Cryptocurrency

Cryptocurrency

Tech

Ledger says 'spy' chip inside CryptoBilis Ledger devices transmitted wallet keys over mobile network

Ledger announced MediaMarket Saturn stopped selling devices after a customer found a corrupted signer in Germany.

A Ledger hardware wallet resting on a computer keyboard.

Tech

‘Bunker mode’ is a far greater challenge for institutions than individual crypto holders

As crypto debates whether holders should move funds before AI or quantum advances expose wallet keys, custody firms face a separate problem: upgrading systems before an emergency migration.

An apparently plastic cube with LEDs rests on top of a rock. (Nicolas Arnold/Unsplash)

Finance

San Bernardino autopsy rules former Hack VC partner Hsin-Ju Chuang took her own life

A California Highway Patrol spokesperson told CoinDesk via email that her death is still being investigated.

California Highway Patrol vehicle. (ftodne/Unsplash)

Markets

Crypto longs worth $570 million wiped out as Clarity Act fails

Bullish crypto futures bets worth millions have been liquidated in 24 hours. Bitcoin and ether longs have taken in the most losses.

Business, Finance. (Jakub Żerdzicki/Unsplash)

Markets

U.S. DOJ seeks $61 million in what it calls Iran's crypto-laundered black market oil sales

Prosecutors have filed a civil forfeiture complaint against what they call Iran's illegal crypto proceeds that are used to fund its military.

Department of Justice (David Trinks/Unsplash)

Finance

From Hawala to Swift: Inside the 1,000-year battle to move money safely

Finance has spent centuries decoupling wealth from physical transport, but constantly erasing friction creates vectors for increasingly high-tech exploits.

A stagecoach stands by a sign proclaiming it's the O.K. Corral gunfight site. (Dan Cutler/Unsplash)

Finance

The next trillion-dollar currency may not be a stablecoin — it might not even have a name yet

AI agents are coming. They will need to pay each other. Crypto executives agree on the problem but disagree sharply on the solution, and one thinks the answer has not been invented yet.

AI agents, bots and robots. (Julian Tromeur/Unsplash)

Finance

240 UK taxpayers made more than $1.3 million each from crypto holdings in fiscal 2025

For the first time, the U.K.'s tax office broke out crypto capital gains figures, showing 17,600 people reported $1.87 billion in profits during the 2024-2025 tax year.

Tax office UK. (HM Revenue/Press)

Policy

Las Vegas businessman convicted in $24 million 'AI supercomputer' crypto Ponzi scheme

Brent Kovar has been found guilty of running a crypto Ponzi scheme, defrauding at least 400 investors out of $24 million.

Las Vegas, Nevada (Glaucia/Pixabay)

Markets

Kraken adds U.S. stocks in Europe as TradFi-crypto divide blurs

The exchange said it is the first crypto company to offer European customers both traditional U.S. equities and tokenized versions of those assets on a single regulated platform.

Charts, graph. (Adam Smigielski/Unsplash)