Brooklyn Prosecutors Take Down 112 Servers Behind Crypto Scam Targeting Russian Speakers
The scammers also ran a fake recovery service, contacting victims weeks later with promises to get their stolen crypto back.
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The scammers also ran a fake recovery service, contacting victims weeks later with promises to get their stolen crypto back.
Australia's financial regulator proposed new standards for cryptocurrency exchanges and digital asset custodians, setting out how companies must protect customer funds, execute trades and meet financial requirements und…
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Ledger’s new Atom combines crypto wallet security with everyday apps and is expected to ship in summer 2027 as the company investigates tampered wallets sold in Asia.
Exxon Mobil (XOM) climbed to a 52-week high of $177.43 as energy stocks benefited from elevated oil prices and supply concerns.
Compromised suppliers, developer tools and infrastructure components outside security audits drove about 77% of the quarter’s total losses, according to Hacken.
Altcoins have gone five years without a major rally, and many traders have given up hope. Crypto analyst Lark Davis thinks that is a mistake. He points to an economic signal that has just turned for the first time in ye…
Privacy-focused cryptocurrency Zcash has fallen 11% over the past 24 hours to a market capitalization of $18.5 billion, per Decrypt data, making it one of the biggest losers of the day.
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Bitcoin price action continued to see contagion from a Korean tech sell-off after the KOSPI Index fell 7.5% on Thursday.
Odds of an October Fed hike have climbed to 29% from 18% a week ago, and analysts see Bitcoin range-bound until the picture clears.
The HEX token’s price declined by 30% following local media reports of the Istanbul arrest of founder Richard Schueler, nearly two years after Interpol issued a “Red Notice.”
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Crypto exchange Bitget has listed JIOUSDT, a perpetual futures contract linked to the pre-IPO valuation of Jio Platforms, the digital services arm of Reliance Industries. Bitget’s chief executive announced the launch an…
Hyperliquid founder Jeff Yan wants U.S. regulators to oversee financial firms using his blockchain rather than the network itself.
Bitcoin ETFs have recorded $151 million in net outflows since Monday, after investors withdrew $681 million the previous week.
Starknet is asking STRK holders whether to explore becoming an independent layer-1 blockchain to reduce its dependence on Ethereum’s quantum-security upgrade timeline.
More than $106 million in Ethereum (ETH) long positions were liquidated on Binance within one hour following hotter-than-expected U.S. inflation data, marking the largest hourly liquidation of ETH longs on the exchange …
Babylon’s proposal to bring native Bitcoin collateral to Aave V4 has entered a new governance stage, but further votes and security reviews remain before launch.
Bitcoin dropped to $80,400 on Thursday, clearing the previous week’s low and a key pool of sell-side liquidity resting at that level. The sweep shifts focus to how price reacts from here. On the upside, $83,000 is the f…
South Koreaâs KOSPI fell as much as 8% on Thursday, triggering a circuit breaker that halted trading at midday, according to market posts on X. Chipmakers Samsung Electronics and SK Hynix led the losses with declines …
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Macro analyst Jim Willie believes XRP is headed for a far bigger role than most investors imagine, possibly inside the International Monetary Fund’s own reserve system. In a new interview, he built his case on derivativ…
The consultation follows Parliament’s passage of digital asset legislation in April, with Australia’s securities regulator now proposing capital, custody and trading standards for crypto platforms.