Nadia Rahman is CoinScoop's Markets Editor. She covers Bitcoin, macro liquidity and the spot-ETF complex, and previously reported on rates and FX for a global newswire.
BIP-110 is splitting Bitcoin's developers and miners ahead of an August UASF deadline — reopening governance fault lines not seen since the Blocksize Wars.
Dubai's VARA has granted Revolut in-principle approval for a VASP licence covering crypto broker-dealer, exchange, and management services in the UAE.
Stanford researchers found a small group of traders extracted $8.2M from Polymarket's five-minute Bitcoin contracts over two months, distorting BTC's spot price.
ARK Invest purchased 220,000 Circle (CRCL) shares for $13.9M on July 14, extending a July buying spree to 725,517 shares despite a 22% year-to-date decline.
Stripe and Advent International have jointly offered $60.50/share — over $53B — to acquire PayPal at a 28% premium. PYPL stock surged nearly 15% on the news.
A UK government-backed fraud review warns magistrates and judges lack the expertise to handle crypto money laundering and AI-enabled fraud cases as digital crime surges.
Japan's parliament passes law reclassifying Bitcoin, Ethereum and 103 other cryptocurrencies as financial products under the FIEA, introducing insider-trading rules by FY2027.
Kalshi is caught between a Michigan court demanding trade cancellations and a CFTC order blocking them — facing $120,000-per-day fines with no legal exit.
DeepMind CEO Demis Hassabis says AGI is 'probably only a few short years away' and calls for a new U.S. federal body to test frontier AI models before public release.
US Treasury's OFAC sanctioned Iran-linked crypto wallets as Tether froze $344M in USDT. Bitcoin trades at $64,552 amid Extreme Fear as Middle East conflict escalates.
