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Two Texas brothers have been charged with kidnapping a Minnesota family and stealing $8 million in cryptocurrency. Using firearms, the brothers invaded the family's home, binding the father, mother, and son, and forced the father to transfer the crypto to their digital wallets. The incident, which lasted nine

China has launched a new digital yuan operations center in Shanghai aimed at enhancing cross-border payments, blockchain services, and digital asset platforms. This initiative, reported by the state-run Xinhua News Agency, is part of the broader strategy to promote the digital yuan's role in global finance and facilitate

Today in crypto, Hashdex has added XRP, Solana, and Stellar to its US crypto index ETF following new SEC listing standards. The ETF now features five cryptocurrencies, including Bitcoin and Ether, and trades under the ticker NCIQ. The SEC's recent rule change aims to streamline the ETF approval

HSBC recently announced a significant advancement in algorithmic trading through the application of quantum computing. Their researchers successfully tested a quantum computer in algorithmic bond trading, achieving a 34% improvement in predicting bond prices and the chances of filling orders without slippage. Philip Intallura, the head of quantum technologies at

KuCoin is appealing a substantial penalty issued by the Financial Transactions and Reports Analysis Centre of Canada (FINTRAC) for failing to properly register and not reporting suspicious transactions potentially linked to money laundering and terrorist financing. The exchange, operating as Peken Global Limited, faces a fine exceeding $19 million CAD

The SEC's recent approval of new listing standards for commodity-based trust shares signals a potential acceleration in the launch of spot crypto ETFs. Experts like Bloomberg's James Seyffart view this as a positive step towards increased ETF offerings in the crypto market, particularly benefiting from clearer

Guido Reichstadter has been on a hunger strike outside Anthropic's San Francisco headquarters for 24 days, protesting against the perceived dangers of advanced AI. He demands that Anthropic, led by CEO Dario Amodei, recognize the existential risks associated with superintelligent AI and halt its development. Reichstadter has consumed