Benzinga and Yahoo Finance LLC may earn commission or revenue on some items through the links below. A record $17 billion was lost to cryptocurrency scams last year, according to blockchain intelligence company Chainalysis. Chainalysis in a Jan. 13 report said the figure was up from $14 billion in 2024, attributing the surge to an increase in impersonation scams and scammers becoming more efficient through the use of artificial intelligence tools. Impersonation scams, which involve scammers posing as or ...

The chief investment officer at a digital asset investment firm is raising new questions over the future of crypto for one key reason.Arca CIO Jeff Dorman says he believes Bitcoin (BTC) and many other digital assets are unlikely to see values increase from the explosion in the tokenization of assets. Dorman warns there may only be a few beneficiaries from the latest big trend in blockchain use cases such as the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) plan to launch a tokenized securities platform for 24/7 trading an ...

KEY TAKEAWAYSInvestigators link $507 million in USDT to state-connected walletsRoughly 187 wallets and $1 billion in total flows flagged over two yearsStablecoins once again highlighted as tools for cross-border sanctions evasionWhich crypto’s should you be watching right now? Read on…Iran’s Central bank allegedly bypassed sanctions with USDT. Blockchain investigators traced large stablecoin flows to state-linked wallets, revealing how digital dollars can move across borders quietly.Blockchain investigators ...

Hong Kong will issue a batch of licenses to stablecoin providers in the first quarter of this year, Financial Secretary Paul Chan told World Economic Forum attendees in Davos on Tuesday. This will be the first issued since Hong Kong’s new stablecoin licensing regime took effect on August 1 last year. Hong Kong Kicks Off Stablecoin Licensing Regime With Eye on Global Hub Companies offering or marketing stablecoins to retail investors must obtain approval from the Hong Kong Monetary Authority. The process ...

（来源：吴说） 据彭博社，随着比特币现货与期货价差持续收窄，以现货比特币 ETF 为载体的机构基差套利交易明显 降温，反映加密衍生品市场结构正在发生变化。数据显示，比特币期货在 CME Group 的未平仓合约规 模已从高点回落至 100 亿美元以下，并首次自 2023 年以来低于 Binance；这一变化主要源于基差与年 化收益率下滑、交易成本门槛抬升，削弱了 ETF-期货套利的吸引力，而非机构资金整体退出加密市 场。 ...

This has second-order effects on liquidity. Capital trapped in legacy settlement cycles gets unlocked. Stablecoins and tokenised money-market funds become the connective tissue between asset classes, enabling instant movement across previously siloed markets; order books deepen, trading volumes rise and the velocity of both digitised and fiat money accelerates as settlement risk falls away.Tokenization removes that drag. When collateral becomes fungible and settlement happens in seconds rather than days, in ...

The Central Bank (CBI) of Iran bought $507 million of Tether's USDT stablecoin with the primary purpose of manipulating foreign exchange markets and bolstering the value of the rial, which recently traded at 1.4 million for one U.S. dollar, according to blockchain analytics firm Elliptic. Elliptic said it uncovered the purchases through two leaked documents that allowed researchers to map out the central bank’s wallet infrastructure, "revealing a systematic accumulation of USDT totaling at least half a bi ...

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TD Cowen has maintained its $440 price target for shares of Bitcoin treasury play Strategy (NASDAQ: MSTR) in its newest investor note, written by analyst Lance Vitanza. The figure implies a 170% upside from the January 21 share price of $162. Strategy raised $1.25 billion in early January to acquire an additional 13,627 bitcoins. The company accelerated its accumulation strategy during the recent price dip rather than slowing down. Get the Blockspace Podcast on Apple, Spotify, or anywhere else you listen ...

KindlyMD, Inc. has changed its corporate name to Nakamoto Inc. following its merger with Nakamoto Holdings in 2025. The rebrand aligns the company’s identity with its long-term Bitcoin treasury strategy. Chairman and CEO David Bailey described the move as an effort to eliminate ambiguity around the company’s objectives and reinforce its role as a Bitcoin-focused enterprise. The company’s common stock and warrants will continue trading under the NAKA and NAKAW ticker symbols, according to Nakamoto Inc.’ ...