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Bitcoin ATMs Become β€˜Preferred Method of Payment for Scammers’

Crypto December 31, 2025

Scams involving bitcoin ATMs reportedly took $333.5 million from Americans from January through November, up from about $250 million in 2024.Fraudulent transactions using cryptocurrency kiosks have sοΏ½...

AEON Teams With X Layer to Expand Scan to Pay

Crypto December 31, 2025

Payment and settlement layer AEON integrated with X Layer, OKXs Ethereum Layer 2 network.The collaboration brings AEONs scan-to-pay capability to X Layer, allowing for real-world cryptocurrency paymeοΏ½...

Stablecoins Became Useful in 2025, Can They Become Ubiquitous in 2026?

Crypto December 31, 2025

For all of cryptocurrencys volatility, stablecoins made steady progress in 2025.And by any measure, be it transaction volumes, regulatory milestones, partnerships, acquisitions, integrations or use cοΏ½...

Walmart Website and App Outage Impacts Thousands of Customers

Crypto December 31, 2025

Walmarts app and website reportedly suffered an outage Tuesday (Dec. 30), affecting thousands of customers.More than 6,500 shoppers reported trouble accessing the retailers eCommerce services, The WaοΏ½...

Cantor Fitzgerald Expects Institutional Adoption of Crypto to Continue in 2026

Crypto December 30, 2025

Cantor Fitzgerald reportedly expects institutional adoption of cryptocurrency to continue in 2026, even as the downturn in Bitcoin prices continues.The increasing regulatory clarity around digital asοΏ½...

Zoomex Debuts Card Connecting TradFi and Crypto Rails

Crypto December 30, 2025

Cryptocurrency trading platform Zoomex is accepting registrants for its Zoomex Card, according to a Monday (Dec. 29) press release.The card offers users a multicurrency bank account connected to tradοΏ½...

FASB to Consider Digital Assets Standards in 2026

Crypto December 30, 2025

Two digital assets-related topics were reportedly among the first issues added to the Financial Accounting StandardsΒ Boards (FASB) agenda for 2026 that could create new standards.The FASB will consid...

FTX’s Caroline Ellison Set to Leave Prison Early

Crypto December 30, 2025

A key figure in the collapse of cryptocurrency exchange FTXis nearly set to leave prison.Caroline Ellison, a key prosecution witness during the fraud trial of FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried, is scheduled οΏ½...

JPMorgan Chase Freezes Accounts of 2 Stablecoin Companies Doing Business in Venezuela

Crypto December 27, 2025

JPMorgan Chase reportedly froze accounts used by stablecoin startups BlindPayΒ and Kontigo because they did business in Venezuela and other places subject to sanctions or other restrictions.Both compa...

The Five Nines of Uptime Are the Connected Economy’s New Currency

Crypto December 27, 2025

The story of digital transformation across the Connected Economy is becoming inextricably tied to expectations around uptime.Whether the system in question is a cloud platform, a payments network or οΏ½...