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Federal prosecutors in Philadelphia charged two men Wednesday with running an international bitcoin and crypto money laundering operation that processed nearly $400 million in illicit funds over five years, part of a sweeping multinational law enforcement takedown that dismantled the group’s criminal infrastructure across multiple continents. Ruslan Igorevich Tkachuk, 37, a Ukrainian national, and Alexander Vladimirovich Ledenev, 25, a Russian national, were arrested in Batumi, Republic of Georgia, where both men reside, according to U.S. Attorney David Metcalf of the Eastern District of Pennsylvania. Each faces one count of conspiracy to launder monetary instruments and one count of sting money…

Solana is set to gain further exposure in one of the most important crypto markets in the world after a major Japanese exchange confirmed support for $SOL trading. In a recent tweet, bitFlyer, a Japanese cryptocurrency exchange headquartered in Tokyo, announced it will soon start handling Solana, which implies its listing. “Solana ($SOL) Handling Now Available. We will begin handling $SOL starting June 24th (Wed). At bitFlyer’s exchange, anyone will be able to easily and conveniently buy and sell,” a translated BitFlyer tweet reads. ／ソラナ（$SOL）取扱い開始‼️＼$SOL の取り扱いを 6月24日（水）より開始します🎉ビットフライヤーの販売所で誰でも簡単・手軽に売買できるようになります。詳しくはプレスリリースをご確認くださいhttps://t.co/WQc1X0lcN1 pic.twitter.com/MvB6bsP7cN — bitFlyer（ビットフライヤー） (@bitFlyer) June 15, 2026 BitFlyer confirms the listing of the…

Paraguayan Court Convicts Bitcoin Miners for Energy Theft Charges The Paraguayan justice system has ruled against two individuals who allegedly used stolen energy to mine bitcoin by bypassing the metering system and connecting the power grid directly to their property. On June 19, the National Power Administration of Paraguay (ANDE) announced that it obtained a favorable decision in a legal process against two miners, after a Paraguayan tribunal found Cristian Daniel Jara Villalba and Ramon Martinez Morinigo liable for energy theft, convicting them to two years in jail. Nonetheless, even as they were found guilty, the court suspended the execution…

On June 22, Solana unveiled the arrival of tokenized Micron Technology (MU) stock on the Solana blockchain via Sunrise, which will be issued by Backpack Securities. The announcement comes at a time when Micron is planning to roll out its fiscal Q3 2026 financial report on June 24, 2026. Recently, Micron has also announced a major partnership with Anthropic, which has boosted its stock price On Monday, Solana, a leading blockchain network, announced the arrival of Micron Technology (MU) stock on the network via Sunrise, a Solana-based tokenization infrastructure. The announcement comes amid the boom in the tokenized assets market,…

Bitcoin continues to attract massive attention across the crypto market. Traders, influencers, and retail investors now flood social media with bullish predictions daily. Optimism around the leading cryptocurrency has increased sharply after Bitcoin maintained strong momentum near its recent highs. However, analytics platform Santiment believes this excitement could create problems for the market. Santiment recently issued a fresh Bitcoin rally warning after noticing a huge rise in positive social media discussions. According to the platform, extreme optimism often appears before short-term pullbacks. The company explained that markets usually move against retail expectations when crowd sentiment becomes too one-sided. This pattern…

Calais Digital Assets has turned UBS uMINT collateral into a live trading workflow on Bybit, giving tokenized money-market funds a concrete margin use case rather than another issuance milestone. The setup runs across Bybit, ByCustody, and DigiFT, with the uMINT position remaining in custody while it is recognized as exchange collateral. The June 18 deployment is important because collateral that would typically sit as idle cash or cash equivalent can still earn money-market yield while supporting trading activity. For tokenized real-world assets, that shifts the discussion from issuance volume to market plumbing. The question is whether these instruments can become…

Institutional investors have largely overcome two of the three major hurdles to entering the cryptocurrency market, according to a new report from venture capital firm a16z crypto. The firm identifies blockchain performance and regulatory uncertainty as issues that have seen significant progress, leaving privacy as the final, unresolved challenge preventing large-scale on-chain capital deployment. The Privacy Gap in Public Blockchains Public blockchains like Ethereum and Solana offer transparency by design, with all transactions visible to anyone. While this feature supports decentralization and auditability, it creates a fundamental conflict with the operational requirements of institutional investors. These entities often need to…

A contributor to Goldfinch, a crypto loan program for Africa, claims tens of millions of dollars worth of loans have defaulted, in addition to over $300 million in market capitalization losses from the project’s peak. Goldfinch was supposed to be crypto’s gift to Africa’s unbanked, however, its proprietary token, GFI, is down 99.8% from its high. Backed by Andreessen Horowitz (a16z), the so-called decentralized lending protocol was supposed to bring financial inclusion to emerging markets. Instead, it simply funneled money to borrowers who largely stopped paying it back. “These idiots mismanaged over $50 million of our money,” one Goldfinch depositor…

In brief The Bank Policy Institute and The Clearing House said stablecoin AML rules should cover activity after tokens leave issuers. They urged regulators to move away from “check-the-box compliance” and focus on higher-risk activity. Regulators need to close stablecoin AML gaps without assigning responsibility to firms that lack control, industry observers told Decrypt. Banking trade groups are pressing U.S. regulators to clarify who oversees stablecoin transactions after issuance, opening a new front in a policy fight after crypto firms warned earlier this week that broad anti-money laundering rules could push regulated dollar tokens out of the decentralized finance sector.…

Polygon Registers Around $309 Million In Latam Stablecoin Volumes In May While dollar-pegged stablecoins have risen as a mainstream use case for blockchain tech, industry figureheads believe that stablecoins from emerging markets will also become relevant soon. Sandeep Nailwal, co-founder and CEO of the Polygon Foundation, highlighted the rise in activity that these stablecoins have experienced on top of the Polygon network in May. “Polygon leads stablecoin adoption in LATAM,” he stressed, revealing that Polygon surpassed all other chains in May, registering $309 million in stablecoin volumes in the region, with over half of the active wallets in the region.…