Eclipse Labs has blocked team members and employees from participating in its upcoming ES token airdrop, aiming to stop insider supply games that have soured recent launches. The Layer 2 developer stated on Wednesday that every staffer had signed an agreement forbidding airdrop claims and submitted

XRP spent the past forty-eight hours coiling into a textbook inflection zone, and the 15-minute chart published by independent analyst Casi makes it hard to miss where the battle lines now stand. Price is hovering at $2.18, clinging to a steeply rising trendline that has underpinned every impulsive

Key points:Bitcoin miners are showing rare behavior as BTC price action hits repeat all-time highs in 2025.Large miners are adding to their reserves, while the oldest participants have slashed sales compared to 2024.Miners are nonetheless “extremely underpaid” at current prices, research says.Bitcoi

Tensions between Donald Trump and Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell are heating up again. With Powell’s term set to end in May 2026, Trump is reportedly thinking about announcing a replacement much earlier. According to Wall Street Journal journalist Nick Timiraos, Trump is frustrated with how slo

Seattle-based crypto ATM operator Coinme has agreed to pay a $300,000 penalty for violating daily transaction limits for crypto ATMs in California. California caps crypto ATM transactions at $1,000 per customer per day under a law brought in last year. The company also failed to include required dis

Citibank has been sued by a self-claimed victim of a crypto romance scam, alleging the bank ignored red flags that allowed scammers to make off with $20 million. In a lawsuit filed in a Manhattan federal court on Tuesday, plaintiff Michael Zidell alleged Citibank turned “a blind eye to its statutory

Despite recovering from the weekend retrace, Solana (SOL) is trading between two levels that could make or break the altcoin’s rally. Nonetheless, some analysts suggest that the cryptocurrency could be gearing up for a massive breakout beyond the local highs.Solana Sits At Decisive LevelOn Wednesday

Stablecoin protocol Resupply was exploited for around $9.5 million through a market manipulation of exchange rates, according to security analysts.Resupply is a stablecoin protocol that leverages the liquidity and stability of lending markets.The exploit centered on cvcrvUSD, a wrapped version of Cu

Metaplanet, a Japanese investment firm, has purchased an additional 1,234 BTC for roughly $132.7 million, just a day after announcing a $515 million raise to fund its bitcoin treasury strategy.The Tokyo-listed firm stated in a Thursday disclosure that its latest acquisition of 1,234 BTC, at around $

Australian federal police said it has contacted over 90 Australians as part of a crackdown on criminal use of crypto ATMs, including pig butchering victims and suspected offenders. One of the victims was a 77-year-old widow who was scammed out of 433,000 Australian dollars ($281,947) in an online da

Ethereum is down $8.73 today or 0.36% to $2442.04Largest percentage decrease since June 22, 2025 when it dropped 9.05%Snaps a two day winning streakDown 3.97% month-to-date; On pace for worst month since March 2025 when it dropped 18.10%Down 26.99% year-to-dateDown 49.81% from its all-time intraday

Sina—co-founder of the hedge fund 21st Capital—publicly dismantled a popular Bitcoin price model promoted by Real Vision CEO Raoul Pal, calling it a textbook case of data illiteracy and overfitting.The model in question draws a close correlation between Bitcoin and Global M2—a measure of global mone

Terraform Labs co-founder Do Kwon, facing criminal charges in US federal court, could see a change in his indictment based on bills currently moving through the US Congress.According to reporting from Inner City Press, Kwon’s lawyers and prosecutors met for a status conference before Judge Paul Enge

Barclays will block cryptocurrency acquisitions made with credit cards starting June 27, warning that wild price swings can push cardholders into unmanageable debt and citing the lack of consumer protection as key factors.“There's also no protection for crypto assets if something goes wrong with a p

Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell’s appearance on Capitol Hill Tuesday left risk-asset traders with a single, binary question: does the most interest-sensitive summer in years end with a crypto breakout or a macro-driven crash? In a prepared statement, Powell stressed that “inflation has eased sig

Bitcoin climbed past $107,000 on Wednesday, erasing weekend losses after Iran and Israel agreed to a tentative ceasefire. The cryptocurrency had dipped below $100,000 on Sunday when Israeli missiles struck Iran and Iranian forces answered with air raids, data from The Block's price page shows.Crypto

As geopolitical tensions rise in the Middle East and global markets brace for volatility, Byte-Sized Insight’s latest episode explores how crypto reacts under pressure and whether it can provide more than just price movement.Moving marketsIn the first half of the episode, host Savannah Fortis speaks

Ethena Labs announced on Wednesday that the German Federal Financial Supervisory Authority, BaFin, and Ethena GmbH, the company’s German arm, have agreed on a redemption plan for USDe stablecoin holders. The regulator said it had initiated a 42-day redemption process for stablecoin holders. BaFin sa

James Wynn, once known as a fearless crypto trader, is now making headlines again — but this time, for betting big against the market. While many traders are feeling hopeful after Bitcoin’s bounce above $107K, Wynn says it’s all a setup for a major crash.Wynn Goes ALL In For ShortAfter suffering a j

Smart contract analytics platform Fuzzland disclosed that a former employee was responsible for a $2 million exploit that targeted Bedrock’s UniBTC protocol in September 2024. In a new transparency report, Fuzzland revealed that the insider used social engineering tactics, supply chain attacks and a