Authorities in the United States have sentenced a man to 97 months in prison for his role in defrauding investors out of more than $40 million via a crypto Ponzi scheme. According to the U.S. Department of Justice, 57-year-old Dwayne Golden was sentenced on June 27 by U.S. District Judge William F. Kuntz II in
Key Takeaways Bakkt filed a shelf registration to raise up to $1 billion for its Bitcoin and digital asset strategy. Funds may be used for Bitcoin acquisition, crypto treasury initiatives, and corporate purposes. Share this article Bakkt Holdings on Thursday filed a shelf registration with the SEC to potentially raise up to $1 billion through
LDO crypto is stuck below $1, sliding by over 90% from all-time highs. Lido Finance has been shipping major updates, including the release of v3 in testnet-2. The CSM is also live and permissionless. Lido Finance is a critical part of the Ethereum staking infrastructure. Those who cannot raise the required 32 ETH can stake
On-chain activity tied to AI has jumped by 86% since the beginning of 2025, and now records about 4.5 million daily unique active wallets. This increase has pushed AI’s market share up to 19%, almost matching gaming’s 20% dominance. It marks a notable transformation from the start of the year, when AI accounted for only
As real estate investing moves onto the blockchain, Bart de Bruijn is making sure everyday investors don’t get left behind. De Bruijn is the co-founder and main director of EstateX, a rapidly growing platform that utilizes tokenization and smart contracts to unlock real estate ownership for retail investors. Backed by a fast-growing community of over
Share this article As the adoption of artificial intelligence accelerates, one fundamental challenge continues to surface across nearly every use case: models do not understand the world around them. Even the most advanced large language models (LLMs) are incredibly limited when it comes to context. They are excellent at reasoning, generation, and problem-solving, but only
Europe is preparing for another round of U.S. trade negotiations, with tariffs looming like the sword of Damocles. Everything is chopping, including BTC USD. While diplomats talk shop, BTC ▲0.36% is pulling capital from hedge funds and pension desks alike but the price action is still muddied. Here’s what’s going on with the EU and
A new report by TRM Labs has revealed that 2025 has had the worst ever first half of the year in terms of hacks and exploits, with more than $2.5 billion stolen in that period. However, while the figure surpassed the previous H1 record set in 2022, the numbers were considerably skewed by just one
The latest weekly recap includes a flurry of major developments, from Vitalik Buterin’s critique of Worldcoin’s digital identity ambitions to the final curtain in the Ripple-SEC legal drama. Robinhood made waves by introducing micro crypto futures, while state governments and treasury firms continued doubling down on Bitcoin. With regulatory shifts, tech upgrades, and institutional plays
Key Takeaways Elon Musk’s xAI team will launch Grok 4 shortly after July 4 with enhanced coding features. Grok 4 aims to improve AI model training by revising human knowledge data and boosting reasoning accuracy. Share this article Elon Musk announced today that xAI will release Grok 4 shortly after July 4, following an intensive