The Securities Exchange Commission (SEC) has filed charges against Danh C. Vo, founder and CEO of bitcoin mining company VBit, alleging that he misappropriated $48.50 million, some of which was used for gambling and buying gifts for his family. Vo, 37, and VBit Technologies Corp. raised more than $95.60 million from about 6,400 investors, according to an indictment filed Wednesday by the SEC in federal district court in Delaware. The SEC alleges Vo lied to investors about how his bitcoin mining ...
The Brazilian Federal Police launched a massive operation code-named "Kryptolaundry" in Brasilia on December 9 to crack down on illegal investments and money laundering through crypto assets. Investigations revealed that the criminal organization hid the flow of funds by setting up dozens of shelf companies, totaling more than R 2.70 billion in illicit financial flows, of which R 404 million was identified as illicit proceeds. Twenty-four search warrants and nine preventive arrests were executed...
According to market news, public company Hyperscale Data (ticker: $GPUS) has allocated $34.25 million to increase its bitcoin holdings.
Uniswap's "UNIfication" governance proposal, which aims to unify Uniswap Labs and the Uniswap Foundation under a coordinated governance framework while activating protocol-level fee mechanisms, has received over 63 million UNI tokens in an initial Snapshot vote with little opposition. Currently, a $15.50 million Cantina bug bounty program has been launched covering new fee switching smart contracts in preparation for a full on-chain vote expected next week.
According to on-chain analyst Onchain Lens, a giant whale has deposited a large number of tokens to Binance Exchange in recent days, with a total value of about 15 million US dollars, but almost all of them are in a loss state. The giant whale deposited 1.19 million UNI tokens (worth 10.54 million US dollars) to Binance, losing 914,000 US dollars; also deposited 74,281 LINK (loss of 752,000 US dollars), 764,376 PENDLE (loss of 1.77 million US dollars) and 8,936 AAVE (loss of 570,000 US dollars)....
BTQ has signed a $15 million development and co-investment agreement with ICTK to co-develop quantum-secure component chip "Quantum Computing in Memory" (QCIM). The two agreements cover the joint design through certification and BTQ's equity investment, with ICTK providing physical cost sharing and priority manufacturing capabilities. The partnership aims to address the growing cyber security threats in the age of quantum computing, with a particular focus on protecting digital assets and stable...
SharpLink has successfully raised $76.50 million by issuing shares at $17 per share (a 12% premium to market), and is expected to raise approximately $79 million through an innovative 90-day premium purchase contract ($17.50 per share, a 19% premium to market). The $76.50 million raised was used to increase ETH holdings, continuing SBET's growth momentum and ETH hoarding strategy.
IP Strategy, a Nasdaq-listed company, announced the official launch of verification capabilities and support for direct staking of IP tokens on Story Network. The company also disclosed that it has pledged 43.5 million unlocked IP tokens to date and received nearly 165,000 IP token staking rewards worth approximately $1.5 million.
Avalanche Treasury, a digital asset treasury company, announced that it has reached a $675 million merger transaction agreement with Mountain Lake Acquisition, subject to regulatory and shareholder approval. The latter is a Nasdaq-listed company. Avalanche Treasury is expected to land on the Nasdaq exchange in the first quarter of 2026 through this merger transaction.
According to Messari, Circle has expanded its $635 million tokenized treasury fund to include Solana, which is part of Circle's overall strategy to integrate multiple blockchain networks to diversify treasury assets.