Bitcoin took a nasty spill this week, crashing below $80,000 for the first time since November 10, as jitters over President Donald Trump’s tariff threats rattled the crypto market. By Friday’s Asian trading hours, BTC was flirting with $78,200—a 17% drop over the week—dragging the broader crypto scene down with it. The total market cap…
The UK government is rolling out the Crime and Policing Bill, a hefty new law designed to sharpen its claws on crypto-related crime. Packed with rules on valuing digital coins, courtroom cash grabs, and beefed-up powers for the Crown Court to slap seizure orders, it’s a big move to snatch back dirty money hiding in…
Bitcoin’s latest tumble has left traders nursing a brutal $2.16 billion in realized losses, with the pain hitting newest buyers the hardest. According to a fresh Glassnode analysis thread, the crypto crash kicked off February 25 when BTC dipped below $90,000 for the first time since November 2024, and the fallout stretched through February 27….
Crypto exchange MEXC is throwing some serious weight behind Ethena’s synthetic dollar, USDe, announcing a $20 million allocation to the stablecoin on February 26. On top of that, MEXC Ventures—the exchange’s investment arm—is dropping $16 million into Ethena Labs to juice up user incentives, like high-APR staking events, all aimed at turbocharging stablecoin adoption. We're…
President Donald Trump dropped a bombshell today, February 27, 2025, revealing plans to slap an extra 10% tariff on all Chinese goods coming into the U.S., piling onto existing levies. Trump’s tying this move to his long-standing gripes about China’s role in the fentanyl crisis, accusing Beijing of funneling the deadly opioid through Mexico and…
Gemini, the crypto outfit run by the Winklevoss twins, just dodged a bullet—the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission has shut down its investigation after nearly two years of digging. Cameron Winklevoss broke the news, saying the SEC’s been poking around for 700 days and sent a Wells Notice 277 days ago, but they’re finally backing…
Crypto exchange Bybit just scored a big win, nabbing in-principle approval from the UAE’s Securities & Commodities Authority (SCA) to set up shop as a Virtual Asset Platform Operator. The nod, dated February 18 and announced on February 28, puts Bybit on the fast track to a full license, letting it offer digital asset services…
Core Scientific is doubling down on its Denton, Texas, data center, announcing a $1.2 billion expansion in cahoots with CoreWeave, a cloud provider laser-focused on artificial intelligence. According to a February 26 press release, the deal tacks on 70 megawatts of power, juicing the site’s total IT load to 260 MW. That’s just one piece…
Pi Coin’s on fire—it’s surged nearly 80% in the past 24 hours, hitting a fresh all-time high of $2.99. Data from CoinMarketCap’s price tracker shows its 24-hour trading volume has blown past $3.2 billion, a wild spike that’s got the crypto crowd buzzing. Right now, it’s sitting at $2.95, up from a low of $1.65…
A sneaky mobile app called BOM has made off with over $1.82 million in cryptocurrency, pilfering private keys and mnemonic phrases right from users’ devices. Blockchain security pros at SlowMist and OKX Web3 Security blew the lid off this scam in a February 27 report, tracing the first shady transactions back to February 14. Digging…