Latest updates, press releases, and insights from the volatile world of digital assets.
Software engineer Lewis Barber seeks return of 324.8 BTC from HDR Global Trading, claiming the exchange offered regulated perpetual swaps in Britain without Financial Conduct Authority approval between 2018 and 2022
Eligible users receive one DFX token per USDT of verified losses from the April 1 incident, with early redemptions near 1% of claims and a multi-year funding plan
Uphold has rolled out Vault Inheritance, a $19.99 monthly service that lets customers designate beneficiaries to receive their crypto assets after death, backed by compliance verification to solve access issues for holdings valued at hundreds of billions
Brazil’s state energy firm develops two Cardano applications with the Cardano Foundation and PUC-Rio researchers to verify environmental claims and fuel lifecycle data
BFX/USDC trading has begun via a staged Uniswap auction near the $0.05 target, yet presale participants still await a firm claim date tied to full liquidity pool completion
Tokenized shares of Apple, Nvidia, Meta and Alphabet go live on Coinbase’s layer-2 network, enabling 24/7 trading and DeFi use for eligible users outside the United States
Britain’s financial regulator and the crypto exchange have paused High Court proceedings until late August while negotiating a potential deal on alleged illegal promotions to UK users
Scammers circulated a fraudulent announcement claiming Ripple launched XRP Holder Tiers with exclusive perks, directing users to a phishing site to claim badges and steal holdings
The bankrupt exchange’s recovery trust starts paying roughly $900 million to eligible claimants, the smallest round so far, with most classes now above 100 percent recovery
The Digital Chamber has filed an amicus brief urging dismissal of a New York case seeking ownership of thousands of inactive Bitcoin addresses holding around 3.7 million BTC valued at $234 billion. The filing argues the claims threaten core principles of digital asset control
