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Bhutan Transfers Over $20 M In Bitcoin, Total BTC Reserves Decline By 70%, Onchain Data Reveals
16+ hour, 5+ min ago (328+ words) April 9, 2026 @ 1: 05 am By Omar Faridi The Royal Government of Bhutan has transferred yet another part of its Bitcoin (BTC) holdings, moving around 319. 7 BTC (valued at around $23 million at current prices) to two different crypto addresses. The transactions were carried out…...
Security Breach: Bitcoin Depot Discloses $3. 7 M Crypto Theft From Internal Wallets
3+ hour, 11+ min ago (237+ words) April 9, 2026 @ 6: 59 am By Omar Faridi Following this breach, the malicious actor(s) sent out around 51 Bitcoins, valued at roughly $3. 7 million, from Bitcoin Depot's wallets. The firm said that following the detection, they quickly prompted the relevant incident response protocols, worked closely…...
AML False Positives Remain Operational Challenge For Crypto Compliance Programs: Elliptic
3+ hour, 15+ min ago (269+ words) April 9, 2026 @ 6: 55 am By Omar Faridi Elliptic further explained that an AML false positive occurs when a legit transaction, wallet or client is flagged as having so-called material risk by an AML monitoring solution. Elliptic also pointed out that the type…...
European Digital Banking Platform Caixa Bank Introduces Digital Assets Investment Services
11+ hour, 23+ min ago (418+ words) April 8, 2026 @ 10: 46 pm By Omar Faridi The move builds on Caixa Bank's earlier initiative from late 2025, when it began offering two bitcoin-linked exchange-traded products managed by Invesco and Wisdom Tree. These instruments, accessible via the bank's app and its digital arm…...
AI Enabled Credit Data Platform 9fin Reports $170 M Funding Round At $1. 3 B Valuation
18+ hour, 35+ min ago (322+ words) April 8, 2026 @ 3: 35 pm By Omar Faridi Established by ex- JPMorgan banking professional Steven Hunter and Deutsche Bank engineering specialist Hussam EL-Sheikh, the firm has now reportedly secured over $250 million in funding so far. 9fin's platform looks for data that is trapped…...
Bitcoin's (BTC) Creator Is Most Likely A Group Of Individuals, Not One Person: Analysis
20+ hour, 28+ min ago (453+ words) Home - Featured Headlines April 8, 2026 @ 1: 42 pm By Omar Faridi Moreover, many early cypherpunks from the 1980s had envisioned a world where two or more parties could carry out business transactions without actually knowing the real identity of the person they were engaged…...
Money Hash Focuses On Business Operations In Bahrain Via Eazy Pay Partnership
1+ day, 9+ hour ago (375+ words) April 8, 2026 @ 12: 38 am By Omar Faridi Money Hash, the payment orchestration platform focused on emerging and global markets, entered a partnership with Eazy Financial Services (Eazy Pay), a Central Bank of Bahrain-licensed payments platform and acquirer enabling companies across the Middle…...
Corporate And M&A Attorney Ernest Simons On Stablecoins, Digital Wallets And An Evolving Fintech Landscape
1+ day, 1+ hour ago (392+ words) April 8, 2026 @ 8: 18 am By Tony Zerucha As technology evolves, it raises the question of whether decades-old regulations are still effective in governing usage. Simons said the answer begins with how one interprets the law's intent " do they consider what the originalists…...
Argentina's President Javier Milei Again Faces Pressure Over Ties To $LIBRA Crypto Collapse
1+ day, 9+ hour ago (459+ words) April 8, 2026 @ 12: 12 am By Omar Faridi The saga traces back to February 14, 2025, when Milei used his personal social media account to spotlight a newly launched meme coin called $LIBRA. He described it as a promising initiative to channel investment into local…...
Phantom Cryptocurrency Wallet Grapples With Brief Operational Disruption Affecting Asset Displays
1+ day, 21+ hour ago (545+ words) April 7, 2026 @ 12: 58 pm By Omar Faridi Phantom, a widely used cryptocurrency wallet service, has confirmed a temporary technical interruption that briefly altered how digital asset values and account summaries appeared to users. The issue surfaced unexpectedly, leading to inconsistencies in the…...