THE SEC JUST ADMITTED SELF-CUSTODY IS REAL — THEN BURIED IT UNDER A CONDITION
The SEC proposed new crypto custody rules on Oct 1, letting advisers and funds hold client crypto themselves — but only...
BITCOIN’S LOUDEST PURIST JUST TOOK THE BIGGEST MINER’S PAYCHECK TO BUILD A PRIVATE LANE FOR YOUR TRANSACTIONS
Peter Todd spent years arguing nobody should control what gets relayed. Now he runs Slipstream, MARA's private mempool - where a...
WALL STREET’S INVISIBLE COMMITTEE IS ABOUT TO FORCE YOUR RETIREMENT FUND TO DUMP BITCOIN — AND NOBODY ELECTED THEM
MSCI's own simulation removes Strategy and Metaplanet from its global indexes. Every passive fund tracking those benchmarks gets forced to sell....
Bitget Lost $388M Through a Zero-Day, Not Stolen Keys
SlowMist traced Bitget's $387.5M theft to a zero-day in a third-party security vendor, not stolen keys. The keys you rent were...
EL SALVADOR JUST TRADED BITCOIN FOR A GOVERNMENT STABLECOIN THAT CHECKS YOUR ID, SORTS YOU BY YOUR ADDRESS, AND CAN BE SWITCHED OFF
Five years after making Bitcoin legal tender, El Salvador is building Sivar - a government stablecoin app on Coinbase's Base that...
WASHINGTON JUST CALLED TETHER IRAN’S ‘FINANCIAL LIFELINE’ — WHILE YOUR BITCOIN PAID FOR THE WAR
A Senate report just admitted terrorists abandoned Bitcoin for USDT because nobody can freeze Bitcoin. Then it blamed 'crypto' anyway. Meanwhile...
THE 10-Year Treasury Yield Broke 5% For The First Time In 19 Years And Wiped Out Bitcoin’s Best Quarter In 9 Years
Bitcoin had its best Q3 in nine years, then a 19-year-high bond yield wiped out the rally. The bond market just...
THEY PUT A BITCOIN DEV IN A CELL WITH A MURDERER FOR WRITING CODE — THE MEN WHO STOLE $388 MILLION ARE STILL SWAPPING IT IN THE OPEN
Keonne Rodriguez is serving five years for writing privacy software — he slept on half a mattress next to a man...
NORTH KOREA’S FAKE JOB INTERVIEWS JUST DRAINED $11 MILLION FROM 7,000 CRYPTO WALLETS
North Korea's "Contagious Interview" crew infected 30,000 devices and drained $11 million from 7,000 crypto wallets by posing as tech recruiters....
BITMEX IS DEAD. THE EXCHANGE THAT INVENTED LEVERAGE NOW CHARGES YOU $50 A MONTH TO EXIST
BitMEX stopped trading after 11 years — but withdrawals still work. Leave a balance and they bill you 1% a year...
Quick Reads
THEY TOLD YOU BITCOIN IS PRIVATE. THEN THEY TAUGHT YOU TO SWEEP EVERY COIN INTO ONE TRANSACTION – AND YOUR WALLET JUST LINKED YOUR ENTIRE STACK TO YOUR REAL NAME
Cake Wallet's Seth for Privacy warned this week that spending one no-KYC coin alongside a KYC coin links your entire Bitcoin...
THE CELSIUS CEO WHO FROZE YOUR BITCOIN JUST GOT ‘PERMANENTLY BANNED’ AND A $35 MILLION PAYMENT PLAN HE MIGHT NEVER PAY
Alex Mashinsky promised 17% on your Bitcoin, pulled in $20 billion, then froze every withdrawal in June 2022. On Friday New...