FinTech

Iranian media: Iran launches “Hormuz Safe”, a Bitcoin-backed insurance service for shipping companies transiting the Strait of Hormuz; ~1,500 ships are trapped (www.bloomberg.com)
2026-5-18 Bitcoin Iran Insurance

Russian hackers turn Kazuar backdoor into modular P2P botnet (www.bleepingcomputer.com)
2026-5-17 Russia P2P

Claude Helps Recover Locked $400K Bitcoin Wallet After 11 Years (slashdot.org)
2026-5-15 Bitcoin

London-based blockchain analytics company Elliptic raised $120M led by One Peak Partners at a $670M valuation; the platform screens 1B+ transactions per week (www.bloomberg.com)
2026-5-12 Blockchain London

TrickMo Android banker adopts TON blockchain for covert comms (www.bleepingcomputer.com)
2026-5-11 Blockchain Android

Sources: Digital Asset, which builds Canton Network, a public blockchain with privacy features, is raising a ~$300M round led by a16z crypto at a ~$2B valuation (www.bloomberg.com)
2026-5-11 Blockchain Asset

MoonPay acquires DFlow, a platform that facilitates trading on the Solana blockchain, sources say for $100M in stock; DFlow had raised $7.5M across two rounds (fortune.com)
2026-5-10 Blockchain

Fintech app Toss, used by ~66% of South Korea's 51M people, says its FacePay service, available at 330K retail outlets, has attracted 4.8M users since September (www.ft.com)
2026-5-8 Korea Retail Fintech

Bitcoin miner MARA Holdings agrees to acquire Ohio gas plant operator Long Ridge Energy & Power for $1.5B including debt, to power its AI data center expansion (www.coindesk.com)
2026-5-1 Bitcoin Energy AI

Filing: Michael Saylor's Strategy bought $2.54B in bitcoin over the past seven days, its largest acquisition since November 2024; Strategy owns ~$61B in bitcoin (www.bloomberg.com)
2026-4-20 Bitcoin

A look at Doug Liman's $70M Bitcoin: Killing Satoshi movie, which uses AI for sets, lighting, and more in post-production, cutting costs from an estimated $300M (www.thewrap.com)
2026-4-16 Bitcoin AI

Hackers steal $3.6 million from crypto ATM giant Bitcoin Depot (www.bleepingcomputer.com)
2026-4-9 Bitcoin

NYT Claims Adam Back Is Bitcoin Creator Satoshi Nakamoto (slashdot.org)
2026-4-9 Bitcoin

Iran Demands Bitcoin For Ships Passing Hormuz During Ceasefire (slashdot.org)
2026-4-9 Bitcoin Iran

Iran warns oil tankers will be destroyed if they try to travel along the Strait of Hormuz without permission as regime demands huge cryptocurrency fees (www.dailymail.co.uk)
2026-4-9 Iran Cryptocurrency

Bitcoin inventor is 'unmasked as 55-year-old British encryption expert after his writing style gave him away' (www.dailymail.co.uk)
2026-4-8 U.K. Bitcoin

An investigation suggests Blockstream CEO Adam Back, a British cryptographer who invented Hashcash, is Bitcoin's pseudonymous inventor Satoshi Nakamoto (www.nytimes.com)
2026-4-8 U.K. Bitcoin

Russian cryptocurrency payment network A7 expands to Africa, as Moscow builds an alternative payments system amid western sanctions after its Ukraine invasion (www.ft.com)
2026-4-6 Russia Ukraine Africa Cryptocurrency

Jack Dorsey says Apple removed his Bluetooth P2P messaging app Bitchat, used during protests in Iran and Uganda, from China's App Store following CAC's demands (cointelegraph.com)
2026-4-6 China Apple Iran P2P Uganda

Permalink to Automating KYC: Why Your Fintech Needs a Zero-Retention Architecture (sdtimes.com)
2026-3-28 Fintech Architecture

Tazapay, which builds cross-border payment infrastructure for fintech and web3 firms, says it closed a Series B extension, bringing its total Series B to $36M (cointelegraph.com)
2026-3-27 Fintech

Fannie Mae will accept crypto-backed mortgages for the first time; Coinbase launches a mortgage product allowing buyers to pledge bitcoin or USDC as collateral (www.wsj.com)
2026-3-27 Bitcoin mortgage Coinbase

Singapore-based Startale, developer of the Strium blockchain for tokenized securities and JPYSC and USDSC stablecoins, raised a $63M Series A from SBI and Sony (www.coindesk.com)
2026-3-26 Blockchain Singapore Sony

A profile of Chinese bitcoin mining company Bitmain, now allied with Eric Trump's American Bitcoin and previously the target of a DHS espionage-risk probe (www.bloomberg.com)
2026-3-23 Trump China U.S. Bitcoin

Stripe and Paradigm-backed startup Tempo launches the Machine Payments Protocol and its blockchain to facilitate autonomous AI agent transactions (fortune.com)
2026-3-19 Blockchain Startup AI

Mastercard unveils a Crypto Partner Program with 85+ companies, including Binance, PayPal, and Ripple, to link blockchain tech with its payments infrastructure (www.coindesk.com)
2026-3-12 Blockchain

The UK ICO and Ofcom asked social media platforms to implement “highly effective age checks” to bar under-13 accounts, similar to tools required for adult sites (www.bbc.com)
2026-3-12 ICO

Uzbek fintech and e-commerce company Uzum raised $131.5M led by Oman's sovereign funds, with $81.5M equity, at a $2.3B valuation, up from $1.5B in August 2025 (techcrunch.com)
2026-3-10 Fintech Equity

US federal regulators say banks don't need extra capital against losses when dealing with blockchain-based securities, calling their rules “technology neutral” (www.reuters.com)
2026-3-6 Blockchain

Iranians turn to Starlink, decentralized messaging apps, and VPNs to circumvent an internet blackout; NetBlocks says connectivity is at 1% of ordinary levels (www.bloomberg.com)
2026-3-3 Iran Decentralize

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