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Cash recovered from ex-Nasa scientist turned scammer
John Burford was jailed in 2025 after taking more than £1m from his victims.
What are perps, anyway? Everything you need to know about crypto’s hottest trading instrument
Perps, which launched on BitMEX in 2015, have become one of the most traded financial products in the world.
Fanatics buys regulated exchange in bid to grow prediction markets business
The deal gives Fanatics control of its own prediction market infrastructure as event-based trading gains traction across sports, finance and crypto.
Cantor is advising crypto bank AMINA on path to potential public listing
The Swiss bank is exploring multiple paths to the public markets, though discussions are ongoing and no final decision has been made.
Oil price slides as US and Iran pause fire; cancer treatments help AstraZeneca beat profit forecasts – as it happened
Rolling coverage of the latest economic and financial newsThe UK’s financial watchdog has launched a £2m advertising campaign aimed at curbing use of claims management companies (…
Lido begins moving $16.5 billion in staked ether to cut validator count by a third
The liquid staking protocol is consolidating 8 million ETH and requiring its professional node operators to post bonds for the first time.
Thailand's SEC alleges Bitkub concealed cyberattack that led to $50 million hack
Bitkub was the victim of a cyberattack in May 2021, which led to hacks stealing 1.7 billion baht across 16 different digital assets.
Nvidia forms 37-member AI security alliance without OpenAI, Anthropic or Google
The chipmaker and 36 other companies say defenders need AI they can run themselves. Major AI players OpenAI, Anthropic and Google are not among them.
Securitize builds Wall Street credentials with SEC adviser license as tokenization expands
The license broadens the BlackRock tokenization partner's offering as regulators weigh rules for onchain investment products.
Crypto is rewriting how Wall Street traders spend their weekends
Around-the-clock crypto markets are forcing Wall Street to reevaluate one of its oldest assumptions: that weekends are for waiting.
Bitmine buys more ether as Tom Lee says rising ETH/BTC ratio points to stronger crypto prices
The Ethereum treasury company added nearly 10,000 ETH while expanding its stock buyback, citing ether outperforming bitcoin is sending a bullish signal.
Circle buys nearly 1,000 blockchain patents from IBM
The portfolio covers blockchain technology, banking, insurance, and cloud security, though the financial terms of the deal were not disclosed.
Michael Saylor's Strategy boosted cash reserve to $3.75 billion
The company last week raised $525 million in cash via sales of its common stock.
How wildfires in France and Spain may affect your travel plans
For those who have upcoming holidays to the affected regions, here is what you should know about how it might impact your plans.
Bitcoin options traders are dropping their hedges going into the Fed meeting
The put/call ratio has fallen to about 0.52 from 0.76 in late June, and one-week downside protection has collapsed in price. The options market is positioned for a quiet week that…
DCC, one of FTSE 100’s biggest energy firms, agrees £5.75bn takeover
KKR and Energy Capital Partners poised to buy firm despite misgivings from founder and biggest shareholdersNils Pratley: Private equity finds soft takeover targets in London – yet…
Ballooning U.S. debt sends investors to bitcoin, gold to shelter from dollar devaluation
Your day-ahead look for July 27, 2026
Bitcoin ETFs post third straight weekly inflows despite $465 million in late-week losses
The vast majority of the activity was concentrated in BlackRock’s IBIT product accounting for nearly $415 million of the outflows.
Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong criticizes crypto startups that rebrand to AI
Armstrong said blockchain technology acts as a general-purpose infrastructure that will underpin future automation rather than competing with it.
Crypto steadies as Iran-U.S. pause sends oil tumbling, lifts risk assets
Brent crude plunged 7% after the U.S. and Iran paused Strait of Hormuz strikes, lifting equities and DeFi tokens while bitcoin held near $65,000 ahead of a pivotal Fed decision We…
Businessman and philanthropist Sir Ian Wood dies aged 84
The Aberdeen-based businessman turned his family's boat repair firm into an oil and gas engineering giant.
Interest rates in U.S., U.K., Japan and Coinbase, Strategy earnings: Crypto Week Ahead
Your look at what's coming in the week starting July 27.
Cloud data firm Storj files for Chapter 11, extending a week of crypto failures. Token slides 16%
The decentralized data storage company says operations continue and proposes that token holders take equity in the restructured business — an unusual arrangement in bankruptcy.
Live updates: Ether leads crypto higher as bitcoin trades around $65,500
CoinEx's Jeff Ko sees bitcoin staying range-bound near $65,000 while retreating oil, a 4.7% 10-year yield and a week of mega-cap earnings set the tone.