Bitcoin(BTC)

A chilling Toronto-area kidnapping tied to a $1 million Bitcoin ransom has ended with a 13-year prison sentence for one perpetrator, spotlighting a surge in violent attacks targeting cryptocurrency holders.

South Africa’s Sygnia Ltd. has delivered a rare wake-up call to investors swept up in Bitcoin’s meteoric rise, urging clients to cap Bitcoin ETF exposure at no more than 5% of their portfolios—warning that overexposure could spell disaster in a market as fragile as South Africa’s.

The global financial order is shifting fast—and the U.S. dollar may be losing its grip. China’s currency internationalization drive is accelerating, global payments in yuan are soaring, and the cracks in the dollar’s dominance are becoming too large to ignore.

Nearly 10 years after losing access to his Coinbase account, NBA legend Kevin Durant has finally regained control of his long-dormant Bitcoin stash. But what began as a feel-good recovery story has unexpectedly stirred anger among Coinbase users who say their own pleas for help have gone unanswered.

Cointelegraph, the world’s largest crypto-focused media outlet, has announced a dramatic editorial shift aimed at reshaping how digital assets are covered—and defended—in the public sphere.

Ramil Ventura Palafox, the 60-year-old CEO of Praetorian Group International (PGI), has pleaded guilty to wire fraud and money laundering after orchestrating a $201 million Bitcoin Ponzi scheme that duped more than 90,000 investors worldwide.

A group of anonymous memecoin enthusiasts on Pump.fun have secretly erected a 12-foot (3.6 metres) golden statue of Donald Trump to voice their support for the President's "unwavering commitment to advancing the future of finance through bitcoin and decentrlaized techonlogies."

Chinese software and AI company Next Technology Holding is doubling down on its Bitcoin strategy, announcing plans to raise up to $500 million through a common stock offering.

Thailand is grappling with a banking crisis after authorities froze nearly three million accounts in a sweeping effort to combat online financial fraud and “mule” accounts used for money laundering and scams.

Kyrgyzstan has made one of its boldest moves yet in the digital asset space, passing sweeping amendments to its “On Virtual Assets” bill that pave the way for a state cryptocurrency reserve and formalize government-led mining operations.