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A federal grand jury in Miami has charged a 19-year-old Canadian national and his partner for running a cryptocurrency fraud and money laundering operation that stole more than $13 million from their victims. The charges were announced yesterday, May 11, after a lengthy investigation into their operations. According to the DOJ press release, one of the accused, Trenton Richard David Johnston, allegedly impersonated customer support representatives from major search engines and crypto companies to gain access to victims’ digital wallets and accounts. After gaining access, Johnston and unnamed co-conspirators transferred their assets to personal accounts. Canadian on expired visa implicated…

Crypto analytics platform, CoinAnk, has announced it will be integrating with OKX Wallet via its Onchain OS infrastructure. The partnership will focus on developing a unified platform that enables AI agents to autonomously buy, use and finalize premium cryptocurrency data services. CoinAnk Integrates with @wallet OKX APP to Enable Seamless AI Agent Data SettlementsCoinAnk provides the OKX app with a wealth of cryptocurrency derivatives data through the Agent Payments Protocol SDK offered by OKX Onchain OS. This will enable AI agents to directly access… pic.twitter.com/fKxFz7DPVs — CoinAnk (@CoinAnk) May 12, 2026 The integration lets users work with CoinAnk’s market analytics…

The public Bitcoin mining sector is facing a massive structural identity crisis. For years, the corporate playbook was simple: buy millions of dollars in computer equipment, mine Bitcoin, and hoard it on the balance sheet for long-term profit. Today, that rigid infrastructure model is breaking under its own weight. The mathematical reality is brutal. Global competition to mine Bitcoin total network hashrate has already hit an all-time high of 1.25 Zh/s in late 2025 and in H1 2026 it is still high at 958.01 EH/s. At the same time, the industry’s core profitability metric, like the daily revenue earned per…

A dispute over digital asset strategy has split a prominent Swiss banking family and triggered senior leadership departures, according to Bloomberg. The disagreement focuses on how aggressively the group should pursue crypto integration and its long-term direction. Key Points Marc Syz left Syz Group, the Geneva-based private bank controlled by his father, Eric Syz, following disagreements about crypto expansion. Longtime associate Richard Byworth also stepped down, signaling a significant leadership shakeup in alternative investments. Syz Group, managing around $32 billion in assets, confirmed departures but emphasized alternative investments remain a strategic priority. Marc Syz plans to list Future Holdings AG…

M3 DAO, a well-known DeFi infrastructure entity, has partnered with MixMax, a multi-layer EVM platform. The partnership endeavors to bolster the DeFi ecosystem with multi-layer EVM technology. As M3 DAO’s official social media announcement reveals, the development underscores the increasing requirement for robust engines to back growth, long-term sustainability, and liquidity within the DeFi sector. So, both entities aim to improve scalability and interoperability across liquidity networks and dApps. M3 DAO x MixMax Alliance! 🤝DeFi needs stronger engines for growth, liquidity, and sustainability.@mixmax_mc is building a multi-layer Web3 ecosystem on Ethereum’s EVM — designed to accelerate volume, yield, and long-term…

The rise in non-human activity and content across multiple domains, such as IT, content creation, and Fin-tech, is fueling the need for Proof of Human verification systems, like Worldcoin ($WLD). Vercel’s integration of World Network’s World ID into its agentic infrastructure, and one of the largest privately held $WLD stakes by Eightco Holdings (ORBS), reflects growing adoption of Proof of Human systems. However, the falling $WLD price in the spot market positions the identity token as overlooked and underrated, waiting for its next bull cycle. Worldcoin awaits the Proof of Human narrative to catch up with rising AI demand The…

Five of the nation’s largest labor organizations are urging the Senate to vote against a pending cryptocurrency market structure bill, warning that the legislation would expose retirement accounts to digital asset volatility ahead of a key committee vote Thursday. The AFL-CIO, Service Employees International Union, American Federation of Teachers, National Education Association, and American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees sent letters and emails to Senate Banking Committee members, according to CNBC, which obtained the correspondence first. The crypto industry takes ‘risks’ The groups wrote that the bill “jeopardizes the stability of workers’ retirement plans, including public pensions, and…

The Uniswap (UNI) API has introduced support for payment flows, a development that streamlines how decentralized finance applications handle transactions. Developers can now specify a recipient address when requesting a quote, enabling assets to be sent directly to a designated wallet upon completion of a swap. What the Update Changes Previously, the Uniswap API primarily facilitated token swaps without a native mechanism to direct the output to a third-party address. The new functionality changes this by embedding the recipient address directly into the quote request process. This allows for automated, trustless payments where the swapped assets land in a predefined…

Research firm Bernstein turned bullish on a group of publicly traded Bitcoin miners. The firm suggests that the companies with large power footprints could benefit from a surge in demand for artificial intelligence infrastructure. The firm assigned Outperform ratings to four miners, shows a public report citing Bernstein research. The list holds the names of IREN Limited, Riot Platforms, CleanSpark, and Core Scientific. The brokerage’s note is not publicly available. However, reports mention that Bernstein views access to power and existing infrastructure as increasingly valuable. It enables the tech companies to expand investments in AI computing. This comes in after…

Amundi manages an institutional portfolio of 2.4 trillion euros in traditional assets. The real-world asset (RWA) ecosystem on Solana records an all-time high of 2,420 million dollars. The Spiko platform currently manages approximately 1,700 million dollars in the financial sector. Amundi and Spiko jointly announced the expansion of their Tokenized Fund on Solana, moving the Spiko Amundi Overnight Swap Fund (SAFO) financial vehicle to said blockchain network. The official announcement was made by Paul-Adrien Hyppolite, CEO of Spiko, during the House of Sol institutional conference cycle in the city of London. Announced at House of Sol: Amundi and Spiko bringing…