North Korean hackers stole at least $2 billion in cryptocurrency this year, the most on record, pushing the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea’s (DPRK) all-time haul to $6.75 billion, according to a new Chainalysis report. The figure represents a 51% increase over 2024 from fewer confirmed incidents. The numbers underscore a shift toward fewer, dramatically…
Uniform Labs, a blockchain infrastructure company founded by former Standard Chartered, UniCredit and other digital banking executives, has put its institutional liquidity protocol Multiliquid into production following build, audit and testing phases, the company said in a press release Wednesday. Multiliquid is designed to allow institutions to swap instantly, around the clock, between blue-chip tokenized…
IREN (IREN), a bitcoin miner, completed a refinancing that combined a $2.3 billion convertible senior-note offering with a $544.3 million repurchase of existing convertible notes. The new issuance includes $1 billion of 0.25% notes due 2032, $1 billion of 1% notes due 2033 and a fully exercised $300 million greenshoe to meet excess demand. IREN…