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North Carolina Proposes Bill to Invest State Funds in Bitcoin ETPs

North Carolina has introduced a bill that would allow the state treasurer to invest public funds in Bitcoin exchange-traded products (ETPs). If passed, this...

South Korean Lawmaker Acquitted in Crypto Concealment Case

South Korean lawmaker Kim Nam-kuk has been acquitted of charges related to concealing cryptocurrency holdings. The court ruled that he was not legally required...

Central African Republic’s Memecoin Announcement Raises Deepfake Concerns

A video announcing the launch of an official memecoin for the Central African Republic (CAR) has been flagged as suspicious by at least two...

UK Landfill Holding $768M Bitcoin Hard Drive Set to Close

A landfill site in Newport, Wales, that allegedly holds a hard drive containing 8,000 Bitcoin is set to shut down, according to reports. The site,...

Coinbase Faces Lawsuit Over Alleged Unregistered Securities Sales

A U.S. federal judge has ruled that Coinbase must face an investor lawsuit alleging the exchange sold unregistered securities. The decision rejects Coinbase’s claim...

Florida Senator Proposes Bitcoin Investment for State Funds

Florida Senator Joe Gruters has introduced a bill advocating for the state to invest part of its funds in Bitcoin and other digital assets....

Phishing Scammers Target Phantom Wallet Users

Phishing scammers are attempting to steal private keys from Phantom wallet users by tricking them into approving fraudulent update requests. These fake pop-ups mimic...

Canadian Crypto App Founder Caught Hiding 450 Bitcoin

Firoz Patel, the founder of the crypto payments platform Payza, has been sentenced to an additional three and a half years in a U.S....

Bitcoin Creator Satoshi Nakamoto May Be Wealthier Than Bill Gates

Satoshi Nakamoto, the mysterious creator of Bitcoin, may now have a net worth surpassing that of Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates, according to new onchain...

CFTC Fines EmpiresX Founders $130M for Crypto Fraud

A U.S. federal court has imposed over $130 million in fines and restitution against the Brazilian founders of EmpiresX, a fraudulent cryptocurrency investment scheme...

SEC Crypto Enforcer Jorge Tenreiro Moved to IT Office

The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has reportedly reassigned Jorge Tenreiro, its former head of crypto enforcement and chief litigation counsel, to the agency’s...

MicroStrategy Rebrands to ‘Strategy’ After Reporting $670M Q4 Loss

Bitcoin-focused firm Strategy—formerly known as MicroStrategy—reported a net loss of $670.8 million in the fourth quarter of 2023, marking its most aggressive Bitcoin acquisition...