Bitcoin swung on a drop in US inflation and a rate rise in Japan; Solana endured a major DDoS attack; the Ethereum team outlined details of a new upgrade; and other events of the week. US inflation and Japan’s rate Over the past seven days bitcoin fully surrendered the momentum gained after the rate cut […]
American lawmakers have introduced a proposal for taxing digital assets, which considers small transactions with stablecoins and provides a deferral for staking. The bipartisan proposal, put forward by Representatives Max Miller of Ohio and Steven Horsford of Nevada, aims to amend the Tax Code to reflect the growing use of cryptocurrencies in payments. The primary […]
Of the 118 tokens launched in 2025, 100 (84.7%) are trading below their initial valuations. This observation was made by a researcher using the pseudonym Ash. 2025 token launches have mostly been a bloodbath Tracked 118 TGE launches this year and compared today’s FDV vs opening:• 84.7% (100/118) are below TGE valuation • This means […]
A user mistakenly sent 49,999,950 USDT to a fraudulent address after copying it from a compromised transaction history. 🚨💔 A victim lost ~$50M after copying the wrong address from contaminated transfer history. https://t.co/ur4SJ0cvN0 pic.twitter.com/6K5ftJzC1G — Scam Sniffer | Web3 Anti-Scam (@realScamSniffer) December 20, 2025 The malicious scheme involves inserting addresses into the victim’s transaction […]
The anticipated adoption of the Clarity Act, a US law regulating the crypto market, is unlikely to significantly impact Bitcoin prices, according to veteran trader and technical analyst Peter Brandt, who spoke to Cointelegraph. David Sacks, a special advisor to President Donald Trump on AI and cryptocurrencies, suggested there is a strong chance the bill […]
Adam Back, CEO of Blockstream, criticized Castle Island Ventures partner Nic Carter for exaggerating concerns about the threat quantum computers pose to Bitcoin. Bitcoiners and developers are NOT in denial about defensively doing the r&d to prepare for future quantum computers. But they are just quietly doing research while you make uninformed noise and try […]
We have compiled the week’s key cybersecurity stories. A vulnerability in a JavaScript library was used to steal cryptocurrency. Hackers threatened to expose data on Pornhub premium users. Hackers promoted the new SantaStealer malware. Amazon warned about a large-scale clandestine cryptomining campaign. A JavaScript library vulnerability used to steal cryptocurrency Instances of loading malware to […]
The fragmentation of the tokenized real-world assets (RWA) market across various blockchains results in annual losses of up to $1.3 billion, according to Cointelegraph, citing a report from the RWA.io platform. This fragmentation hinders liquidity flow and the free movement of capital, preventing the segment from functioning as a unified financial system. Identical or economically […]
The DeFi platform for synthetic assets, Synthetix, is set to launch its decentralized exchange (DEX) for perpetual options, Perps, on the Ethereum mainnet. Introducing Synthetix Perps on Ethereum Mainnet ⚔️ We are thrilled to announce that Synthetix, the canonical perp DEX on Ethereum, is now live. 📘 https://t.co/wF8YiMLJVt 🧵⬇️ pic.twitter.com/CqcptUK96R — Synthetix ⚔️ (@synthetix) December […]
The sharp 8% decline in the Bitcoin network’s hashrate was not solely due to China and was temporary in nature, reports TheMinerMag. On December 13, rumors spread across social media about the disconnection of 200,000 to 400,000 devices used for mining the leading cryptocurrency. One of the first to highlight this was Jack Kong, former […]
