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Charles Schwab now offers bitcoin and ether trading to eligible U.S. brokerage clients at 75 basis points a trade, and the coins are not covered by SIPC
Bitcoin and ether are open for trading at Charles Schwab, which charges 75 basis points on each trade for clients who qualify. Schwab’s own disclosure...
Celsius investors and creditors have received more than $3.4 billion through bankruptcy, and New York can collect up to $35 million from ex-CEO Alex Mashinsky if he fails to forfeit $10 million or serve his full sentence
More than $3.4 billion has now been distributed through the Celsius Network bankruptcy, New York Attorney General Letitia James said on Oct. 9, as her...
The CFTC asked for public comment on future rules for retail crypto trading
The Commodity Futures Trading Commission has asked the public what rules should govern retail crypto trading in the United States, but the question cannot be...
The SEC ordered $2,221,516.35 from the ShipChain fair fund disbursed to harmed investors
Investors who lost money in ShipChain’s 2017 token sale moved a step closer to a payout on September 23, when the Securities and Exchange Commission...
Treasury’s stablecoin rule takes comments until October 19, and the GENIUS Act bars providers from selling non-permitted coins from July 2028
Treasury’s proposed rule on payment stablecoins is open for public comment until October 19, 2026, and it arrives with a statutory clock already running: the...
The SEC proposed crypto custody rules for investment advisers and registered funds October 1
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) put a crypto custody proposal on the table on October 1, 2026, aimed at the firms that hold other...
A 22-year-old pleaded guilty Tuesday to leading a $245 million crypto theft ring
More than $245 million in stolen cryptocurrency, a fleet of exotic cars worth as much as $3.8 million apiece, and nightclub tabs that ran up...
Federal prosecutors flew a suspect back from Fiji to face charges in a $165 million crypto Ponzi scheme
Federal prosecutors say Edward Zimbardi, the man accused of running a $165 million cryptocurrency Ponzi scheme, was deported from Fiji on Aug. 14 and flown...
Edward Zimbardi was deported from Fiji and charged in a $165 million crypto Ponzi that wiped out investors
A Georgia man accused of orchestrating a $165 million cryptocurrency Ponzi scheme that drew in thousands of investors was deported from Fiji on August 14...
Trump signed an order clearing 401(k) plans to hold private equity and crypto, raising the stakes for savers
A single executive order has redrawn the boundaries of what can sit inside the retirement account most working Americans rely on. In August 2025, President...
Celsius founders were ordered to pay $16.5 million over crypto deposit safety claims
Celsius Network’s founders were ordered to pay $16.5 million to resolve Federal Trade Commission charges centered on how the crypto platform described customer deposits. The...
A new Labor Department rule would open 401(k) plans to Bitcoin and other alternative investments
The U.S. Department of Labor proposed a rule on March 30, 2026, that would give 401(k) plan fiduciaries explicit authority to offer Bitcoin and other...
Regulators have classified Bitcoin and 15 other crypto assets as commodities
Crypto exchanges, asset managers, and individual traders now operate under a clearer federal framework after the SEC and CFTC jointly declared in March 2026 that...
Georgia’s new law adds safeguards at crypto kiosks, a favorite tool of elder scammers, on July 1
Older adults who fall for phone scams and are told to deposit cash into a cryptocurrency kiosk will soon encounter new barriers in Georgia. Starting...
Bitcoin’s slide below $64,000 erased $1.1 billion in leveraged bets in one day
Traders holding high-leverage crypto positions lost more than a billion dollars in forced liquidations after Bitcoin dropped below $64,000 in a single session. The selloff...
Federal agents arrested 276 people in a global “pig butchering” crypto crackdown
At least 276 people were arrested across multiple countries in a coordinated strike against Southeast Asian scam compounds that ran “pig butchering” cryptocurrency fraud schemes...
Bitcoin ETFs are now buying ten times more coins each day than miners can produce — a supply squeeze building since April’s halving cut new supply in half
During the first full week of May 2026, U.S. spot bitcoin exchange-traded funds pulled in a net 31,500 BTC, according to daily creation and redemption...
Spot Bitcoin ETFs pulled out $1 billion last week — the worst exit since early February, as BTC slid under $77,000 over the weekend
U.S. spot Bitcoin ETFs shed roughly $1 billion in net outflows during the trading week ending Friday, June 6, 2025, their steepest weekly drawdown since...
Bitcoin dropped below $79,000 over the weekend — institutional ETFs pulled out $635 million in a single day, the biggest crypto exit since January
Bitcoin dropped below $79,000 over the weekend – institutional ETFs pulled out $635 million in a single day, the biggest crypto exit since January Investors...
Gold dropped 1.4%, silver fell 2%, and Bitcoin slid below $81,000 — investors fled inflation hedges the same day Treasury yields hit 18-year highs
At 1:03 p.m. Eastern on May 15, 2026, the U.S. Treasury closed the books on a new 30-year bond auction. The clearing yield came in...