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Iceland, which has attracted Bitcoin miners for years due to its high-energy environment for mining activities, may abandon crypto mining in the future as it looks to depend less on agricultural imports.

The cryptocurrency kingdom has lost some $239 million worth of digital assets in just four months in 2024 to private key compromises, indicating that threat actors will continue to use this specific attack vector to steal funds from even the biggest crypto figures and entities this year.

Disgraced crypto magnate Do Kwon was released from Montenegrin detention, but he was reportedly transferred to a foreigners' center, a move that his attorney called "illegal."

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The U.S. may now have a chance to prosecute notorious crypto figure Do Kwon in the country after the Montenegrin Supreme State Prosecutor's Office questioned the legal proceedings conducted to allow for Kwon's extradition to South Korea.

North Korea-linked cyberattacks focused on crypto firms over a six-year period may have helped fund the country's nuclear program, a UNSC panel revealed.

Funds traced back to the September 2023 phishing of a crypto whale's account moved Thursday, Certik revealed, once again urging cryptocurrency users to be vigilant amid the evolution of crypto scam methods.

Amid anticipation for Bitcoin's upcoming halving event, Bernstein analysts said they believe it won't have a significant effect on miners.

A crypto champion has won Ohio's GOP Senate primary, putting him on a collision course with digital asset critic Sen. Sherrod Brown – crypto users and enthusiasts have called it "the race to watch."

John Ray III, FTX's CEO who took over after the crypto giant's implosion, submitted a scathing victim impact statement on behalf of FTX investors who lost millions in the multi-billion-dollar scheme "designed" to enshrine Sam Bankman-Fried as the crypto king.

The Montenegrin appeals court has rejected Do Kwon's attempt to block his South Korea extradition, making his home country one step closer to finally prosecuting the fallen crypto magnate.

Trezor's X handle has been compromised, with hackers posting a fake token presale promotion, not even a month after Beoble's account was hacked.

The Robinhood Wallet is now available for all Android users around the globe, marking another milestone in the financial services company's cryptocurrency business.

Coinbase challenged the SEC last year after the regulator filed a lawsuit against the crypto exchange, and now more industry and business groups are tuning in – a growing number of them on Coinbase's side.

Genesis has agreed to pay $21 million to settle with the SEC over allegations that it offered unregistered securities alongside Gemini through the latter's defunct Earn lending program.

MicroStrategy now holds over 1% of the world's total Bitcoin supply as it obtained over 9,000 more Bitcoin.

CZ has just announced a free online education project that will use blockchain technology and will offer some subjects currently not being taught in grade school educational systems.

Standard Chartered Bank believes Bitcoin can reach $150,000 at the end of 2024, given its recent bull run that allowed the cryptocurrency to hit its all-time high of $73,000 earlier this month.

ZachXBT has once again flagged cryptocurrency market maker Gotbit, this time noting there were two partner projects of Gotbit that rug pulled in the past week alone.

Rep. Hill of Arkansas, a known crypto-friendly lawmaker, has joined the list of Republicans looking to replace the chair of the House Financial Services Committee.

Two promoters of defunct crypto mining and trading company IcomTech were found guilty of fraud last week, the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Southern District of New York said.

The founder of Remilia, the DAO behind the well-received Milady NFT collection, said his system "got hacked" over the weekend, some months after he was accused of misappropriating funds by Remilia co-founders.

Bitcoin Foundation's chairman welcomed ex-president Trump's apparent change of heart in the latter's recent remarks about Bitcoin as the world's first decentralized cryptocurrency nears its halving event.

Bukele once again made a bold statement regarding El Salvador's Bitcoin strategy, even as the country's Bitcoin City has not started construction work two years after the plan was announced.

John Deaton, known for his support for XRP holders, called on American voters to help fund his $1 million campaign to unseat Democratic Sen. Elizabeth Warren, who is a vocal crypto critic.

Craig Wright, who has been claiming for years that he created Bitcoin, isn't the person he says he is, according to a British judge Thursday – the ruling became a sensational topic on X (formerly Twitter) throughout the day.

The Federal Reserve may be pursuing a CBDC even if it recently reassured a Senate committee that it was far from recommending a digital currency, according to a list of the Fed's priorities that was publicized by a Republican House representative.

El Salvador's President Nayib Bukele said Thursday that his country has stored more than $400 million in bitcoin in an offline "cold wallet" as the cryptocurrency forges new record highs.

Spain has become the latest country to move against allowing Worldcoin to continue using its iris scanning technology in the country, but the biometric crypto project is keen on clarifying how its technology works.