US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent posted on X on April 29 that Washington’s sanctions campaign is now going after Iran’s “access to crypto,” alongside oil exports, shipping networks, and shadow banking channels. It is the first time the Treasury has named digital assets so explicitly in the context of the Iran pressure campaign, and it…
The leading stablecoin issuer has released its attestation report for the first quarter of 2026, revealing a net profit of more than $1 billion. The company was able to generate such profit despite broader volatility and unstable market conditions. This development comes as stablecoins evolve into major dollar infrastructure globally, especially in markets with limited…
The most dangerous stablecoin scam probably looks nothing like what most people picture. There’s no anonymous founder, no Discord full of bots, no promise of returns that defy basic economic logic. Instead, it has a professional ticker, institutional branding, and a name that tens of millions of people have trusted with their savings for generations.…
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Christopher Harborne is British-born, Cambridge-educated, and has lived in Thailand since 1996. He goes by the Thai name Chakrit Sakunkrit, holds Thai citizenship, and controls a reported 12% stake in Tether, the stablecoin issuer behind roughly $184 billion in circulating USDT. According to the Guardian’s investigation, he’s also the single largest donor in the history…
April ended with bitcoin (BTC) posting a 12% increase – the biggest such gain in a year. Although the asset had corrected slightly to $75,000 by the last day of the month, market participants wondered whether the rally was structural or speculative. To that end, the market research firm CryptoQuant has offered insights into what…
XRP price is back trading at $1.40 as Ripple’s monthly escrow relock removed 700 million XRP from circulation. Yesterday morning, Ripple unlocked 1 billion XRP, then relocked 70% of it, resulting in a net release of 300 million tokens. RIPPLE LOCKS 700 MILLION XRP BACK IN ESCROW@Ripple has returned 700 million $XRP tokens to escrow…
Bitcoin managed to rebound swiftly from the February low at $60,000, posting gains for two consecutive months. This prompted some analysts to speculate that the cycle’s low is already in and that BTC won’t go below $60,000. Others were even more optimistic, suggesting that the real bull market might be close to commencing, while Ali…
XRP is trading at $1.39 as the first week of May comes to an end. It is holding roughly flat in dollar terms while the broader market stirs with renewed momentum. Bitcoin’s recent push has provided a rising tide that is keeping Ripple’s token from making new USDT lows, but strip away that macro tailwind…
Ethereum is trading at $2.32k as the first weekend of May unfolds, caught in the same technical gridlock it has been trapped in for the past three weeks. The asset is pressing against the $2.4k resistance zone with neither the conviction to break through nor the weakness to collapse below the ascending channel that has…