Ripple Labs formally pushed back against a new US Senate draft bill – the Responsible Financial Innovation Act of 2025 – aimed at regulating the cryptocurrency market. The company behind the XRP Ledger warned that the proposed legislation could grant the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) excessive and indefinite...

Leading influencer Ansem crypto is in the news due to unconfirmed reports that he has been arrested. The claims have been exacerbated by the X AI chatbot, Grok, who seems to be spreading the rumors when asked, “Who is Ansem?”. Ansem, who goes by @blknoiz06 on X, hasn’t posted...

Roman Storm, one of the minds behind Tornado Cash, has been found guilty by a Manhattan jury for running an unlicensed money transmitting business. The decision came after four weeks of testimony and debate. The charge alone could land him behind bars for up to five years. But this...

The search for the best crypto to buy right now continues as the market sends mixed signals. Bitcoin is hovering around $115,000, stuck in a low-volume zone between $110K and $116K. Traders are watching this tight range closely, as a break lower could trigger more downside. Meanwhile, Ethereum briefly...

The Delhi High Court has ordered Zettai Pte Ltd, the company behind crypto exchange WazirX, to hand over documents detailing its agreement with Binance, as well as its ongoing restructuring plan. The court gave a deadline of one week. This comes after months of fallout from a $235 million...

BOB, a bitcoin (BTC) decentralized finance (DeFi) protocol combining the security of Bitcoin with Ethereum’s DeFi capabilities, has raised $9.5 million in a strategic funding round. The investment bring BOB’s (“Build on Bitcoin”) total funds raised to $21 million, following previous raises in 2024. The latest raise will be...

Over $1 million has been siphoned from unsuspecting crypto users through malicious smart contracts posing as MEV trading bots, according to a new report by SentinelLABS. The campaign leveraged AI-generated YouTube videos, aged accounts, and obfuscated Solidity code to bypass basic user scrutiny and gain access to crypto wallets....

Scammers used Google Ads to impersonate Aave investment platforms in an attempt to trick users into linking wallets to malicious sites....

Aave is showing signs of stability near the $265 level after a sharp retracement, even as it becomes the first decentralized finance protocol to surpass $60 billion in net deposits.  At $265, Aave (AAVE) is up 3% over the last…...

TL;DR Tornado Cash developer Roman Storm was found guilty of operating an unlicensed money service business. TORN price dropped below $10 after the court decision, recording a 24% loss over seven days. Active addresses spiked to 173 on August 6, likely driven by wallet activity during market sell-off. Court...