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Bitcoin’s price tried to take over the $27,000 level in the past 24 hours, but the bears didn’t allow it, and the asset remains inches below that line. Most altcoins are with minor 24-hour gains after the recent price plunges, with XDC becoming today’s top performer. BTC Fails at Reclaiming $27K It was less than a week ago – last Sunday – when the primary cryptocurrency was trading a lot higher and was sitting well above $28,000. However, the Israel-Hamas conflict played its...

BarnBridge is the latest crypto project that found itself entangled in legal proceedings initiated by the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). With potential financial penalties on the horizon, the project turned to its token holders. The details of any specific order sent by the financial regulator have not been disclosed. Voters Decide on SEC’s ‘Order’ The DeFi protocol kicked off a voting process on October 10th, centered around a proposal to allow its creators –...

Elliptic analysts had predicted that the amount laundered through DEXs, bridges, and coin swaps would rise to $6.5 billion by the end of 2023 and $10.5 billion by 2025. Blockchain analytics platform Elliptic has found through recent on-chain analysis that criminals, including the notorious North Korean hacking group Lazarus, have laundered approximately $7 billion of illicit cryptocurrencies through decentralized exchanges (DEXs), cross-chain bridges, and coin swap services....

Friend.tech’s Total Value Locked (TVL) has undergone a substantial decline recently, registering its most significant single-day drop of 7.8% in early October, indicating a noteworthy downturn in performance. Additionally, there has been a significant redemption of keys on Friend.tech, with reports of ongoing sim swap attacks casting a shadow over the network. Massive Drop in Friend.tech TVL A data and research analyst, Tom Wan, recently released an X thread exposing the...

A Nansen analyst recently published a report diving deep into the Solana ecosystem, exploring the on-chain data, network developments, and other findings. As per the findings, amidst challenges like network halts and the FTX/Alameda saga, the Solana blockchain shows significant resilience and continuous improvements, achieving a 100% uptime year-to-date. Solana’s Performance Till Date The report shared via an X thread by Nansen on Oct. 5 began by highlighting the current TVL...

In a recent post on the social platform X, Ross Ulbricht, the founder of the infamous darknet marketplace Silk Road, revealed that he has now spent an entire decade in prison. Ulbricht, currently serving a double life sentence, has been controversial since his arrest in 2013. Debate Erupts Over Ulbricht’s Punishment On Oct. 2, Ulbricht took to social platform X to share that he has now endured ten years of imprisonment, expressing his fear that he would spend his remaining...

Bitcoin’s price movements have calmed quite a bit following the enhanced volatility experienced on Friday. Most altcoins are in a similar state, with minor moves south. Avalanche has declined most today but still stands above $10. BTC Calms at $28K It was just about a week ago, on Sunday evening/Monday morning, when the primary cryptocurrency started a massive leg up that resulted in surging by over $1,500. This culminated in a 6-week peak at $28,600 (on Bitstamp) on Monday...

September of 2023 was a great month for Bitcoin mining companies. While the crypto world has been focused on the high-profile court cases regarding SBF and Celsius’ Mashinsky, Bitcoin miners have steadily been improving their hash rates, promising a greater future supply of the first cryptocurrency. News of record outputs from three Bitcoin mining firms coincides with reports of Kraken witnessing a 5-year ATH of BTC inflow and a 506.06M hash rate spike in mid-September,...

Although the most violent months of inflation increases in the developed world seem to be behind us, there are still countries where the rising costs of essential goods are threatening the local economies and people. Moreover, many economists are predicting higher inflation rates in the upcoming months coming back to the US and other nations, especially with winter approaching us. With the declining purchasing power of (almost) all fiat currencies, one may wonder what they...

Ever since the word investing existed, gold has been among the most popular (if not the most popular) investment tools for wealth preservation. This is because of its unique characteristics like limited supply (scarcity) and lack of central authority behind its creation (kind of). However, its performance on weekly, yearly, and even 10-yearly scales is not all that impressive. At the same time, BTC is a much newer concept that takes gold’s unique qualities a step further....