Following the latest adjustment, the mining difficulty of the leading cryptocurrency decreased by 11.16% to 125.86 T. Source: CloverPool. This decline is the most significant since the major crackdown on cryptocurrency miners in China in 2021, when the parameter plummeted by nearly 30% in early July. After the difficulty adjustment, Bitcoin’s hash rate surged to […]
In late January, Istanbul’s prosecutor announced the seizure of $544 million in digital assets linked to illegal betting and money laundering. The operation was conducted with the assistance of Tether, according to Bloomberg. The Turkish authorities stated that the funds, attributed to the wanted Veysel Sahin, were frozen at the request of a cryptocurrency company, […]
ENS Labs, the company behind the Ethereum Name Service, has announced the cessation of its own L2 solution, Namechain. ENSv2 will be deployed exclusively on Ethereum.https://t.co/lCUmvhcRmH — ens.eth (@ensdomains) February 6, 2026 In 2024, the project team announced the creation of a second-layer network for the planned ENSv2 upgrade. At the time, this solution seemed […]
We have compiled the week’s most important cybersecurity news. Coinbase confirmed a user-data leak. The operator of a major darknet drug market was sentenced to 30 years. DeFi platform Step Finance lost $40m after a breach of treasury wallets. Global Ledger: crypto scammers are giving victims ever less time to react. Coinbase confirms user-data leak […]
The team at South Korean exchange Bithumb admitted to mistakenly paying some users “abnormally large amounts” in bitcoins. Several accounts immediately sold the assets, causing a price dip. According to the statement, Bithumb’s control system swiftly identified the unusual transactions and blocked the account from which they were made. The cryptocurrency’s price “returned to normal” […]
Developers at Ripple and XRP Ledger (XRPL) have unveiled a plan to introduce new DeFi options to the network, enhancing the utility of the native token as an intermediary and settlement asset. XRP responded with a rise. During the market crash on February 6, Bitcoin tested the $60,000 level, and Ripple’s token fell to $1.22. […]
Charles Hoskinson, the founder of Cardano, has reported unrealized losses exceeding $3 billion. He made this announcement during a live broadcast from Tokyo. Red Days https://t.co/lO21fGjc0w — Charles Hoskinson (@IOHK_Charles) February 5, 2026 The developer emphasized that he does not intend to liquidate his positions. According to him, he is involved in cryptocurrencies not for […]
AI startup Anthropic has upgraded its flagship model, Claude Opus, to version 4.6. The neural network has improved its ability to plan actions, handle long-term tasks, and work more efficiently with large codebases. The context window has been expanded to 1 million tokens, allowing for the analysis of massive documents and extended dialogues without losing […]
Backed by Peter Thiel, the DAT company ETHZilla acquired a portfolio of 95 manufactured home loans for $4.7 million. This will form the basis for a tokenized product on the Ethereum Layer 2 network. The instrument will provide on-chain monitoring of cash flows and automatic distribution of funds. The expected yield is 10.36% per annum. […]
A closely watched gauge of digital-gold mining profitability has sunk to a record low. Large mining firms are unplugging machines amid a price slump in the first cryptocurrency and rising electricity tariffs. A closely watched measure of Bitcoin mining revenue has dropped to the lowest on record with more of the large-scale computing outfits that […]