Cryptocurrency

Iran’s Ministry of Defence Export Center (Mindex) has signaled its readiness to accept cryptocurrency payments for arms exports, including ballistic missiles, warships, and other advanced military hardware — a move analysts say could further undermine Western sanctions aimed at restricting Tehran’s military and financial networks.

Trump Media and Technology Group is preparing to distribute a new cryptocurrency to its shareholders, a move that highlights how deeply digital assets have become intertwined with U.S. politics.

A federal judge dismissed a lawsuit against Mark Cuban and the Dallas Mavericks over their promotion of crypto firm Voyager Digital, ruling that the court in Florida had no jurisdiction. The case was linked to investor losses after Voyager went bankrupt in 2022, but the court did not rule on whether Cuban or the Mavericks were liable.

Global online interest in cryptocurrencies has fallen to its lowest levels as we approach the new year, with Google search data signaling a sharp pullback in retail attention as the market heads into 2026.

Ethena’s synthetic stablecoin USDe has suffered a sharp contraction since the Oct. 10 market crash, with roughly $8.3 billion exiting the protocol as investors reassessed the risks tied to leveraged and synthetic-backed designs.

Bybit will begin phasing out services for Japanese residents from 2026, as the country’s stringent regulatory framework continues to squeeze unregistered global crypto exchanges out of the market.

Ghana has formally legalized cryptocurrency trading after parliament passed the Virtual Asset Service Providers Bill, marking a major policy shift for one of Sub-Saharan Africa’s most active crypto markets

The Marshall Islands have begun testing a crypto-based universal income system, distributing payments to citizens through a yield-generating digital token built on the Stellar blockchain.

A crypto user "donated" $50 million worth of USDT to a group of hackers after copying a poisoned address from his transaction history, according to onchain security firm Web3 Antivirus.

Jarett Dunn, the Pump.fun developer who stole an estimated $2 million worth of Solana from his then employee, which is later donated to thousands of random addresses, was sentenced to six years in prison by a London judge.