Category: Crypto

Standard Chartered, Animoca Brands, and HKT have formed a joint venture to issue a Hong Kong dollar-backed stablecoin, aiming to enhance digital transactions and improve payment efficiency in the region.
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Scammers have launched a fraudulent cryptocurrency by impersonating Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman.
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Mantra (OM) is the best-performing layer-one blockchain project this year as the token has nearly doubled its value since 2025 started.Last year, OM delivered gains of 6,407% to investors as the project invested strongly in marketing its platform for the tokenization of real-world assets (RWA) across the globe.The OM token was also listed in several […]
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Australian police dismantle an organized crime syndicate involved in burglaries targeting crypto ATMs and Pokémon collector cards.
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Bundesbank President Joachim Nagel highlights the digital euro’s role in safeguarding financial sovereignty and reducing reliance on foreign-controlled payment systems in global finance.
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Binance Coin (BNB) has struggled to keep pace with the broader market this year, ranking as one of the worst-performing top-five cryptocurrencies with a 4.8% decline.BNB Chain (previously Binance Smart Chain) has seen a steady influx of stablecoins into its ecosystem. Since January 1 last year, $2.3 billion worth of stablecoins have flowed into BNB […]
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South Korea’s Board of Audit and Inspection has urged officials in the city of Cheongju to dish out “strict disciplinary action” to a civil servant who stole over $416,000 worth of public funds to spend on personal crypto investments.
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Japan’s Metaplanet boosted its Bitcoin reserves by buying an extra 269.43 coins worth about $25.9m, pushing its total holdings to 2,031.41 BTC.
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Bubblemaps has presented new on-chain evidence suggesting that the team behind the controversial Libra (LIBRA) meme coin is the same group responsible for launching Melania (MELANIA).
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The Indian Enforcement Directorate confiscated cryptos, $15,570 in cash, a Lexus SUV vehicle in connection with BitConnect Ponzi scheme.
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