Ilya Lichtenstein, involved in the $4.5B Bitfinex Hack, has been released early through Trump’s First Step Act, joining a growing list of crypto offenders granted leniency as debates over digital asset regulation and political accountability continue across the United States.
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Crypto’s Next Phase Is Utility Not Price Action: CoinShares
The digital asset market recorded an exceptional performance in 2025, broadly validating forecasts made the previous year, according to CoinShares.
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Aave Founder Accused of ‘Governance Attack’ After $10M Buy Before Crucial Vote
Aave’s founder is under fire after purchasing $10 million in AAVE tokens shortly before a pivotal governance vote, drawing accusations of influence and a potential “governance attack.”
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Aave Labs Accused of Breaking Trust After Unilateral Vote Push
Aave Labs unilaterally advanced a critical brand ownership proposal to vote without notifying its author, intensifying tensions over who controls valuable protocol assets as the community debates whether founding companies are extracting value from collectively built infrastructure.
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Ethereum Shifts Focus From Speed to Security With New 2026 Deadline
Ethereum Foundation establishes three security milestones through 2026 for zero-knowledge EVMs, mandating 128-bit provable security as performance gains revealed critical vulnerabilities in existing proof systems.
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125 Crypto Groups Tell Congress Stablecoin Yield Ban Favors Big Banks
A coalition of 125 crypto and fintech organizations warns Congress that banking industry efforts to expand the GENIUS Act’s stablecoin yield prohibition beyond issuer payments would protect traditional banks from competition while eliminating consumer rewards programs.
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SEC Seeks 10-Year Ban for Ellison, 8 Years for Wang and Singh
Securities and Exchange Commission filed proposed consent judgments seeking decade-long prohibition for Caroline Ellison and eight-year restrictions for Gary Wang and Nishad Singh, formalizing settlement terms despite their extensive testimony against Sam Bankman-Fried during criminal proceedings.
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Doha Bank Completes $150M Instantly Settled Digital Bond Led by Standard Chartered
Doha Bank has completed its first digitally native US dollar bond, issuing $150 million in floating-rate notes that settled instantly using distributed ledger technology.
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Former Signature Bank Executives Launch N3XT, a Blockchain-Based 24/7 Payments Bank
N3XT is a Wyoming-chartered, fully reserved blockchain bank built to enable instant, 24/7 payments for institutional clients.
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Massive NPM Supply-Chain Attack Targets ENS-Linked Libraries in Shai Hulud Breach
NPM supply-chain attack has infected 490 packages tied to ENS, Zapier, AsyncAPI and others, has harvested developer credentials via the Shai-Hulud malware, has raised concerns over unmonitored package ecosystems after an earlier $50 million crypto theft, and has exposed API keys and CI/CD secrets.
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