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Cointelegraph.com - 15:00 Jun 27, 2025
In the UAE’s complex crypto landscape, founders who treat legal and regulatory structuring as a core element of their go-to-market strategy — not an afterthought — are the ones who thrive. Opinion by: Irina Heaver, crypto lawyer. Founders who treat regulatory structuring as a central part of their go-to-market strategy are the ones who thrive in the UAE. Unfortunately, many founders view licensing as an afterthought. The UAE is not a place where you can cut corners. It is, however, a place where thoughtful, well-prepared founders are rewarded with speed, clarity and access to a highly supportive ecosystem. Read more -
Cointelegraph.com - 14:45 Jun 27, 2025
Russian miners packed 95 crypto rigs into a KamAZ truck. The scam is now busted, but the case reveals how mobile farms exploit weak energy enforcement in remote areas. A mobile cryptocurrency mining operation involves installing mining equipment, such as application-specific integrated circuits (ASICs) or graphics processing units (GPUs), in portable units like trucks, vans or shipping containers. Mining equipment can be easily relocated to take advantage of inexpensive or unregulated electricity sources, often in remote or industrial areas. Unlike fixed mining farms, mobile setups avoid detection by frequently moving, bypassing electricity meters or directly accessing power lines. While these operations make it easier for illegal miners to participate, they create significant risks to energy infrastructure. Read more -
Cointelegraph.com - 14:30 Jun 27, 2025
Crypto analysts and several metrics suggest that an "altcoin season" will begin once Ether’s price breaks new all-time highs. Key takeaways: Ether’s technical breakouts suggest ETH price may hit $10,000 this cycle. Altcoin Season Index says it’s prime time to accumulate “lagging” altcoins. Read more -
Cointelegraph.com - 14:08 Jun 27, 2025
Countries that ban crypto payments often have no restrictions on using crypto abroad, but such legal overlaps may attract scrutiny from global regulators like the FATF. The popularity of stablecoins for cryptocurrency payments has increased in recent years, with many global companies embracing new payment methods. Despite the trend, crypto payments remain prohibited for retail users in multiple countries, including China, Indonesia, Russia, Turkey and others. Still, while domestic crypto payments may be banned in these jurisdictions, using cryptocurrency to pay for services abroad may be legally permissible, according to some legal experts and observers of crypto regulation. Read more -
Cointelegraph.com - 14:00 Jun 27, 2025
Bitcoin lending is making a quiet comeback with tighter controls, but volatility still threatens sudden liquidations. Bitcoin lenders are betting that tighter controls and clearer risk management can rebuild trust in a sector still haunted by the collapse of predecessors Celsius and BlockFi. Major Bitcoin lenders of the previous cycle imploded after turning user deposits into undercollateralized loans. When Bitcoin (BTC) prices fell and liquidity dried up, billions in customer funds were frozen or gone. But those implosions don’t prove that crypto-backed loans are doomed by design. The failures were largely the result of poor risk management rather than the model itself. Some platforms are now taking the right steps, such as overcollateralization, while enforcing stricter liquidation thresholds, according to Alice Liu, head of research at CoinMarketCap. Read more -
Cointelegraph.com - 12:15 Jun 27, 2025
Across Protocol founders are accused of manipulating DAO governance to funnel $23 million in tokens to their affiliated for-profit company, Risk Labs. The founders of the crosschain bridge Across Protocol have been accused of siphoning $23 million of funds to their own for-profit company. In a Friday X thread, Ogle — the pseudonymous founder of layer-1 project Glue and onchain sleuth — accused some founders of Across Protocol of covertly manipulating decentralized autonomous organization (DAO) votes to fund their for-profit company, Risk Labs. Ogle accused the project of being among the “DAOs that are DAOs in name only.” Hart Lambur, who founded both Risk Labs and Across, denied the claims in a separate post. He said that Risk Labs is a Cayman Islands-based nonprofit with no shareholders. He shared a certificate of incorporation and claimed that the company operates under fiduciary obligations. Read more -
Cointelegraph.com - 11:52 Jun 27, 2025
A crypto trader turned $6,800 into $1.5 million with a one-sided quoting strategy, dominating over 3% of maker volume on a major exchange in just two weeks. A little-known crypto trader has turned $6,800 into $1.5 million in profit while accounting for over 3% of maker-side liquidity on a major crypto exchange. Market observer Adverse Selectee highlighted a small trading account holding less than $200,000 in equity on Thursday. Over the past two weeks, the account recorded a trading volume of $1.4 billion and has consistently ranked among the top contributors to the exchange’s total maker volume. The performance dashboard shows that the trader appears to quote only one side of the order book at a time — either bids or asks — rather than balancing both. Read more -
Cointelegraph.com - 11:05 Jun 27, 2025
Bitcoin Treasury Corporation completed a $92 million raise and bought 292.8 BTC ahead of its trading resumption on the TSX Venture Exchange. Canadian Bitcoin lending company Bitcoin Treasury Corporation (BTCT) will officially resume trading on the Toronto Stock Exchange (TSX) Venture Exchange, TSX’s public venture capital marketplace for emerging companies. The company announced on Thursday that its common shares would be freely traded on the exchange from Monday under the ticker “BTCT,” with over 10 million shares issued and outstanding. The company had already sold more than 10 million BTCT shares. The trading resumption follows a brokered offering that raised 125 million Canadian dollars ($92 million) in gross proceeds. Read more -
Cointelegraph.com - 09:37 Jun 27, 2025
XRP price fundamental and technical indicators are giving bulls hope that the current consolidation sets the stage for a move toward $5. Key takeaways: Ripple’s “multiple acquisitions” and XRPL upgrades back the bullish case for XRP. CME XRP futures hit $542.8 million in volume during the first month. Read more -
Cointelegraph.com - 09:24 Jun 27, 2025
Bitcoin long-term holder supply has increased at a record rate over the past month, data from CryptoQuant reveals. Key points: Bitcoin long-term holder supply has increased by a record 800,000 coins over the past 30 days. Data shows that even a 750,000 BTC increase has only occurred six times in Bitcoin’s history. Read more -
Cointelegraph.com - 09:23 Jun 27, 2025
Bit Digital’s stock plummeted after announcing a $150 million share sale and a transition from Bitcoin mining to Ethereum staking. Former Bitcoin mining firm Bit Digital fell sharply this week, with its share price tumbling almost 19% over the five-day period to close at $1.99 on Friday, with a 15% drop in just 24 hours. The plunge follows major company announcements, including a $150 million public offering and a strategic pivot to Ether staking. On Thursday, the company announced a public offering of 75 million ordinary shares that is intended to raise $150 million. Bit Digital plans to issue the 75 million ordinary shares at $2 each. The proceeds will be used to purchase Ether (ETH), doubling down on its previous decision to shift to an Ethereum-focused company. Read more -
Cointelegraph.com - 08:32 Jun 27, 2025
If successful, Genius Group’s $1 billion lawsuits could net shareholders $7 per share while boosting the company’s Bitcoin holdings by 5,000 BTC. Artificial intelligence-driven edtech firm Genius Group plans to distribute potential winnings from billion-dollar lawsuits to shareholders and use a portion to expand its Bitcoin treasury, the company said. In a Thursday press release, the board of directors at Genius Group approved the distribution plan for repurposing any wins from two lawsuits that seek combined damages of more than $1 billion. One lawsuit has been filed under the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act (RICO), which seeks damages of over $750 million against LZGI International. The second is yet to be filed, according to Genius Group’s CEO, Roger Hamilton. Read more -
Cointelegraph.com - 06:14 Jun 27, 2025
UK-based The Smarter Web Company has made a multimillion-dollar raise just days after it purchased $20 million worth of Bitcoin to bring its holdings to over 540 BTC. UK-based web design and marketing firm The Smarter Web Company has raised 41.2 million British pounds ($56.59 million), days after it purchased 196 Bitcoin to add to its growing holdings. The firm said on Thursday that the raise came from institutional investors via accelerated bookbuild, a process where a company raises capital quickly, usually within one or two days, without any marketing push. The Smarter Web Company raised 36.27 million British pounds ($49.8 million) with the bookbuild and a further 4.97 million British pounds ($6.82 million) by subscription. The offer price was 2.9 British pounds ($3.98) per share. Read more -
Cointelegraph.com - 05:35 Jun 27, 2025
Crypto analyst Michaël van de Poppe says Ether could be “testing the other side of the range” in the coming weeks as it trades above $2,400. Ether could see further upside in the coming weeks if it manages to hold above the crucial $2,400 level, according to a crypto analyst. “So far, so good for ETH,” MN Trading Capital founder Michaël van de Poppe said in an X post on Thursday. “Holding above this crucial range low, we’re likely going to be testing the other side of the range in the upcoming weeks,” van de Poppe added. Read more -
Cointelegraph.com - 05:24 Jun 27, 2025
Crypto private key exploits and front-end protocol attacks account for 80% of the $2.1 billion worth of crypto that has been stolen so far this year, TRM Labs reports. Crypto private key exploits and front-end compromises have accounted for most of the $2.1 billion worth of crypto lost to attacks in the first half of 2025, says blockchain intelligence firm TRM Labs. Over 80% of crypto stolen across 75 hacks so far this year was taken in so-called infrastructure exploits, which, on average, made off with 10 times more than other attack types, TRM Labs said in a report on Thursday. Infrastructure attacks target the technical backbone of a system to gain unauthorized control, mislead users, or reroute assets. Read more -
Cointelegraph.com - 04:58 Jun 27, 2025
US stock futures have hit record highs, fueling analyst predictions that Bitcoin could soon break past resistance to hit a new price peak. US stock futures are at record highs as the country’s largest markets are nearing their peaks, which could help propel Bitcoin to reach another all-time high, according to analysts. S&P 500 futures entered new all-time high territory on Thursday with the index tapping 6,145 points, surpassing February’s peak. The tech-heavy Nasdaq Composite futures also hit a peak at 20,180 around the same time. The S&P 500 has gained 23% since its April 8 crash as trade tariff shocks ease and a ceasefire between Israel and Iran appears to hold. Read more -
Cointelegraph.com - 01:22 Jun 27, 2025
DappRadar found AI agent projects raised $1.39 billion this year, a 9.4% increase on the total funding in 2024, while a onchain activity has surged 86%. Artificial intelligence activity on blockchains has nearly doubled since the start of the year, with more funding and users piling into the trendy technology, according to blockchain analytics platform DappRadar. AI-related onchain activity has surged by 86% so far in 2025, with an estimated 4.5 million daily unique active wallets taking part in AI decentralized apps (DApps), DappRadar said in a report on Thursday. The boost in daily users has grown AI app market share from 9% at the start of the year to 19%, just behind blockchain gaming at 20%. Read more -
Cointelegraph.com - 23:06 Jun 26, 2025
ChatGPT automates North Korea’s crypto hacks. Malaysian highway funds funneled to digital assets. Asia Express North Koreas state-sponsored hacking groups are automating cryptocurrency theft with the help of AI tools like ChatGPT, according to South Korean cybersecurity officials. Lee Seul-gi, lead researcher at the Korea Internet & Security Agency (KISA), said attackers are using AI-configured scripts to automatically transfer crypto to their own wallets once a victims balance exceeds $200. During a security conference in Seoul on Thursday, Lee shared the findings of an investigation that analyzed 39 virtual server images seized in September, according to local media. Read more -
Cointelegraph.com - 22:10 Jun 26, 2025
Mounting macroeconomic risks, declining Bitcoin miner revenues, and cautious sentiment among investors could trigger a sharp BTC price correction. Key takeaways: Despite strong macro trends, Bitcoin derivatives show fading investor confidence in sustaining the recent price gains. Bit Digital’s pivot to Ether raises fears that other miners may also unload their BTC reserves. Read more -
Cointelegraph.com - 22:10 Jun 26, 2025
After passing the GENIUS stablecoin bill, Republican leadership on the Senate Banking Committee has turned its sights to digital asset market structure. US Senator Tim Scott, chair of the Senate Banking Committee, said the chamber would be aiming to pass legislation for digital asset market structure “before the end of September.” In a Thursday “fireside chat” with Wyoming Senator Cynthia Lummis and White House crypto adviser Bo Hines, Scott said “for the market to function completely,” Congress would need to move forward with legislation for market structure and stablecoins. The senator set a goal of passing a market structure bill by Sept. 30. “You’re the chairman, and we will do as you wish,” said Lummis in response to Scott’s goal for market structure. “We will make sure that we’re ready to do that.” Read more
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