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Zachxbt Ties $12.38 Million Crypto Drain to Lastpass Breach; 100 Victimized Wallets
A blockchain detective has dropped a bombshell update: hackers linked to the infamous 2022 Lastpass breach have drained a...
CyberKongz receives “concerning rhetoric” in Wells notice from the SEC
CyberKongz said it has been “suffering in silence for the last two years” since being contacted by the US SEC The SEC has an issue...
Navigating the Crypto Landscape: Insights from XYO Co-Founder Markus Levin on DePIN, Data Sovereignty, and Universal Basic Income
XYO is the world’s first and largest DePIN. Bridging the physical and digital worlds, XYO securely collects, validates, and...
Wormhole and Nuffle Labs partner to revamp multichain restaking
Wormhole and restaking provider Nuffle Labs have partnered to bring multichain restaking to users on any chain. Nuffle Labs...
Metaplanet Issues $30 Million Zero-Interest Bonds to Accelerate Bitcoin Purchase
Metaplanet doubles down on bitcoin with Japanese investment firm issuing new bond series to purchase more bitcoin. Bitcoin is...
Exodus to List on the NYSE American
Crypto wallet maker, Exodus Movement, will soon begin trading on the NYSE American, a sibling exchange to the New York Stock...
Argentina to Patrol Cyberspace in the Hunt for Crypto Criminals
A recent resolution issued by the Security Ministry of Argentina has added crypto crimes to the set of activities that will be...
Vana mainnet goes live, VANA token faces market volatility as iDEGEN soars above $5.8M
The Vana mainnet empowers users to own, monetize, and govern their personal data. iDEGEN is currently conducting a presale with a...
Bitget Receives Bitcoin License in El Salvador, Securing Its Entrance Into Latam
Bitget, a South Africa-based cryptocurrency exchange, has recently announced that it received a Bitcoin Service Provider (BSP)...
Bitcoin holds above $107 despite $172m Mt. Gox BTC transfer
Mt. Gox moved over $172 million in BTC to new wallet addresses. The price of Bitcoin held strong despite bankrupt crypto exchange’s...
FASB Fair Value Standard for Crypto Goes Live
The new accounting update could be a boon for firms seeking bitcoin corporate treasuries. New Accounting Standard Recognizes Crypto...
Blockchain TVL Trends: Bitcoin, Ethereum, and Hyperliquid See Significant Inflows
Bitcoin, Ethereum, and Hyperliquid saw significant TVL increases in the past week driven by strong investor inflows. Bitcoin,...
John Carvalho Wants to Get Rid of ‘Sats’
The Synonym CEO suggested the change via a Bitcoin Improvement Proposal (BIP) last week. Longtime Bitcoiner Seeks to Redefine...
Meme Coins Are Moving From Internet Jokes to Cultural and Financial Assets: Binance Blog
The surge in meme coin trading is gradually shifting how these assets are perceived. Meme coins can blend cultural context with...
Currency Wars Are Brewing: The Seeds of a Global Financial Spiral Are Being Sown
“The seeds of a currency war are already being sown,” an expert has warned, as Trump’s policies risk inflaming devaluations, dollar...
XRP Community Gains New Rewards With Ripple’s RLUSD Stablecoin Launch
Ripple’s RLUSD stablecoin debuts on Uphold, offering rewards and exclusive benefits, solidifying its role in digital...
FTX to begin customer repayments in early 2025
FTX will begin customer distributions in January in January 2025. The exchange collapsed in November 2022, with major repurcussions...
Ripple Exec Warns of RLUSD Supply Shortages, Advises Against FOMO Buying
Ripple’s RLUSD stablecoin launch sparks a warning against “FOMO,” as early supply shortages could cause...
Ripple to launch RLUSD stablecoin on December 17
Ripple has announced the stablecoin RLUSD will go live on exchanges on December 17, 2024. The launch comes a few days after the...
Tether’s Market Cap Taps $140B as Stablecoin Dominates Crypto Trading
The market valuation of tether (USDT) has now ballooned to a staggering $140 billion. On Dec. 16, this stablecoin’s market...
Bitpanda becomes first European firm to secure Dubai VARA in-principle approval
Bitpanda has secured in-principle approval from Dubai VARA. Dubai is emerging as a global crypto hub with a supportive regulatory...
Bitcoin to Skyrocket to $210,000 in 2025, Presto Research Predicts
Presto Research, the analytical division of the algorithmic trading firm Presto, has just dropped its debut annual report titled...
Lido Finance to discontinue its products on Polygon starting Dec. 16
Lido Finance will end Polygon staking operations starting December 16, 2024. Users must unstake MATIC before June 16, 2025, to...
Stanford Blockchain Club Challenges DOJ’s Tornado Cash Case
The Stanford Blockchain Club, a prominent group at Stanford University, has voiced significant worries about the U.S....
Moca Network (MOCA) soars after Upbit, Bithumb, and Binance listing
Moca Network (MOCA) surged 370% after listing on Upbit, Bithumb, and Binance Futures. Binance Futures launched MOCA USDT Perpetual...
From Crypto Genius to Centi-Billionaire: Satoshi Nakamoto’s Wealth Soars
On Dec. 16, just one day after bitcoin hit its peak price of $106,533 per coin, the top crypto asset is now cruising at $106,300...
MicroStrategy acquires 15,350 Bitcoin, now holds 439,000 BTC valued at over $45B
MicroStrategy bought its latest Bitcoin between December 9, 2024, and December 15, 2024 Last week, the company purchased 21,550...
With BTC Firmly Above $100K, Forgotten Sleeping Bitcoin Wallets Spring to Life
With bitcoin dancing well above the $100,000 mark since Dec. 11, occasionally dipping its toes below, a slew of long-sleeping...
Weekly Price Analysis: The Market Recovers from Technical Selloff
Despite a market-wide price decline at the start of last week, the crypto market recovered as Bitcoin closed the week at $102,800....
Microstrategy Snaps up 15,350 BTC, Pushing Its Bitcoin Stash to 439,000—Bull Run Incoming?
Microstrategy’s $1.5 billion bitcoin buy boosts holdings to 439,000 BTC, with its top executive predicting bitcoin’s...
Microsoft Reinforces Its Interest in Crypto Despite Rejection of Bitcoin Investments
Microsoft, one of the largest tech companies in the world, has reinforced its interest in crypto as an asset class, proclaiming...
Bitcoin reaches new all-time high of above $106,000
Bitcoin hit $106,400 in the early hours of December 16 Crypto trader believes the next three to four weeks are going to be...
Russian State Duma Deputy Chairman Calls out Tariff Bluff, Remarks on Digital Currencies’ Role in Freeing International Trade
Alexander Babakov, Deputy Chairman of the Russian State Duma, called out President-elect Trump’s recent threats regarding the...
WBTC Delisting Sparks Skirmish Between Justin Sun and Coinbase Executive
The upcoming delisting of Wrapped BTC (WBTC) from the Coinbase platform and the legal battle between the exchange and Bit Global...
BTC sets a new all-time high of $106k, iDEGEN’s presale hits $5m
Key takeaways Bitcoin has reached a new all-time high price of $106,488 after adding 3% to its value on Sunday. iDEGEN’s pre-market...
Latam Insights: El Salvador’s Gold-to-Bitcoin Power Trade, Argentina Opens to Foreign Crypto ETFs
Welcome to Latam Insights, a compendium of the most relevant crypto and economic news from Latin America over the past week. In...
Bitcoin Breaks Barriers: Network Hashrate Smashes 800 EH/s as BTC Eyes New Price Highs
According to the latest stats, Bitcoin’s network hashrate has soared past the 800 exahash per second (EH/s) mark, based on...
Unlocking the Future: Your Fun Guide to Decentralized Finance and Web3
Step into a world where finance shakes hands with freedom, and the internet becomes your personal playground. Welcome to the...
Bitcoin Technical Analysis: Bulls Eye $110K After All-Time High Breakout
Bitcoin’s price, now hovering between $105,025 to $105,269, showcases a lively market with a 24-hour trade volume hitting $82...
Kraken Slammed With $5.1 Million Fine for Regulatory Breach in Australia
An Australian court fined Kraken $5.1 million AUD for offering a margin lending product to Australian customers without proper...
Bitcoin Blasts Past $105,000, Setting New Record High
Bitcoin, the flagship cryptocurrency, soared past the $105,000 mark on Dec. 15, 2024, reaching an intraday peak of $105,149 per...
Nasdaq to Add MicroStrategy to the Nas100 Index
The Nasdaq exchange has announced its yearly reshuffling of the top 100 largest non-financial companies by market capitalisation...
Strike CEO Drops Bombshell: Trump Eyeing US Bitcoin Reserve on Day One via Executive Order
This week, Jack Mallers, the CEO and founder of Strike, dished on President-elect Donald Trump’s plan to establish a...
3 tokens on track for new all-time highs like Tron (TRX) and Bitcoin (BTC)
The crypto market has witnessed a number of tokens rallying toward new all-time highs (ATHs), including notable players like...
Dogecoin and Ripple investors turn to iDEGEN a momentum grows
As AI takes over the crypto space, one project stands out; iDEGEN. Just three weeks into its presale, it’s price has rallied by...
Crypto Boom: ENA Rockets, DOG Howls Higher, and Bitcoin Nears All-Time Highs
On Sunday, the crypto market economy has held steady at a whopping $3.66 trillion, climbing roughly 1.82% in the last day....
Crypto Cons Strike Again as Drake’s X Account Promotes Fake ANITA Meme Token
Hip-hop icon Drake’s X account faced a cyber intrusion on Saturday, with the hacker using the platform to advertise a Solana-based...
Kiyosaki Predicts Historic Crash, Gensler’s Crypto Crackdown, and More — Week in Review
Robert Kiyosaki predicts historic crash, Gary Gensler sets aggressive crypto crackdown, crypto bloodbath results in $1.5 billion...
XRP Market Update: Bulls Eye $2.70 as Price Consolidates at Key Levels
On Dec. 15, 2024, XRP is caught in a dance of indecision, hovering around the $2.40 mark as buyers and sellers tussle for...
Bitcoin Technical Analysis: Bulls Charge Toward New All-Time High
Bitcoin’s price on Dec. 15, 2024, has hit a cool $102,513, just a whisker away — 1.2% — from its record-breaking peak of...
The Wolf of Wall Street Now Has a Meme Coin: Best Wallet Predicts it’s the Next Pepe
Crypto’s latest meme coin sensation, Wall Street Pepe (WEPE), takes a page from Jordan Belfort’s “Wolf of Wall Street” playbook....
Vanguard Triples Down on Its Anti-Bitcoin Stance: Weak, Lacks Intrinsic Value
Vanguard, the second-largest ETF provider, has tripled down on its rejection of bitcoin and the crypto asset class, declaring that...
Ether and Solana Grow in Brazilian Markets
According to data issued by the national tax enforcer, the adoption of solana and ether is growing in Brazilian markets....
Fatal Exploit Crashes 69% of Dogecoin, but It Could Have Been Worse: The Man Who Saved It Speaks
An exploit first discovered and disclosed by crypto researcher Tobias Ruck crashed over half of the nodes of Dogecoin, a...
The Crypto Developer Landscape Shifts: Asia Takes the Lead, India Surges
Electric Capital’s 2024 report shows a decline in overall crypto developers despite an influx of new entrants, with Asia...
Amir Taaki Blasts Bitcoin Leadership: ‘Corrupt and Broken Governance’
This week, Amir Taaki hopped back onto X to share his view that Bitcoin’s leadership “is corrupt.” Taaki...
Yellow Card, Lightspark Partner to Bring Instant Bitcoin Transfers to Africa
Yellow Card, an African stablecoin platform, has partnered with Lightspark to integrate Universal Money Addresses (UMA) into its...
Travel Platform Unleashes Bitcoin Reserve Plan After Breaking $100M Revenue Mark
Travala hits a $100M revenue milestone, launching a bitcoin-driven treasury plan to boost growth, enhance liquidity, and reshape...
Congress Shakeup: New Committee Chair Fuels Crypto Bulls With Digital Asset Agenda
Rep. French Hill’s election as House Financial Services Committee Chair signals a bullish outlook for crypto investors, with...
Microstrategy Joins Nasdaq-100: Bitcoin’s Dominance Solidified on Wall Street
Microstrategy’s $43 billion bitcoin bet propels it into the Nasdaq-100, fueling bullish momentum as institutional investors...
Elon Musk’s SEC Feud Sparks Outrage: Ripple, Ramaswamy, Palihapitiya Slam Corrupt Tactics
Elon Musk’s SEC battle has drawn criticism from Ripple’s legal chief, Vivek Ramaswamy, and Chamath Palihapitiya, who accuse...
Aethir Launches $100M Ecosystem Fund With Blockchain Center Abu Dhabi
Aethir has partnered with the Blockchain Center Abu Dhabi (ADBC) to foster Web3 innovation in the MENA region. They will focus on...
A Beginner’s Guide to Bitcoin Address Evolution
Bitcoin addresses are your wallet’s public identity, each with a unique purpose and evolution to match the growing needs of...
South African Regulator Grants 248 Crypto Licenses, Rejects 9 Applications
The South African financial regulator has issued 248 of the crypto asset service provider licenses it has received to date. 9...
Top UAE Bank Joins the Crypto Revolution With Investment in Zodia Custody
Emirates NBD, a leading United Arab Emirates (UAE) bank, has invested in Zodia Custody, a digital asset custodian, through its...
Google’s Willow Sparks Quantum Panic: Is Bitcoin’s Future in Jeopardy?
Google’s unveiling of Willow, its latest quantum computing chip, has reignited chatter about Bitcoin’s cryptography...
NFT Buyers Vanish, but Sales Spike: Ethereum Dominates $224M Week
Over the past week, non-fungible token (NFT) sales grew by 16.27% compared to the previous week, totaling $224.41 million across 22...
XRP Market Update: Support at $2.38 Holds Firm as Resistance Looms at $2.50
XRP is trading at $2.41, with an intraday range of $2.38 to $2.52, a market cap of $137.70 billion, and a 24-hour trading volume of...
Ethereum Technical Analysis: Is $4,000 Within Reach or a Mirage?
Ethereum, valued at $468 billion, traded within an intraday range of $3,851 to $3,957.89 on Dec. 14, 2024, reflecting a 20.2% drop...
Bitcoin Technical Analysis: Will $101,000 Support Hold Amid Mixed Market Signals?
In the past hour, bitcoin has settled into a cozy spot, bobbing gently between $101,536 and $101,747. Over the last day, it’s...
Crypto ETFs Make Waves: $452M in Inflows Push Bitcoin and Ether to New Heights
On Friday, the 12 spot bitcoin exchange-traded funds (ETFs) hit another high note, pulling in $428.98 million during the...
Prison Time Looms for Bitcoin Trader—Justice or Crypto Clampdown?
A Massachusetts man, Alan Joseph, 36, has been convicted of operating an unlicensed money transmission business and laundering...
LTC and BCH Maintains Bullish Sentiment Despite Retracement, Lunex Network Reaches New ATH
PRESS RELEASE. The bullish wave that swept across the crypto market in the past month has propelled top altcoins like Litecoin and...
Radiant Capital Hack: How Hackers Used a PDF to Steal $50 Million
The $50 million hack sent shockwaves across the defi community with funds authorized to different projects completely drained. $50...
DGbet: A Web3 Sportsbook Where Winning Is Rewarded
PRESS RELEASE. One of the most significant challenges faced by bettors in the sportsbook industry is being banned or limited for...
Atkins and Sacks: Pioneers of Crypto Regulation?
Following Gary Gensler’s resignation, Paul Atkins was nominated to take over as the new Chairman of the SEC—the approval of which...
Crypto Helps Propel ETF Industry to Record $1 Trillion in 2024 Inflows
Bitcoin and ether ETFs approved in January and July respectively, played a vital role in the industry’s record-breaking...
Big Data Expert: Current AI Regulations Hinder Progress, David Sacks Appointment a Positive Step
Chi Zhang, CEO of Kite AI, criticizes both the European Union (EU)’s and US’ approaches to regulating artificial...
Pepe, DogWifHat Prices Dip as Traders Rotate into Wall Street Pepe – Presale Passes $13M
Meme coins are taking a hit across the board. It’s not looking good for fan favorites like Pepe and DogWifHat, which have...
US Senator: New Treasury Secretary Will Champion Digital Assets
A senator hails Scott Bessent as a champion for digital assets, backing his Treasury Secretary nomination to advance a Strategic...
Microstrategy Stock Soars as Bitcoin Outshines Real Estate, Gold, Bonds
Microstrategy’s bitcoin-focused strategy has ignited a staggering 500% stock surge, with projections of bitcoin hitting $13...
Bitcoin Millionaire Faces Prison: The Price of Hiding $4 Million in Gains
An early bitcoin investor was sentenced to two years in prison for evading taxes on $3.7 million in cryptocurrency gains, using...
Bitcoin Breaks 100K and ETH Is Ok
Bitcoin’s historic rally last week didn’t happen in isolation—it came amid a surge of retail investors,...
iDEGEN raises over $5m as Franklin Templeton calls AI agents “interesting”
iDEGEN is racing through its presale with more than $5 million raised as the AI agents market attracts the attention of global...
Bitcoin Set to Reach $160,000 in 2025, According to Matrixport Report
The report notes bitcoin’s integration into diversified portfolios with a recommendation to allocate 1.55% for optimal...
Bit Global Files $1 Billion Lawsuit Against Coinbase Over WBTC Delisting
Bit Global has filed a $1 billion lawsuit against Coinbase, alleging anticompetitive practices following the delisting of the...
XRP Technical Analysis: Bulls Eye a Breakout as $2.9 Resistance Looms
XRP’s price movement on Dec. 13, 2024, reflects an intricate mix of bullish energy and moments of hesitation, with signals...
MEXC futures achieves no. 1 growth rate, rises to global top 5 in trading volume
MEXC, the world’s leading cryptocurrency exchange, achieved outstanding results in November. Its derivatives trading products are...
Gold and Silver vs. Biden’s ‘Inflation Nightmare’: Florida’s CFO Reveals Bold Plan to Counter CBDC Threats
Florida’s Chief Financial Officer (CFO) Jimmy Patronis has announced an ambitious initiative to assess the viability of using gold...
ETFs Maintain Strong Rally With $598 Million Inflow for Bitcoin and $274 Million Inflow for Ethereum
U.S. spot bitcoin and ethereum ETFs enjoyed another positive inflow day bringing in $597.57 million and $273.67 million...