Bitcoin is currently trading at 78809, representing a -1.12% decline over the past 24 hours. This downward movement suggests a short-term consolidation phase, pointing to temporary hesitation and a cautious shift in investor sentiment. The minor correction indicates that market participants are adop
Polish prosecutors investigating cryptocurrency exchange Zondacrypto, have formally charged an individual, identified as Romana Ĺ»., with participating in an organized criminal group and allegedly misappropriating 7.8 million zlotys ($2.1 million) in user funds.Prosecutors also asked the Katowice-Wsc
Japan spent nearly $100 billion in August trying to strengthen the yen. Even after that intervention, the currency failed to reach 154 against the dollar.Then traders pushed it there themselves. USD/JPY fell from 160.39 on Wednesday to 154.50 by Monday, meaning the yen strengthened 3.7% in three ses
Liquid’s halt turned on the part of the network that matters most to L-BTC holders: the reserve mechanism behind its stated 1:1 Bitcoin peg. Nearly 4,000 BTC left the federation wallet through the peg-out path, while Liquid said the federation’s keys had not been compromised.Liquid Network offers fa
The oldest trick in the con artist's handbook, updated for the crypto age: call someone pretending to be from a trusted institution, create enough panic, and walk away with their life savings. In this case, the life savings happened to be more than 4,100 Bitcoin, worth over $240 million at the time
Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas is weighing a temporary moratorium on new Operator of Payment Systems licenses as part of a wider push to strengthen compliance standards around payment operators and virtual asset service providers.The policy update targets licensing and oversight. It should not be treat
Liquid sidechain lost ~3,996–4,000 BTC from federation reserves, reducing reserves to ~197 BTC. Operators paused the chain and halted bridge activity; exchanges warned to suspend L-BTC transfers.On-chain data: about 600,000 more BTC are now profitable vs May (~$47B unrealized gains). ~1.05M BTC sit
The white-hat hacker behind the withdrawal of about 4,000 Bitcoin from Liquid Network's federation wallet has offered to return most of the coins once the underlying software bug is fixed.In messages sent to Blockstream, the party told Blockstream to patch every node before transferring the funds ba
Malone Lam, the alleged ringleader behind a $230 million-plus Bitcoin theft , is set to appear in federal court Tuesday for a plea-agreement hearing. The hearing is expected to bring the government's sprawling investigation closer to a conclusion.Lam and 17 others have been charged in connection wit
Two independent analysts have concluded that the Bitcoin bottom is in, and neither used the other’s data. Charles Edwards tracks stablecoin liquidity, while the analyst known as Root tracks cycle structure.Both calls arrived within days of each other in early September. Neither analyst predicted a
Aave has opened the waitlist for its new consumer app at aave.com/app. The app is designed for DeFi savings and shows earning balances, withdrawals, deposits, and future-projection simulations so users can model how their positions may grow over time.The waitlist gives Aave a retail distribution ste