Lazarus Group, hackers from North Korea, created a new campaign, targeting crypto developers through NPM repositories. They introduced 6 repositories, that would appeal to crypto developers, and added malware, to create backdoors, infiltrate projects, and steal credentials. The hacking group would u

Ethereum Foundation developers will launch a new testnet called Hoodi, according to an All Devs Call on Thursday. The new "long-lived" testnet is expected to launch next week, on March 17. The move came about a week after Ethereum researchers and developers convened to discuss the fallout from the p

Episode 19 of The Crypto Beat was recorded with The Block Editor-In-Chief Tim Copeland and Offchain Labs Co-Founder & CEO Steven Goldfeder.Listen below, and subscribe to The Crypto Beat on YouTube, Apple, Spotify, Twitch, or wherever you listen to podcasts. Please send feedback and revision requests

Ethereum is down $49.77 today or 2.63% to $1841.63Lowest 5 p.m. level since Nov. 4, 2023, when it traded at $1839.54Down four of the past five daysDown two consecutive days, down 4.95% over this periodDown 17.13% month-to-dateDown 44.94% year-to-dateDown 61.63% from its all-time high of $4800.00 on

Dogecoin (DOGE) is facing a critical moment, having lost over 40% of its value since the start of March. The entire crypto market is under intense selling pressure, driven by macroeconomic uncertainty and heightened volatility. However, meme coins like DOGE have been hit the hardest, as bears contin

Today in crypto, Binance allegedly reached out to US President Donald Trump’s family in 2024, proposing a business deal to help relaunch Binance.US operations — a claim later denied by former Binance CEO Changpeng “CZ” Zhao in an X post. Meanwhile, an Argentine lawyer has requested a global arrest w

In Bolivia's farm region of Santa Cruz, a is starting to hit farmers' ability to harvest their crops, a concern for the embattled South American country where agriculture has become a key economic driver.The fuel scarcity, which has led to long lines at the pump, stems from a slide in foreign c

SAN FRANCISCO, March 13, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Investors in Block, Inc. (NYSE: SQ) n/k/a began to learn of potentially adverse information about the company and its Square and Cash App platforms on Mar. 23, 2023, when Hindenburg Research published a scathing report on the company.After a 2-year

The founder of a cryptocurrency exchange whose namesake was tied to Anti-Money Laundering (AML) was found guilty of wire fraud and money laundering in a California court.In a March 12 trial in the US District Court for the Northern District of California, a jury found AML Bitcoin creator Rowland Mar

CoinDesk Bitcoin Price Index is down $2787.80 today or 3.36% to $80136.38Down seven of the past eight daysDown two consecutive days, down 3.57% over this periodDown 4.72% month-to-dateDown 14.21% year-to-dateDown 24.92% from its all-time high of $106734.51 on Dec. 17, 2024 (based on 4 p.m. levels)Up

Ethereum (ETH) is facing significant selling pressure, trading below the $1,900 mark as market uncertainty continues to weigh on price action. After losing the critical $2,000 level, ETH plunged as low as $1,750, marking its lowest point since October 2023. Bulls are now under pressure, as they must

Solanaprice completed a “death cross” on the one-day chart on March 12, as the altcoin consolidated near its long-term support level at $125. This could potentially accelerate the SOL price sell-off in the near term for a drop below $100 for the first time since February 2024. A death cross occurs w

Former Binance CEO Changpeng “CZ” Zhao has denied many of the claims in a Wall Street Journal report suggesting that he has been actively seeking a federal pardon from US President Donald Trump.In a March 13 X post following the release of the report, Zhao said he had no discussions regarding a busi

Publicly listed bitcoin miners are likely to continue gaining a larger share of the bitcoin network hashrate as they cut costs and sustain profitability, according to JPMorgan analysts.These miners are increasingly pursuing vertical integration — securing their own power sources and developing propr

Coinbase Ventures, the investment arm of the crypto exchange Coinbase, has become a group lead for the onchain investment platform Echo. In this new role, Coinbase Ventures will focus on funding projects built on Base, the Coinbase-incubated Layer 2 network, through the Base Ecosystem Fund on Echo,

Bitcoin (BTC) continued to struggle on Thursday as it fought to stay above $80,000. The largest cryptocurrency by market cap is currently down 3% on the day. It has declined 13% in the first quarter and is about 30% off its all-time high from January.According to Glassnode data, short-term holders —

A federal jury in the Northern District of California on Wednesday convicted cryptocurrency entrepreneur Rowland Marcus Andrade of wire fraud and money laundering connected to the sale of a token called AML Bitcoin.The charges stemmed from an initial coin offering Andrade conducted for AML Bitcoin i

Representatives for the Trump family held talks to take a financial stake in the U.S. arm of crypto exchange Binance, The Wall Street Journal reported on Thursday, citing people familiar with the matter.Simultaneously, Binance founder and former CEO Changpeng Zhao has also been pushing the Trump adm

Ether (ETH) has fallen 43% year-to-date, it hit a 2025 high of $3,744 before dropping to its current level of $1,899. According to CryptoQuant CEO, Ki Young Ju, ether has experienced record levels of active selling over the past three months—the highest in the last five years.CoinDesk research indic

Crypto trading volumes dropped sharply in February as concerns that President Donald Trump's tariffs on Mexico, Canada and other countries would stifle international trade reduced investor demand for adding to risky investments.Combined spot and derivatives trading volume on centralized exchanges fe