$46M Crypto Theft: GIGN and FBI Arrest Son of US Government Contractor
Spectacular arrest in Saint-Martin: GIGN and FBI apprehend John Daghita, 22, accused of stealing $46 million in crypto from US government digital vaults.
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Spectacular arrest in Saint-Martin: GIGN and FBI apprehend John Daghita, 22, accused of stealing $46 million in crypto from US government digital vaults.

Exactly one year ago, on March 6, 2025, Donald Trump signed a historic Executive Order. The stated goal: create a “Digital Fort Knox” by establishing a strategic Bitcoin reserve for the United States. David Sacks, the White House “AI and crypto czar,” promised it would “not cost taxpayers a single cent.” Twelve months later, the…

For years, the crypto world was divided into rival camps. Ethereum vs. Solana. Layer 1 vs. Layer 2. A zero-sum game where each network tried to attract users and liquidity from others. This paradigm is changing. By launching an official bridge between Base (its Ethereum Layer 2) and Solana, Coinbase acknowledges a new reality: blockchains…

What if the most advanced artificial intelligences on the planet had to choose their currency — which one would they pick? That is the question posed by the Bitcoin Policy Institute (BPI) in a study published on March 3, 2026, titled “Which Money Do AI Agents Prefer?”. The answer is unequivocal: Bitcoin wins overwhelmingly, chosen…

When the first US-Israeli airstrikes hit Iranian soil, the screens of Tehran’s crypto traders began flashing in an entirely different way. Within 48 hours, outflows from Iranian centralized exchanges surged by 700%, a figure that surpasses anything on-chain analysts had previously observed. Behind these digital capital movements lies a complex reality, at the intersection of…

Real-world assets tokenized on Ethereum have crossed the $15 billion mark. Northern Trust, NYSE, and Canton Network: institutions are accelerating blockchain adoption.

The federal court of New York has definitively dismissed the class action against Uniswap Labs. This historic ruling establishes that DeFi protocol developers are not liable for third-party fraud, setting a major precedent for the industry.

The Qivalis consortium, backed by 12 major European banks including BNP Paribas, BBVA, and ING, is accelerating preparations to launch a MiCA-compliant euro stablecoin in H2 2026. The goal: breaking dollar dominance in the stablecoin market.

Bitcoin bounced back to $66,600 after an initial drop from US-Iran strikes. Meanwhile, Polymarket accounts pocketed $1.2M betting on the attack before it was announced. Full analysis.

Ethereum’s co-founder has just presented an ambitious plan to protect the network against a still hypothetical but potentially devastating threat: quantum computers. This roadmap, called Strawmap, outlines a deep overhaul of Ethereum’s cryptography over the next four years. Four Critical Vulnerabilities Identified In a post on X on February 26, 2026, Vitalik Buterin detailed Ethereum’s…