South Korean authorities have launched an investigation into the disappearance of 22 BTC, seized in 2021. The coins were stored in a cold wallet at the Gangnam police station in Seoul, according to local media. The absence of bitcoins, valued at approximately $1.5 million, was discovered during a nationwide audit of digital assets confiscated by […]
A roundup of the week’s most important cybersecurity news. Hackers breached accounts of developers at the dYdX crypto exchange. North Korean hackers used new macOS malware to steal cryptocurrency. Malicious AI-themed Chrome extensions were installed by 300,000 users. Connecticut residents were charged with stealing $3m. Hackers breached developer accounts at the dYdX crypto exchange Attackers […]
Tomasz Stańczak has decided to step down from his role as co-Executive Director of the Ethereum Foundation (EF). Bastian Aue has temporarily assumed the position. An Executive Leadership Update from the Ethereum Foundation Board: Tomasz Stańczak steps down from the co-ED role, Bastian Aue named interim co-Executive Director at EF.https://t.co/9IJlZlDY0a — Ethereum Foundation (@ethereumfndn) February […]
The Bhutanese authorities have been selling bitcoins from their reserves for the third consecutive week. The latest sale of 100 BTC generated approximately $6.8 million, analysts at Arkham noted. BHUTAN JUST SOLD $6.7 MILLION BTC Bhutan has been selling Bitcoin every week for the past 3 weeks. pic.twitter.com/cLL3fb2Ckh — Arkham (@arkham) February 13, 2026 Experts […]
In January, the US Consumer Price Index rose by 0.2% when adjusted for seasonal variations. Annually, the CPI was 2.4%, down from 2.7% in December. The primary driver of the monthly increase was housing costs, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS). The Core CPI, which excludes food and energy, increased by 0.3% in […]
CryptoQuant analysts doubt that bitcoin’s correction has run its course. Despite heavy loss realisation, on-chain metrics have yet to confirm a structural bottom. On February 5, bitcoin holders realised $5.4bn in losses—the most since March 2023. In coin terms, however, losses totalled just 0.3m BTC, compared with 1.1m BTC during the late‑2022 capitulation. Analysts highlighted […]
Google has updated the reasoning mode of Gemini 3 Deep Think. The tool is positioned as a solution for complex tasks in science and engineering. In tests, the model outperformed OpenAI’s GPT-5.2 and Anthropic’s Claude Opus 4.6, including in ARC-AGI-2 with visual puzzles, MMMU-Pro for evaluating multimodal capabilities, Elo 3455, and the “Last Exam of […]
Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin has expressed his views on audience incentivization strategies in crypto projects. He urged the industry to focus on creating useful applications rather than attempting to buy user attention. My first reaction to this was: “And that’s why I just got my $2,725 check of fileverse tokens now that fileverse has grown […]
The cryptocurrency project World Liberty Financial (WLFI), linked to the Trump family, has announced plans to launch the World Swap platform for currency exchange and remittances, offering simplified services with lower fees. This was reported by Reuters. At the Web3 Consensus event in Hong Kong, company co-founder Zach Folkman stated that the initiative aims to […]
Analysts at Standard Chartered have lowered their short-term forecast for cryptocurrencies, warning of a potential continued correction with a recovery by the year’s end. This was reported by The Block, citing the company’s report. “In the coming months, we will see more challenges and the final capitulation of digital asset prices. The macroeconomic situation is […]