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Prominent on-chain sleuth ZachXBT has recently uncovered compelling evidence linking convicted UK hacker Gurv – whose real name is Gurvinder Bhangu – to the recent compromises of American actress Sydney Sweeney’s and ‘Breaking Bad’ actor Bob Odenkirk’s X accounts. This resulted in over $530,000 stolen through Solana meme coin scams. SWEENEY Pump and Dump On July 2nd, Sweeney fell victim to a SIM swap attack, and a link to a fraudulent meme coin based on Solana called SWEENEY,...

Bitcoin (BTC) could be seeing less selling pressure from miners in the near term due to an increase in the profitability of this cohort of market participants and the recovery of their hashrate following the cryptocurrency’s rally to the $69,000 range. According to a CryptoQuant report, the Bitcoin network hashrate recovered while BTC had its latest rally. The metric’s drawdown from its all-time high is now 3%, compared to 8% on July 9. Bitcoin Network Hashrate Recovers On...

Marathon Digital (MARA) saw its shares drop over 8% in after-hours trading on Thursday following a second-quarter revenue report that fell short of Wall Street’s forecasts. However, the stock has since recovered some of these losses. Marathon Digital Sees a Revenue Miss Marathon Digital reported second-quarter revenue of $145.1 million, falling short of Wall Street’s forecast of $157.9 million, approximately 9% lower. The company attributed the revenue miss to operational...

MicroStrategy, the world’s largest public Bitcoin holder, has announced plans to raise up to $2 billion through the sale of its class A shares. The company made this revelation in a regulatory filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on August 1. Details From the Filing MicroStrategy has not disclosed the specific timeline for the sale of its class A shares. However, the company stated in its filing that the funds raised would be allocated for “general...

Coinbase reported a total revenue of $1.449 billion for the second quarter, surpassing the market consensus estimate of $1.396 billion. However, this figure represents an 11% decrease from the first quarter, partly attributed to falling consumer transaction revenues. Coinbase Q2 Revenue Drops 29% Coinbase’s Q2 consumer transaction revenues fell 29% to $665 million, down from $1.07 billion in Q1. However, stablecoin revenue increased to $240.4 million from $197.3 million. The...

The volatility in the cryptocurrency industry continues, with the leading digital asset plummeting from $65,600 to $62,300 for the second time in the past day or so. The main driver behind the latest price plunge could be attributed to the developments on US soil, as the jobs data was weaker than expected, and the stock market crashed. JUST IN: Over $2.9 trillion has been wiped out from major indices and stocks this morning due to growing fears of a global recession. This is...

Futu Securities International – the largest online broker in Hong Kong – has started offering retail cryptocurrency trading in the city-state. The latest move involves attracting investors with shares of Alibaba Group Holding and Nvidia. Residents of Hong Kong can now trade bitcoin and ether on the brokerage platform with Hong Kong or US Dollars. Futu has partnered with HashKey Exchange, one of the only two licensed cryptocurrency exchanges in Hong Kong, to offer crypto...

On August 1, MicroStrategy founder Michael Saylor announced that in July, the firm acquired an additional 169 BTC for $11.4 million and now holds a total of 226,500 BTC. The company continues to focus on its bitcoin acquisition strategy. However, it faced significant impairment losses due to BTC price fluctuations, resulting in a second consecutive quarterly loss. The world’s largest corporate holder of BTC now has $14.6 billion worth at current spot prices, and it wants...

Pro-crypto Wyoming Senator Cynthia Lummis unveiled her Bitcoin bill on July 31, labeling it “our Louisiana Purchase moment.” The proposed ‘Bitcoin Act’ aims to add 1 million BTC, worth around $64 billion at current prices, to U.S. government holdings over five years. The legislation aims to establish a strategic Bitcoin reserve and other programs: “To ensure the transparent management of Bitcoin holdings of the Federal Government, to offset costs utilizing certain resources...

A lengthy court battle to extradite a disgraced crypto mogul, Do Kwon, has seemingly come to a close following a court ruling Thursday. The Appellate Court of Montenegro ruled that Kwon – founder of the defunct Terra blockchain – will be sent to South Korea for prosecution. Do Kwon Set For South Korea The latest ruling re-confirms a prior decision from a lower court, the High Court of Podgorica, to sent Kwon back to his home country rather than the United States, which also...