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At a recent event, Tom Mutton, the Bank of England’s head of fintech, touted the privacy benefits of CBDCs while denouncing the anonymity of cryptocurrencies.

Ishan Wahi must surrender by June 21 to serve his sentence at the Fort Dix Federal Correctional Institution in New Jersey.

The lion’s share of the fintech’s held cryptocurrency assets lie in BTC and ETH with $499 and $362 million respectively — up more than 56% since Q4 2022.

The Silk Road hacker lived the high life for a decade with his stolen billions — but was caught due to a transfer of pocket change.

Coinbase's chief legal officer requests revisions to SEC's RIA custody rule to safeguard all asset classes, including cryptocurrencies, criticizing the rule for unfairly targeting crypto.

Estonia’s money laundering regulator highlighted a number of issues it found within local crypto firms, such as dodgy execs and nonsensical business plans.

Industry representatives have cast doubt on the legality and impact of the United States securities regulator’s proposal to expand custody rules.

Lawyers representing Sam Bankman-Fried want all but three charges against him dismissed in a filing on May 8.

Argentina’s central bank banned payment providers from offering crypto transactions, adding that it intends to reduce the country’s payment-system exposure to digital assets.

Chinese tech company Iflytek recently made waves with the launch of its “Spark Model,” an AI system it says will surpass ChatGPT by the end of the year.

National Assembly member Kim Nam-kuk had authority in handling laws related to digital assets in South Korea, reportedly backing a bill proposing a 20% crypto gains tax be deferred.

Alleged fake news poster becomes first person in China arrested for using artificial intelligence platform ChatGPT.

FTX’s kiss of death for Storybook Brawl, Scratch Lord creators make MMA game for Animoca, and why is Web3 game onboarding so awful?

Ripple’s CEO reveals $200 million spent defending the SEC lawsuit, and laments about U.S. crypto regulation and a politics-first policy, advising entrepreneurs to avoid the United States.

U.S. sanctions have limited China’s access to the latest chip technology to develop AI, but local companies are not letting this stop them.

Neil Tan, Chair of the FinTech Association of Hong Kong, said the opening of the financial industry to digital assets was “just a natural progression."

A Wells notice is a letter from the SEC indicating possible enforcement action against a person or a firm.

Memecoin hype fuels Bitcoin transaction costs, BTC miners block rewards surpass $50 billion and AI’s “Godfather” warns of technology dangers.

Crypto miners paid millions of dollars in energy fees last year following the regulation of the fiscal burden of mining activities.

The DOJ’s national security and crime divisions are both looking at the cryptocurrency exchange’s provision of services to Russians, Bloomberg reports.