The UK has sentenced two men to a combined total of 12 years in prison after they admitted to running a crypto scheme that stole over 1.5 million British pounds ($2 million) by cold-calling victims. ....

Bitcoin could set a new record high as early as this week, with all eyes trained on the United States’ trade tariff deadline on Wednesday, which could unlock risk appetite, along with an upcoming “Crypto Week” in the country’s capital.

“Bitcoin is likely to set a new all-time high this week or next,” the head of research at 10x Research, Markus Thielen, told Cointelegraph on Monday.

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Russia’s energy ministry has launched a national registry of crypto mining rigs to weed out miners that dodge tax payments and illegal setups that steal power from the grid.

, only 30% of miners had entered the Federal Tax Service Register since late 2024. ....

Block CEO and Twitter co-founder Jack Dorsey has launched the beta version of a new decentralized peer-to-peer messaging service that runs entirely over Bluetooth. ....