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Bitcoin stuck under $40K, but BTC price hits another all-time high vs. Russian ruble
Bitcoin (BTC) recovered from one-week lows on March 8 after a lack of progress in Russia-Ukraine talks sent markets tumbling.BTC/USD 1-hour candle chart (Bitstamp). Source: TradingViewCommodities "trading like meme stocks"Data from…
Former CFTC Chair Giancarlo on Russian Sanctions, CBDCs and Dollar Hegemony
Giancarlo, nicknamed “Crypto Dad” by many, began his CBDC advocacy in 2020 through the Digital Dollar Project, which launched a pilot program for the greenback last year. In a Wall Street Journal op-ed, he argued that if the U.S. could send…
Bitcoin dips to $36.4K as Ukraine move sends Russian ruble to near 6-year lows vs. dollar
Bitcoin (BTC) fell to fresh lows on Feb. 22 as the aftermath of Russia's expected incursion into Ukraine triggered more market woes.BTC/USD 1-hour candle chart (Bitstamp). Source: TradingViewGold comes to the rescue as Bitcoin waversData…
Polkadot Parachain Astar Launches $100M Boost Incentive Program
Astar Network, a parachain or parallel chain of the Polkadot network, has announced the $100 million Astar Boost Program fund to provide liquidity and offer financial support and incentive programs to smart contract developers. The company…
Bitcoin rebound hits $45.5K as focus switches to future support retests
Bitcoin (BTC) hit new multi-week highs above $45,000 on Feb. 8 as the largest cryptocurrency's comeback continued.BTC/USD 1-hour candle chart (Bitstamp). Source: TradingView$40,000 becomes popular retest targetData from Cointelegraph…
Hackers Move $383M Worth of Bitcoin From 2016 Bitfinex Hack
Large amounts of bitcoin stolen from the cryptocurrency exchange Bitfinex six years ago were moved by hackers early on Tuesday.According to Twitter account Whale Alert, bad actors transferred 10,000 bitcoins worth more than $383 million to…
Bithumb to block crypto withdrawals to unverified private wallets
Starting on Jan. 27, the South Korean crypto exchange Bithumb will not allow users to withdraw their crypto assets to unverified private wallets.On Jan. 24, the exchange announced that it would be the second of the four major exchanges in…
Crypto.com’s Stolen Ether Being Laundered Via Tornado Cash
The $15 million in ether (4,600 ETH) stolen from Singapore-based Crypto.com is currently being laundered via Tornado Cash, an Ethereum Mixer, according to on-chain data.Tornado Cash is a ETH mixer protocol that promises to improve…
Animoca Brands’ Lympo NFT platform hacked for $18.7 million
Sports NFT minting platform and Animoca Brands subsidiary Lympo suffered from a hot wallet security breach and lost 165.2 million LMT tokens worth $18.7 million at the time of the hack.A short Medium update from the Lympo team stated that…
OpenSea NFT trading volume surges as Bored Ape mania intensifies
NFT trading volumes on OpenSea are surging in January amid a renewed speculative frenzy on Yuga Labs’ Bored Ape Yacht Club (BAYC) and Mutant Ape Yacht Club (MAYC). According to data posted by “rchen8” on Dune Analytics, OpenSea has…