Former FTX engineer Nishad Singh agrees to $3.7M penalty in CFTC...
Nishad Singh has agreed to pay $3.7 million to settle his case with U.S. regulators over the collapse of FTX.The payment is part of...
China takes custody of alleged Huione Group chairman Li Xiong
Li Xiong, a key figure linked to the Huione network, has been extradited from Cambodia to China, where he now faces fraud and money...
Bithumb delays IPO plans to post-2028 amid regulatory scrutiny
Bithumb is hitting the brakes on its IPO plans. Instead of going public soon, the company is now aiming for sometime after 2028.The reason...
Genius Group sells entire Bitcoin treasury in Q1 as debt repayment...
Genius Group has made a big shift in its strategy. In the first quarter of 2026, the company sold all of its remaining Bitcoin...
Interactive Brokers rolls out crypto trading for retail clients in Europe
Interactive Brokers is expanding into crypto in a big way, now offering trading to everyday users across the European Economic Area (EEA).In simple terms,...
New Hampshire Bitcoin-backed bond receives Ba2 rating from Moody’s
Moody’s Investors Service has given a provisional Ba2 rating to a new Bitcoin-backed municipal bond planned in New Hampshire.In simple terms, that rating means...
Mercado Libre phases out Mercado Coin as focus shifts to stablecoin
Mercado Libre is shutting down its in-house crypto token, Mercado Coin, after just four years.The company has told users they must use or sell...
Texas adds prediction markets and crypto to legislative priorities
Texas is taking a closer look at crypto and emerging financial tools as part of its next legislative agenda.Dan Patrick, who leads the Texas...
BitGo launches unified crypto financing platform for institutional lending and borrowing
BitGo has launched a new financing platform designed to make it easier for institutions to borrow and lend using their crypto holdings.In simple terms,...
Bitcoin corporate buying almost vanishes as weekly net purchases sink 99.93%
Corporate Bitcoin buying has almost completely slowed down, according to new data from SoSoValue.Last week, publicly listed companies only bought about $70,000 worth of...
U.S. regulators push to expand 401k options with crypto inclusion
The U.S. government is moving closer to allowing crypto inside retirement accounts—and that’s a big shift.The U.S. Department of Labor has put forward a...
U.S. senators push “Mined in America Act” to cut reliance on...
Two U.S. senators—Bill Cassidy and Cynthia Lummis—have introduced a new bill aimed at boosting Bitcoin mining inside the United States and reducing reliance on...
Iraqi News
Kurdish opposition figure: The region’s finance ministry stole 5 trillion dinars allocated for job...
Independent Kurdish politician Saman Ali has made serious allegations against the Kurdistan Regional Government’s finance ministry, claiming more than 5 trillion dinars meant for...
Iraqi oil prices fall by 2%… Basra crude records $112
Iraqi oil prices moved lower on Wednesday, falling more than 2% as global energy markets weakened.Basra Heavy crude dropped $1.13 to $112.50 per barrel,...
Al-Kadhimi: Halting dollar shipments is American blackmail that infringes on Iraq’s sovereignty.
Former parliamentary finance committee member Mu'in al-Kadhimi criticized reports that the US halted dollar shipments to Iraq, calling the move “political blackmail” and interference...
1.6m bpd Kirkuk Export Pipeline Set for Relaunch
Iraq’s Ministry of Oil says exports through the Kirkuk-Fishkhabour-Turkey pipeline could resume soon, starting with limited volumes.The pipeline has a capacity of 1.6 million...
DNO issues Update on Production
Norwegian energy company DNO has given an update on its operations in Iraq’s Kurdistan region, saying it is preparing to ramp production back up...