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A Detroit man who operated “in the shadows” while attempting to join and finance ISIS through crypto has been sentenced to nine years in federal prison, amid federal efforts to dismantle digital terrorism financing networks. Jibreel Pratt pleaded guilty in July to two counts of concealing crypto donations he intended for the Islamic State of Iraq and Al-Sham, according to a statement by the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Michigan. Detroit Man Sentenced After Meticulously Plotting And Secretly Sending Cryptocurrency to Help ISIS https://t.co/9YthW34BBO — U.S. Attorney EDMI (@USAO_MIE) November 13, 2025 “Mr. Pratt is the latest…

The Midnight Foundation announced today a strategic integration with Blockdaemon aimed at making privacy-preserving application development faster and easier for developers and enterprises. The move brings Midnight’s zero-knowledge architecture together with Blockdaemon’s institutional-grade infrastructure, a combination the two organizations say will expand institutional access to privacy-first blockchain capabilities. Over the past year, privacy has regained prominence as crypto moves further into the mainstream. Andreessen Horowitz’s State of Crypto 2025 report underlines that privacy “is returning to the foreground” and points to rising interest in privacy tools and zero-knowledge systems across rollups, compliance tooling and mainstream services. That trend, the report…

Ethereum price appears in a neutral short-term regime, and this note parses price structure, pivots and intraday momentum. Meanwhile, the report synthesizes D1 indicators and H1/M15 micro-structure so traders can see likely triggers and invalidation levels. Market Overview Technical Analysis — Ethereum price prediction Daily Chart Intraday Sentiment (H1–M15) Key Levels and Pivot Zones Trading Scenarios Bullish Setup Bearish Setup Neutral Range Market Context — Ethereum price prediction Ecosystem & Network Outlook Final Outlook Market Overview Short-term trend reads as mixed with limited directional conviction, while market sentiment is cautious. Moreover, macro liquidity shows rotation back to Bitcoin dominance, and…

Tokenization is moving from pilots to practice. The World Economic Forum projected that private equity and venture capital markets could grow to about $700B, which is expected to be tokenized. That potential scale would still reshape global finance. APAC is already moving ahead. Hong Kong’s spot ETFs drew $400 million on day one. Japan is preparing an SBI-backed ETF with Franklin Templeton. Singapore is setting tokenization frameworks. These ETF milestones matter individually and as stepping stones toward broader tokenization. Japan’s ETF Push: Retail First, Institutions Later In an exclusive interview with BeInCrypto, Max Gokhman, Deputy Chief Investment Officer at Franklin…

Federal prosecutors have secured a five-year prison term for an Oklahoma resident who admitted to running a fraudulent crypto investment scheme that operated for eight months before collapsing. Travis Ford, 36, was sentenced on Thursday to 60 months in prison and ordered to pay over $1 million in forfeiture and over $170,000 in restitution, according to an announcement by the U.S. Department of Justice published Friday. Cryptocurrency Investment Firm Founder Sentenced to Five Years in Prison for Defrauding Investors in $9.4M Ponzi Scheme 🔗: https://t.co/StDokYuI86 pic.twitter.com/fG8BpD0OfF — Criminal Division (@DOJCrimDiv) November 14, 2025 Ford will also serve three years of…

Brickken (BKN), a platform that enables businesses to tokenize RWAs into tokens, has partnered with Chainlink, a decentralized oracle network that provides real-world data and cross-chain interoperability to protocols. The partnership enabled Brickken to integrate Chainlink’s Cross-Chain Interoperability Protocol (CCIP) into its rapidly advancing RWA platform. Brickken, a Barcelona-based institutional-grade software provider, is one of the contributors of $16.82 billion TVL currently existing in the wider RWA protocols, according to data sourced from DeFiLlama. The platform enables the regulated tokenization of various real-world assets using blockchain. By integrating TradFi with blockchain, Brickken offers tools for investors to unlock liquidity, streamline…

Ethereum is once again testing critical support after failing to maintain momentum above the $3.6K zone. Current market positioning suggests that the recent bounce may have been a short-term corrective move within a broader consolidation phase. Technical Analysis By Shayan The Daily Chart On the daily timeframe, ETH remains confined within a descending parallel channel, and the ongoing rejections from the upper and middle boundaries confirm the pattern’s ongoing dominance. The price failed to sustain above the $3.6K–$3.7K resistance block, leading to renewed selling pressure as it retests the channel’s lower boundary and the 200-day moving average (around $3.3K). This…

Alex Thorn, Director of Research at Galaxy Digital, stated that despite the recent sharp decline, the structural bull cycle in the cryptocurrency market remains intact. He believes the next major rally will be fueled by AI investments, stablecoin growth, and asset tokenization. “AI spending is being supported by tech giants with strong balance sheets and government policies. Stablecoins are strengthening on-chain payment infrastructure, and tokenization is now moving from pilot to real-world use,” Thorn said. The recent cryptocurrency crash disrupted the October rally known as “Uptober.” Over $19 billion in leveraged positions were liquidated that day, while some altcoins lost…

Federal prosecutors have filed a 113-page brief asking US District Judge Katherine Polk Failla to reject Roman Storm’s motion to overturn his August 2025 conviction for illegally running a money-transmitting business. The jury at the time was deadlocked on two more serious charges, money laundering and sanctions evasion. DOJ Argues “Functional Authority,” Not Decentralization The prosecutors state that the evidence against Storm was overwhelming and emphasize they believe he and co-defendants maintained functional authority over Tornado Cash, despite claims that the platform was decentralized in nature. Back in August 2022, the US Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) sanctioned…

ApeX Protocol has integrated Chainlink Data Streams to power RWA Perpetuals, bringing traditional RWA markets on-chain with institutional-grade data infrastructure. The integration replaces centralized price feeds with Chainlink’s premium low-latency oracle solution, delivering sub-second real-world asset price updates across five networks: Arbitrum, Base, BNB Chain, Ethereum, and Mantle. Chainlink Data Streams Powers New Infrastructure Chainlink Data Streams has secured over $26 trillion in on-chain transaction volume for protocols including Aave, GMX, and Lido. The oracle network now provides ApeX with the infrastructure to bring real-world asset prices on-chain with the speed and reliability required for professional derivatives trading. The integration…