How does North Korea launder its crypto loot? Each time the Hermit Kingdom successfully hacks a company or protocol — like when it pillaged $1.5 billion from crypto exchange Bybit on Feb. 21 — it faces the significant challenge of offramping its assets. STORY CONTINUES BELOW Don’t miss another story.Subscribe to the State of Crypto […]
WASHINGTON, D.C. — President Donald Trump assured the crypto sector that it’s on new ground in a first-ever summit at the White House on Friday, illustrating what the industry suspected: It’s got friends Read More
Crypto exchange Kraken is considering an initial public offering (IPO) by the first quarter of 2026, as the company believes the regulatory environment in the U.S. has sufficiently changed to make a public listing viable, Read More
Federally regulated banks can engage in a range of cryptocurrency activities without prior approval, The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) said, in a new interpretive letter and statement. In a new interpretive Read More
Cardano’s ADA, XRP and Solana’s SOL slid on Friday after a White House official backpedaled on President Trump’s recent announcement that he would sign an executive order instructing the Presidential Working Group Read More
As crypto executives gathered for a White House Summit Friday and officials clarified plans for a Crypto Reserve, there was one big winner: Bitcoin. In a Sunday March 2 social media message, President Trump had outlined Read More
Garantex, a Russian crypto exchange popular with ransomware gangs and darknet markets, has been taken down in an international law enforcement operation, according to a Friday announcement from the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ). Read More
President Donald Trump’s order to establish a bitcoin (BTC) reserve is meant to set up the original cryptocurrency as a U.S. reserve asset that deserves special treatment apart from other crypto assets, according Read More
Bitcoin (BTC) staking layer Core has teamed up with Singapore-based custodian Cobo to expand its institutional reach into the Asia-Pacific (APAC) region. Core, issuer of the liquid-staking token lstBTC, will enable Cobo’s institutional clients Read More
Along with stocks in general and crypto markets in particular, it’s been a rough few weeks for Coinbase (COIN), its shares sporting a decline of about 30% since mid-February and a 40% drop since hitting a 52Read More
