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Two teenage boys from Hamilton, Ontario, have been busted for allegedly stealing over $4 million worth of bitcoin (BTC) and ether (ETH) from an American man through what authorities described as a “spear phishing attack.” According to local reports, Hamilton police started working with the United States Federal Bureau of Investigations (FBI) and the Secret Service Electronic Crimes Task Force to investigate the boys in June 2023. A Spear Phishing Attack Const. Krista-Lee...

Bitcoin (BTC)’s smallest holders are deploying money into the asset at a record pace this month, reflecting a sense of shared optimism across the Bitcoin market in 2023. On-chain data shows that “shrimps” – Bitcoin addresses holding less than 1 BTC – haven’t accumulated this aggressively in nearly six years. Small Holders Stack Their Sats According to Lead Glassnode Analyst James Check on Twitter, shrimps are currently accumulating an average of 33,800 BTC per month. That’s...

Binance CEO Changpeng Zhao (CZ) explained on Wednesday why Binance spends time supporting cryptocurrencies and blockchains beyond those it chiefly develops. While the executive remained optimistic about the BNB Chain ecosystem, he said that he personally is a “heavy promoter of Bitcoin (BTC).” Are Binance’s Blockchain Centralized? In an AMA hosted over Twitter on Wednesday, a questioner raised concerns that the “Binance Blockchain” isn’t being promoted by its namesake company...

The prominent American businessman, TV personality, investor, and owner of the Dallas Mavericks – Mark Cuban – lambasted the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) for choosing “the wrong path” to regulate crypto.  He believes its approach has been one reason why FTX investors in America have parted with substantial sums. On the other hand, he praised the actions of the Japanese regulators, outlining that “no one in FTX Japan lost money.” Cuban Goes on the Offensive...

The demand for Pepe Coin ROI is insatiable. 2.0 knockoffs have already racked up enormous gains in July. As Pepe 2.0 rallied through the roof on Ethereum during the last week in June, one trader made $175,000 in just a day of riveting profit-taking. Due to the relative anonymity of Web 3.0 users, we don’t know who the mystery trader is. But they left their tracks all over the blockchain. The on-chain transaction data tells the entire story. Using the popular decentralized...

Binance Academy – the educational arm of crypto exchange Binance – announced a partnership with Coursera. The collaboration with the leading online learning platforms that boast more than 124 million learners globally aims to bring educational opportunities to everyone in the form of a comprehensive suite of learning programs that are slated for launch over the next few months and beyond. Binance Academy Partners With Coursera According to the official press release shared...

The TON Foundation – the non-profit association behind The Open Network (TON) – announced the integration of messenger encryption on the network. The move aims to enhance user privacy by deploying necessary safeguards in a text sent with a transaction. The new feature uses end-to-end encryption. This essentially guarantees that only the sender and recipient are able to view the message, thereby improving levels of security for TON’s user base. Enhancing User Privacy According...

The fate of Bitcoin’s price throughout the rest of the year largely lies in the answer to one question: Will a Bitcoin spot ETF be approved in the United States? Joe Carlasare – a commercial litigator supporting Bitcoin – tweeted on Monday that he gives such a product a 30-40% chance of launching inside of a year. He later spoke with CryptoPotato to explain how he arrived at those numbers.  The Trouble With Grayscale’s Lawsuit According to Carlasare, the market’s best bet at...

According to data provided by Glassnode, long-term holders currently hold almost 14.5M bitcoin (BTC). LTHs have been on a gradual accumulation spree in the past year and a half despite the prolonged bear market.  Blockchain analytics firm CryptoQuant has recently revealed that institutional investors (hedge funds, pension funds, commercial banks, insurance companies, and more) have also shown an increasing appetite for holding the primary cryptocurrency in the long run. So...

The SEC’s subsequent enforcement actions, first against Ripple and XRP, followed by Binance and Coinbase, have contributed to the sufferings of other crypto exchanges from a liquidity standpoint. There has been a major shift in the CEX landscape that has already faced challenges following the FTX implosion. A new report suggested that a slow recovery in liquidity appears to have haunted the second quarter. Kraken: An Outlier The blockchain data provider Kaiko’s second...