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Heather ‘Razzlekhan’ Morgan sentenced to 18 months for role in Bitfinex heist: Bloomberg
Heather Morgan, part of the duo behind hacking the crypto exchange Bitfinex, was sentenced to 18 months in prison, per Bloomberg....

How hedge funds and big banks traded IBIT and other Bitcoin ETFs in Q3
BlackRock's iShares Bitcoin Trust continues to be the market leader among Bitcoin ETFs....

The Daily: Monad begins rolling out testnet, Bernstein’s catalysts for a $200,000 bitcoin price and more
The following article is adapted from The Block’s newsletter, The Daily, which comes out on weekday afternoons....

Options trading on spot Bitcoin ETFs may launch this week as OCC ‘preparing for the clearance’
"That's a wrap. Now it's just a matter of when not if," Bloomberg senior ETF analyst Eric Balchunas said in a post on X....

Lawmakers urge Treasury crack down on crypto mixers amid Tornado Cash sanctions
U.S. lawmakers pressed the Treasury Department to do their part to look into illicit finance through crypto mixing services. ...

Goldman Sachs to spinout digital assets business within 12-18 months: Bloomberg
The new company would allow large financial firms to create, trade and settle financial instruments via blockchain....

Research Unlock: Where Mathematics Meets Memes – Econia Labs and the Innovation of emojicoin.fun
In the ever-evolving landscape of decentralized finance (DeFi), few teams have shown the ability to bridge serious technical innovation with cultural phenomena quite like Econia Labs. Known primarily ...

Ethereum-compatible Layer 1 Monad begins rolling out testnet
Well-known crypto trader Jordan Fish, also known as Cobie, said he made a transaction on the testnet and that it was fast....

MicroStrategy acquires another 51,780 bitcoin for $4.6 billion, taking holdings to 331,200 BTC
MicroStrategy has purchased another 51,780 BTC for approximately $4.6 billion at an average price of $88,627 per bitcoin. ...

MARA announces $700 million convertible notes sale, intention to acquire more bitcoin
MARA Holdings plans to use the net proceeds to repurchase a portion of its existing convertible notes and acquire additional bitcoin....