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Trump-Related Tokens Surge 100% Amid Widespread Appeal Amongst Americans
6.2.2024
Several Donald Trump-related tokens have experienced a 100% surge in price in the past 24 hours across various blockchains, following a February 6 announcement by Mechanism Capital. Mechanism Capital, an investment firm in the cryptocurrency industry focusing on decentralized finance, declared...
Haru Invest Execs Arrested in South Korea for Allegedly Stealing $828M Worth of Crypto: Report
6.2.2024
The platform paused withdrawals and fired 100 employees last June citing issues with service partners
Crypto Yield Firm Haru Invest Execs Arrested in S.Korea for Laundering User Funds
6.2.2024
Top executives of Haru Invest, a South Korean crypto yield platform, have been arrested by the county’s prosecutors on Monday. The crypto investigation arm of the Seoul Southern District Prosecutors’ Office have arrested three people in connection with crypto fraud worth 1 trillion Won ($752...
Blockchain Parser Discovers Strange Spending of $58.7M Worth of Sleeping Bitcoins From 2017
5.2.2024
In the past week, several strange movements of dormant bitcoins have captured the attention of onchain analysts, with nine transactions on Jan. 31, 2024, mobilizing 726 bitcoins that had been stagnant since Mar. 30, 2016. Merely two days after, a staggering 1,210 bitcoins, originating from...
February Frenzy: These 5 Cryptos Have Nearly $1 Billion Worth of Unlocks Due This Month
5.2.2024
The crypto market is poised for increased selling pressure across numerous tokens as unlocks worth nearly $1 billion are set to occur this month. Projects such as Optimism (OP), Avalanche (AVAX), The Sandbox (SAND), Aptos (APT), and Sui (SUI) are expected to have the largest unlocks, adding to...
Genesis seeks court approval to sell GBTC shares worth $1.4B
5.2.2024
Genesis Global Capital, a presently inactive entity that was engaged in cryptocurrency lending, has recently submitted a revised motion to the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York. This is in reference to its need to receive approval for liquidating trust assets...
20+ Best VPN-Friendly Casinos for 2024
5.2.2024
Virtual Private Network or VPN-friendly casinos are a very popular choice for many gamblers. VPNs solve a lot of the problems gamblers face when it comes to online gambling, from geo-locks when traveling abroad to privacy concerns. But how can you be sure that the VPN casino you chose is worth your...
dYdX Unlocks Over 33 Million Tokens: Pump or Dump? Bullish Metrics Found in Algorand (ALGO) and InQubeta (QUBE)
5.2.2024
The dYdX (DYDX) token unlock continues, with the 33 million coins, worth approximately $90 million, unlocked on February 1. This is on the back of the previous unlock on January 23rd, which is set to continue for the next five months. The frequency and size of these new token releases have raised...
Genesis Seeks Court Approval to Offload $1.4 Billion in GBTC Assets Post-SEC Settlement
4.2.2024
After reaching an agreement with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), the bankrupt company Genesis Global Capital has submitted a petition to the bankruptcy court to dispose of holdings from Grayscale’s Bitcoin Trust, Ethereum Trust, and Ethereum Classic Trust. These assets...
Genesis Seeks Green Light from Bankruptcy Court for $1.4 Billion GBTC Share Sale
4.2.2024
Crypto lender Genesis Global Capital, currently undergoing bankruptcy proceedings, has requested permission to sell trust assets worth approximately $1.6 billion. In a motion filed with the U.S. Bankruptcy Court in the Southern District of New York, the firm sought approval to sell assets held...
Binance Freezes $4.2 Million in Stolen XRP; Ripple Investigation Aided by XRP Ledger Foundation
3.2.2024
After the unauthorized access of Ripple co-founder Chris Larsen’s personal holdings, Binance CEO Richard Teng revealed that the platform had successfully “managed to freeze $4.2 million” of the compromised assets. Teng elaborated that Binance is committed...
Binance Freezes $4.2M in XRP Linked to $112M Ripple Hack
2.2.2024
Cryptocurrency exchange Binance has frozen $4.2 million worth of XRP in connection with the $112 million hack on Ripple co-founder Chris Larsen’s wallet on January 31. This incident is currently the most significant hack of 2024. In response to the exploit, XRP Ledger developers promptly...
U.S. Government Charges Trio Responsible for FTX’s Missing $400 Million, Cite FTX SIM Swap Attack
2.2.2024
New D.C. court filings from January 24 revealed that three people have been charged with stealing more than $400 million worth of digital currency from FTX in a November 2022 FTX SIM-swapping attack. A Years-long FTX SIM Swap Scheme Robert Powell, Carter Rohn, and Emily Hernandez have all been...
BlackRock’s Spot Bitcoin ETF Now Holds $3 Billion in BTC
2.2.2024
Source: DALL·E BlackRock’s recently launched iShares Bitcoin Trust (IBIT), a spot Bitcoin ETF, just hit a new milestone. As of Friday, it holds just over 70,000 BTC tokens, worth just north of $3 billion at the current Bitcoin price around $43,200. ???? JUST IN: BlackRock now holds 70,005 $BTC...
Jupiter’s JUP Token Makes a Grand Entry With $700M Airdrop on Solana Blockchain
1.2.2024
Jupiter successfully launched its JUP token. The airdrop, one of the largest in crypto history, distributed an astounding $700 million worth of JUP tokens to almost a million wallet holders. Jupiter’s JUP Token Airdrop Distributes to Nearly a Million Users The cryptocurrency world witnessed...
Long-Dormant ‘Sleeping Bitcoins’ Worth $35 Million Spring to Life on January’s Final Day
1.2.2024
On Jan. 31, 2024, a notable movement of so-called ‘sleeping bitcoins’ occurred, involving wallets from 2013 and 2016 which collectively transferred 845.06 bitcoins valued at approximately $35.96 million. Originating from a handful of distinct addresses, 726 bitcoins were likely...
South Korean Customs Officer Thwarts Crypto Mining Rig Smugglers
1.2.2024
South Korea’s Customs Service has rewarded a staff member who stopped smugglers from illegally bringing crypto mining rigs into the country. Per the news outlet Incheon Ilbo, the employee at Incheon Airport Regional Customs stopped smugglers from bringing crypto mining hardware worth around...
Bitcoin Worth $1.7B Seized As Ex-Restaurant Worker Tries To Buy $30M London Mansion with Fraud Money
31.1.2024
Authorities in the United Kingdom have seized Bitcoin valued at over £1.4 billion as a result of a fraud investigation into a former Chinese takeaway worker, Jian Wen, who allegedly attempted to buy a £23.5 million mansion in Hampstead. According to a Sky News report, the police seized over 61,000...
XRP Price Prediction as On-Chain Data Suggests Ripple is Hacked for $100 Million – Is XRP Going to Crash?
31.1.2024
The XRP (XRP) price has rebounded back above $0.51 following downside earlier in the day on concerning reports that a key Ripple Labs executive had been hacked for XRP tokens worth over $100 million. Concerns about the security of XRP creator Ripple Labs XRP holdings, combined with concerns that...
Ripple Co-founder Hacked of Over $112 Million Worth of XRP
31.1.2024
Ripple executive chairman and co-founder Chris Larsen has taken to social media to clarify reports of the payment protocol being hacked on Wednesday. Larsen’s Accounts Hacked “Yesterday, there was unauthorized access to a few of my personal XRP accounts (not @Ripple) – we were quickly able...