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The U.S. government has taken full legal ownership of more than $400 million in seized cryptocurrency, cash, and real estate tied to Helix, once one of the most widely used bitcoin mixing services on the darknet. A federal judge in Washington, D.C., entered a final order of forfeiture on Jan. 21, transferring the assets to the government following the conviction of Helix operator Larry Dean Harmon. The forfeiture includes thousands of bitcoin, hundreds of thousands of dollars in cash, and an Ohio mansion purchased during the peak of Helix’s operation. Helix functioned as a cryptocurrency mixer, pooling and rerouting bitcoin…

I’ve gone beyond the standard fare of contact center trends articles you’ve surely scrolled past. Instead of rounding up basics like “AI this” and “put customers first,” I’ve reached out to industry analysts, contact center vendors, and frequent contributors and influencers within the market. You won’t want to miss these, especially if you run a contact center or a customer service team. Yes, artificial intelligence (AI) and automation remain high priorities. But the conversation has shifted, and rightly so. Leaders are no longer asking whether to adopt AI, but how to implement it responsibly to optimize outcomes, protect agents, and…

Chase Business Checking Bonus Chase is one of my favorite bank when it comes to bank bonuses. They usually have some of the best personal and business account offers. They are now offering a new bonus of up to $750 for Chase Business Complete Checking (previously Chase Total Business Checking), and it doesn’t require a direct deposit. This is the best bonus ever offered for this account.  There’s also a $300 bonus that requires only a $2,000 deposit. Check out the full details below. How to Earn Chase Business Checking $750 Bonus To receive the business checking bonus: Visit a…

Node Updates Ergo (ERG) Node Update 6.0.2 In January, the Ergo network released version 6.0.2 of its node software. This was a regular maintenance update focused primarily on stability, indexing reliability, and wallet behavior. The most important fix addressed an issue with a non-versioned tree.template in IndexedContractTemplate, which could previously cause indexers to become stuck. Alongside this fix, several internal improvements and tests were included to improve overall node reliability. Key changes in this release included: Added tests for accepting solutions from previous candidates Updated agent rules logic Fixed duplicate address generation after wallet restoration General cleanup and preparation for…

Binance just turned its emergency insurance fund into a public, auditable pledge. And it reads like a crisis-repair letter in balance sheet form.The exchange announced Jan. 30 that it will convert SAFU’s roughly $1 billion stablecoin reserves into Bitcoin within 30 days, with an explicit promise: if BTC price movements push the fund below $800 million, Binance will replenish it to $1 billion.The move comes wrapped in the language of trust-building: “we hold ourselves to elevated standards,” “we continually improve based on feedback,” and “we’re taking another step forward.”The framing isn’t accidental. Binance’s “open letter to the crypto community” follows…

Free NewsletterGet the hottest Fintech Singapore News once a month in your InboxImagine losing more money than Thailand’s entire economy produces in a year. That’s the depth of Asia’s fraud crisis in 2024, where fraud losses hit a staggering $688 billion according to recent reports.What’s even more alarming? The United Nations crowned Southeast Asia as “the ground zero for multi-billion-dollar global internet scamming“, a dubious honour that should have every business leader, compliance officer, and financial professional sitting up and paying attention.In spite of high-profile enforcement actions, like the seizure of US$15 billion in Bitcoin from a Cambodian tycoon and…

Dogecoin started a recovery wave above the $0.10 zone against the US Dollar. DOGE is now facing hurdles near $0.1065 and might struggle to continue higher. DOGE price started a recovery wave from $0.095 and climbed above $0.10. The price is trading below the $0.110 level and the 100-hourly simple moving average. There was a break above a bearish trend line with resistance at $0.1060 on the hourly chart of the DOGE/USD pair (data source from Kraken). The price could continue to move up if it stays above $0.10. Dogecoin Price Runs Into Resistance Dogecoin price started a recovery wave…

Now that you’ve primed your company to be sold and hired the right professionals (brokers, lawyers, advisors, accountants), all you have to do is to put your business on the market and wait for the offers to flood in, right? I wish that was true, but unfortunately it’s not quite that simple. Marketing your business for sale is far more complicated than selling another large asset, such as a house. It involves analyzing all the elements that might make it attractive to various types of acquirers, gaining their interest (while at the same time working out if they’re someone you…

The US government is increasing its national debt at a remarkable rate. New data from the Treasury Department shows the national debt exploded to over $38.513 trillion on January 26th. The figure represents an increase of over $132.987 billion in just one month. In an interview with David Rubenstein at the 2026 State of American Business, JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon warns the pace of US borrowing is unsustainable. “I call this geopolitics and the deficit; I call it more like tectonic plates. They’re difficult. They’re moving. They may crash. We don’t know. And we don’t know when. So it isn’t…

We’re thrilled to announce that BGB is available for trading on Kraken! Funding and trading BGB trading is live as of January 27, 2026. To add an asset to your Kraken account, navigate to Funding, select the asset you’re after, and hit ‘Deposit’.  Make sure to deposit your tokens into networks supported by Kraken. Deposits made using other networks will be lost. Here’s some more information about this asset: Bitget Token (BGB) Bitget Token (BGB) is the platform token for the centralized exchange Bitget and the decentralized Bitget Wallet ecosystem. As a utility token, it can be used for a…