Kyle Torpey

Articles by Kyle Torpey

Tether Freezes $182 Million in Stablecoins as Reports Point to Heavy Crypto Use by Venezuela

Crypto January 13, 2026

Over the weekend, The Wall Street Journal reported on the use of stablecoins, specifically Tethers USDT, to circumvent sanctions imposed by the United States on Venezuela. The report indicates PdVSA,οΏ½...

French Tax Agent Allegedly Sold Personal Data of Crypto Users to Criminals

Crypto January 11, 2026

A French tax agent, identified as Ghalia C. in French media reports, has been accused of accessing and selling sensitive information from internal French tax authority databases. Criminals are said tοΏ½...

Illicit Crypto Flows Climbed to $154 Billion in 2025 as Nation States Evade Sanctions, Report Finds

Crypto January 10, 2026

An early preview of Chainalysiss annual crypto crime report reveals that crypto addresses tied to criminal operations pulled in at least $154 billion during 2025, shattering prior records with a 162%οΏ½...

Privacy Coin Zcash Drops 20% as Core Dev Team Departs Electric Coin Company

Crypto January 9, 2026

Zcash, a privacy-focused cryptocurrency based around the use of zero-knowledge proofs, saw its price fall more than 20% overnight following the abrupt resignation of its entire core development team οΏ½...

Crypto Hardware Wallet Maker Ledger Impacted by Third-Party Data Breach

Crypto January 8, 2026

Crypto hardware wallet provider Ledger has disclosed a security incident at its third-party payment processor, Global-e, exposing customer names and contact information. The breach affected an undiscοΏ½...

The Company That Just Buys Bitcoin Booked $17 Billion in Q4 Losses

Crypto January 6, 2026

Preeminent bitcoin treasury company Strategy reported a $17.44 billion unrealized loss in the fourth quarter of 2025 due to the crypto assets underperformance near the end of the year. Digital asset οΏ½...

China’s Trying to Give the Digital Yuan a Boost in 2026

Crypto December 30, 2025

In an effort to increase adoption of its central bank digital currency (CBDC), China will allow digital yuan users to earn interest on their holdings, according to a report in Bloomberg. Interest payοΏ½...

Binance Still Processed $144 Million in Suspicious Crypto Payments After Plea Deal: Report

Crypto December 23, 2025

Crypto exchange Binance continued to process payments with relaxed anti-money laundering standards after reaching a plea deal and paying a record fine of more than $4 billion related to those insuffiοΏ½...

Do Kwon Gets 15 Years for $40 Billion Crypto Collapse as Victims Testify to Destruction He Caused - Gizmodo

Business December 13, 2025

Do Kwon, who was behind two digital currencies that eventually collapsed in a $40 billion debacle, was sentenced to 15 years in prison on Thursday. During the sentencing, a judge referred to Kwons woοΏ½...

Do Kwon Gets 15 Years for $40 Billion Crypto Collapse as Victims Testify to Destruction He Caused

Crypto December 13, 2025

Do Kwon, who was behind two digital currencies that eventually collapsed in a $40 billion debacle, was sentenced to 15 years in prison on Thursday. During the sentencing, a judge referred to Kwons woοΏ½...