Monte dei Paschi Eyes Banco BPM After Merger Talks Fall Apart
Italy's oldest bank, Monte dei Paschi di Siena, is exploring a hostile takeover of Banco BPM after bilateral merger negotiations broke down, reshaping Italy's financial sector.…
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Italy's oldest bank, Monte dei Paschi di Siena, is exploring a hostile takeover of Banco BPM after bilateral merger negotiations broke down, reshaping Italy's financial sector.…
Galaxy Research confirms a third wave of Coldcard wallet thefts has pushed total losses to ~1,367 BTC and $88M, with attackers still actively draining funds.…
The U.S. Senate has just five days to pass the Crypto Clarity Act before summer recess — a deadline that could define digital asset regulation for years.…
Bitkey addressed a security vulnerability flagged by an external researcher and confirmed no user funds were ever at risk, underscoring the value of responsible disclosure in self-custody.…
A Canadian entrepreneur lost 18 BTC worth over $1.6 million from a Coldcard hardware wallet in under seven minutes, part of a wave totaling 1,367.05 BTC.…
An illegal gambling network routed $4 billion in crypto through an unlicensed Dubai exchange called Shelbit, exposing critical gaps in global crypto oversight.…
Japan's BoJ held rates steady at 1% after yen intervention briefly crashed USD/JPY. For crypto markets, the carry trade unwind risk is quietly growing.…
Galaxy Research has identified a third suspected wave draining Bitcoin from Coldcard firmware-generated addresses, pushing total losses to 1,367 BTC worth $88.6M.…
South Korea confirms a 22% crypto tax starting 2027 while Russia bans mining in Moscow until 2032, two seismic regulatory moves reshaping global digital asset markets.…
Cut off from the US dollar system by sanctions, Venezuela has turned to stablecoins — and in doing so, provided the most compelling real-world stress test of digital dollars yet.…
Reuters reports $676 million moved from Shelbit, a Dubai-fined unlicensed exchange tied to Iranian sanctions, directly into Binance.…
BNB Chain is pursuing legal action after a former employee allegedly used a company tutorial wallet to launch an unauthorized memecoin the blockchain never sanctioned.…