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Rep. Torres to target insider trading on prediction markets after bet on Maduro

Rep. Torres to target insider trading on prediction markets after bet on Maduro

US Representative Ritchie Torres is preparing to introduce legislation aimed at curbing insider trading on prediction markets, following scrutiny around a highly profitable wager tied to the reported sudden capture of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro.In a Sunday post on X, Punchbowl News founder …

Crypto phishing losses fell 83% in 2025, but drainer ecosystem ‘remains active’

Crypto phishing losses fell 83% in 2025, but drainer ecosystem ‘remains active’

Crypto phishing attacks tied to wallet drainers dropped sharply in 2025, with total losses falling to $83.85 million, down 83% year over year from nearly $494 million in 2024.The number of victims also declined significantly to 106,000, a 68% drop from the previous year, Web3 security platform Scam …

BitMine chairman proposes 1,000x increase in company's authorized shares, to 50B

BitMine chairman proposes 1,000x increase in company's authorized shares, to 50B

Tom Lee, chairman of publicly listed Ether treasury company BitMine, urged shareholders to back a proposal to dramatically increase the company’s authorized share count to 50 billion from 50 million, citing the potential need for future stock splits as Ether’s price drives the the company’s valuatio…

Binance delists FLOW/BTC pair, flags token after exploit

Binance delists FLOW/BTC pair, flags token after exploit

Cryptocurrency exchange Binance has announced a change in its policies related to trading and monitoring following a $3.9 million exploit of the Flow blockchain last week.In a Friday announcement, Binance said it would remove nine spot trading pairs from the exchange beginning on Saturday, including…

Crypto tax data to be collected in 48 counties ahead of CARF 2027

Crypto tax data to be collected in 48 counties ahead of CARF 2027

Crypto investors across 48 countries will start to have their crypto wallet transaction data recorded for tax purposes this year, as the long-awaited Crypto-Asset Reporting Framework rolls out globally. CARF, an international tax transparency framework developed by the OECD, officially goes into eff…

Crypto sentiment shifts off extreme fear, but ‘mixed emotions’ persist

Crypto sentiment shifts off extreme fear, but ‘mixed emotions’ persist

A widely used crypto market sentiment indicator has shaken off its “extreme fear” rating as of Friday, returning to its highest levels in 21 days despite still trading under $90,000.The index, which measures overall crypto market sentiment, recorded a “fear” score of 29 in its Friday update, climbin…

 Bitcoin RSI demands breakout as exec says 'RIP' to 4-year BTC price cycle

Bitcoin RSI demands breakout as exec says 'RIP' to 4-year BTC price cycle

Bitcoin opened 2026 at $87,500 as markets geared up for the year’s first Wall Street trading session.Key points:Bitcoin lies in wait at $87,500 for the start of TradFi trading on global markets.RSI and Bollinger Band signals imply major BTC price volatility is due.Market participants say goodbye to…

Ethereum co-founder pitches DApps as solution to 2025 Cloudflare outage

Ethereum co-founder pitches DApps as solution to 2025 Cloudflare outage

Vitalik Buterin, one of the co-founders of the Ethereum blockchain, said decentralization applications (DApps) could mitigate failures in internet infrastructure, such as when internet services provider Cloudflare experienced a massive outage in November.In a Thursday X post, Buterin said Ethereum n…

 Bitcoin options boom raises fears of capped BTC upside

Bitcoin options boom raises fears of capped BTC upside

Key takeaways:Covered calls gained traction as cash-and-carry returns collapsed, but data shows they are not structurally suppressing Bitcoin’s price.Stable put-to-call ratios and rising put demand suggest hedging and yield strategies coexist with bullish positioning.As Bitcoin (BTC) price entered a…

2026 Fed cuts will be ‘key catalyst’ for retail’s return to crypto

2026 Fed cuts will be ‘key catalyst’ for retail’s return to crypto

The aggressiveness of Federal Reserve rate cuts in 2026 will determine whether retail investors return to the crypto market next year, according to a crypto analyst.But there are doubts about how likely the Fed is to continue cutting, after already making three reductions in 2025.Clear Street managi…

Crypto lagged gold, stocks, but 2026 offers chance for ‘catch up’

Crypto lagged gold, stocks, but 2026 offers chance for ‘catch up’

The crypto market will be bleeding into 2026 depsite other major assets gaining; however, there will be a chance for crypto to play catch-up in the new year, according to market intelligence platform Santiment.In an X post on Tuesday, analysts from Santiment said that Bitcoin (BTC) is trailing gold …

BitMine bags $98M in ETH as year-end selling caps gains: Tom Lee

BitMine bags $98M in ETH as year-end selling caps gains: Tom Lee

Ethereum treasury company BitMine Immersion Technologies scooped up $97.6 million worth of Ether on Tuesday as the crypto market remains muted in the final days of 2025.Nansen data shows BitMine purchased 32,938 Ether (ETH). Other data shows its total holdings are now 4.07 million ETH, worth $12 bil…