Singapore jails six over S$4.9M crypto poker heist
Six Malaysians were jailed over a S$4.9 million Singapore crypto heist, with S$3.21 million in stolen assets still unrecovered after sentencing.
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Bybit launches Odds for fixed return BTC and ETH price trades
Bybit has launched Bybit Odds, a fixed-return crypto price contract product that lets users take views on Bitcoin and Ether without leverage or liquidation risk. According to a Sept. 16 announcement shared with crypto.news, the product lets traders allocate a…
BitMart opens user engagement portal as advisers assess withdrawal plans
BitMart has launched a dedicated user engagement portal for questions about withdrawals and its future plans, giving customers a formal channel to submit concerns as financial adviser Alvarez & Marsal reviews the exchange’s position. According to BitMart’s official announcement, the…
Zcash holders back 25-second blocks in NU7 vote
Zcash holders backed 25-second blocks and existing halvings in the NU7 vote, with nearly 2.4 million ZEC participating in the private poll.
Meme coin phishing pages trick traders with fake Cloudflare checks
Meme coin traders have been targeted by phishing pages disguised as Cloudflare verification screens, with one trader reporting a loss of approximately $600,000 after running a malicious script. Market reports on Sept. 16 said several popular meme coin pages have…
Kamino names Michael Weisz CEO for U.S. expansion
Kamino named Yieldstreet co-founder Michael Weisz CEO as the Solana lender builds a New York team and expands tokenized asset lending.
Polymarket brings blockchain indexing in-house with rindexer for faster data
Polymarket has moved its primary blockchain indexing infrastructure in-house, cutting the time needed to surface some onchain events by as much as 14 blocks, or roughly 28 seconds. Polymarket Vice President of Engineering Josh Stevens said the prediction market platform…
Bitcoin, Ether longs lose $380M after Senate vote
Crypto exchanges liquidated about $571 million in long positions after the Senate rejected CLARITY Act cloture, with BTC and ETH hit hardest.
Former CFTC chair says US crypto rules can advance despite CLARITY Act failure
Former Commodity Futures Trading Commission Chairman J. Christopher Giancarlo has said U.S. regulators can continue building crypto rules after the Senate failed to advance the CLARITY Act in a 49-50 procedural vote. Giancarlo told journalist Eleanor Terrett on Sept. 16…
Bitcoin onchain transfers vary sixfold in BIS study
BIS researchers found Bitcoin onchain transfer estimates can vary sixfold, while Ethereum and stablecoin data face separate measurement gaps.
Stablecoins could boost US dollar and Treasury demand: BoE
Dollar stablecoins have grown to about $300 billion in circulation, prompting a Bank of England policymaker to warn that their expansion could increase demand for US Treasurys while creating new risks during periods of heavy redemptions. Stablecoins could extend the…
BitBox adds Lightning wallet without a new backup phrase
BitBox has added a self-custody Lightning hot wallet to the BitBoxApp, letting hardware-wallet users make faster Bitcoin payments through their existing backup without recording another recovery phrase. BitBox Lightning wallet separates spending from savings BitBox announced the integration as part…