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GothFerrari Gets 78 Months for $250M Crypto Theft Ring and Home Invasions

GothFerrari Gets 78 Months for $250M Crypto Theft Ring and Home Invasions

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A Washington, D.C. federal court sentenced Marlon Ferro, the California man known online as “GothFerrari,” to 78 months in prison for helping run a crypto theft ring that stole more than $250 million from U.S. victims. The case shows how crypto crime now mixes social engineering, database hacks, laundering, and old-fashioned home break-ins. 78 months […]

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Trusted Volumes DeFi Exploit Drains $5.9M in ETH, WBTC and Stablecoins

Trusted Volumes DeFi Exploit Drains $5.9M in ETH, WBTC and Stablecoins

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Trusted Volumes, a DeFi RFQ trading protocol, was hit by a sharp-edged exploit that drained nearly $5.9 million in ETH, WBTC, and stablecoins after a flaw in its signature validation logic let an attacker forge orders and bypass authorization. About $5.9 million drained from Trusted Volumes 1,291 ETH, 16.94 WBTC, USDC, and USDT stolen Signature […]

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Samsung SDS Wins South Korea Tokenized Securities Platform Deal, Launch Set for 2027

Samsung SDS Wins South Korea Tokenized Securities Platform Deal, Launch Set for 2027

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Samsung SDS is pushing South Korea’s tokenized securities market from pilot mode into actual financial infrastructure, with a contract to build and operate the Korea Securities Depository’s blockchain-based platform through 2027. Samsung SDS won the KSD token securities platform contract Production-ready launch is expected by February 2027 South Korea’s legal framework for security tokens kicks […]

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Crypto Market Structure Bill Advances as Kraken Launches U.S. Retail Leverage

Crypto Market Structure Bill Advances as Kraken Launches U.S. Retail Leverage

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Washington’s long-stalled crypto market structure bill is finally inching forward, but it’s doing so in classic D.C. fashion: with compromise, suspicion, and a side order of political mud wrestling. At the same time, Kraken is rolling out regulated leverage for U.S. retail traders, World Liberty Fi is reshaping WLFI token unlocks, and fresh geopolitical tension […]

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NYSE Warns Against Synthetic Tokenized Stocks as Tokenization Push Grows

NYSE Warns Against Synthetic Tokenized Stocks as Tokenization Push Grows

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NYSE parent ICE is drawing a bright line between regulated tokenized equities and offshore synthetic stock products that borrow the look of ownership without delivering the goods, as highlighted in a recent warning from the exchange camp. Synthetic tokenized stocks can mirror a share price without giving real equity rights. ICE and Securitize warned that […]

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Morgan Stanley Crypto Trading Threatens Coinbase and Robinhood Fees

Morgan Stanley Crypto Trading Threatens Coinbase and Robinhood Fees

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Morgan Stanley is reportedly moving deeper into crypto trading with pricing meant to undercut the usual retail fee machine, putting Coinbase and Robinhood squarely in the crosshairs. When a Wall Street giant decides the entry ticket to Bitcoin and other digital assets should be dirt cheap, the rest of the market has a problem. Morgan […]

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Morgan Stanley Brings Crypto Trading to E*TRADE for 8.6 Million Clients

Morgan Stanley Brings Crypto Trading to E*TRADE for 8.6 Million Clients

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Morgan Stanley is bringing cryptocurrency trading to E*TRADE, putting Bitcoin and other digital assets in front of 8.6 million retail clients through one of Wall Street’s biggest brokerage names. Morgan Stanley will launch crypto trading on E*TRADE 8.6 million retail clients could gain access to digital assets The move puts Morgan Stanley in direct competition […]

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