Key Takeaways $580M in crypto seized from Southeast Asia-based fraud networks in February 2026. U.S. crypto scam losses estimated at $10B per year; $1.5B taken in the first three quarters of 2025 alone. “Pig butchering” scams drive nearly half of crypto fraud cases and the majority of losses. Around 27,000 criminal groups operate globally, with […]
Morgan Stanley Files For Bank Charter To Offer Crypto Custody And Staking Services — Report
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Tether Froze 4.2 Billion USDT: Details
The post Tether Froze 4.2 Billion USDT: Details appeared on BitcoinEthereumNews.com. Tether USDT Freezing Operations Stablecoin issuer Tether has frozen approximately $4.2 billion worth of USDt tokens linked to suspicious criminal activities over the past three years. Most of these funds were restricted starting from 2023; regulators and law enforcement began more stringent oversight of […]
Ripple’s DPB Model Wants to Kill Exchange-Centric Crypto
The post Ripple’s DPB Model Wants to Kill Exchange-Centric Crypto appeared on BitcoinEthereumNews.com. Ripple drops a bombshell whitepaper pitching a Digital Prime Broker model to transform institutional crypto trading. Is this the FX blueprint crypto needs? Ripple just dropped something big. The company released a whitepaper titled “The Blueprint for Institutional Digital Assets Trading,” and […]
Not the Bottom Yet? CryptoQuant Data Exposes Bitcoin’s Brutal Deleveraging
Current market dynamics point to a reset in motion, with Bitcoin undergoing deleveraging. However, the leading digital asset is yet to form a bottom for this bear cycle, despite cooling market conditions. According to a report from CryptoQuant, metrics such as falling open interest and Bitcoin basis compression on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME) indicate […]
Bitcoin Plunges as US and Israel Launch Military Strike on Iran
Israel and the United States carried out a joint strike on Iran early Saturday, marking a major escalation in regional tensions. Bitcoin reached extremely to the news, dropping straight to $63,000 and extending daily losses to nearly 7%. Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz described the operation as a “preemptive strike.” The Israeli government declared a […]
US–Iran War Risk Grows as FBI Accuses Kidnapping of American Citizens
Tensions between Washington and Tehran escalated further on February 27 after the FBI designated Iran as a State Sponsor of Wrongful Detention. The bureau said it remains committed to returning Americans held captive abroad and bringing their captors to justice. The FBI highlighted two long-running cases. One involves Robert A. Levinson, a retired FBI special […]
CLARITY Act Still Faces Push From Banks as Yield Fight Stalls Deal
The White House pushed for a breakthrough on stablecoin yield negotiations for the CLARITY Act this weekend. It did not happen. Instead, fresh reports from sources close to the talks suggest the crypto market structure bill remains far from a final deal. Banking representatives and crypto lobbyists are still divided over whether stablecoins can generate […]
Palladium Price Approaches a Critical Turning Point
Few major commodities have displayed the kind of price volatility Palladium has since 2020. After a wild ride, boom and bust included, the price of the metal approaches a key area that will help determine its medium- and long-term outlook. In the space of just a few years, the metal surged above $3,400 during a […]
Trump to Takeover Cuba, Iran War Tensions Rise, Bitcoin Crashes Again
Bitcoin fell sharply on February 27 as geopolitical tensions intensified, pulling the price back to around $65,200 after several days of attempts to recover toward $70,000. The drop came as US President Donald Trump suggested the possibility of a “friendly takeover” of Cuba, while Washington simultaneously increased its military posture in Israel. The combined headlines […]