Elliptic Warns of Industrial-Scale Pig Butchering Scams Laundering Through Crypto

Pig butchering, a form of romance fraud in which victims are groomed into sending money to fake crypto investment schemes, has grown into a multibillion-dollar industry, according to blockchain analytics firm Elliptic’s 2025 Typologies Report. The study points to increasingly organized methods of laundering stolen funds using practices that resemble professional financial operations. Elliptic’s investigators…

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The case against digital ID cards: imagine how a Reform government could use them | Gaby Hinsliff

It was billed as Keir Starmer’s big chance. Finally, the prime minister would spell out the progressive, patriotic answer to a summer of far-right hate, culminating in Elon Musk’s bloodcurdling declaration that “violence is coming” to the streets of Britain. Yet for all its talk of renewal and confronting the politics of grievance, Friday’s speech…

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Curve Finance Founder Michael Egorov Launches Bitcoin Yield Protocol

Michael Egorov, founder of Curve Finance, has launched Yield Basis, a decentralized protocol built to provide sustainable BTC$109,550.00 yield while eliminating impermanent loss (IL), one of decentralized finance’s longest-running challenges. Bitcoin holders have long faced limited opportunities for on-chain returns. Lending markets rarely offer more than a fraction of a percent, while automated market maker…

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