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Minnesota’s HF3642 proposes a full statewide ban on physical crypto kiosks amid rising senior scam losses.Scammers coach victims to bypass kiosk warnings and cross state lines, making the 2024 law easy to circumvent.Commerce Department data shows only 48% of victims got refunds, averaging just 16% of their total reported loss.The use of crypto kiosks may become illegal in the state of Minnesota if the proposed ban is passed by lawmakers. House bill HF3642, introduced by Rep. Erin Koegel (DFL-Spring Lake Park), aims to make the use of physical cryptocurrency kiosks illegal due to an increase in scam-related losses. Law enforcement officials…
Crypto markets have lacked conviction, as traders struggle to identify a catalyst strong enough to lift prices out of their current lull. Bitcoin has remained range-bound around mid-$60,000, while ether is trading around $2,000, and volumes across major exchanges have thinned. The digital assets market is thirsty for a solid catalyst, and JPMorgan says it has identified one — market structure legislation in the U.S., called the Clarity Act. “While sentiment remains negative in crypto markets, we continue to believe that a potential approval of the market structure legislation most likely by mid year could serve as a positive catalyst…
An orthopedic surgeon in Texas orchestrated a massive fraud scheme that drained more than $100 million from the healthcare system, according to the U.S. Department of Justice. The DOJ says 61-year-old Michael Taba accepted bribes and kickbacks from pharmacy owners to prescribe medication that was unnecessary. Between May 2014 and March 2017, prosecutors say Taba helped the pharmacies bill the U.S. Department of Labor’s Office of Worker Compensation Program (DOL-OWCP) and Blue Cross Blue Shield more than $145 million, pocketing $90 million in the process. The DOJ says the medication prescribed by Taba was found to be mixed by untrained…
Trusted Editorial content, reviewed by leading industry experts and seasoned editors. Ad Disclosure Data shows a large amount of crypto long contracts have been liquidated as the Bitcoin price has plunged below the $66,000 level. Crypto Market Has Faced $267 Million In Liquidations Over The Past Day According to data from CoinGlass, a mass amount of liquidations have just occurred in the crypto market. A “liquidation” is a forceful closure that occurs when a derivatives market contract accumulates a loss of a specific percentage (as defined by the platform). The risk of a contract being liquidated depends on how volatile…
Hyperliquid leads the perpetual DEX market with $35.4B weekly volume and strong user activity across the sector.Hyperliquid leads the perpetual DEX market with strong weekly trading activity. The trading volume on the platform for the last 7 days was $35.4B. This performance puts Hyperliquid on top of other major decentralized trading platforms.Hyperliquid Dominates Weekly Trading Volume Among Perpetual DEX PlatformsPerpetual decentralized exchanges enable traders to buy and sell futures contracts without an expiry date. These platforms are based on blockchain networks and do not have centralized custody. Therefore, users are in control of their funds while trading.https://twitter.com/pnxgrp/status/2027326544662745346Recent market data shared…
You can’t have missed the stablecoin vibe. While bitcoin BTC$65,588.78 and the rest of the crypto market are in the doldrums after falling from record highs in October, everyone else is talking about issuing tokens whose value is fixed, pegged to a real-world asset. Mostly the dollar.Not only the dollar, of course. This week alone, AllUnity, a German joint venture between DWS, Galaxy, and Flow Trader, issued a Swiss franc-based token (CHFAU) and SBI Holdings and Startale Group introduced a yen version (JPYSC). Earlier this month, Agant said it’s working on a pound stablecoin, and Hong Kong said it plans…
Spot Bitcoin (BTC) Exchange-Traded Funds (ETFs) have shown strength amid the crypto market’s correction and the flagship crypto’s latest performance. Some experts have praised investors’ resilience, suggesting that the “real story” is not in the recent outflows. Related Reading ETFs Investors Hold Strong Despite Market Downturn On Thursday, Nate Geraci, co-founder of the ETF Institute, affirmed that Bitcoin ETF investors have “largely displayed diamond hands” during the recent crypto market downturn. The flagship crypto has seen a 48.2% correction from its October 6, 2025, all-time high (ATH), recording five consecutive months of strong bleeding after the October 10 market crash.…
February 28th, 2026 – Dubai, UAE Bybit, the world’s second-largest cryptocurrency exchange by trading volume, has introduced a fixed-rate borrowing option under its Unified Trading Account (UTA) Loan product, bringing together leverage of up to 10 times and fixed borrowing periods of up to 180 days within a single unified account — a combination that remains rare in the digital asset market. Bybit’s Unified Trading Account is designed to allow users to manage spot trading, derivatives trading, and borrowing activities within a single account structure using shared collateral and integrated margin management. Through UTA Loan, users can borrow assets via…
Trusted Editorial content, reviewed by leading industry experts and seasoned editors. Ad Disclosure A piece of paper ruined everything. South Korea’s National Tax Service (NTS) published an official press release last Thursday meant to highlight its crackdown on tax dodgers — and somewhere in the process, a full wallet seed phrase was photographed, printed, and sent out to the public without anyone apparently noticing. By the time someone did, $4.8 million worth of tokens had already walked out the door. One Photo, One Mistake, Millions Gone The press release included an image of a Ledger hardware wallet placed next to…
Geopolitical escalation triggered $1.8B in futures selling, pushing Bitcoin sentiment into extreme bearish territory.Escalating conflict in the Middle East sent shockwaves through crypto markets within minutes. Reports said United States President Donald Trump announced “major combat operations” in Iran after Israel confirmed missile strikes. Soon after, Iran responded by targeting Israel and US assets across Qatar, the UAE, Kuwait, Bahrain, Syria, Jordan, and Iraq. As tensions spread, financial markets reacted instantly, and digital assets followed.Futures Panic Drives Bitcoin Lower as Bear Sentiment Index CollapsesBitcoin plunged after Israel described its action as a preventive strike on Iran. As the news circulated…