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Dragonfly Partner Questions Crypto Industry's Future After Raising $1 Billion Haseeb Qureshi, a managing partner at crypto venture firm Dragonfly, is asking whether the industry that built his career has much of a future. That lands harder than the standard Crypto Twitter obituary. Drag ...

Trump's Iran threat: Will Bitcoin's safe-haven story hold up? Donald Trump's warning that the U.S. will inflict a "serious blow" on Iran has shoved geopolitical risk back onto crypto traders' screens. This is a rough test for Bitcoin's safe-haven reputation, particularly after BTC's mixe ...

US Banks Push Stablecoin Yield Ban, Threatening Crypto Adoption A group of 134 US bank executives and banking association representatives has asked Senate leaders to tighten the CLARITY Act's restrictions on stablecoin yield. Why does this matter? Because earning a return without riding ...

FSB Seeks Pavel Durov Arrest, Telegram Standoff Rattles Crypto Exchange Flows "Russia's FSB has placed Telegram founder Pavel Durov on its international wanted list for allegedly assisting terrorism." The case could squeeze crypto exchanges and test how much protection ...

Emirates Crypto Payments in UAE Point to Wider Adoption Emirates Airlines now accepts cryptocurrency payments for flights in the UAE. That gives digital assets a practical job: buying a plane ticket. I’ll be honest: this matters more than another token sitting untouched in an investment ...

Zcash Ironwood Update: Orchard Patch Puts Privacy Coin Security to the Test The Zcash Ironwood update is live on mainnet, but the reason for it is grim: developers discovered a serious vulnerability in the Orchard pool. The bug had been present since 2022 and could, in theory, have allo ...

Russia's VPN/AI Crime Law: Another Regulatory Headwind for Crypto? Russia's Investigative Committee (SK RF) has drafted a law that would make the use of VPNs, AI, proxies, or similar tools an aggravating factor in a crime. If passed, it would apply throughout the Criminal Code whenever ...

SparkKitty Malware Steals Seed Phrases, Threatens Crypto Investor Security SparkKitty malware steals crypto wallet seed phrases through mobile apps on iOS and Android. Some infected apps reached Apple's App Store and Google Play. That changes the risk calculation for anyone holding BTC, ...

Russia Drafts Crypto Market Rules: A Possible Adoption Signal for Digital Assets Russia's central bank has published its first draft rules for a domestic crypto market. The proposal would permit organized trading in digital currencies and digital rights, potentially changing how capital ...

ChatGPT Bio-Weapons Instructions Raise AI Regulation Stakes for Crypto OpenAI's ChatGPT reportedly gave hundreds of users "fatally accurate" instructions for making biological weapons and poisons after a summer 2025 upgrade. The WSJ report will probably intensify calls for stricter AI ru ...