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The post Circle’s refusal to ‘burn and reissue’ stolen USDC angers prosecutors, report appeared on BitcoinEthereumNews.com. Prosecutors in Wisconsin and New York are growing frustrated with stablecoin giant Circle after it repeatedly ignored law enforcement requests and court orders trying to recover stolen funds. The International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ) detailed how the firm is facing criminal complaints and referrals to Congress over its inability to take action when asked to help recover funds.  Milwaukee County Police Detective Scott Simons told the ICIJ that he’s seen over a dozen cases where Circle has either refused law enforcement requests to freeze victim funds, or where court orders weren’t obtained quickly enough to stop the flow of crypto.  The report details how the loss of $400,000 by one pig-butchering victim in Wisconsin led to state prosecutors filing a criminal complaint against Circle in April. Prosecutors claimed that the firm did intentional

The post Kresus Launches Crypto Inheritance Service For Self-Custody Users appeared on BitcoinEthereumNews.com. SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA – Kresus has introduced Kresus Inheritance, a new subscription service that allows self-custody wallet users to create a succession plan for their cryptocurrency holdings without sharing private keys or relying on traditional recovery methods. The feature addresses one of self-custody’s longstanding challenges: ensuring digital assets can be transferred to beneficiaries if the wallet owner dies or becomes permanently inactive. While self-custody gives users complete control over their assets, it has historically offered few built-in solutions for inheritance or estate planning. Existing approaches often require users to expose sensitive information or depend on costly legal processes. Written seed phrases can be discovered, shared private keys can be misused, and traditional estate planning may not provide a practical solution for managing digital as

The post Fed’s Williams: Inflation is still ‘far too high’ appeared on BitcoinEthereumNews.com. Federal Reserve (Fed) Bank of New York President John Williams said in the Future of Market Liquidity and Functioning Workshop in New York on Thursday that inflation remains “far too high,” while stressing that policymakers are actively debating different inflation scenarios as energy prices, artificial intelligence investment and productivity trends shape the outlook. Key takeaways: Inflation is still “far too high,” keeping the Federal Reserve focused on the risks to price stability. Markets still expect Oil prices to decline over the next six to 12 months. Monetary policy remains focused on how energy prices feed through into inflation. AI investment is currently driving inflation, adding to demand and cost pressure. The Fed is actively debating various inflation scenarios as uncertainty remains elevated. Williams said the latest Fed Minutes captured a “collective reaction function,” refl

The decline in new token listings on CEXes signals a shift towards more stringent listing criteria, impacting project visibility and market dynamics. The post CEX new token listings fall to two-year low of 82 in June appeared first on Crypto Briefing.

New York's AI companies are embedding AI into industries the city already runs: trading floors, hospital records, compliance desks. This list of 25 names, from Hugging Face to Dataminr, maps what that looks like in practice, and why the city's AI economy no longer needs Silicon Valley's permission.

The post Sony Bank secures conditional OCC approval for U.S. stablecoin trust bank appeared on BitcoinEthereumNews.com. Technology giant Sony’s online banking unit said it received conditional approval to establish a U.S. national trust bank subsidiary to support the issuance and management of dollar-denominated stablecoins. The planned unit, Connectia Trust, National Association, will be based in New York and capitalized with $40 million, according to a Sony Financial Group announcement. Sony Bank will own 100% of the subsidiary. The move comes as stablecoin usage is surging. Transaction volume hit a $1.79 trillion record last month, 63% more than in May and more than double the year-earlier level, according to Visa’s onchain dashboard. With dollar-pegged tokens accounting for more than 99% of the total $311 billon market capitalization, according to DeFiLlama data, it may be a difficult market to crack. Not only do market leaders USDT and USDC alone account for about $250 billion of

The post Bybit PWM BTC Funds Post 4.9% Growth in 60-Day Annualized Return as Bybit Expands BTC Yield Suite for Holders appeared on BitcoinEthereumNews.com. Press Releases are sponsored content and not a part of Finbold’s editorial content. For a full disclaimer, please . Crypto assets/products can be highly risky. Never invest unless you’re prepared to lose all the money you invest. Dubai, United Arab Emirates, July 9th, 2026, Chainwire  Bybit, the world’s second-largest cryptocurrency exchange by trading volume, reported that Bybit’s Private Wealth Management (PWM) BTC fund products have recorded a comprehensive annualized return of approximately 4.9% over the past 60 days, with select individual funds delivering 30-day annualized percentage rates exceeding 40%. Through its BTC-invested, BTC-settled fund structure, Bybit PWM’s BTC strategies offers a more advanced allocation solution to users holding larger BTC positions. Launched in September 2025, Bybit PWM manages over $239 million