Author: olivia

Olivia reports on regulation, compliance, and policy developments shaping the crypto industry. Her coverage examines how legal and regulatory decisions influence market structure, project development, and industry behavior.She also follows Web3 initiatives and altcoin markets when regulatory changes are a key factor.

Recent research by the SpiderLabs cybersecurity team has detected a dangerous WhatsApp worm in Brazil designed to hijack accounts and empty digital wallets. This malicious software, identified as “Eternidade Stealer,” uses advanced social engineering techniques to deceive victims via fake messages about government programs or delivery notifications. Researchers Nathaniel Morales, John Basmayor, and Nikita Kazymirskyi warn that threat actors have refined their tactics to exploit the immense popularity of this messaging platform.

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Keith Grose, CEO of Coinbase UK, attributes the current crypto market downturn to macroeconomic “jitters” linked to fears about an AI bubble and a risk‑off environment, and maintains that it is a “recalibration, not a reversal”. The correction coincides with Bitcoin below $90,000 and the loss of around $1.2 trillion in market capitalization since October 7, 2025.

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Thames Valley Police are investigating a high-profile assault in Oxford, where masked robbers executed a violent cryptocurrency theft and robbery of valuables. The incident occurred on November 4, when a group traveling to London was ambushed, resulting in the forced transfer of £1.1 million in digital assets and the theft of a luxury watch valued at £450,000, as confirmed by Detective Sergeant Stuart McMaster.

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Viral influencer Haliey Welch is now at the center of a federal legal battle after being added as a primary defendant. The firm Burwick Law formalized this action within a class-action meme coin lawsuit, alleging that the internet personality received substantial payments to promote the HAWK token, an asset that collapsed catastrophically last year, according to recent court documents.

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Federal prosecutors have charged Firas Isa, founder of the company Virtual Assets LLC, for allegedly leading a money laundering in automated teller machines conspiracy that moved at least 10 million dollars. As reported by the Department of Justice, the executive used his network of kiosks, commercially known as Crypto Dispensers, to facilitate the flow of illicit proceeds from wire fraud and drug trafficking between the years 2018 and 2025.

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