Stuart Hoegner, the long-time general counsel of sister firms Tether and Bitfinex, appears to have left the firm. This is based on a change to his bio on X, which now reads, “Former GC @Bitfinex ...

Is Ethena’s “synthetic dollar” bringing a new systemic risk to decentralized finance (DeFi)? While keen to avoid being labeled as a stablecoin, USDe is increasingly being utilized as such across some ...

Tether, the world’s largest stablecoin, used 2024 to grow its market capitalization by nearly $50 billion, its investments across a variety of industries, its product lines, and its political ...

A suspected exploit of the Feed Every Gorilla (FEG) token’s “SmartBridge” left holders down 99% on Sunday, after the hacker sold off the proceeds into existing liquidity. In what must feel like a ...

Since January 1, bitcoin (BTC) has rallied 119% while its nearest rival, ether (ETH), trailed way behind at just 44%. A year-end review is in order to understand why Vitalik Buterin failed to lead ETH ...

Hackers took over the X account of the crypto podcast UpOnly yesterday and posted a fraudulent token using the brand’s likeness. UpOnly host Brian Krogsgard, otherwise known as Ledger, said that he ...

The team behind Haliey Welch’s controversial “Hawk Tuah” crypto project HAWK, has finally spoken out after 12 days of silence in the wake of the token’s collapse. Welch herself has also been absent ...

Cantor Fitzgerald, the Tether-linked broker, agreed to pay the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) a $6.75 million penalty yesterday after it was charged with causing two special purpose ...

It’s been a rough couple of days for many crypto traders. However, spare a thought for the North Korean hackers who were liquidated for almost $500,000 on decentralized finance (DeFi) protocol ...

The higher MicroStrategy (MSTR) climbs, the more eyes it attracts. As the company’s market capitalization has swelled, veterans of finance are questioning its growth prospects — including some of its ...

The launch of Pudgy Penguins’ PENGU token is off to a less-than-ideal start, with crypto wallets flagging the claims website as “dangerous” and claimants complaining that they’re missing tokens. Pudgy ...

Haliey Welch has announced that she will cooperate with the legal team that is currently suing individuals behind the launch of her HAWK memecoin. Welch’s recent post to her X account is the first ...