Wave of fake Solana dev group chats in South Korea follows ETF debut, Indian crypto taxes blamed for coin delistings: Asia Express. All services claiming to offer access to JD.coms stablecoin are fraudulent, the Chinese e-commerce giant said in a statement posted on Weibo, a microblogging platform. JD.com said entities… Listen ⇢

Backpack halted trading for scheduled maintenance at 10 a.m. UTC on July 3 and reopened two hours later, but the restart triggered account errors that forced CEO Armani Ferrante to promise reviews and compensation. Backpack had warned users on X that the platform would go offline at 10 a.m., enter… Listen ⇢

Ether (ETH) traded around $2,584.90 on July 3, registering a 0.55% gain over the past 24 hours as risk assets responded positively to robust U.S. labor market data, according to CoinDesk Research’s technical analysis model. The broader crypto market, as gauged by the CoinDesk 20 Index (CD20), was up 0.08%… Listen ⇢

WhiteRock Finance founder Ildar Ilham was reportedly detained in the UAE more than a year after Dutch authorities announced an arrest linked to ZKasino. Authorities in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) have reportedly taken Ildar Ilham, the founder of the decentralized finance protocol WhiteRock Finance, into custody as part of… Listen ⇢

They say journalists never truly clock out. But for Christian, that’s not just a metaphor, it’s a lifestyle. By day, he navigates the ever-shifting tides of the cryptocurrency market, wielding words like a seasoned editor and crafting articles that decipher the jargon for the masses. When the PC goes on… Listen ⇢

Australian cryptocurrency billionaire Tim Heath escaped a kidnapping and extortion attempt in Estonia by biting off part of his assailant’s finger. As reported by local media outlet Eesti Ekspress, an Estonian court heard his testimony last week, apparently confirmed through DNA evidence from a severed bit of finger found near… Listen ⇢

The first US Solana staking ETF has wrapped up its opening session with significant momentum. The new fund attracted $12 million in inflows and closed the day with $33 million in trading volume, according to Bloomberg ETF analyst Eric Balchunas. SSK Outperforms Solana, XRP Futures Volume Trading under the ticker… Listen ⇢

Trump’s Big Beautiful Bill and the GENIUS Act are two landmark bills that, on the surface, seem worlds apart. But look closer, and they may reveal a far more coordinated MAGA agenda than expected. In both of these bills, there are underlying strategic and thematic overlaps that suggest a broader… Listen ⇢

June US employment data exceeded forecasts and sets a macro backdrop that could send Bitcoin (BTC) past $200,000, according to a research note from Matt Mena, crypto research strategist at 21Shares. The Labor Department reported that non-farm payrolls increased by 147,000 in June, surpassing the consensus estimate of 110,000, while… Listen ⇢