Robinhood CEO Vlad Tenev’s X account was compromised to promote a fake memecoin, giving crypto another reminder that social engineering still works best when it hijacks trust.Robinhood Communications confirmed the incident in a post on X, saying Tenev’s account had been compromised and that the company worked with X to resolve the issue. The fraudulent posts promoted a fake token c
Robinhood CEO X Hack Shows Why Crypto Scams Still Target Trusted Names
Strive’s SATA preferred shares have recovered nearly 16% from their June low to about $97, prompting Jan3 CEO Samson Mow to predict that the rebound could help Strategy’s STRC return to its $100 par value. Yahoo Finance data show SATA…
Samson Mow says SATA rebound could pull Strategy’s STRC to par
Grayscale says bitcoin could remain under pressure until September or October if its historic four-year cycle repeats. However, the asset manager believes economic growth and Federal Reserve policy now offer a more useful guide to the market. Zach Pandl Says Bitcoin May Have Bottomed if the Fed Avoids Another Rate Increase Bitcoin’s bear market may […]
Grayscale Says Fed Policy Could Decide if Bitcoin Bear Market Ends Now or Runs to October
The exchange, already sanctioned by the UK, is now on a list of 18 entities “providing crypto-assets services or payment services“ in defiance of the EU’s measures against Russia.
EU authorities include HTX exchange in Russian sanctions
Key Takeaways CertiK verified 52 physical coercion incidents in H1 2026, including 20 home invasions. The rise from one home invasion to 20 is striking, but the tiny and incomplete baseline makes a 20-fold framing misleading. Recorded financial exposure reached $124.1 million, although a small number of exceptionally large cases skewed the total. France generated most publicly ve
Crypto Crime Moves Offline as Home Invasions Rise
The US House of Representatives has passed a congressional stock-trading ban by a 232-198 vote, sending the measure to the Senate despite criticism that it leaves existing holdings untouched. According to a statement from Representative Bryan Steil’s office, the House…
US House passes congressional stock trading ban despite loophole concerns
Poolin Technology has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection, setting up an orderly wind-down and asset sale process tied to its West Texas mining operations. The filing was made on July 22, 2026, in the US Bankruptcy Court for the District of New Jersey under Case No. 26-18325. Poolin Technology PTE. Ltd. and its US affiliates, Lonestar Dream Inc. and Lonestar Taproot LLC, are
Poolin Files Chapter 11 As Bitcoin Miner Moves Toward $52M Asset Sale
Jan3 CEO Samson Mow says the recovery could signal renewed confidence in preferred-share products used by Bitcoin treasury companies.
Strive’s SATA recovers most of June decline, trades within 3% of par
Strategy’s STRC preferred stock has become the largest holding in three major U.S. preferred stock ETFs, which collectively own $756 million of the security even as its price remains about 13% below its $100 par value. Michael Saylor, Strategy’s co-founder…
Strategy’s STRC tops major ETFs despite trading below $100
Kraken is bringing perpetual futures to eligible US traders through a regulated derivatives structure, and that is a notable shift for a product category that has usually lived outside the US market. The exchange said the product is offered through NinjaTrader Clearing, LLC, doing business as Kraken Derivatives US, a CFTC-registered Futures Commission Merchant. The contracts are li
Kraken Brings CFTC-Regulated Perpetual Futures To US Traders
Kenya’s Assets Recovery Agency (ARA) has frozen at least $888,030 in cash and tether stablecoins tied to a multi-layered money laundering operation. Parallel Channels Used to Evade Detection Kenyan investigators have seized and frozen at least $888,030 (115 million Kenyan shillings) linked to two residents after tracing a multi-layered money laundering operation that allegedly move
Kenyan Investigators Freeze $751,853 in USDT as Binance Wallet Probe Widens Further
Robinhood Chain token launch platform Memecoin.Fun has raised $3.5 million in strategic funding as the network’s decentralized exchanges approach $9 billion in cumulative trading volume. According to an official announcement from Memecoin.Fun, Becker Ventures led the financing, while BitValue Capital,…
Memecoin.Fun raises $3.5M as Robinhood Chain launchpad race grows
According to Senator Elizabeth Warren, the House bill “won’t solve the problem“ of insider trading in Congress as lawmakers will still be allowed to own and sell stocks.
House passes bill on lawmakers using insider information for stock trading
Elliptic has published a new report explaining how Bitcoin ATM scams work, and the most useful part is not the usual warning that scammers exist. It is the transaction path. The report describes how fraudsters manipulate victims, often elderly people, into depositing cash at physical crypto kiosks. Once the cash is converted into crypto, the funds move into wallets controlled by sc