Russia is intensifying its crackdown on illegal cryptocurrency miners by launching a national registry of mining equipment, which would help identify unregistered operations. According to local media, Russian authorities have already compiled the registry and distributed it to regions with high mining activity. The initiative is a joint effort by the Ministry of Energy, the…
Japanese investment firm Metaplanet has made another major investment to boost its Bitcoin portfolio. According to the firm’s latest disclosure, it purchased an additional 2,205 Bitcoin (BTC) for roughly $237.9 million (34.49 billion yen). The tokens were obtained at an average cost of 15.64 million yen per bitcoin, approximately $107,800, now bringing its total holdings…
Weekly inflows into the U.S. spot Bitcoin ETFs experienced a significant drop last week as fading Fed rate cut hopes and Trump’s newly passed budget bill tempered investor appetite. According to data from SoSoValue, the 12 spot Bitcoin ETFs recorded $769.6 million over the past week, a 65% drop from the prior week when these…
Ethereum may soon enforce a 16.77 million gas limit on single transactions under EIP-7983, proposed by Vitalik Buterin and researcher Toni Wahrstätter to improve performance and reduce attack surfaces. According to the July 6 proposal, Ethereum can “enhance its resilience against certain DoS vectors, improve network stability, and provide more predictability to transaction processing costs”…
A governance vote to make WLFI tokens tradable is underway and will reveal whether the project is truly community-driven. But the bigger question is whether early backers are ready to cash in, or hold tight, as the team’s holdings remain frozen. On July 4, the team behind Trump-linked World Liberty Financial launched a pivotal governance…
U.S. spot Bitcoin exchange-traded funds recorded over $1 billion in net inflows over the last two trading sessions as macroeconomic concerns cooled after President Donald Trump revealed a trade deal with an ASEAN member state. According to data from SoSoValue, inflows totaled $407.78 million on July 2, followed by $601.94 million on July 3, the…
In the first half of 2025, the blockchain industry suffered over $2.37 billion in losses due to security incidents, with the DeFi sector hit the hardest. Scams targeting individual users have also proliferated, with AI enabling increasingly sophisticated schemes. According to SlowMist’s mid-year “Blockchain Security and AML Report,” the blockchain industry saw approximately $2.37 billion…
Japanese digital bank Minna is reportedly exploring the use of stablecoins and Web3 wallets for real-world payments. According to a July 4 X post from digital asset infrastructure company Fireblocks, the bank is collaborating with Fireblocks, Solana Japan, and Japanese tech firm TIS on a joint study assessing the viability of stablecoins in everyday financial…
With his criminal trial just weeks away, Tornado Cash co-founder Roman Storm is speaking out and denying any wrongdoing. In a recent interview with Crypto in America, Storm said the U.S. government is prosecuting him for writing open-source code, not for any actual criminal conduct. Facing three felony charges, including conspiracy to commit money laundering…
The city of Detroit has filed a sweeping lawsuit against crypto-based real estate firm RealToken LLC and its affiliates for public nuisance violations across more than 400 residential properties. RealToken LLC uses blockchain technology to tokenize real estate and sell fractional ownership to investors. However, what city officials describe as widespread neglect of housing standards…
