U.S. authorities have made a bold move in the fight against cybercrime, seizing $31 million in cryptocurrency connected to the 2021 Uranium Finance hack. The haul marks a significant step in tracking down funds stolen in one of the high-profile breaches that rocked the crypto world a few years back. Details remain scarce, though—officials aren’t…
Chainlink price has crashed this year, continuing a trend that started in December when it peaked at a multi-year high of $30.78. Chainlink dived to $17.4 on Saturday, down by 43% from its highest level in December. Its crash mirrors the happenings among altcoins as most of them have retreated in the past few months. Still,…
On-chain investigator ZachXBT has identified North Korea’s Lazarus Group as the team behind the billion-dollar Bybit hack, winning a 50k ARKM bounty for solving the case. The breakthrough came when ZachXBT submitted conclusive evidence linking the attack to the hacking group at 19:09 UTC. BREAKING: BYBIT $1 BILLION HACK BOUNTY SOLVED BY ZACHXBT At 19:09…
A Brazilian citizen appeared in U.S. District Court in Seattle following extradition from Switzerland to face $290 million Bitcoin investment fraud charges. According to the press release from the US Department of Justice, Douver T. Braga pleaded not guilty to a 13-count indictment involving wire fraud and conspiracy related to the Trade Coin Club (TCC) scheme. Braga,…
Bitcoin’s price settled below its all-time high and the Official Trump memecoin, $TRUMP, took a hit during Donald Trump’s inauguration as U.S. President on January 20, 2025. Traders are holding out hope that executive orders from Trump might turn things around for both assets. Earlier that day, Bitcoin had climbed past $110,000, setting a new…
The price of one bitcoin hit $100,000 for the first time Wednesday as demand for the digital currency continued to surge in the wake of an election that saw victories for crypto-friendly candidates led by President-elect Donald Trump. Since Nov. 5, the price of bitcoin has surged more than 45%. Year to date, prices have…
Changpeng Zhao, the Binance mastermind and former CEO, had a monster 2023—his net worth skyrocketed by $25 billion, shrugging off a stormy crypto market and a pile of regulatory headaches for his exchange. A Bloomberg report, pulling from their Billionaires Index, pegs Zhao’s crypto-stacked wealth as jumping over $20 billion this year, leaving peers like…
One trader believes Bitcoin (BTC) has bottomed, referencing CryptoQuant data. His preview is despite a parallel analysis by Mike McGlone, a Bloomberg analyst, who notes that the coin is still struggling with negative liquidity. $BTC – The Bottom Has Passed But Still Attractive Price "The attached chart shows Bitcoin in Google Trends and Bitcoins estimated…
Bitcoin, the heavyweight champ of crypto by market cap, has been on a three-day skid, dipping 2% in the last 24 hours to trade at $27,575 as of now, May 9, 2023. The slide kicked off on May 6 when BTC was lounging around $29,700, dragging its market cap down from $575 billion to $533…
In a wild twist straight out of a cyber-thriller, an unnamed Bitcoin user reportedly cracked into hundreds of wallets tied to Russian security services, snatching coins and funnelling them to Ukrainian volunteers amid the ongoing war. According to a now-vanished Chainalysis report, this shadowy figure hit nearly 1,000 Bitcoin addresses between February 12 and March…
