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Crypto and fintech news from across the web, curated for you by the Protos newsroom.
- Apr 17, 2025
- Panama City Greenlights Bitcoin, Ether Payments for Tax and City Services
- Quantum Computing Group Offers 1 BTC to Whoever Breaks Bitcoin’s Cryptographic Key
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Bank of America lobbies to dethrone Tether and Circle—by Protos Staff
- Meloni Meets With Trump, With Tariffs on the Agenda
- Crypto Casino Founder Richard Kim Arrested After Gambling Away Investor Funds
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What’s the deal with Zora, Base, and content coins?—by Protos Staff
- IMF Warns Trump Tariffs Will Weaken Economy and Increase Inflation
- KiloEx – Rekt
- Secret Service, Canadian Officials Disrupt $4.3M Ethereum “Approval Phishing” Scam
- Bybit shuts down four more Web3 services after axing NFT marketplace
- Powell Faces Pressure From the Markets and Trump Over Rates
- North Korean hackers target crypto devs with fake recruitment tests
- Energy experts slam ‘deeply flawed’ Harvard-led study on Bitcoin mining’s environmental impact
- XRP Downside Fears Persist Despite ETF Optimism, Options Data Show
- Nvidia C.E.O. Meets With Chinese Trade Officials in Beijing
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Coinbase claims the token Base just launched isn’t actually a token at all—by Protos Staff
- Trump Administration Weighing Ban Against China’s DeepSeek: Report
- Three Wallets Snag ‘Base is for everyone’ Tokens Before Official Announcement, Profiting $666K
- US court pauses 18-state lawsuit against SEC after agency’s leadership change
- A16z Calls on SEC to Update Crypto Custody Rules for Registered Investment Advisers
- Bitcoin and U.S. Equities Show Early Signs of Fading Correlation
- UBS loses crown as continental Europe’s most valuable bank to Santander amid U.S. tariffs
- Binance acting as adviser to governments on crypto regulations
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Your $1,200 COVID stimulus could be worth $14,700 in bitcoin—by Protos Staff
- Almost Nobody in Colorado Is Paying Taxes With Crypto
- RAY token up 8% as Raydium rolls out Pump.fun competitor ‘LaunchLab’
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BlackRock ETFs: Gold outperforms bitcoin in Trump’s second term—by Protos Staff
- The Biggest Crypto Fraud Since FTX?
- A decade in, Liberland needs the Bitcoin standard more than ever
- US Secret Service combats $4.3 million Ethereum ‘phishing’ scam with aid of Canadian officials
- Wall Street trading desks are feasting on the volatility from Trump’s global upheavals
- Coinbase Revenue, Trading Outlook Hit by Tariff Tensions: Oppenheimer
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Abandoned DeFi websites used to host crypto wallet drainers—by Protos Staff
- Mantra Plans ‘Comprehensive Burn Program’ of OM Following 90% Crash
- Apr 16, 2025
- Trump-Family Backed World Liberty Gets $25M Investment From DWF Labs
- Official Trump memecoin wallet cashes out $4.6m to Coinbase ahead of team unlocks
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Crypto influencer Tiffany Fong rejected Elon Musk’s baby-making offer, report—by Protos Staff
- Deel’s CEO is now in Dubai, complicating Rippling’s lawsuit
- China debates how to handle criminal crypto cache
- South Korean presidential contender vows to push crypto ‘as much as’ Trump: report
- Ethereum Gaming Project CyberKongz Says SEC Has Ended Investigation
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Every UK MP hacked on X since Elon Musk took control—by Protos Staff
- After Persuading GameStop to Adopt Bitcoin, Strive’s Matt Cole Targets Intuit
- Binance’s Potential Zcash Delisting Met With Dismay From Industry Heavyweights
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US government might use tariffs to buy bitcoin—by Protos Staff
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Did Solana process more transactions than all other blockchains last week?—by Protos Staff
- Stocks Edge Higher Amid Trump Tariff Uncertainty
- Ethena Agrees With Regulator to Withdraw From German Market
- ZKSync Admin Wallet Compromised, $5M Stolen
- Trump’s latest crypto venture will be a real estate video game
- Bitdeer Prioritizes Mining to Weather Tariff Turmoil
- Binance-Backed DEX KiloEX Suspends Operations Following $7.5 Million Exploit
- Apr 15, 2025
- Bitcoin Eyes Gains Versus Gold After Trendline Breakout, Monero Sees Golden Cross
- Bunq, a neobank for ‘digital nomads,’ accelerates U.S. expansion effort as profit jumps 65%
- Only 11% of El Salvador’s registered Bitcoin firms operational
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Major crypto exchanges suffer complications after AWS outage—by Protos Staff
- Binance, KuCoin, and Other Crypto Firms Hit by Amazon Web Service Issue
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Chinese chip used in bitcoin wallets is putting traders at risk—by Protos Staff
- Online trading platform Webull soars 375% in second day on market after SPAC merger
- Circle’s EURC Stablecoin Surges 43% to Record Supply as Dollar Troubles Fuel Demand
- SEC Postpones Decision on Staking Proposal for Grayscale Ethereum ETFs
- KuCoin, MEXC and 12 Crypto Exchanges’ Apple Apps Blocked in South Korea
- ZachXBT identifies key figures tied to Mantra’s 90% OM token crash
- Nomura’s Laser Digital Denies Involvement in Mantra Crash
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Anchorage Digital probed by top US AML task force, report—by Protos Staff
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MicroStrategy bought BTC at nearly the worst possible price last week—by Protos Staff
- Inside ‘An Ethereum Story’: Filming Vitalik Buterin, Crypto’s Most Reluctant Star
- Google to Restrict Crypto Ads in EU to MiCA-Licensed Firms
- Crypto Bank Anchorage Probed by U.S. Homeland Security
- Mantra denies responsibility after OM token flash crash wipes out $5bn
- Bybit denies $1.4M listing fee, school promo accusations on X
- MANTRA investor Laser Digital denies role in OM token crash, says ‘core’ holdings remain ‘locked’
- Apr 14, 2025
- Strategy Scoops Up 3,459 More BTC, Now Holds 531,644 BTC
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MANTRA CEO says ‘reckless’ exchanges caused OM token collapse—by Protos Staff
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CZ told to ‘give up the scamming’ in X spat with Ari Paul—by Protos Staff
- Trump-Linked Crypto Project Buys $775,000 Worth of SEI as Altcoin Accumulation Continues
- China Halts Critical Rare Earth Exports as Trade War Intensifies
- Man Pleads Guilty to Submitting False Tax Returns Tied to $13M CryptoPunks Sales
- Trump’s World Liberty Financial buys $775K in SEI in altcoin buying spree
- Goldman Sachs is about to report first-quarter earnings
- Mantra’s OM Crashes 90% in Bizarre Selloff as Team Alleges ‘Forced Liquidations’
- Metaplanet Becomes 9th Largest Public Bitcoin Holder With Latest BTC Buy
- MANTRA’s 88% crash sparks over $71 million in liquidations: Coinglass
- Ray Dalio Sounds the Alarm on Global Systemic Risk, But Bitcoin Remains Resilient
- Apr 12, 2025
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Gold has outperformed bitcoin by nearly 40% this year—by Protos Staff
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ETH has fallen nearly 50% since Eric Trump’s promotional tweet—by Protos Staff
- BlackRock Bitcoin and Ether ETF Inflows Declined 83% in Q1 to $3B
- Donald Trump’s Memecoin Faces Massive $320M Token Unlock Amid Record Low Price
- Apr 11, 2025
- Jamie Dimon says he expects S&P 500 earnings estimates to fall as companies pull guidance
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SEC wants to settle with Ripple, drops Helium case—by Protos Staff
- Morgan Stanley tops quarterly estimates as equity trading revenue surges 45%
- Swedish MP proposes Bitcoin reserve to finance minister
- US prosecutors say DOJ crypto shift won’t affect case against Do Kwon: reports
- China is now the biggest driver of Bitcoin — why some say that’s great news for the price
- World Liberty Says it Hasn’t Sold Any Ether, Refutes Arkham Data
- Coinbase CLO Slams FDIC for ‘Absurd’ Delays in Crypto Debanking Records Lawsuit
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China hypes its CBDC as tariff war threatens yuan—by Protos Staff
- S&P 500 More Volatile Than Bitcoin as U.S. Assets Lose Investor Favor
- SBF Ends Up in ‘Victimville’, One of the Most Violent Prisons in California
- President Trump Signs Resolution Erasing IRS Crypto Rule Targeting DeFi
- Trump signs bill repealing IRS rule targeting DeFi — here’s what it means
- CryptoPunks NFT Sells for $6 Million in Ethereum—At a $10 Million Loss
- Someone built an MEV bot to frontrun the Wayfinder PROMPT airdrop claims on Kaito, stealing $200,000 in ETH from ‘yappers’
- Trump Insists ‘Everybody’ Wants to Make a Trade Deal With the U.S.
- Apr 10, 2025
- Trump’s World Liberty Financial Denies Selling Off Ethereum Stash
- Ethereum Protocol Fellowship Cohort 5 Recap
- Silk Road creator Ross Ulbricht to make first public appearance at Bitcoin conference
- Bond Market Sell-Off Prompts Bank of England to Make Unusual Move
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Traders 73% less confident of Canada getting pro-Bitcoin PM—by Protos Staff
- DOJ Crypto Enforcement Memo Has No Bearing on Do Kwon’s Criminal Case, Prosecutors Say
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Zero Hedge invited to White House press pool despite lies about Fort Knox gold—by Protos Staff
- Who is Paul Atkins? Trump’s new SEC chair has a history of backing crypto
- Wall Street Stumbles as Relief Over Tariff Pause Fades
- Bitcoin Tumbles Below $80K Alongside 5% Plunge in Nasdaq as China Tariff Tiff Escalates
- Block Agrees to $40M Settlement With New York Over Faulty Money-Laundering Controls
- BNB Plunges 11.6% Before Staging Massive Recovery Amid Trump Tariff Concerns
- Jack Dorsey’s Block, Inc. settles for $40 million with NY regulator over AML failures
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Donald Trump’s tariff chaos leads to corruption accusations—by Protos Staff
- Exclusive: Crypto startup Meanwhile, which collects and pays out life insurance policies in Bitcoin, raises $40 million
- Thailand Targets Foreign P2P Crypto Platforms in New Legal Overhaul
- Jeremy Siegel says stocks are ‘not out of the woods’ yet due to difficult China negotiations ahead
- UK’s Financial Regulator, FCA, Re-Appoints Nikhil Rathi as CEO for Another 5 Years
- OpenAI countersues Elon Musk in bitter legal battle
- Donald Trump’s tariff pause sparks huge short liquidations and insider trading probe
- Ether Whale Dumps $22M of ETH After 9 Years
- South Korean Police Bust Gambling Den Behind Crypto Mining Front
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Trump’s Strategic Bitcoin Reserve audit is now five days overdue—by Protos Staff
- SEC Approves Trading of Ether ETF Options
- US Senate votes to confirm Paul Atkins to lead the SEC as it enters crypto friendly era
- Pakistan plans to fuel bitcoin mining with surplus electricity: Reuters
- Major Australian Bank CEO Apologises After Freezing Customer Funds Over Bitcoin Transfer
- Binance Gains Market Share as Bitcoin Volume Declined 77% From Yearly Peak: CryptoQuant
- Jack Dorsey pushes Signal to adopt Bitcoin payments
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CZ fans lose $15,000 after he ghosts them on ‘pay-to-reach’ platform—by Protos Staff
- Apr 09, 2025
- Ukraine Considers Up to 23% Personal Income Tax on Crypto in Newly Proposed Tax Scheme
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PancakeSwap wars: half of CAKE voting power snapped up before new proposal—by Protos Staff
- Bitcoin Jumps 6% to $81K as Crypto Prices Surge on Trump’s Tariff Pause
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MicroStrategy admits it might need to sell bitcoin by 2026—by Protos Staff
- Trade War Theater
- Bitcoin stabilises as hopes rise Trump tariffs will renew interest in crypto
- U.S. House Hearing Marks Progress Toward Crypto Market-Structure Bill
- Trump-Backed World Liberty Financial Begins Selling ETH as Losses Top $125M
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Trump promised bitcoin ‘made in America’ then ruined it with tariffs—by Protos Staff
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Champions League quarter-finalists all have crypto deals—by Protos Staff
- European Union Moves Ahead With Retaliatory Tariffs Against U.S.
- Former Ethereum Foundation developer Virgil Griffith released from prison
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Justin Sun’s marketing push can’t revive his Sun Pump memecoin launcher—by Protos Staff
- What Is a Bear Market? Are We in One?
- UK Bond Yields Hit 5.5%, Stirring ‘Memories of 2022 Pension Crisis’
- FBI Ran Elon Musk-Themed Crypto Money Laundering Scheme for a Year
- Ethereum has outperformed Bitcoin just 15% of the time since its launch
- Argentina’s Congress Launches Probe Into LIBRA Fiasco
- Investors pull $326 million from spot bitcoin ETFs prior to Trump’s new tariffs
- Powell Likely to Wait Until Trump Blinks, ‘Dr. Doom’ Roubini Says
- LIBRA memecoin scandal triggers Argentina’s congressional inquiry into Milei
- E.U. Officials Set to Vote Today on First Retaliatory Tariffs
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Elon Musk is asked to ‘jerk off’ the president during disastrous livestream—by Protos Staff
- Apr 08, 2025
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Ripple dumps XRP to pump RLUSD — still 0.2% the size of USDT—by Protos Staff
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Crypto ETFs ‘worst’ in 2025 for UK investors says Morningstar—by Protos Staff
- CoinShares Head of Asset Management Frank Spiteri Has Left the Company: Sources
- EU markets watchdog warns of crypto-related financial stability risks
- Coinbase More Than Just Trading Platform, It’s ‘Mission-Critical’ for Crypto, Cantor Says
- Melania Solana Meme Coin Team Quietly Dumps $30 Million in Tokens: Bubblemaps
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Pro-bitcoin politician blames bizarre ‘SOS’ tweets on ‘heavy medication’—by Protos Staff
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DoJ scraps crypto unit, tells staff to ignore crypto exchanges and mixers—by Protos Staff
- Coinbase, Uniswap Join SEC for First Crypto Trading Roundtable
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Bitcoin crashed below Michael Saylor’s ‘sell your kidney’ price—by Protos Staff
- WazirX Creditors Back Restructuring Plan to Payback $230M Hack Victims
- Binance tax evasion trial in Nigeria adjourned until April 30 on ‘substituted service’ argument
- Cboe Set to Debut New Bitcoin Futures With FTSE Russell
- World Liberty Financial proposes USD1 stablecoin airdrop for WLFI holders
- Art Sales Fell by 12% Last Year, Art Basel and UBS Report Says
- Spanish police arrest six over $20M AI-powered investment scam
- Bitcoin downturn in Q1 leads to $6 billion unrealized loss for Strategy
- Galaxy Digital Gets SEC Nod for U.S. Listing, Eyes Nasdaq Debut in May
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