FinTech

Data breach at fintech firm Figure affects nearly 1 million accounts (www.bleepingcomputer.com)
2026-2-19 Fintech

Blockchain-based lending company Figure confirms a data breach; ShinyHunters hacking group published 2.5GB of data, saying Figure refused to pay a ransom (techcrunch.com)
2026-2-14 Blockchain

A US court sentences Ramil Ventura Palafox, CEO of Praetorian Group, to 20 years in prison for operating a $200M bitcoin Ponzi scheme that defrauded 90K+ people (www.theblock.co)
2026-2-13 Bitcoin

Grab agrees to acquire US fintech company Stash Financial in a deal initially valued at $425M and forecasts FY 2026 revenue of $4.04B-$4.1B, below $4.13B est. (www.reuters.com)
2026-2-12 Fintech

Robinhood launches a public testnet for Robinhood Chain, an Ethereum Layer 2 network on Arbitrum supporting 24/7 trading, with a broader rollout later in 2026 (www.coindesk.com)
2026-2-12 Ethereum

JPMorgan exec Naveen Mallela, global co-head of blockchain division Kinexys, steps down after 11 years at the bank; Kinexys handled $5B transactions per day (www.bloomberg.com)
2026-2-11 Blockchain JPMorgan

KPMG citing PitchBook data: UK fintech investment totaled almost $11B in 2025 across 418 deals, down from ~$13.4B in 2024 across 527 deals; Revolut raised $4B (www.bloomberg.com)
2026-2-11 Fintech KPMG

LayerZero Labs unveils a new Layer 1 blockchain called Zero, in collaboration with Citadel Securities, DTCC, Google Cloud, and Intercontinental Exchange (www.theblock.co)
2026-2-11 Blockchain Google

A Bitcoin Blunder for the Ages: $40 Billion Accidentally Given Away (slashdot.org)
2026-2-11 Bitcoin

UK's FCA adds Blockchain.com to its registry of licensed crypto companies; the company withdrew its initial application in 2022 to pivot operations to Lithuania (www.coindesk.com)
2026-2-11 Blockchain

Bitcoin Dropped Nearly 30% This Week. But Why? (slashdot.org)
2026-2-8 Bitcoin

South Korean cryptocurrency exchange Bithumb says it accidentally sent $44B worth of bitcoin to customers as promotional rewards and has recovered 99.7% of it (www.reuters.com)
2026-2-7 Korea Bitcoin Cryptocurrency

US tech stocks and bitcoin rally after three days of selling; Nasdaq Composite closed up 2.18%, Broadcom 7.22%, Strategy 26.11%, and bitcoin rebounded to ~$70K (www.ft.com)
2026-2-7 Bitcoin

Bitcoin Treasury Company Strategy [MSTR] Plunged 77% from its High, Joins our Imploded Stocks. Bitcoin Plunged only 50% (wolfstreet.com)
2026-2-6 Stock Bitcoin

Duna, a European fintech making AI-powered identity and compliance tools for banks, raised a €30M Series A led by CapitalG, bringing its total funding to €40M+ (www.siliconrepublic.com)
2026-2-6 Europe Fintech AI

Data breach at fintech firm Betterment exposes 1.4 million accounts (www.bleepingcomputer.com)
2026-2-6 Fintech

Bitcoin fell below $70,000, its lowest level since President Trump's election in November 2024 and down 44% from its October 2025 peak, as global markets fall (www.bloomberg.com)
2026-2-5 Trump Bitcoin

TRM Labs, which helps law enforcement and companies track crypto and blockchains, raised a $70M Series C led by Blockchain Capital at a $1B valuation (fortune.com)
2026-2-4 Blockchain

Global fintech VC funding rose 27% YoY in 2025 to $51.8B; Y Combinator was the most active investor in the space, participating in 151 deals, up 24.8% YoY (news.crunchbase.com)
2026-2-4 Fintech Y Combinator

Bitcoin dived below the $73,000 mark on Tuesday, hitting its lowest price since November 2024 as heavy selling resumes amid mounting geopolitical concerns (www.cnbc.com)
2026-2-4 Bitcoin

Fintech CEO and Forbes 30 Under 30 Alum Charged for Alleged Fraud (slashdot.org)
2026-2-4 Fintech

The UK ICO launches a new investigation into X and xAI over “serious concerns” about Grok's data use and “its potential to produce harmful sexualized” content (www.ft.com)
2026-2-4 ICO

Bitcoin Drops 40% in Four Months. Bloomberg Blames Absence of Buyers and Belief (slashdot.org)
2026-2-2 Bitcoin

Bitcoin has fallen to ~$78K, down ~7% in 24 hours, over 12% in the past week, and down ~37% since its ATH in Oct. 2025; Ethereum dropped ~18% in the past week (www.bloomberg.com)
2026-2-1 Bitcoin Ethereum

Binance says it will convert $1B in stablecoin reserves held in its SAFU into bitcoin over the next 30 days, as BTC falls to its lowest level since November (www.theblock.co)
2026-1-31 Bitcoin

Entropy, a decentralized crypto custodian that raised a $25M seed led by a16z in June 2022, is shutting down after “several pivots, and two rounds of layoffs” (www.theblock.co)
2026-1-26 Layoffs Decentralize

Konni hackers target blockchain engineers with AI-built malware (www.bleepingcomputer.com)
2026-1-25 Blockchain AI

Sources: Ledger is working with banks on a US IPO that could value the French cryptocurrency company at more than $4B; it was valued at $1.5B in 2023 (www.ft.com)
2026-1-24 France IPO Cryptocurrency

Sources: UBS plans to make cryptocurrency investing available for some private banking clients in Switzerland, starting with bitcoin and ether (www.bloomberg.com)
2026-1-23 Bitcoin Switzerland Cryptocurrency

Superstate raised an $82.5M Series B to expand from tokenized Treasury offerings into SEC-registered equities on Ethereum and Solana (www.theblock.co)
2026-1-23 Equity Ethereum

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