The likelihood of a significant correction in the cryptocurrency market due to the US-Venezuela conflict is extremely low, according to MN Trading founder Michaël van de Poppe. I don’t think we’ll see a widespread correction based on the attack in Venezuela on #Bitcoin. It’s a planned and coordinated attack on Maduro, and is already past […]
On January 3, 2009, an individual or group under the pseudonym Satoshi Nakamoto launched the main Bitcoin network by mining the genesis block containing 50 BTC. The hash of this block includes the headline from the British publication The Times: “Chancellor on brink of second bailout for banks”. Shortly before the network’s launch, on October […]
On December 30th, spot exchange-traded funds based on the leading cryptocurrency recorded a net capital inflow of $355 million, breaking a seven-day negative trend. Outflows and inflows in spot Bitcoin ETFs. Source: SoSoValue. The leader was IBIT from BlackRock, which accounted for $143.7 million. It was followed by ARKB from Ark Invest ($109.5 million) and […]
perp DEX Lighter held an airdrop of LIT tokens worth $675m. The event ranked among the ten largest token distributions in crypto history, according to CoinGecko. By dollar value, Lighter’s airdrop edged past 1inch ($671m) to take tenth place overall. Uniswap remains the outright leader, having distributed $6.43bn of tokens in 2020. Источник: CoinGecko. Most […]
perp DEX Lighter held an airdrop of LIT tokens worth a total of $675m. The event ranks among the ten largest token giveaways in crypto history, according to CoinGecko. By dollar value, Lighter’s airdrop edged past 1inch’s ($671m) to take tenth place overall. Uniswap remains the leader, having distributed $6.43bn of tokens in 2020. Source: […]
The Japanese conglomerate SoftBank Group has completed a $41 billion investment in the AI startup OpenAI, reports CNBC. This marks one of the largest private funding rounds in history. The firm’s stake in the creator of ChatGPT now stands at 11%. The investment in OpenAI is part of SoftBank CEO Masayoshi Son’s strategy to position […]
By the end of 2025, the cryptocurrency market presented a contradictory picture. Analysts at Santiment examined the situation by comparing the actions of major players and retail investors. 📊 As 2025 comes to a close, we compare the activity of Bitcoin’s whales & sharks (smart money) vs. Bitcoin’s retail (small money). 🐳 Wallets with 10-10K […]
The network of the second-largest cryptocurrency by market capitalization has set a new record: 2.2 million transactions processed in a single day. Source: Etherscan. The cost of Ethereum transactions has dropped to historic lows ($0.17) compared to the peak values of 2022 (over $200). Thanks to successive blockchain updates, transaction fees continue to decrease. The […]
The Russian Ministry of Justice has proposed amendments to the Criminal Code, introducing fines up to 2.5 million rubles for illegal cryptocurrency mining activities. Source: regulation.gov.ru. The initiative suggests an addition to Article 171 concerning illegal entrepreneurship. Thus, engaging in mining activities or providing related infrastructure without registration, if these actions cause significant harm to […]
On-chain investigator ZachXBT has successfully tracked down a fraudster who stole over $2 million in a year using social engineering techniques. 1/ Meet Haby (Havard), a Canadian threat actor who has stolen $2M+ via Coinbase support impersonation social engineering scams in the past year blowing the funds on rare social media usernames, bottle service, & […]
