Police found a crypto-mining setup during an operation against Comando Vermelho in Rio, raising the question around whether gangs that control territory can convert stolen electricity into portable digital value.
Mark Cuban says Bitcoin failed to act like digital gold when war risk and dollar weakness hit, and he is right, but the stronger defense is that Bitcoin was never just a hedge.
David Schwartz says an XRP Ledger fork would be settled by UNLs, validator coordination, code defaults, and whether anyone is willing to keep the old rules alive.
Polymarket-linked accounts say a live POL drain came from a private-key compromise tied to internal top-up operations, not a contract exploit or user funds.
The AFL-CIO warned senators that the CLARITY Act could accelerate crypto exposure inside retirement plans by giving digital assets clearer federal market rules.
Canaan earnings revealed a sharp Q1 revenue decline, widening losses, and a growing BTC and ETH treasury worth nearly $148 million as mining demand weakened.