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Zcash surged past $1,200 to an intraday peak of $1,249, its highest level since Q4 2016, marking a weekly gain of over 45%. Market Cap Reaches $20B as Derivatives Liquidations Spike Zcash (ZEC) breached $1,200 Sunday, outperforming the rest of the cr...
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Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin says he is taking “the opposite side” of a forecast that artificial intelligence will cut bitcoin’s price in half within two years, and he has roughly 90% of his net worth riding on it. The Wager...
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Carlos Ărick VĂĄzquez GonzĂĄlez, a Mexican national who worked with the Cartel Jalisco Nueva GeneraciĂłn, has pleaded guilty to charges of money laundering in connection with drug trafficking in the U.S. and Mexico. VĂĄzquez GonzĂĄlez used cryptocurrency...
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FBI agents combined blockchain analytics, human intelligence, and court orders to trace and seize more than $560,000 in cryptocurrency intended for Hamas. The operation followed funds through shared wallets, cross-chain bridges, exchanges, and stable...
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Robinhood Chain’s fee model has become the focus of a broader debate over how blockchains finance growth. BNB Chain executive Nina Rong argued that sustainable revenue and commercial structures now outweigh further transaction-cost reductions....
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The layer two (L2) sidechain known as the Liquid Network paused on Sunday following a so-called white hacker exploiting a bug in Blockstreamâs Elements software, according to the X account Sideswap (Blockstreamâs atomic-swap marketplace). 4,000 BTC E...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoin.com - 1 week ago
The crypto economy gained 2% over the first week of September, peaking at $2.82 trillion before a pullback brought aggregate capitalization back under $2.8 trillion. Zcash (ZEC) led the market with a nearly 40% jump, breaching $1,200 for the first ti...
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This weekâs stories spanned retail trading, portfolio diversification, regulation, privacy, and sanctions. Fomo broke into the top five U.S. finance apps, while Grayscale argued that record stock concentration strengthens the case for crypto. Predict...
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U.S. spot XRP ETFs have accumulated approximately $1.68 billion in net inflows, while their combined net assets stood at about $1.48 billion. The totals show continued demand for exchange-listed XRP exposure despite uneven daily flows and price volat...
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Following the 2010 dormant bitcoin wallets that shifted 600 vintage BTC from the Satoshi-era, another whale with a wallet first created in 2016, shifted 1,260.77 BTC worth over $100 million at block height 965770. Decade-Old Bitcoin Stash Turns Into...
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According to several reports, nearly 4,000 bitcoin worth roughly $319 million appear to have moved out of the Liquid Networkâs federation wallet Sunday, followed by an onchain message from an unidentified party claiming, âwe are whitehats. contact us...
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While bitcoinâs price has fueled mining revenue, miners experienced a moderate difficulty rise of 1.31% at block height 965664. The latest change marks the eighth difficulty increase in 2026. Bitcoin Mining Difficulty Climbs 1.31% At present, Bitcoin...
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This weekend, the crypto community is once again discussing the crypto asset that was born after the Bitcoin chain split that occurred on Aug. 8, 2026, at block height 961632. Over the last few hours, the asset dubbed âbitcoin blake2â or âBTCB2â has...
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Ripple CEO Brad Garlinghouse said a BIS research team’s decision to test the XRP Ledger was unsurprising, citing its fees, speed, and record. The experiment used XRPL to help authenticate official statistical datasets. Garlinghouse Highlights X...
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Jonathan MelĂ©ndez, part of the Mexican rock band Camilo SĂ©ptimo, his pregnant wife, their three-year-old daughter, and their housemaid were killed by an associate who knew of MelĂ©ndez’s bitcoin holdings in one of the worst wrench attacks in Mex...
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At 9:30 a.m., bitcoin’s price was clocking roughly $79,750 to $80,100 per unit on Sept. 6, stuck in a tight weekend range after its early-September run above $82,000 lost steam. Thereâs a great deal happening under the surface, though: BTC̵...
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This editorial is from this weekâs edition of the newsletter Week in Review, sent to subscribers on Friday. Subscribe to the newsletter to get this weekly editorial the second itâs finished. The newsletter also includes the biggest stories of the wee...
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Bitcoinâs second-quarter unplug looked like capitulation. It wasnât. This article first appeared in Miner Weekly, a weekly newsletter by Blocksbridge Consulting curating the latest news in energy, compute, infrastructure, and data analysis from The E...
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President Nayib Bukele denied claims that El Salvador was ceding control of its strategic bitcoin reserve to a private operator, calling these allegations “totally false.” Bukele stressed that only Chivo Wallet shares were transferred to...
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On Saturday, at block height 965639 through block 965646, a set of 12 distinct transfers from wallets created in 2010 shifted 600 BTC worth $47.84 million using current exchange rates. 2010 Bitcoin Miner Suddenly Moves 600 BTC Earlier on Saturday, Bi...
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The exchange terminated operations and stopped withdrawals after an audit found unknown transactions worth over $7 million that moved custodied assets to external wallets. Orionx accused JoaquĂn DĂaz and Roberto Zibert, the exchange’s founding...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoin.com - 1 week ago
Over the last week, bitcoinâs price has been trading between $76,200 to $82,100, and market sentiment has been far more bullish. BTCâs price is roughly around the same height it was around May, and at that time, Bitcoin.com News queried 11 artificial...
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The FBI seized more than $560,000 in cryptocurrency intended for Hamas through a series of court-authorized operations. Agents also took control of online infrastructure, intercepted donations, and gathered information about thousands of potential su...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoin.com - 1 week ago
The motion to reconsider the presidential veto, pushed by Prime Minister Donald Tusk, failed to garner support in the Sejm, the lower house of the Polish Parliament, after President Nawrocki faced corruption allegations tied to the Zondacrypto exchan...
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Goldman Sachs, Jane Street, and Millennium Management led disclosed spot XRP ETF holdings in second-quarter filings. Bloomberg Intelligence data showed known filers held $183.5 million in fund exposure representing about 176.4 million XRP. Goldman Sa...
