An alleged support impersonation scheme led to more than $13 million in cryptocurrency wallet losses, according to the DOJ. The case centers on fake support claims, unauthorized digital account access, wallet transfers, and laundering through luxury spending. Support Impersonation Scheme… Continue Reading →
Standard Chartered expects DeFi protocols to gain importance as $4 trillion in tokenized assets move on-chain. The bank says stablecoins and real-world assets could expand protocol activity through deposits, lending, and capital efficiency. Tokenized Assets Put DeFi Protocols in Focus… Continue Reading →
Nine linked Polymarket accounts earned over $2.4 million with an unprecedented 98% win rate by betting on the exact timing of U.S. military operations in Iran. The Rise of Geopolitical Betting Nine linked accounts on the prediction platform Polymarket earned… Continue Reading →
Nine linked Polymarket accounts earned over $2.4 million with an unprecedented 98% win rate by betting on the exact timing of U.S. military operations in Iran. The Rise of Geopolitical Betting Nine linked accounts on the prediction platform Polymarket earned… Continue Reading →
The surge of volatility on the market was expected, but the rising intensity of the selling pressure is the last thing this market needed.
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is expected to release an innovation exemption for tokenized stocks as soon as this week, according to people familiar with the matter speaking with Bloomberg. SEC Innovation Exemption Signals Major Shift for Onchain… Continue Reading →
Galaxy Digital secured a Bitlicense and Money Transmission License from the New York State Department of Financial Services (NYDFS) on May 18, allowing the company to offer regulated digital asset services to institutions across New York State. Galaxy Scores New… Continue Reading →
Galaxy Digital secured a Bitlicense and Money Transmission License from the New York State Department of Financial Services (NYDFS) on May 18, allowing the company to offer regulated digital asset services to institutions across New York State. Galaxy Scores New… Continue Reading →
BTC’s slide toward $76,000 pushed bitcoin sentiment into bearish territory, according to Santiment. The firm said retail pessimism hit its weakest level in nearly four weeks, a setup it views as supportive for a potential rebound. Bitcoin Sentiment Ratio Turns… Continue Reading →
Bitwise will devote 10% of its HYPE ETF management fee to buying HYPE on its balance sheet. Bitwise Asset Management announced that it will devote 10% of the management fee from its Bitwise Hyperliquid ETF (NYSE: BHYP) to holding HYPE…
Shiba Inu saw billions of SHIB hit exchanges on May 18 as crypto market liquidations accelerated. On-chain exchange flow data tracked by CoinGlass shows SHIB open interest at $61.2 million on May 18, with $42,485 in futures positions liquidated in…
After approaching $40 per petahash per second (PH/s) in hashprice terms, bitcoin’s latest price decline triggered a pullback in hashprice, reducing mining profitability since May 14. Conditions tightened further the next day when the difficulty adjustment arrived, pushing mining difficulty… Continue Reading →
SpaceX Bitcoin holdings stand at $637m, on-chain data shows, making it the fourth largest known corporate holder. SpaceX holds 8,285 BTC worth approximately $637 million in Coinbase Prime custody, according to on-chain data from Arkham Intelligence as analyzed by Finbold…
HIVE Digital is pivoting from Bitcoin mining to a CAD 3.5b, 320 MW Toronto AI “super factory” hosting 100,000+ GPUs, sending its stock up over 35% on the news. HIVE Digital Technologies, long known as a Bitcoin (BTC) mining company,…
Citi warned Monday that Bitcoin faces an outsized quantum computing threat, with up to 6.9 million BTC already vulnerable. Citi analyst Alex Saunders warned in a May 18 digital asset research note that accelerating quantum computing advances are shortening the…
Billionaire investor Mark Cuban is pointing to the cryptocurrency industry’s dramatic pivot on government regulation to defend his controversial new proposal for a federal tax on artificial intelligence.
Blockchain investigator ZachXBT has renewed his assault on Bitget, accusing the exchange of knowingly enabling market makers to run supply control manipulation schemes on retail traders, the latest move in a months-long campaign targeting what he has called a “Chinese… Continue Reading →
XRP price dropped 2% on May 18, sliding to $1.3865 as traders sold aggressively into the $1.42 resistance zone. XRP fell as traders took profits aggressively after another failed push above $1.42, knocking the token back below $1.40 in the…
As the XRP Ledger continues gaining momentum in the rapidly growing real-world asset ( RWA) sector, a new project is aiming to bring tokenized real estate directly onto XRPL infrastructure. SurgeXRP is building a blockchain-powered marketplace focused on rental real… Continue Reading →
As the XRP Ledger continues gaining momentum in the rapidly growing real-world asset ( RWA) sector, a new project is aiming to bring tokenized real estate directly onto XRPL infrastructure. SurgeXRP is building a blockchain-powered marketplace focused on rental real… Continue Reading →