NEC and Ava Labs Partner to Build Biometric-Secured On-Chain Payment Infrastructure

A hacker tied to the Trusted Volumes exploit has returned 1,122 ETH to the protocol, closing part of a security incident that began with a multi-million-dollar exploit earlier this year. The on-chain recovery is unusual because the attacker did not return everything. Instead, the wallet linked to the exploit sent back roughly $2 million worth…

A Sioux Falls, South Dakota, man is facing decades behind bars after allegedly running a crypto investment scheme that caused tens of millions of dollars in losses for investors. Benjamin Paul Wiener was charged with wire fraud, money laundering, bank fraud, and aggravated identity theft, says the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of South…

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Wavespace, a Bitcoin neobank serving the Eurozone, has announced MiCA compliance of its ‘self-custodial’ debit card. The young fintech company is at the cutting edge of Bitcoin payments technology in Europe, with support for the Lightning Network, and auto DCA to self-custody.  Debit cards in the Bitcoin and broader crypto industry have traditionally worked by…

UK-based financial company Revolut has received approval from the Virtual Assets Regulatory Authority (VARA) of Dubai to offer crypto-related services in the United Arab Emirates (UAE). In a Wednesday notice, Revolut said that, following a green light from the Central Bank of the UAE for payment activities, VARA gave in-principle approval for the company to…