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South Korean Police Shut Down ‘International Crypto Fraud’ Ring, Freeze $1.2m
8.11.2023
Source: Maksim Shmeljov/Adobe South Korean police have swooped on a group of suspected “international” crypto fraudsters, freezing over $12 million and arresting 49. Newsis reported that the Cyber Investigation Department of the Seoul Metropolitan Police Agency has “arrested a total of 49 people...
Digital Asset Funds Record $261 Million in Inflows, Marking Gains for the Sixth Consecutive Week
7.11.2023
The cryptocurrency market continues to pull strings of outsized inflows in recent weeks as investors set sights on a spot Bitcoin (BTC) Exchange Traded Fund (ETF). According to a new CoinShares Market Flow report, the total market products recorded gains of $261 million, its sixth consecutive week...
Uniswap V3 User’s Costly Liquidity Pool Error: $700,000 Lost to MEV Bot
6.11.2023
A trader using the decentralized exchange (DEX) Uniswap V3 lost over $700,000 after he entered wrong values while creating a new liquidity pool. According to an X post from on-chain analytics firm Arkham, the user added a total of $1.5 million of liquidity in the WBTC-CRV pool he created on Uniswap...
Bitcoin’s Ordinal Inscriptions Surge to Second-Highest Daily Count, Causing BTC Transaction Spike
5.11.2023
As September 2023 waned, there was a noticeable dip in the creation of Ordinal inscriptions, but as the month of October closed, a significant rebound occurred. This upward trend peaked on November 4, 2023, when the Bitcoin blockchain recorded the second-highest daily total of Ordinal inscriptions...
Block’s Q3 Earnings Show $2.42 Billion Bitcoin Revenue, Marking 37% Annual Growth
5.11.2023
Block Inc. reported an increase in third-quarter earnings, with total net revenue climbing to $5.62 billion, marking a 24% year-over-year growth. Setting aside its bitcoin operations, the company’s revenue saw a jump to $3.19 billion, up 16% from the previous year. The firm’s...
Analysts Observe Rising Stablecoin Supply, Indicating Capital Inflow
3.11.2023
The total supply of stablecoins has surged in recent weeks, coinciding with a significant rally in the price of Bitcoin (BTC), on-chain data shows. The growth in stablecoin supply has followed an extended surge in the broader crypto market that started after a false report on October 16 said a spot...
Stablecoin Market Rises by Over $600M in October Despite Mixed Supply Dynamics
3.11.2023
The stablecoin economy experienced growth in October after several consecutive monthly declines. In the last month, a total of $608 million was added to the fiat-pegged token market. Despite the increase, six stablecoins out of the top ten saw supply reductions during the month. Fiat-Pegged Token...
Coinbase Exceeds Analyst Expectations with Q3 Revenue of $674.1 Million
3.11.2023
Coinbase reported a narrower net loss of $2 million in the third quarter and a total transaction volume of $76 billion, despite a year-on-year increase in revenue, even in the face of lower trading volumes. According to a Nov. 2 earnings statement, the company’s total revenue increased...
October’s NFT Market Contracts Over 21%, With Ethereum’s Share Shrinking by $35 Million
2.11.2023
October proved to be a beneficial period for the broader crypto asset landscape; however, it cast a shadow on the non-fungible token (NFT) sector, witnessing a 21.64% dip in sales. Ethereum’s NFTs took the lion’s share, amassing $171 million out of the $313 million total, despite...
Pyth Network’s Token Airdrop Program Includes 75,000+ Eligible Wallets – Here’s How to Check Eligibility
2.11.2023
Pyth Network – a popular blockchain oracle provider – has announced plans for a “retrospective token airdrop” to community members who have contributed to its network. The airdrop will distribute 6% of the total supply of the network’s governance token, PYTH,...
Argentina’s E-Commerce Giant MercadoLibre Reports $21 Million in Customer Crypto Assets
2.11.2023
MercadoLibre , the renowned e-commerce platform in Argentina, has seen notable growth in its crypto segment. According to the company’s latest quarterly earnings report, MercadoLibre’s customers held a total of $21 million in crypto assets as of September 2023, a significant increase...
Microstrategy Expands Bitcoin Trove, Total Holdings Now Stand at 158,400 BTC
2.11.2023
Microstrategy reported a 3.3% increase in total revenues to $129.5 million in the third quarter of 2023, even as the company took impairment losses of $33.6 million on its bitcoin holdings, according to the firm’s latest financial disclosure. The firm’s founder, Michael Saylor...
MicroStrategy Acquires Additional 155 Bitcoin Worth $5.3 Million in October
2.11.2023
The prominent business intelligence and software company MicroStrategy reaffirmed its unwavering dedication to Bitcoin with the recent acquisition of an additional 155 BTC at a total cost of $5.3 million. On November 1, MicroStrategy’s chairman and founder, Michael Saylor, revealed that...
Millions in Altcoins Sent from FTX and Alameda Research Wallets to Exchanges
1.11.2023
Crypto wallets associated with the now-defunct crypto exchange FTX and its sister company Alameda Research have moved a significant amount of altcoins, sending a total of $13.1 million to various crypto exchanges overnight, on November 1. Data provided by the on-chain analysis firm Spotonchain...
Crypto Projects Lose $51.6 Million in Attacks, Phishing Scams, and Rug Pulls in October 2023: Beosin
1.11.2023
Beosin’s security monitoring platform, Beosin EagleEye, reported that the crypto industry saw 23 security incidents in October 2023, collectively resulting in a substantial total loss of approximately $51.61 million. These losses were attributed to a trifecta of threats: hacker attacks...
‘Sodl’ too soon: US gov’t missed Bitcoin gains now total $6B
31.10.2023
The second-biggest BTC “investor” in the world after Satoshi Nakamoto is staring down 10-figure losses
Rising M2 money supply will see crypto become 'supermassive black hole': Raoul Pal
31.10.2023
Historically, the cryptocurrency market has benefited from the rise in global money supply as the majority of the bull runs in the past coincided with the rise in fiat supply
Ripple Records 3 Million NFTs Minted on Its XRP Ledger – Adoption on the Rise?
30.10.2023
The XRP Ledger has successfully minted 3 million NFTs using the XLS-20 standard. This marks a significant feat in the NFT landscape. $XRP Ledger Smashes Big Milestone. #CryptoNews via @coinjupiter — Coin Jupiter (@coinjupiter) October 30, 2023 Based on data from Bithomp, a total of 3,357,404...
DeFi Market Soars to $42 Billion, Rises by $6.2 Billion in Just Two Weeks – Is The Bull Market Here Again?
30.10.2023
The digital asset market has recorded several wins this month with Bitcoin (BTC) hitting a 16-month high and surging activities around decentralized finance (DeFI) applications. According to data from DefiLlama, the total value locked (TVL) on DeFi protocols has soared to $42 billion, marking...
USDT Stablecoin Adoption in Brazil Skyrockets to 80% Share of Crypto Transactions
30.10.2023
The adoption of the popular stablecoin Tether (USDT) in Brazil has experienced a remarkable surge in 2023, now constituting a staggering 80% of all crypto transactions within the country. According to data provided by Brazil’s tax agency that was first reported on by Cointelegraph, the total...