regulations
Trump Rules Out SBF Pardon; Prediction Odds Collapse to 6%
President Trump confirmed he has 'no intention' of pardoning Sam Bankman-Fried, causing prediction market odds to crash from 20% to 6%.
Security
Cryptocurrencies
Vitalik Buterin Backs Roman Storm Ahead of Sentencing; TORN Holds $11
Ethereum's co-founder argues privacy tools are a human right, not a crime, as the Tornado Cash developer awaits sentencing for writing open-source code.
Cryptocurrencies
Zcash ‘Civil War’: ECC Team Quits En Masse to Launch Rival Startup
The entire Electric Coin Company staff resigned after a failed wallet spin-out, crashing ZEC 11% as the team pivots to a new for-profit entity, Cashz.
Cryptocurrencies
Babylon Patching Critical Consensus Bug; BABY Market Misses Risk Signal
A critical nil-pointer vulnerability in Babylon's BLS vote extensions could allow validators to halt the chain, posing risks to the upcoming Aave v4 integration.
regulations
South Korea Supreme Court Greenlights Direct Bitcoin Seizures from Exchanges
A landmark ruling involving 55.6 BTC confirms that exchange-held crypto assets are "electronic tokens" subject to direct seizure under criminal law.
Cryptocurrencies
Trump Closes Door on SBF Pardon; FTT Slides as Odds Crumble
President Trump explicitly rejected a pardon for Sam Bankman-Fried in a NYT interview, crashing prediction market odds to 4% and sending FTT to $0.51.
Cryptocurrencies
Iran Blackout Traps 7M Crypto Users; BTC Hashrate Impact Negligible
A nationwide internet blackout in Iran has frozen access for 7 million crypto users and stalled billions in flows, but global hashrate and BTC price…
Cryptocurrencies
BofA Targets $340 COIN as Morgan Stanley Unveils Wallet Strategy
Bank of America upgrades Coinbase to 'Buy' with a $340 target while Morgan Stanley confirms a 2026 digital wallet launch, marking a dual institutional push…
Cryptocurrencies
Truebit Protocol Drained of $26M; TRU Token Collapses 99%
Truebit Protocol suffers a $26 million exploit via its Purchase contract, sending the TRU token down 99% to near-zero as funds move to Tornado Cash.
Cryptocurrencies
Zcash Core Team Resigns En Masse; ZEC Plummets 20%
ZEC crashes to $382 as CEO Josh Swihart and the entire ECC engineering team resign over a 'constructive discharge' dispute with the Bootstrap board.