Obih Oziom Immanuel

Reading Time: 2 minutes The US Department of Justice under President Donald Trump is reportedly preparing to drop criminal charges against Matthew Goettsche, the alleged mastermind behind the $722 million BitClub Network crypto Ponzi scheme, according to Bloomberg. The decision could mark one of the most dramatic reversals in the history of cryptocurrency fraud enforcement in the United States and has already triggered debate across the digital asset industry and legal circles.

Reading Time: 2 minutes Circle has secured final approval from the U.S. Office of the Comptroller of the Currency to launch its own federally regulated national trust bank, marking one of the most significant milestones in the evolution of digital asset banking in the United States.

Reading Time: 2 minutes Base has activated the B20 token standard on its mainnet, introducing a native framework designed to transform token issuance across the rapidly expanding Ethereum layer 2 ecosystem. The new standard replaces traditional smart contract heavy deployments with Rust powered precompiles that process transactions closer to the protocol layer, dramatically reducing transfer costs while improving throughput and scalability.