In a staggering breach that rocked the crypto world, crypto exchange Bybit has reported significant developments following a major hack attributed to alleged North Korean hackers. The incident, part of a record-breaking $1.5 billion crypto heist, has seen hackers convert at least $300 million into u

A US judge has granted Binance’s motion to transfer a case involving allegations it facilitated money laundering to the Southern District of Florida due to a similar case that had already been before the courts there.The case, filed in August 2024 in Washington, focused on the same core issue as a s

Bitcoin traders see a BTC price reversal beginning as classic resistance stops bulls in their tracks.200-day moving average keeps BTC price pinnedData from Cointelegraph Markets Pro and TradingView shows cooling after hitting new April highs of $88,874.Having found strength at the start of the wee

U.S. spot bitcoin exchange-traded funds recorded $381.4 million in net inflows on Monday — marking their largest daily inflows since Jan. 30 — as bitcoin outperformed traditional financial markets amid sharp declines in major U.S. stock indexes and the dollar.Ark and 21Shares' ARKB saw the largest i

A group of investors has filed a class-action lawsuit against decentralized cryptocurrency exchange Meteora, alleging the firm was involved in manipulating the launch and market price of the M3M3 token.In an amended complaint filed on April 21 in the US District Court for the Southern District of Ne

Ethereum is down $12.82 today or 0.81% to $1576.02Down two consecutive days, down 2.42% over this periodDown 13.41% month-to-dateDown 52.88% year-to-dateDown 67.17% from its all-time high of $4800.00 on Nov. 9, 2021 (based on 5 p.m. levels)Down 50.61% from 52 weeks ago (April 22, 2024), when it trad

Ethereum and the broader crypto market experienced a small but notable pump yesterday, reigniting hopes of a potential trend reversal after weeks of sustained selling pressure. As market uncertainty intensifies, driven largely by global economic tensions and geopolitical strain between the US and Ch

The founder and CEO of real-world asset-focused Layer 1 blockchain MANTRA, John Patrick Mullin, said he plans to burn his allocation of 150 million of the network's OM tokens in an effort to "rebuild trust" and demonstrate an "unwavering focus" to build the network.MANTRA also said it is in "ongoing

U.S. stocks suffered steep losses on Monday as U.S. President Donald Trump ramped up his attacks on Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell, prompting investors to worry about the central bank's independence even as they grapple with the effects of Trump's ongoing, erratic trade war.At 13:30 EDT, the D

Several crypto firms — including stablecoin issuer Circle and trust company BitGo — plan to apply for U.S. bank charters and licenses, according to a new report in The Wall Street Journal. Crypto exchange Coinbase and stablecoin issuer Paxos are also considering similar moves, the report said.Some f

A little-known VOXEL trading pair on cryptocurrency exchange Bitget suddenly clocked over $12 billion in volume on April 20, dwarfing the metrics of the same contract on Binance.The activity centered on perpetual futures, where traders reported instant order fills — an anomaly many described as a b

Pseudonymous Bitcoin stock-to-flow (S2F) model creator PlanB attacked Ethereum and mocked the project’s co-founder, Vitalik Buterin.PlanB mockingly reposted a June 2022 X post by Buterin in which the Ethereum co-founder said S2F “is really not looking good now.” PlanB responded with a new posting st

U.S. stock indexes fell and the dollar index slid to a three-year low on Monday as U.S. President Donald Trump's continued attacks on the Federal Reserve chair and the bank's monetary policy rattled investors.Safe-haven gold prices hit another record high, while the Swiss franc also rose. Benchm

Asian crime syndicates behind the multibillion-dollar cyberscam industry are expanding globally including to South America and Africa, as raids in Southeast Asia fail to contain their activities, the United Nations said in a report on Monday.Criminal networks that in recent years, opening spraw

Crypto casinos generated more than $81 billion in revenue in 2024, even as regulators in key jurisdictions continued to block access to the platforms, according to a new report.Citing data from the anti-online-crime platform Yield Sec, the Financial Times reported that wagers paid in crypto in 2024

Telegram CEO Pavel Durov expressed concerns over a growing threat to private messaging in France and other European Union countries, warning that Telegram would rather exit certain markets than implement encryption backdoors that undermine user privacy.In an April 21 post to his “Du Rove’s channel”

The Bank of Korea said it will "actively participate" in the country's efforts to build a regulatory framework for stablecoins in order to mitigate potential monetary and financial risks."Unlike general virtual assets, stablecoins inherently possess characteristics of a payment measure," the BOK sai

Bitcoin is eyeing new April highs as macro instability suddenly delivers a tailwind for BTC price performance.Bitcoin is on the way up, nearing $88,000, but few market participants are willing to trust the strength of snap price moves.A new macro week dawns in the shadow of the US trade war, with F

Bearish market conditions for bitcoin (BTC) have remained persistent over the last few weeks, with selling activity from large investors and major players exacerbating the negative trend.A weekly report from the on-chain analytics platform CryptoQuant revealed that although daily BTC selling from la

Japanese investment firm Metaplanet announced today that it has purchased an additional 330 BTC, worth $28.2 million. This is the company's third bitcoin purchase this month, despite market uncertainties driven by U.S. tariff measures.The company said it made the purchase at an average price of 12.1