FinTech

CleanSpark shares jump 12%+ after the bitcoin miner expands into AI infrastructure, hiring Humain's president Jeffrey Thomas as SVP of AI data centers (www.bloomberg.com)
13 hours ago Bitcoin AI

Q&A with Jimmy Wales on Wikipedia's decentralized model, right-wing attacks and political pressure, Elon Musk, protecting volunteer editors, and more (www.nytimes.com)
1 day ago Elon Musk Decentralize

Shares of bitcoin mining companies pivoting to AI and HPC infrastructure have soared in 2025, with a fund tracking mining firms up 150% year-to-date (www.bloomberg.com)
2 days ago Bitcoin AI

Inside Hyperliquid, a booming DEX for perpetual crypto futures still controlled by a small insider group, raising questions about how decentralized it really is (www.bloomberg.com)
2 days ago Decentralize

Mexico-based fintech Plata, approved for a banking license in December 2024, raised $250M at a $3.1B valuation, as it seeks to transition to a full-fledged bank (www.bloomberg.com)
3 days ago Mexico Fintech

Sources: Li Lin, founder of crypto exchange Huobi, and some of Asia's earliest Ethereum backers have raised ~$1B to launch a digital asset trust to buy Ether (www.bloomberg.com)
3 days ago Asia Asset Ethereum

Astra Nova, which develops no-code tools that enable creators to launch blockchain-based entertainment experiences, raised $48.3M (www.coindesk.com)
3 days ago Blockchain

Sources: Tempo, a stablecoin-focused blockchain developed by Stripe and Paradigm, raised a $500M Series A led by Greenoaks and Thrive Capital at a $5B valuation (fortune.com)
3 days ago Blockchain

North Korean hackers use EtherHiding to hide malware on the blockchain (www.bleepingcomputer.com)
4 days ago Blockchain Korea

Court hearing: UK prosecutors aim to confiscate ~$6.8B in bitcoin tied to a massive 2017 fraud in China and to pay back Chinese investors that were its victims (www.bloomberg.com)
4 days ago China Bitcoin

'Global phone scam kingpin' has £100million London mansion seized along with 18 other properties as he is charged with founding £10.5billion bitcoin racket (www.dailymail.co.uk)
5 days ago Bitcoin London

DOJ Seizes $15 Billion In Bitcoin From Massive 'Pig Butchering' Scam Based In Cambodia (slashdot.org)
6 days ago Bitcoin Cambodia

Crypto investor Roger Ver, aka “Bitcoin Jesus”, reaches a deferred prosecution agreement with the US DOJ and pays ~$50M to resolve a tax evasion indictment (fortune.com)
6 days ago Bitcoin Tax

The US DOJ seizes ~$15B in bitcoin from a man who oversaw a Cambodian “pig butchering” operation, in the DOJ's largest ever forfeiture; the man remains at large (www.cnbc.com)
6 days ago Bitcoin

Bhutan announces that it is migrating its national ID system for roughly 800,000 residents from Polygon to Ethereum, with completion expected by Q1 2026 (cointelegraph.com)
7 days ago Ethereum

Sources: Securitize, a blockchain company that tokenizes investments, is in talks to go public via a SPAC started by Cantor Fitzgerald at a $1B+ valuation (www.bloomberg.com)
9 days ago Blockchain

Bitcoin and Other Cryptocurrencies Had Double-Digit Drops Friday, Largest Liquidation Event Ever (slashdot.org)
9 days ago Bitcoin

Block debuts Square Bitcoin, a BTC wallet allowing US-based SMBs to convert up to 50% of daily sales into BTC now and accept BTC payments starting November 10 (decrypt.co)
11 days ago Bitcoin

Sources: crypto investor Roger Ver, aka “Bitcoin Jesus”, has reached a tentative agreement with the US DOJ to pay ~$48M to end a 2024 criminal tax fraud case (www.nytimes.com)
11 days ago Bitcoin Tax

The Ethereum Foundation announces the “Privacy cluster”, a team of 47 blockchain industry experts developing protocol-level privacy features for the network (cointelegraph.com)
11 days ago Blockchain Ethereum

Meanwhile, a Bermuda-regulated bitcoin life insurance provider, raised $82M from Apollo, Bain Capital, Haun Ventures, and others, after a $40M Series A in April (www.bloomberg.com)
13 days ago Bitcoin Insurance

Bee Maps, a decentralized mapping project powered by Hivemapper on the Solana blockchain, raised $32M to expand its network by distributing AI-enabled dashcams (www.coindesk.com)
14 days ago Blockchain AI Decentralize

Chinese Woman Convicted After 'World's Biggest' Bitcoin Seizure (yro.slashdot.org)
20 days ago China Bitcoin

Imgur blocks UK access after the ICO notified it of a possible fine over its handling of kids' data; the ICO calls Imgur's move a “commercial decision” (techcrunch.com)
20 days ago ICO

Swift To Build a Global Financial Blockchain (news.slashdot.org)
20 days ago Blockchain

UK convicts "Bitcoin Queen" in world's largest cryptocurrency seizure (www.bleepingcomputer.com)
21 days ago Bitcoin Cryptocurrency

A judge sentences Frank founder Charlie Javice to 85 months in prison for defrauding JPMorgan Chase by overstating how many customers the fintech company had (www.cnbc.com)
21 days ago Fintech JPMorgan

A Chinese woman pleads guilty in a London court to laundering bitcoin linked to a £5B Chinese investment scheme in which UK police seized 61,000 bitcoin in 2018 (t.co)
21 days ago China Bitcoin London

Swift says it is building a blockchain-based ledger with over 30 financial institutions and the first prototype will be built in partnership with Consensys (www.bloomberg.com)
21 days ago Blockchain

A profile of Ant International, Ant Group's cross-border payments unit using AI and blockchain for treasury management, which handled $1.1T in cash flow in 2024 (www.bloomberg.com)
23 days ago Blockchain AI

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