ENS Domains has announced the launch of Namechain, a purpose-built Layer 2 solution that marks a significant evolution in the Ethereum Name Service (ENS) ecosystem. This development is part of the broader ENS v2 initiative, aimed at reducing costs and enhancing performance for users. The team hopes that by providing a familiar experience for Ethereum […]

A Danvers, Massachusetts man, Trung Nguyen, was convicted of money laundering and operating an unlicensed cryptocurrency business that converted over $1 million in cash to bitcoin. Through his company, National Vending, Nguyen ran a “no questions asked” cash-to-bitcoin service from 2017 to 2020, knowingly processing funds for criminals, including a meth dealer and romance scam […]

Welcome to Latam Insights, a compendium of Latin America’s most relevant crypto and economic news from the past week. In this issue, we discuss the conversation between President-Elect Donald Trump and Argentine President Javier Milei, the thousands of job positions axed by Milei’s Deep Chainsaw operation, and Chilean authorities’ pushback on World’s domiciliary eye-scanning pilot. […]

A landmark sentencing has closed the chapter on Bitcoin Fog, the longest-running bitcoin mixing service on the darknet, with its operator facing over a decade in prison. The Fall of Bitcoin Fog: DOJ’s Pursuit Unmasks a Decade-Long Darknet Operation The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) announced Friday that Roman Sterlingov has been sentenced to prison […]