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South Korea probes tax office after leaked wallet seed phrase

Deputy Prime Minister Koo Yun-cheol ordered an inter-agency review of seized crypto wallets after the National Tax Service exposed a seed phrase in a press release. South Korea’s Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Economy and Finance, Koo Yun-cheol, has announced a cross-agency sweep of how the government and public institutions handle seized digital assets

AI Labor Disruption Could Boost Bitcoin, NYDIG Says

Bitcoin could benefit if artificial intelligence disrupts labor markets or creates volatility that prompts central banks to ease monetary policy, according to Greg Cipolaro, research lead at crypto services firm NYDIG. Cipolaro said in a research note on Friday that AI may prove to be a “general-purpose technology” such as electricity, and the macroeconomic effects

Hayes Predicts Fed Money Printing for Iran War, Boosting Crypto

The US Federal Reserve could ease its hawkish monetary policy to help finance the country’s conflict with Iran, which would boost crypto markets, says BitMEX co-founder Arthur Hayes. Hayes said in a blog post on Monday that every US president since 1985 has launched military action in the Middle East, and each time, the Federal

Crypto Hacks and Scams Fall Sharply in February

Crypto hacks and scams resulted in $26.5 million in losses in February, the lowest monthly total since March 2025, according to blockchain security firm PeckShield. Out of 15 instances in February, only two accounted for most of the month’s losses, with the largest being the $10 million theft from YieldBlox’s DAO-managed lending pool via a

Magic Eden Shifts Focus to Casino and Sportsbook

Magic Eden is shifting resources from NFTs to its casino platform Dicey, after a closed beta saw $15 million wagered by around 200 users in two months. Solana-based non-fungible token (NFT) marketplace Magic Eden is scaling back its Ethereum and Bitcoin NFT operations as it pivots toward its online casino and sportsbook platform, Dicey. CEO

Buterin: AI Could Accelerate Ethereum Roadmap

Vitalik Buterin says AI coding still has “massive caveats,” but people should expect Ethereum’s roadmap to be finished much faster than expected. Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin says an experiment that used artificial intelligence to prototype the blockchain’s roadmap out to 2030 in just a few weeks could have lessons for developers.  “This is quite an

Trump Media Weighs Spinning Out Truth Social

Trump Media expanded into crypto in 2025 with its fintech brand Truth.Fi, creating a Bitcoin treasury, filing multiple crypto ETFs, and forming a partnership with Crypto.com. Trump Media & Technology Group said it is considering spinning out its flagship social media platform, Truth Social, into a publicly traded company, a move that could see it

X Lifts Crypto Ad Ban, Introduces Paid-Partnership Labels

Social media platform X has lifted its global ban on paid crypto and gambling promotions under a new labeling policy, but such ads remain restricted in certain jurisdictions, including the UK, the European Union and Australia. Under the updated rules, influencers are responsible for ensuring paid crypto partnerships are not visible in those markets, which

Kalshi Explains Void of Iran-Related Market After Death Reports

Tarek Mansour, the co-founder of prediction market Kalshi, provided an update following the platform’s decision to void some positions that were opened after the death of Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei was confirmed. “We don’t list markets directly tied to death. When there are markets where potential outcomes involve death, we design the rules

Bitcoin-to-Gold Z-Score Signals Potential Major Rally

Bitcoin (BTC) is relatively undervalued compared to gold and the global money supply, which could signal a price reversal, according to Samson Mow, the CEO of Bitcoin technology company Jan3. “Bitcoin is about 24%-66% below its trend relative to gold's market cap or global money supply, while gold is overextended,” Mow said in a Saturday
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