Two suspects in the killing of four people in Mexico allegedly sought a cold wallet they believed held millions of dollars in Bitcoin, news outlet La Jornada reported on Saturday, citing an update from the Attorney General’s Office of the…

The National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA) has called for a unified regulatory approach across Africa to reduce administrative bottlenecks and create a more predictable environment for technology investments. The regulator said governments should move away from fragmented regulatory systems…

Michael Saylor’s Strategy, the largest corporate Bitcoin treasury, skipped its weekly Bitcoin acquisition to repurchase $176 million of its preferred STRC stock.Strategy repurchased 1.8 million STRC shares for an aggregate $176.3 million between Aug. 31 and Sept. 7, according to…

Robinhood has taken equity stakes in Crypto.com and its newly spun-off prediction market platform OG.com as part of a multi-year deal to use OG.com’s regulated infrastructure for event contracts.Under the agreement, Robinhood will route retail event contracts through OG.com’s Commodity…

Payment giant Visa is connecting its settlement network with onchain lending, giving stablecoin-linked card programs another way to access working capital, potentially expanding the role of onchain lending from crypto markets into payment settlement.The company announced Tuesday that settlement data…

The World Bank has said credit is bypassing the businesses that have the greatest potential to create jobs in Nigeria, urging the financial sector to redirect capital towards productive enterprises and infrastructure. This was the central highlight of the keynote…

Bitcoin (BTC) dipped below $78,000 at Tuesday’s Wall Street open as risk assets fell on renewed Middle East tensions.Key points:Bitcoin briefly dropped under $78,000 for the first time since Sept. 3, following downside pressure on US equities.WTI crude oil hit…

Bitmine Immersion Technologies, the largest corporate Ether holder, announced another purchase of the second-biggest crypto, bringing the company closer to management’s goal of accumulating 5% of the total supply.Bitmine acquired 28,086 Ether (ETH) last week, according to a Tuesday announcement,…

You stack sats. You farm yield, and you’d rather sell your car than part with your BTC. But does that mean you should bank your golden years on Bitcoin?Many retirement industry professional such as MIT finance professor Jonathan Parker say…

Circle has agreed to acquire Singapore-based cross-border payments platform Tazapay in a deal expected to close in 2027.The transaction will also require customary closing conditions and approval from the Monetary Authority of Singapore, Circle said in a Tuesday announcement.Tazapay has…

Trading platform Robinhood’s blockchain network is expected to generate as much as $160 million in annual fees by 2028, Bernstein analysts forecast in a Tuesday report shared with Cointelegraph.The analysts cited growing demand for tokenized stock trading on the network,…

Bitcoin (BTC) whales have more reason to sell than at any time in Bitcoin’s recent history as their unrealized profits hit records.Key points:Bitcoin short-term holder whales saw unrealized profits spike to $9 billion on Sept. 4, the largest reading ever…

The Chairman of First HoldCo Plc, Femi Otedola, has described the company’s inclusion in the FTSE Frontier 50 Index as a “defining milestone” in the evolution of the financial services group. FirstHoldCo is scheduled to join the FTSE Frontier 50…

Purported white-hat hackers returned 3,400 Bitcoin worth about $270 million to the Liquid Federation wallet after withdrawing roughly $320 million from the Bitcoin sidechain’s reserves. On Monday, JAN3 CEO and former Blockstream executive Samson Mow said the return followed confirmation from…

The Ethereum Foundation has identified two “must ship” proposals for the Hegotá upgrade, prioritizing censorship resistance and more flexible account authentication as it narrows the fork’s scope.The ranking evaluated 62 proposed Ethereum Improvement Proposals (EIPs), drawing on input from roughly…