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US and Bolivia Target the 'Modern Pablo Escobar' in Crypto Laundering Probe The United States and Bolivia are working on a crypto money laundering case tied to Sebastian Marset, described in the source as the "modern Pablo Escobar." Bolivian officials met with the U.S. DEA on Tuesday aft ...

B2C2 gets MiCA license in Luxembourg to offer OTC trading across the EU B2C2 has received a MiCA license in Luxembourg, giving the OTC liquidity provider a regulated route into all EU member states and three EEA countries. The approval landed Friday. No, this probably does not send BTC o ...

PayPal settles US Justice Department probe over civil rights violations PayPal has settled a US Justice Department investigation into civil rights issues tied to its 2020 Economic Opportunity Fund. The company did not admit it broke the law. The Justice Department did not find PayPal leg ...

Byreal starts USD1 growth push on Solana with 1M $WLFI rewards Byreal is launching a USD1 growth campaign on Solana with 1 million $WLFI in rewards. Liquidity incentives start on May 19, 2026, followed by a trading competition, according to Byreal's May 14 announcement. ...

Trump plans to discuss Taiwan arms sales with Xi Jinping at summit Trump plans to discuss Taiwan arms sales with Xi Jinping at summit, and crypto traders should treat it as a volatility warning. I'll be honest: this is not just another Washington foreign policy item. The market question ...

Alpine Fox reports $125 million in crypto positions, with Cipher Mining and IBIT calls leading its Q1 filing Alpine Fox reported $125 million in crypto positions in its Q1 2026 filing. That is most of a $154 million Form 13F portfolio. Plain signal: the Las Vegas fund is leaning hard int ...

Coinbase to Launch Perpetual Futures for AI Infrastructure Stocks Including TSMC and Cerebras Coinbase plans to launch perpetual futures for AI infrastructure stocks, including TSMC and Cerebras, on May 18, if there is enough liquidity. For crypto traders, that is the part worth circling ...

SodaBot and BONDXID link AI automation with Web3 payments SodaBot announced a partnership with BONDXID on May 14, 2026, bringing AI based DeFi automation closer to payment infrastructure. My take: crypto investors should not dress this up as a grand adoption moment. We have had plenty of ...

Prediction markets weigh hardware flaws against Nvidia's quarterly earnings streak Nvidia reports on May 20, and prediction markets are leaning hard toward another beat. Crypto traders should not shrug at that. AI chip demand has become part of the same risk trade that can pull BTC, ETH, ...

0x Co-Founder Will Warren Steps Down as Co-CEO 0x co-founder Will Warren has stepped down as co-CEO, leaving Amir Bandeali to run the Ethereum-based decentralized exchange protocol. This is not just inside-baseball crypto news. I would not file it under executive churn a ...