South Korea’s FSS Details AI Upgrades for Crypto Abuse Detection

South Korea’s financial watchdog has expanded the use of artificial intelligence to monitor digital asset markets, signaling a shift toward automated, data-driven enforcement as trading activity grows more complex.  On Monday, the country’s Financial Supervisory Service (FSS) said it has upgraded its Virtual Assets Intelligence System for Trading Analysis (VISTA), a model used to investigate…

XRP Price Risks Repeating 2022 Crash as New Buyers Face Big Losses

XRP is below the average buy price of the past year, putting many holders in the red and increasing downside risk in the near term. XRP (XRP) mirrored a 50% crash scenario from 2022 as it underwent its sharpest weekly selloff since October 2025. Key takeaways: New XRP buyers are in the red As of…

Crypto Funds Post Two-Week Outflows Amid Bitcoin Slide

Crypto investment products continued their sell-off last week as investor sentiment weakened, marking two consecutive weeks of outflows. Crypto exchange-traded products (ETPs) saw $1.7 billion in outflows during the week, the European crypto investment company CoinShares reported on Monday. The outflows were slightly below $1.73 billion in the week prior, totaling $3.43 billion in the…

Binance moves 1,315 bitcoin into SAFU fund as it prepares to buy $1 billion BTC

Binance transferred roughly $100 million worth of bitcoin BTC$76,540.50 from a hot wallets into its Secure Asset Fund for Users (SAFU), marking an early on-chain step in the largest crypto exchange’s plan to reframe its user protection reserve around the largest cryptocurrency. Blockchain data identified by Arkham shows about 1,315 BTC moved in a single…

Vitalik Buterin Proposes Fix to Content Creator Coin Model

Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin has proposed a new creator token model that combines decentralized autonomous organizations (DAOs) with prediction market mechanics to incentivize higher-quality content creation. Creator tokens, or content coins, are blockchain-based assets that can grant fans a slice of ownership, access rights, or even royalties for the content creator’s work, which could be…

CEO Of BitRiver Reportedly On House Arrest Amid Tax Evasion Charges

A Moscow court has reportedly ordered BitRiver CEO Igor Runets to remain under house arrest as investigators pursue tax evasion charges. The founder and CEO of Russian Bitcoin mining firm BitRiver, Igor Runets, has reportedly been detained and charged with multiple counts of tax evasion.  According to reports from local media outlets such as RBK…

Bitcoin Coinbase Premium Hits 12-month Low as Trader Sees Further Drop

Bitcoin (BTC) extended its weakness into the low-liquidity weekend trading session, with BTC slipping to a five-week low of $86,000 on Sunday. The cryptocurrency could potentially retest its macro low of $66,000 over the coming weeks, a key support level from November 2024. Key takeaways: Bitcoin dropped below $87,000 on Sunday as its momentum weakened….

Bitcoin ETF Investors Underwater After $2.8B Outflow Wave

Bitcoin is trading below the average cost basis of US spot Bitcoin ETFs after they recorded their second and third-biggest outflow weeks last month, according to Galaxy’s head of research, Alex Thorn. The total assets under management for US Bitcoin ETF products are approximately $113 billion, according to Coinglass, and they collectively hold around 1.28…

Crypto Bridge Protocol CrossCurve Exploited for $3M

Update (Feb. 2, 12:20 am UTC): This article has been updated to add a post by CrossCurve CEO Boris Povar. Crypto protocol CrossCurve said its cross-chain bridge has been attacked, with $3 million reportedly stolen across multiple networks. CrossCurve posted to X late on Sunday that its bridge was “under attack, involving the exploitation of…

Crypto PAC Reports $193M after Donations from Ripple, Coinbase, a16z

Crypto-backed political action committees (PACs) are gearing up for the 2026 US midterm elections, with industry-funded groups signaling plans to expand their influence as debates over digital asset regulation intensify on Capitol Hill. Fairshake, the cryptocurrency industry-backed PAC, disclosed on Wednesday holding $193 million in cash on hand ahead of this year’s US midterm elections….