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Privacy coins fell on Tuesday amid a broader crypto downturn that saw bitcoin drop toward $76,000. Zcash led the decline with a 7% daily loss, which sparked a surge in long positions liquidated. Privacy Coins Drop Amid Crypto Market Downturn Privacy...
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A Polymarket account created in August bet about $183,000 on Monday that Republicans will keep both the Senate and the House, at odds of about 6%. If they do, the account’s midterm bets would pay out about $3 million. A $183,000 Bet on a Republican S...
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Ripple issued 110.57 million RLUSD on the XRP Ledger in a single transaction on Nov. 2, hours before Binance began reopening XRP and RLUSD withdrawals after its $6.3 billion hack. A $110 Million Mint in Seconds Ripple’s dollar-backed stablecoin...
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As crypto asset market participants and users jump from one hack story to another, the Liquid Network, a Bitcoin sidechain that suffered a hack in September, has finally restored its bitcoin (BTC) reserves. Its LBTC token is now fully backed by bitco...
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OKX’s latest reserve report shows customer bitcoin holdings jumped 9.66% to 156,609 BTC in a month that ended with Binance losing $6.3 billion to hackers. OKX’s 49th Reserve Report Lands as Binance Bleeds Crypto exchange OKX has published...
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Wyoming voters pick a successor to Sen. Cynthia Lummis today, and Trump-backed Rep. Harriet Hageman is favored to inherit the seat of Washington’s loudest bitcoin advocate. Trump’s Election-Eve Push for Hageman On the eve of the U.S. midt...
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Groupe Amaury, the owner of France Football and organizer of the Ballon d’Or, says a complaint is underway over Polymarket bets that called this year’s top five in exact order before the Oct. 26 ceremony. French outlet Upside, which first flagged the...
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Thailand’s cyber police say three crypto exchanges have handed over money-trail data linked to Shuffle.com, the Curaçao-registered crypto casino, and that an operation in the case will certainly follow. The update came days after lawmakers pressed po...
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A Polymarket account bought the Arizona Cardinals at 1.4 cents on Sunday, with Arizona trailing the Dallas Cowboys by 10 points and under four minutes left. The Cardinals won 33–30 in overtime, and the account finished about $118,500 ahead on the mon...
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Binance warned that impersonators could exploit its withdrawal restart with fake compensation offers and fees for faster processing. The exchange also completed a cryptographic reserve proof, enabling customers to check backing for 10 tokens while re...
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Tether said it froze more than $1.5 billion in stolen USDT within 30 minutes of the Binance hack, blocking access to those funds. The announcement followed the FBI’s attribution of the attack to North Korea. Tether Describes $1.5 Billion Binanc...
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XRP recorded one of its strongest days for new wallet creation this year after the Binance hack, according to Santiment. The increase contrasted with subdued prices, as the analytics firm suggested a possible shift toward self-custody. XRP Wallet Gro...
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Funds stolen from Binance passed through approximately 12,000 wallets in under four days, Elliptic found. The operation spanned 11 blockchains, while the firm assessed that only a negligible amount had likely been cashed out. Thousands of Wallets Exp...
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Custodia Bank has filed a reply brief urging the U.S. Supreme Court to review a 10th Circuit decision that allowed regional Federal Reserve banks to deny master accounts to eligible institutions. Supreme Court Appeal Crypto-focused Custodia Bank has...
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Both prediction market platforms predict Democrats will retake control of both the House and Senate in the upcoming midterm elections, although their record has been muddled by President Lula’s upset victory in Brazil’s recent runoff elec...
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Metaplanet repurchased 96.4 million shares in just over two weeks, deploying about $160 million as the bitcoin treasury company shifts capital toward reducing its share count. The Tokyo-listed firm has already completed nearly half of its authorized...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoin.com - 3 days ago
Binance’s “cost of doing business,” including fines and hack losses, could equal more than half of the largest crypto exchange’s estimated pre-tax profits from 2021–2025. Following the largest crypto theft in history, Binance’s comb...
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Strive said it bought $10 million in bitcoin last week, increasing its holdings to 43,124 BTC as its investment chief stressed restraint. The purchase marked the first use of its SATS preferred stock sales program, while existing cash supplied most f...
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Bitcoin slipped below $77,000 on Monday, despite Binance’s announcement that it had fully replenished assets lost in the recent hack using its own funds. Another, albeit much smaller crypto exchange hack also popped up on Monday. Bitcoin Drops Below...
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Nvidia, Costco, Nike, and Reddit are among 12 additional companies that have objected to having their shares tokenized on OKXICE’s proposed trading platform, bringing the total to 50 companies. That leaves only a small fraction of the venture’s origi...
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Mercado Bitcoin, the largest cryptocurrency exchange in Brazil, said Monday that it had halted deposits and withdrawals following a “security incident.” A prominent analyst pegged the damages at $46 million worth of crypto and counting ac...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoin.com - 3 days ago
Bitmine Immersion Technologies has moved closer to its ambitious goal of owning 5% of ether’s total supply, while Chairman Tom Lee argues that the cryptocurrency market’s relatively muted response to last week’s massive Binance hack demon...
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While the bank ultimately wants Redcoin, one of the first regulated Hong Kong dollar stablecoins, to reach millions, the token has already seen meaningful adoption just one week after launching through the bank’s channels. HSBC Reaches 50K User...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoin.com - 4 days ago
Strategy acquired 811 bitcoins for approximately $65.5 million, bringing its total holdings to 849,327 BTC and U.S. dollar assets to $4.9 billion. Record Earnings and Financial Growth Bitcoin treasury giant Strategy has acquired 811 bitcoins for appr...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoin.com - 4 days ago
Strategy acquired 811 bitcoins for approximately $65.5 million, bringing its total holdings to 849,327 BTC and U.S. dollar assets to $4.9 billion. Record Earnings and Financial Growth Bitcoin treasury giant Strategy has acquired 811 bitcoins for appr...