top 297 $TRUMP token holders can earn invitations to a business conference and luncheon with the President and other unspecified speakers. Although $TRUMP spiked to $3.08, the token quickly pulled back and remains about 96% below its all-time high. Despite his last exclusive event being a dud night out, Donald Trump’s memecoin $TRUMP spiked by over 10% on the news that top token holders would be invited to join the…
A trader attempting to swap roughly US$50.4M (AU$71.06M) in USDT for AAVE confirmed a warning about extreme slippage and completed the trade through Aave’s interface. The transaction was routed via CoW Protocol and multiple DeFi pools, ultimately hitting a SushiSwap pool with only about US$73K in liquidity. The trade returned only 324 AAVE tokens, prompting Aave to attempt contacting the user and offer to refund about US$600K in fees. A cryptocurrency trader attempting to execute a US$50 million (AU$70.5 million) token swap has instead received just a few hundred AAVE tokens after confirming a warning about severe slippage during the…
Bitcoin held near $70,000 despite oil price briefly trading around $100 a barrel, a move that would once have pushed crypto sharply lower under the usual macro playbook.According to CryptoSlate’s data, the flagship digital asset climbed a modest 0.3% over the last 24 hours, reaching as high as $71,337 before retracing to $69,803 as of press time.Oil prices climbed sharply, with WTI crude rising 4.79% to $92.04 and Brent crude jumping 5.24% to $97.22.The rally followed escalating shipping disruptions in the Strait of Hormuz, which deepened concerns about a sustained supply shock. Notably, Iran had warned the world to prepare…
Wallets linked to the team behind President Donald Trump’s Solana-based TRUMP memecoin sent a large batch of tokens to Binance on March 12, adding a fresh supply overhang to a project that has crashed to an all-time low.On March 12, blockchain data from Arkham Intelligence showed that a BitGo custodial wallet associated with the TRUMP team transferred 5 million TRUMP tokens, valued at about $14.4 million, to Binance, the largest crypto trading platform globally.The movement followed a similar transfer in late February, when 5 million TRUMP tokens, valued at around $17.3 million, were sent to Binance via BitGo-linked custody flows.Taken…
AI pressure points in tech labor are real, and Bitcoin will feel them through macro, not mystiqueAfter years of claims that AI will cause chaos in the labor market, sentiment seems to be at an all-time low around AI layoffs, with social media accounts surfacing to track how fast white-collar tech work is already being hollowed out.Reality is less straightforward. Companies are cutting selectively, management teams are using AI and efficiency language more openly, and hiring is shifting toward AI-heavy and infrastructure-heavy roles faster than unemployment is rising. That gap suggests the labor market narrative is changing before the labor…
Playnance to launch G Coin on March 18. Token enters market with 200,000 holders and $38M estimated valuation. Ecosystem processes millions of daily interactions across gaming, sports, and prediction markets. Playnance, a Web3 infrastructure company focused on blockchain-based digital entertainment platforms, is preparing to launch G Coin, the utility token powering activity across its ecosystem of on-chain gaming, prediction markets, and interactive financial platforms, on March 18. Unlike many token launches that occur before meaningful product adoption, G Coin enters the market as part of an already active ecosystem. According to Playnance’s public tracker, the token currently has more…
ADA traded near $0.26 as bulls looked to break above a key resistance line. Open interest hovered around $414 million, sharply down over the past month. ADA price could drop to $0.22 or lower if bears strengthen. Cardano’s ADA remains under pressure as buyers struggle to regain momentum, with the token retreating from a key technical resistance level near $0.26. The cryptocurrency is now down more than 20% year to date. The decline has also pushed Cardano out of the top 10 cryptocurrencies by market capitalisation, after Hyperliquid (HYPE) climbed to around $38 and moved into the 10th position on…