Here’s what happened in crypto today - million, milei, Cointelegraph, bermuda, usdc, libra, token, bitcoin, solana, Crypto

Here’s what happened in crypto today

Today in crypto, a prominent Bitcoin analyst claimed he moved all his Bitcoin into spot Bitcoin ETFs, scammer impersonates Bermuda premier and promotes fake token, and a cryptocurrency endorsed by Argentine President Javier Milei turned into a financ

Indian authorities seize $190M in crypto tied to BitConnect Ponzi scheme - million, litecoin, ponzi, Cointelegraph, Crypto

Indian authorities seize $190M in crypto tied to BitConnect Ponzi scheme

Indian authorities have seized nearly $190 million in crypto associated with Bitconnect amid an ongoing investigation into the global Ponzi scheme, which collapsed in 2018.“The Enforcement Directorate (ED), Ahmedabad, has seized cryptocurrency worth

Bitcoin ETFs maintain market lead as Ethereum ETFs see surge in institutional adoption, 13F filings show - million, bitcoin, second, ethereum, 2024, eth, etha, ibit, Crypto, The Block

Bitcoin ETFs maintain market lead as Ethereum ETFs see surge in institutional adoption, 13F filings show

Bitcoin ETFs continued to gain market share in the fourth quarter, while Ethereum ETFs took a significant jump among institutions, according to the latest 13F filings.Every quarter, institutional investment managers with at least $100 million in equi

Bitcoin Short-Term Holders Now Possess Over 4M BTC, Shows Cycle Has More Room to Run: Van Straten - million, Crypto, btc, bitcoin, CoinDesk

Bitcoin Short-Term Holders Now Possess Over 4M BTC, Shows Cycle Has More Room to Run: Van Straten

Short-term bitcoin holders (STHs) have added 1.5 million bitcoin since September taking the total to over 4 million bitcoin, according to Glassnode. This equates to an average accumulation of approximately 300,000 BTC per month. During this period,

Crypto Boom Delivers Sales and Profit Boost for Coinbase — WSJ - million, Dow Jones Newswires, Crypto, Americas, trump

Crypto Boom Delivers Sales and Profit Boost for Coinbase — WSJ

By Vicky Ge HuangCoinbase Global reported a surge in revenue and profit, benefiting from a post-election rally fueled by investor optimism about a crypto golden age under the Trump administration.The biggest U.S. cryptocurrency exchange earned $1.3 b

HashFlare cloud mining operators plead guilty to $577 million crypto fraud following FBI investigation - million, Crypto, six, 2024, ponzi, one, The Block, crypto

HashFlare cloud mining operators plead guilty to $577 million crypto fraud following FBI investigation

Estonian nationals Sergei Potapenko and Ivan Turõgin, operators of the defunct cloud mining service HashFlare, pleaded guilty to a multi-faceted $577 million cryptocurrency Ponzi scheme, according to the U.S. Department of Justice.HashFlare provided

BNB Chain flips Solana in daily fees, beats out all chains - million, donald trump, Crypto, bnb, pancakeswap, four, solana, changpeng zhao, ethereum, second, meme, chain, bitcoin, tst, Cointelegraph, fees, test

BNB Chain flips Solana in daily fees, beats out all chains

Binance-linked BNB Chain leapfrogged Solana in daily fees to lead all blockchains, according to Nansen data.BNB Chain generated over $5.8 million in daily fees on Feb. 13, surpassing Solana’s $3.3 million and totaling more than five times the sum of

DeFi.app raises additional $4 million at a flat $100 million token valuation, including via Cobie’s Echo - million, echo, vc, home, Crypto, 2024, The Block, defi, token, app

DeFi.app raises additional $4 million at a flat $100 million token valuation, including via Cobie’s Echo

DeFi.app, a platform aiming to simplify decentralized finance (DeFi) trading, has raised an additional $4 million in a seed extension round at a flat $100 million token valuation, matching its initial seed round valuation.The extension round included

Starknet-based zkLend seeks return of over $8 million in ETH stolen from platform - million, Crypto, zklend, The Block, eth, 2024, block, zero

Starknet-based zkLend seeks return of over $8 million in ETH stolen from platform

ZkLend, a money market and lending protocol on zero-knowledge rollup StarkNet, has publicly acknowledged it was hacked for over $9 million.It asked the hacker to keep 10% of the stolen funds as a “white hat” reward while asking for the return of the

 Ether ETPs outpace Bitcoin in crypto inflows for the first time in 2025  - million, solana, eth, ibit, bitcoin, Crypto, etp, Cointelegraph, xrp

Ether ETPs outpace Bitcoin in crypto inflows for the first time in 2025

Cryptocurrency exchange-traded products (ETPs) posted a fifth consecutive week of inflows, totaling $1.3 billion, with Ether-based ETPs seeing the largest inflows.Ether ETPs accumulated 95% more inflows than Bitcoin ETPs in the past trading week, r

Strategy resumes bitcoin acquisitions with $742 million buy, bringing its total holdings to 478,740 BTC - million, The Block, bitcoin, 2024, Crypto, one, nav, mstr

Strategy resumes bitcoin acquisitions with $742 million buy, bringing its total holdings to 478,740 BTC

Bitcoin treasury company Strategy (formerly MicroStrategy) acquired an additional 7,633 BTC for approximately $742.4 million at an average price of $97,255 per bitcoin between Feb. 3 and Feb. 9, according to an 8-K filing with the Securities and Exch

How High Can Dogecoin Go If Bitcoin Hits $1 Million? Analysts Weigh In - million, doge, bitcoin, dogecoin, Crypto, NewsBTC

How High Can Dogecoin Go If Bitcoin Hits $1 Million? Analysts Weigh In

Long a wild card in the crypto scene, Dogecoin (DOGE) has been riding the waves of excitement, community passion, and even Bitcoin’s price swings.Speculation on the potential price pinnacle of Dogecoin is growing given Bitcoin’s present price hoverin

Brit hunts for lost $768 million bitcoin treasure, seeks to buy garbage dump: BBC - million, The Block, bitcoin, 2024, Crypto, bbc

Brit hunts for lost $768 million bitcoin treasure, seeks to buy garbage dump: BBC

James Howells, a resident of Newport, South Wales, reportedly now wants to buy the landfill where he believes his lost £620 million ($768 million) bitcoin fortune is still buried, despite a UK judge dismissing his case last month. Howells, a computer

MicroStrategy Swings to 4Q Loss After $20.5B Bitcoin Buying Binge - million, Crypto, bitcoin, Dow Jones Newswires, Americas

MicroStrategy Swings to 4Q Loss After $20.5B Bitcoin Buying Binge

By Katherine HamiltonMicroStrategy swung to a loss that was wider than Wall Street expected after operating expenses surged on its purchase of $20.5 billion of bitcoin.The software company, which describes itself as a bitcoin treasury, posted a fourt

MicroStrategy Reports Larger-Than-Expected Loss, Increase in Bitcoin Holdings — Barrons.com - million, Crypto, bitcoin, Dow Jones Newswires, Americas

MicroStrategy Reports Larger-Than-Expected Loss, Increase in Bitcoin Holdings — Barrons.com

By Janet H. ChoCryptocurrency enthusiasts were digesting MicroStrategy's fourth-quarter earnings results after the market close on Wednesday.Chief Financial Officer Andrew Kang said the company saw its largest-ever increase in quarterly Bitcoin holdi

Healthcare tech firm Semler buys 871 Bitcoin, yield tops 150% - million, Cointelegraph, Crypto, btc, bitcoin

Healthcare tech firm Semler buys 871 Bitcoin, yield tops 150%

Healthcare tech and software firm Semler Scientific said that it purchased more than $88 million worth of Bitcoin over the past few weeks and was holding a paper gain of over 150%.Semler said in a Feb. 4 press release that it purchased 871 Bitcoin b

Lawyer convicted in $400 million crypto scam loses appeal - million, paul, mark, Americas, Crypto, Reuters

Lawyer convicted in $400 million crypto scam loses appeal

A federal appeals court in Manhattan has upheld the conviction of a former partner at law firm Locke Lord who was sentenced to 10 years in prison for his role in a nearly $400 million fraudulent cryptocurrency scheme.The 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of

Tezos Sees Rising Revenue but Declining Activity as Users Shift to Layer 2 - million, CryptoPotato, nft, Crypto, ethereum, second, xtz, tezos, defi

Tezos Sees Rising Revenue but Declining Activity as Users Shift to Layer 2

Tezos Layer 1 saw a 30.4% quarter-over-quarter (QoQ) rise in transaction fee revenue, reaching 11,100 XTZ in Q4 2024. Meanwhile, Etherlink, Tezos’ first EVM-compatible smart roll-up, grew even faster, with a 44% quarterly increase, hitting 6,669 XTZ.

The Daily: French authorities escalate probe into Binance, US Senate confirms pro-crypto Scott Bessent as Treasury Secretary and more - million, one, Crypto, visa, 2024, move, trump, crypto, musk, money, senate, block, defi, The Block, ethena, ena

The Daily: French authorities escalate probe into Binance, US Senate confirms pro-crypto Scott Bessent as Treasury Secretary and more

The following article is adapted from The Block’s newsletter, The Daily, which comes out on weekday afternoons.Happy Tuesday! Jim Cramer, the Mad Money host known for his bold (and often wrong) calls, says it's time to own bitcoin again. Should we be

What Happened to Bitcoin, Ethereum ETFs After Trump Took Office? (Weekly Recap) - million, btc, ibit, trump, bitcoin, second, Crypto, CryptoPotato, donald trump, eth

What Happened to Bitcoin, Ethereum ETFs After Trump Took Office? (Weekly Recap)

The political changes in the US are a fact as Donald Trump officially took office on Monday, becoming the country’s 47th president.Following the uncertainty ahead of his inauguration, US investors have become bullish once again toward the two largest