Category: Crypto Insights

UK becomes first to blacklist Xinbi crypto marketplace over $19.9B fraud empire The UK has become the first country to formally sanction Xinbi, a Chinese‑language cryptocurrency marketplace accused of powering a sprawling fraud and human trafficking network worth nearly $20 billion. London has also targeted Cambodia’s notorious “#8 Park” scam compound, moving to freeze assets…

Coinbase, Fannie Mae, and fintech lender Better Home & Finance are rolling out a program that will, for the first time, let borrowers use cryptocurrency as collateral for conventional U.S. mortgages. Under the initiative, certain homebuyers will be able to pledge Bitcoin or the USDC stablecoin for their down payment instead of liquidating their digital…

Trump’s revamped science advisory council has become an unexpected convergence point for artificial intelligence pioneers and crypto heavyweights, underscoring just how central these technologies have become to U.S. economic and security strategy. On Wednesday, President Trump named the first 13 members of his President’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology (PCAST). While the body…

Bhutan Offloads $37M in Bitcoin to External Wallets as Sovereign Stack Shrinks by Two-Thirds The Kingdom of Bhutan has stepped up the pace of its Bitcoin disposals, moving another 519.707 BTC-worth about $36.75 million-out to external addresses on Wednesday. The latest transaction deepens a months-long liquidation trend that has already cut the country’s sovereign Bitcoin…

Irish Police Unlock First of 12 Bitcoin Wallets in Record-Breaking $418 Million Drug Bust Ireland’s Criminal Assets Bureau (CAB) has managed to gain access to a Bitcoin wallet holding roughly 500 BTC-currently valued at about $34 million (€30 million). This marks the first successful access to any of twelve Bitcoin wallets confiscated from a convicted…

Morning Minute: Circle Sinks 20% as Clarity Act Scrambles Stablecoin Yields Circle just logged the roughest trading day in its history as a public company, with shares sliding about 20% on Tuesday. The sharp drop followed circulation of a fresh draft of the so‑called Clarity Act, whose updated language appears to target yield‑generating products tied…

Franklin Templeton, Ondo Finance roll out 24/7 tokenized ETFs for direct wallet trading Franklin Templeton has teamed up with Ondo Finance to launch tokenized versions of its exchange-traded funds that can be bought and sold around the clock directly from crypto wallets, opening continuous access to U.S. stocks, bonds, and gold for investors outside the…

Bitwise calls Circle stock rout overblown, projects $75B valuation by 2030 Bitwise Asset Management is pushing back against the sharp repricing of Circle’s shares, arguing that the recent selloff is disconnected from the fundamentals of both the company and the broader stablecoin sector. Chief Investment Officer Matt Hougan believes Circle’s market value could reach around…

CFTC’s first self-custody no-action letter marks turning point for XRP derivatives infrastructure The quiet release of a single regulatory document is reshaping how markets think about XRP’s future in derivatives. In mid-March, the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) issued its first-ever no-action letter for a self-custodial crypto wallet provider, while, on the same day,…

Bitcoin exchange-traded funds are rapidly clawing back earlier losses, with nearly $2.5 billion in net inflows over the past month-just one strong trading session away from fully erasing their year-to-date outflow “hole,” according to analysts. Despite Bitcoin suffering roughly a 40% price decline over the last six months, spot Bitcoin ETFs have continued to attract…