Five years ago, sending money across borders meant waiting days. Founders trying to raise money overseas spent weeks dealing with paperwork. And if you lived in a developing country, reaching global customers felt almost impossible. That world is disappearing fast. Today, a stablecoin can move from Nairobi to New York in seconds. A DeFi app…
Bithumb accidentally sent 620,000 Bitcoins to 695 users in error during a monstrous “fat finger” mistake that took place on Friday, February 6, 2026, at one of South Korea’s largest crypto exchanges. The “Random Box” giveaway was meant to be a small $1.40 reward, but it instead handed out thousands of Bitcoins per user. The error sparked a panic sell-off that briefly drove local prices down by 17%. While Bithumb has since recovered nearly all of the funds, the incident has renewed scrutiny of the exchange’s internal controls as it prepares for a potential U.S. stock market debut.
An Abu Dhabi royal-linked investment vehicle quietly acquired a major stake in a cryptocurrency venture associated with the Trump family shortly before President Donald Trump’s second inauguration. First reported by The Wall Street Journal, the $500 million deal involved a firm connected to Sheikh Tahnoon bin Zayed Al Nahyan and was not publicly disclosed at the time. The timing and scale of the transaction have drawn scrutiny from lawmakers and ethics experts, raising broader questions about transparency and foreign investment involving politically connected businesses.
Cryptocurrency has moved from a niche technology experiment to a mainstream financial asset class in Australia. Millions of Australians now own or trade digital assets such as Bitcoin and Ethereum, while regulators, tax authorities and banks continue to refine how crypto fits into the country’s financial system. However, crypto investing in Australia comes with legal obligations,…
Back in late 2023, Larry Fink made a claim that sounded bold at the time. The head of BlackRock said tokenisation would be “the future of markets,” and most people rolled their eyes. It felt like another prediction from the crypto world that might never land. But eighteen months later, the story looks different. BlackRock’s…
Volatility is where you find out who’s building for the long term and who’s just gambling. Brian Armstrong launched Coinbase in 2012 when Bitcoin was trading in the low double-digit range, pushed through the crash from $1,137 to $200, and still turned it into one of the biggest crypto exchanges in the US. Michael Saylor did something similar; MicroStrategy kept buying through the 2022 crash and now holds over 450,000 BTC. As Bitcoin approached record-high levels, MicroStrategy’s stock also saw a major rally, partly driven by its large Bitcoin holdings. Experienced founders understand these cycles, bottoming out, steady growth, rapid run-ups, and the distribution phase, and they time their decisions around them.
According to reports, cryptocurrency has created around 172,300 millionaires worldwide-nearly double what it was in the past year. Early Bitcoin adopters like Brian Armstrong, on the other hand, made multibillion-dollar fortunes by betting on it early and creating the platforms the industry depends on today. NFT artists like Beeple, whose work sold for $69 million, and FEWOCiOUS, who made $18 million as a teenager, showed the world how powerful digital art could be for creators. Web3 startups raised roughly $2 billion across some 300 deals in Q3 2024, with Sorare alone bringing in $739 million. Token-based communities can share profit more broadly, but crypto is, by nature, a highly volatile space. In the end, success will come from understanding the technology, remaining compliant, being in it for the long term, and focusing on real value instead of hype.
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