Mostly Bitcoin — Daily Digest

Last 24 hours of mainstream crypto coverage

April 25, 2026

SoCal crypto bro learns fate in $263M theft ring as fraudsters’ ‘fantastically extravagant’ lives exposed — nypost.com

Newport Beach resident Evan Tangeman, 22, has been sentenced to 70 months in prison for helping launder millions in cryptocurrency for a "multi-state criminal enterprise."

Bitcoin’s Stealth Rally Has Traders Setting Sights on $80,000 — bloomberg.com

Bitcoin is approaching $80,000 for the first time since January — a stealth recovery built not on euphoria but on short covering and the relentless accumulation by one company: Strategy Inc.

North Korean IT workers are stealing remote jobs and raking in billions—and Americans are helping them do it — fortune.com

This month, a federal judge in Massachusetts sentenced Kejia “Tony” Wang, a 42-year-old husband and father from New Jersey, to nine years in prison for spearheading what prosecutors described as an international fraud operation that placed North Korean IT

How charities should handle the next Jeffrey Epstein — vox.com

Jeffrey Epstein was not the first wealthy person to use philanthropy to win over powerful friends. | Martin Bureau/AFP Not everybody acquiesced when Jeffrey Epstein came bearing gifts. Harvard University barred Epstein’s donations after he pleaded guilty

US freezes $439 million in cryptocurrency linked to Iran: Treasury chief — the straits times

US freezes $439 million in cryptocurrency linked to Iran: Treasury chief The Straits Times

Iran’s Araghchi meets Pakistan’s FM as Witkoff, Kushner set to travel to Islamabad — timesofisrael.com

Tehran says no meeting planned between Iranian and US officials during Islamabad talks * US freezes $344 million in cryptocurrency over ties to Iran The post Iran’s Araghchi meets Pakistan’s FM as Witkoff, Kushner set to travel to Islamabad appeared first