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South Korean prosecutors recovered 320.8 BTC, worth roughly US$21.4 million, that was stolen from government custody after investigators inadvertently entered recovery seeds into a phishing site. The hacker returned the funds voluntarily after prosecutors blocked linked exchange accounts, making it nearly impossible for the attacker to liquidate the stolen assets. The recovery follows reports of other missing government-held crypto, including 22 BTC missing from the Seoul Gangnam Police Station, prompting further internal investigations into potential insider involvement. South Korean prosecutors have recovered about US$21.4 million (AU$32.7 million) in Bitcoin (BTC) that was stolen from government custody last year, local media…
Coinbase expanded its US crypto-backed loans to accept XRP, Dogecoin, Cardano, and Litecoin as collateral, joining Bitcoin and Ethereum. Eligible users can borrow up to US$100,000 in USDC through the decentralised Morpho protocol, which manages loan rules on-chain to avoid selling assets. The service allows holders to access liquidity without triggering capital gains taxes, though it requires wrapping tokens and carries automatic liquidation risks if collateral values drop. Leading crypto exchange Coinbase (COIN) has officially expanded its US crypto-backed loans to accept XRP, Dogecoin (DOGE), Cardano’s ADA and Litecoin (LTC) as collateral. According to the announcement, eligible users can borrow…
CME Group has spent most of its life as the financial plumbing moving the gears behind wheat hedges, rate bets, equity futures, the quiet machinery that keeps risk moving. Now it is taking a very public step into crypto’s always-on world.On May 29, CME says it will launch 24/7 trading for its cryptocurrency futures and options on the CME Globex platform, starting at 4:00 p.m. CT, pending regulatory review.That sounds like an operational update, the kind that usually lands with a shrug. In Bitcoin land, it touches one of the longest running storylines in chart watching culture, the so-called CME…
Bitwise senior research associate Max Shannon warned that Ethereum could drop over 20% to US$1,500 if its current monthly decline continues into March. Shannon characterised ETH as a high-volatility proxy for Bitcoin, noting that it consistently amplifies Bitcoin’s downward moves despite supportive fundamentals like spot ETFs and regulatory clarity. The market’s bearish sentiment is further reflected by Peter Thiel’s recent exit from ETHzilla and a focus on technical price action over positive ecosystem developments like OpenAI’s new security benchmarks. The price of Ethereum (ETH) might as well drop over 20%, to a low of US$1,500 (AU$2.2K) if the selloff continues…
Lightning processed US$1.17bn across 5.22 million transactions in November 2025 despite weak Bitcoin price action. Exchange flows and merchant adoption drove growth, based on aggregated node data covering over 50% of network capacity. Average transaction size rose while total count remained below 2023’s micropayment-driven peak, with AI experimentation seen as a potential catalyst. Bitcoin’s Lightning Network recorded more than US$1 billion (AU$1.41 billion) in monthly transaction volume in November 2025, according to new figures released by River. River estimated that the network processed US$1.17 billion (AU$1.65 billion) across 5.22 million transactions during the month. The milestone was reached even though…
Ripple CEO, Brad Garlinghouse, has said he believes there’s an 80% chance the CLARITY Act gets signed into law before the end of April. Garlinghouse said the leadership on crypto coming out of the White House gives him confidence the legislation will progress quickly. His comments coincided with a significant spike on prediction markets of the odds of the CLARITY Act passing into law this year, following positive comments from Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong and Senator Bernie Moreno. Ripple CEO, Brad Garlinghouse, said there’s an 80% chance the US crypto market structure bill, known as the CLARITY Act, will be…
The Royal Canadian Mint (RCM) is marking the 30th anniversary of Canada’s $2 circulation coin — the “Toonie” — with a limited-edition non-circulation special wrap roll for collectors. The milestone commemorates three decades since the bi-metallic coin replaced the banknote of the same denomination in 1996. Collector edition $2 special wrap roll marking the 30th anniversary of the Toonie More than one billion Toonies have entered circulation since their debut, each bearing the familiar polar bear reverse created by Canadian artist Brent Townsend. The coin quickly became a fixture in everyday transactions following the earlier success of Canada’s $1 coin introduced…
Bitcoin, the largest cryptocurrency by market capitalization, continued its price struggles as traders weighed two stress-tinged signals from the US financial ecosystem.This week, there was a sudden $18.5 billion Federal Reserve overnight repo operation, and Blue Owl Capital has decided to permanently halt redemptions from a retail-focused private credit fund.In another era, either headline might have been enough to spark a reflexive “money printer” narrative.Taken together, they can read like an early warning that something is tightening in the plumbing of US markets.Yet Bitcoin has stayed heavy, even as it remains marketed as a hedge against the traditional system. Related…
XRP is attracting institutional money and a burst of bullish positioning, even as much of the crypto industry remains stuck in a risk-off tape.According to a CoinShares report, XRP is the best-performing crypto token this year, attracting around $150 million in fresh capital, while Bitcoin and Ethereum have registered cumulative outflows of around $1.5 billion.Crypto Asset Flows (Source: CoinShares)The simplest takeaway is not “XRP is bullish.” It is that investors are actively rotating into assets other than BTC and ETH at a time when the broader tape remains unstable.That divergence is showing up in market sentiment, too.On Feb. 18, blockchain analytics platform…
Hanwha invests KRW 18B ($13M) in Kresus to expand digital asset infrastructure. Funding supports enterprise wallets, RWA tokenization, and on-chain workflows. Deal follows MoU signed at Abu Dhabi Finance Week in December 2025. Kresus Labs, a US-based digital wallet and blockchain infrastructure company, has raised about KRW 18 billion (roughly$13 million) in a strategic investment from Hanwha Investment & Securities. The deal highlights how traditional finance is increasingly looking beyond crypto trading and toward the “plumbing” behind digital assets: secure wallets, enterprise systems, and tokenized products that can fit into existing financial services. Strategic capital targets the infrastructure layer of digital assets…