A New York man will serve 15 months in federal prison for posing as crypto influencers on Telegram and steering victims into a fake crypto staking scam. A federal judge also sentenced Noman Saleem, 39, of Queens and Levittown, to three years of supervised release. The scheme ran from December 2020 through at least
South Korea’s KG Group is pursuing a Solana-based digital asset payments network following KG Financial’s strategic MOU with the Solana Foundation. The deal targets stablecoin settlement across the group’s merchant network. The move adds to a fast-growing list of Korean financial players exploring public-chain
The crypto market fell 2.65% from Tuesday’s high as a tight tech correlation dragged digital assets down alongside a sharp Nasdaq selloff. Total crypto market cap slipped to $2.12 trillion, losing the $2.19 trillion shelf. Bitcoin (BTC) dropped more than 2% to $62,447 and now trades under a critical technical level.
Cboe Global Markets has rolled out the first product in Cboe Predicts, its new prediction markets suite, listing binary options on the Mini-S&P 500 Index (XSP) through Interactive Brokers. Charles Schwab will add access in the coming months, with other brokers to follow. Cboe Targets Prediction Markets With
On-chain data shows that neither bulls nor bears are firmly in control and that the market appears to be in limbo, rather than a sustained bearish phase.
South Korea’s KOSPI suffered a near-10% drop after regulators warned over leveraged ETF risk tied to major chip stocks. The move matters for crypto because