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Nearly three years after its collapse, the FTX saga refuses to fade into the background. Just when it seemed the crypto world was preparing to close this turbulent chapter—with founder Sam Bankman-Fried’s appeal hearing looming in November—new twists have dragged the disgraced exchange back into headlines.

France has issued a stark warning that it could move to block crypto firms from operating within its borders using EU-wide “passport” licenses, raising the stakes in Europe’s rollout of its landmark Markets in Crypto-Assets Regulation (MiCA). The move underscores growing concerns in Paris that regulatory loopholes could allow firms to shop for the weakest jurisdictions, undermining investor protection and the credibility of the bloc’s new framework.

U.S. President Donald Trump has escalated his efforts to oust Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook just as the central bank prepares to deliver one of its most pivotal rate cuts set for September 17.

Sam Bankman-Fried, the former CEO of collapsed crypto giant FTX, will have his highly anticipated appeal heard by the U.S. Second Circuit Court of Appeals on November 4, 2025—nearly two years after being convicted on seven felony counts and sentenced to 25 years in federal prison.

Meta has come under intense scrutiny after it was discovered that the company had produced and hosted AI chatbots mimicking celebrities like Taylor Swift, Selena Gomez, Anne Hathaway, and Scarlett Johansson — without their permission.

Two MIT-educated brothers accused of stealing $25 million through a first-of-its-kind Ethereum blockchain exploit are fighting with federal prosecutors to omit their Google search history as a crucial evidence of their case.

A software engineer at CoinDCX has been arrested by the Indian authorities after investigations of the company's recent hack found that the heist was conducted using his login credentials.

Keonne Rodriguez and William Lonergan Hill, the co-founders of privacy-focused Samourai Wallet, have finally given and plead guilty to their charges after a long grueling trial.

A German man, who had brazenly admitted to stealing $25 million worth of cryptocurrency from his friend's crypto wallet, will be getting away with his crime because of a major loophole in the country's criminal code.

Sweden is turning up the heat on crypto seizures, after Sweden's justice minister Gunnar Strömmer made a public statement calling the local authorities to focus on crackdowns that could yield larger profits.