INTERPOL has reported 58 arrests, 263 identified suspects and $2.67 million seized after a 22-country operation targeted crypto investment scams, romance fraud and money laundering networks. Summary Operation Jackal IV involved 22 countries across six continents between November 2025 and June 2026. Police arrested 58 people and identified 263 suspects linked to West African organized…
“Major countries have built complete valuation, reserve, and trading systems around gold, so a shift to Bitcoin will not happen overnight,” he said. Changpeng “CZ” Zhao made headlines earlier this week after stating Bitcoin (BTC) will reach $1 million, and that the climb will not take 25 years. “I think for Bitcoin to hit…
Nine consecutive sessions of net inflows have narrowed the gap with Bitcoin ETFs to almost nothing. But spot volume tells a different story, and one that matters more. Summary U.S. spot Ethereum ETFs recorded $225.8 million in net inflows on August 28, their strongest single day in 10 months, extending a buying streak to nine…
The total crypto market cap shed over $80 billion after the Jackson Hole speech by Kevin Warsh. Bitcoin’s price rally that drove it past $81,000 on a couple of occasions in the past week came to a halt after the hawkish stance by the new Fed Chair displayed yesterday, and the asset slipped to…
Crypto and blockchain companies disclosed $184.1 million across eight funding rounds between Aug. 22 and Aug. 28, led by RQD* Clearing’s $74 million growth investment. Summary Eight crypto and blockchain projects disclosed a combined $184.1 million in new financing. RQD* Clearing secured a $74 million minority growth investment led by Bain Capital. Fasset raised $68…
Another Trump-themed digital asset delivered an expensive and painful lesson to traders chasing quick gains through meme coins. A newly launched meme coin on Solana briefly attracted millions in trading activity after it appeared on a Trump-linked X account. Trump Digital Gold (GOLD) was published and promoted on the X account @realtrumpcoins1, which is…
Tokenized gold has moved deeper into crypto lending after Aave’s XAUT-backed debt reached a $25 million ceiling and Arch Lending added loans against the two largest gold tokens. Summary Aave’s $25 million XAUT debt ceiling was fully used before additional capacity filled within 24 hours. Arch’s Himanshu Sahay said investors increasingly want to use tokenized…
Is XRP heading for a market cap nearly 2x higher than ETH’s current one? Ripple’s native token is among the most popular cryptocurrencies, often being the object of massive price predictions. Impressive rallies like the one that took place in the past 10 days or so only fuel such forecasts. Popular analyst EGRAG CRYPTO…
HyENA has announced plans to close every market between Aug. 31 and Sept. 2 after processing more than $4 billion in trades for over 12,000 users. Summary HyENA will remove one market each hour from Aug. 31 through Sept. 2. Open positions will settle automatically, while margin will return to users’ spot balances. HLPe depositors…
Bitcoin’s rather stable price moves over the past day or so were disrupted after Kevin Warsh finished his speech at Jackson Hole, as the asset slumped by a few grand in an hour. Its move south dragged many altcoins with it, resulting in over $200 million in liquidated positions at one point, according to data…
