Trump sides with crypto in battle with banks over stablecoin yield

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US President Donald Trump boards Air Force One before departing Palm Beach International Airport in West Palm Beach, Florida, on March 1, 2026, on his way back to Washington, DC. Mandel Ngan | Afp | Getty Images President Donald Trump has thrown his support behind crypto firms in their high-stakes battle with U.S. banks over […]


Crypto is playing a growing role in human trafficking networks, report shows

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Andrew Paterson | Photographer’s Choice RF | Getty Images Cryptocurrency payments to suspected human trafficking syndicates surged 85% in 2025, with hundreds of millions of transactions traced on public blockchains, according to a new report by Chainalysis. The U.S.-based blockchain analytics firm said most of the activity was linked to an expanding criminal ecosystem in […]


Wolcott indictment alleges $950K crypto scheme on Stake.com

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A 24-year-old man with ties to Wolcott, Connecticut, is facing federal charges after prosecutors say he ran a crypto investment scam and funneled nearly $1 million of victims’ Bitcoin into online bets on the offshore gambling site Stake.com. A grand jury in New Haven returned the 21-count indictment on January 20, and authorities unsealed it […]


Oops! South Korean crypto exchange accidentally hands out $40B in Bitcoin

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A South Korean crypto exchange accidentally dumped more than $40 billion worth of Bitcoin into customer accounts — an astounding error during a giveaway meant to award prizes worth just a few cents each. The blunder at Bithumb, South Korea’s second-largest cryptocurrency exchange, briefly turned ordinary users into nine-figure Bitcoin holders and triggered a brief […]


Crypto startup Erebor becomes first bank approved in Trump’s 2nd term

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Crypto-focused Erebor Bank became the first bank to receive a national bank charter during the second term of the Trump administration, the Wall Street Journal reported Friday. The approval allows the Palmer Luckey-backed entity to operate as a bank nationwide, and occurred less than eight months after it applied for a charter with the Office of […]


UAE ‘Spy Sheikh’ bought stake in Trump crypto company: WSJ

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UAE National Security Advisor, Sheikh Tahnoon bin Zayed Al Nahyan meets with U.S. President Donald Trump in the White House on March 18, 2025. Courtesy: Donald J. Trump | Via Truth Social A government official and top royal from the United Arab Emirates purchased a $500 million stake in the Trump family’s cryptocurrency venture last […]


Why your crypto wealth may never make it to the next generation

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Roughly 1 in 7 people are leaving unclaimed property on the table, according to the National Association of Unclaimed Property Administrators. While the recent heavy selling in bitcoin and ether is rightly getting all the short-term attention, this estate planning issue is a longer-term one that’s likely to be exacerbated as crypto adoption and ownership […]


Abu Dhabi’s MGX investments in Trump crypto, TikTok, OpenAI

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UAE National Security Advisor, Sheikh Tahnoon bin Zayed Al Nahyan meets with U.S. President Donald Trump in the White House on March 18, 2025. Courtesy: Donald J. Trump | Via Truth Social As artificial intelligence startups raise increasingly large sums of cash to fund their swelling infrastructure needs, they’re turning to strategic partners like Nvidia […]


How crypto millionaires spend their fortunes

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A version of this article first appeared in CNBC’s Inside Wealth newsletter with Robert Frank, a weekly guide to the high-net-worth investor and consumer. Sign up to receive future editions, straight to your inbox. The price surge in bitcoin helped create another 70,000 new crypto millionaires over the past year, adding hundreds of billions of dollars in […]


OnePay is rolling out crypto to mobile banking app

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OnePay, the fintech firm majority-owned by Walmart, will soon offer cryptocurrency trading and custody on its mobile app, CNBC has learned. OnePay will offer customers access to bitcoin and ether later this year with help from the startup Zerohash, according to people with knowledge of the matter who declined to be identified before an official announcement. […]