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Investment scams are up, and not just for Boomers.

Coinbase Global Inc. said the Securities and Exchange Commission has agreed to drop its lawsuit that accused the largest US cryptocurrency trading platform of running an illegal exchange. The agreement is pending commissioner approval.

Robinhood Markets Inc. shares saw their worst week since December 2021, a sharp pullback from a crypto-fueled surge that followed the election of President Donald Trump.

Crypto exchange Bybit said it was hacked, resulting in what analysts estimate was the loss of almost $1.5 billion worth of tokens in the biggest theft ever committed in the industry. Researchers believe North Korean hackers were likely responsible.

Bitcoin and Ether prices dipped, while smaller tokens saw worse losses, as traders reacted to an almost $1.5 billion hack of the Bybit exchange that analysts say was the largest crypto theft ever.

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The crypto industry started its Friday in a jubilant mood, with Coinbase Global Inc.’s announcement that US securities regulators were poised to dismiss a legal case against the nation’s largest digital-asset exchange.

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and peer-to-peer lending platform SoLo Funds agreed to put an end to the agency’s lawsuit against the company amid a broader halt to enforcement actions, according to court filings.

Argentine President Javier Milei took his pitch for a free trade accord with the US to a conservative conference near Washington, saying he wants to be first in line to reach a deal.

Facing uncertainty, companies look to trim costs and become more efficient. Plus, the finance chief of Airbus talks about tariffs, defense spending and supply chains.

A slide in most megacaps hit stocks in the final stretch of US trading, with Wall Street gearing up for a pulse check from Nvidia Corp. on the artificial-intelligence technology that has powered the bull market.

Cybercrime is a national security issue that should be taken as seriously as drug trafficking or terrorist financing.

Ethena, a crypto project whose dollar-pegged coin has ballooned to become one of the biggest of its kind since its launch a year ago, has raised $100 million to help fund the introduction of a similar token aimed at traditional financial institutions.

Robinhood Markets Inc. said the US Securities and Exchange Commission closed an investigation into the firm’s cryptocurrency operations and isn’t pursuing any enforcement action.

Strategy, the self-styled Bitcoin treasury company that until recently was known as MicroStrategy, said it acquired $1.99 billion more of the cryptocurrency with the proceeds from last week’s convertible bond sale.

Ken Griffin’s market-making giant Citadel Securities is looking to become a liquidity provider for cryptocurrencies, betting President Donald Trump’s embrace of the industry will usher in a boom for the asset class.

When Michael Saylor’s Strategy raised $2 billion in a convertible debt deal last week, it seemed like another triumph for firms rapidly selling equity-linked notes to fund cryptocurrency purchases. Behind the headline number, Strategy’s move to sweeten the…

Ether and many of the higher profile altcoins such as Solana and Dogecoin remain under pressure while investors turn elsewhere with the sector still reeling after its biggest-ever hack last week.

Brex, one of several financial-technology startups that’s considering an initial-public offering, wants to make sure it’s ready to present investors with a predictable business before it decides on pursuing an IPO, according to Chief Executive Officer Pedro…