Sportsbooks go all in-on prediction markets The prediction markets battle is unfolding on three distinct fronts as legal and regulatory questions swirl. Axios · Dec 19, 2025
Roblox 'Down' Worldwide as Thousands Report Access Issues and Site Outage Roblox experienced a widespread outage on Tuesday, with thousands of users worldwide reporting problems accessing the gaming platform and logging into their accounts. International Business Times UK · Dec 19, 2025
Notorious fraudster Mark Acklom who posed as MI6 agent ordered to pay £125,000 Acklom, 52, who now lives in Spain, was been ordered to pay his victim the large sum after a hearing at Bristol Crown Court. Evening Standard · Dec 19, 2025
Sign and the Blockchain Centre Abu Dhabi Strike Collaboration to Strengthen Blockchain Infrastructure in Abu Dhabi Abu Dhabi is accelerating blockchain adoption as Sign partners with the Blockchain Centre Abu Dhabi to deploy sovereign digital infrastructure across MENA. International Business Times · Dec 19, 2025
North Korean hackers stole record $2 billion in crypto in 2025, including single heist worth $1.5 billion, report claims — rogue state accounts for 60% of all reported crypto thefts this year, $6.75 billion total since records began Blockchain analytics company Chainalysis says DPRK has set a record for 2025, with the regime expected to execute more sophisticated attacks in the future. Tom’s Hardware · Dec 19, 2025
Instacart will pay customers $60 million in settlement over ‘false advertising’ Instacart denied allegations of wrongdoing but said it reached a settlement in order to move forward and focus on its business The Independent UK · Dec 18, 2025
DiamondLake Wants To Tokenize Your Business The arrest of FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried in December 2022 and FTX's sudden collapse was a sign that security tokens would soon become far more significant than other crypto instruments, says Brian J. Esposito. International Business Times · Dec 18, 2025
'$100 Steam Machine' uses a cut-down PS5 APU with Bazzite — DIY console offers 60 FPS at 1080p with 16GB of GDDR6 A YouTuber built "$100 Steam Machine" using an ASRock mining blade featuring a B-grade AMD SoC from the base PlayStation 5 with disabled cores. The neutered PS5 chip can run games at 1080p and 60 FPS. Tom’s Hardware · Dec 18, 2025
Sinking And Floating Liquidation Continuing the debate over liquidation from Bruen to Slaughter. Reason · Dec 18, 2025
RWA Tokenization Will Reinvigorate DeFi In 2026 RWA tokenization is injecting fresh liquidity into DeFi, transforming idle capital and bridging traditional assets with onchain finance in 2026. International Business Times · Dec 17, 2025
‘Evil Jesus’ who plotted to kill prosecutor detained indefinitely Martin Ready, 43, was found guilty following a trial last year of attempting to conspire to murder Darren Harty. Evening Standard · Dec 17, 2025
Marshall Islands launches world’s first universal basic income scheme offering cryptocurrency Quarterly payments of $200 to be offered via stablecoin or traditional currency in a scheme designed to ease cost of living pressures in the Pacific nation The Guardian - AU · Dec 17, 2025
It could be deja vu: Welsh couple win £1m in national lottery for the second time Richard Davies, 49, and Faye Stevenson-Davies, 43, defied odds of more than 24 trillion to one after first winning the jackpot prize in 2018 The Guardian - UK · Dec 16, 2025
Study reveals shocking number of packages stolen every day Seventy-five percent of people surveyed said they’ve had more than one package stolen this past year The Independent UK · Dec 16, 2025
Evening Standard · Dec 15, 2025 Illegal pharmacists jailed for £4.3m sale of powder and pills over the Dark Web SocialPharma was set up in 2018 to sell illegal drugs over the Dark Web
The Guardian - UK · Dec 15, 2025 UK Treasury drawing up new rules to police cryptocurrency markets Rachel Reeves wants to protect consumers by bringing digital money and assets into the ‘regulatory perimeter’
Tom’s Hardware · Dec 14, 2025 Russian media finally admits Putin is under fire from angry citizens, but it's for the recent Roblox ban — Kremlin says kids have written 63,000 complaint letters, half said they wanted to leave Russia due to the ban There's been a Russian youth uprising, with tens of thousands of kids writing to say they want to emigrate because Roblox has been blocked.
Latin Times · Dec 14, 2025 The Untold Story of Dmitry Saksonov: From Isolation to Inspiration There are moments when success and failure switch places in an instant. For Dmitry Saksonov, that moment came in 2018. One day, he was running a thriving cryptocurrency mining company in Eastern Europe. The next, he was in pre-trial detention, accused of fabricated charges, his assets frozen, and his reputation…
Tom’s Hardware · Dec 13, 2025 $40 billion-plus crypto fraud scheme results in 15-year prison sentence for its creator — nine criminal counts include wire fraud and money laundering Terra Project's crypto mogul Do Kwon jailed for 15 years
Tom’s Hardware · Dec 13, 2025 Bitcoin creator Satoshi disappeared on this day 15 years ago, leaving a final public message — 'I've moved on to other things,' true identity of Satoshi Nakamoto entity remains unknown The presumed pseudonymous Bitcoin creator, Satoshi Nakamoto, disappeared without a trace on this day in 2010.
Caixin Global · Dec 12, 2025 The Week Ahead (Dec. 15–21): Japan Weighs Rate Hike, Putin to Hold Annual Press Conference China-Singapore talks, U.S. visa crackdowns, and Moore Threads’ new GPU rollout
The Guardian - UK · Dec 12, 2025 Crypto mogul Do Kwon sentenced to 15 years in prison for fraud Co-founder of Singapore-based Terraform Labs given more jail time by US judge than prosecutors sought
International Business Times · Dec 12, 2025 Crypto Fraudster Do Kwon Gets 15 Years for $40 Billion Terra/Luna Collapse That Triggered 2022 Crash Terraform Labs co-founder Do Kwon sentenced to 15 years for orchestrating $40B Terra/Luna collapse. Judge said he committed "fraud on epic, generational scale."
International Business Times UK · Dec 11, 2025 Crypto Horror in Spain: Man Shot, Kidnapped and Killed as Europe Faces Surge in Violent Crypto Kidnappings A man was murdered in Spain after kidnappers held him for hours trying to access his crypto wallets. Similar attacks have surged across Europe and the US.
The Independent UK · Dec 11, 2025 Crypto mogul Do Kwon to be sentenced for misleading investors who lost billions in stablecoin crash Cryptocurrency mogul Do Kwon is scheduled to be sentenced for misleading investors who lost billions when his company’s crypto ecosystem collapsed in 2022