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Bitcoin Depot reports $3.6M theft after internal breach
Hackers stole about 50.903 BTC, roughly $3.6M, by breaching Bitcoin Depot’s corporate IT systems on March 23. The breach was confined to internal wallets and did not impact customer‑facing ATM services. Investigations continue into additional costs.
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By the numbers: Mastercard to acquire BVNK for up to $1.8B
Japan's JPYC has launched the world's first yen‑pegged stablecoin, fully redeemable and backed by domestic deposits and Japanese government bonds, with revenue derived from JGB interest rather than transaction fees. The yen's long-standing convertibility and role in global FX markets — it featured in 16.85% of trades as of April — give the token cross‑border utility that won’t be possible for Korea's or Taiwan's onshore‑only projects. The yen stablecoin could enable decentralized USD/JPY liquidity and serve as a backbone for Asian crypto settlements, tapping rising JGB yields to operate sustainably and potentially shifting regional payments and FX flows into tokenized rails.
Note about Privacy and its different flavours: Privacy is not just one thing. It can come in many versions: - Privacy from other users, but not from the operator - Privacy from everyone, including the operator - Privacy that hides details of a tx...
Bitcoin Closes Above its Bull Market Support Band https://t.co/u70DMa0EDR
Dogecoin has broken a multi-month trading range after the $0.21 resistance level flipped to support, marking an early breakout in the token's price structure. Trading volume has risen to nearly 10% above weekly averages, indicating accumulation and increased market participation....
UPDATE 🚨 THE TRADER WITH 100% WIN RATE JUST ADDED MORE TO THEIR $ETH LONGS! Current positions: • 1,483 $BTC ($170.46M) • 40,044 $ETH ($167.35M) What do they know? 🤔 https://t.co/kyx6JGHtHB
Javier Milei’s libertarian, crypto-friendly La Libertad Avanza party scored a decisive victory in Argentina’s midterm elections, solidifying Milei as the clear frontrunner for the 2027 presidential race. The result strengthens his mandate to pursue market-friendly reforms — including deregulation, potential...
A new Bitcoin improvement proposal seeks a one-year soft fork to freeze protocol changes while developers resolve a contentious transaction-filtering debate, but language in the draft referencing legal threats and liability protections has provoked sharp backlash from Bitcoin community members....
A new AI-assisted post-mortem by Mt. Gox’s former CEO revisits the exchange’s historic security failures that led to multimillion-dollar losses and its collapse, asking whether modern AI tools could have detected vulnerabilities earlier. The analysis highlights specific lapses in key...
Despite new Bitcoin highs, this crypto cycle has felt muted: rallies are tepid, corrections severe, altcoins have plunged as much as 90%, and retail participation has evaporated. Institutional flows, meme-driven tokens and macroeconomic headwinds have reshaped the market from frothy...
2 days left for the @LOLLandGame P2A campaign! Looks like positions 1 and 2 are fairly secure, while there is still plenty of competition for the rest of the Top 50. Best of luck to our players and happy $LOL-ing...
Bitcoin could be poised for a sharp rally after bank reserves at the Federal Reserve fell to about $2.93 trillion, a level analyst Adam Livingston says is “within five weeks of the danger zone.” Livingston argues shrinking reserves—driven by Treasury...
The episode highlights Bitcoin’s surge past $115,000, driven by news of a substantial US‑China trade framework, while noting that altcoins are poised for a rebound. Key updates include the XRP Ledger validator’s proposal for NFT‑to‑NFT batch trading, Solana’s upcoming Alpenglow...
BITCOIN IS NOW UP 1% IN OCTOBER! https://t.co/aqsCwlHqSw
NYDIG strategist Greg Cipolaro said Bitcoin has not proven to be a reliable inflation hedge, but has "evolved into a liquidity barometer" that performs well when the U.S. dollar weakens or liquidity conditions loosen. The firm observed stronger Bitcoin gains...
Zcash surged about 30% after former BitMEX CEO Arthur Hayes issued a bullish “vibe check” suggesting a $10,000 price target, fueling short-term buying. The token has rallied roughly 490% over the past 30 days and topped a $5 billion market...
Seoul-based Bitplanet Inc. bought 93 BTC and launched a daily Bitcoin accumulation program, saying the purchase was executed through fully regulated, compliant infrastructure. The company said the move makes it a first mover among Korean public companies adopting Bitcoin for...
Bitcoin surged past $112,000 and traded near $114,500 after a sharp short squeeze, with CoinGlass showing $393.74 million of liquidations in 24 hours—about $319.18 million from shorts. Heavy volume accompanied a technical breakout that sent intraday activity roughly 318% above...
Western Union said it will pilot stablecoin-powered transfers as part of an effort to tap “significant opportunities” in using stablecoins for cross-border sending and receiving of money. The move positions the 170-year-old money-transfer giant to test faster settlement and lower-cost...
100M borrow reached on @aave Horizon. Next stop 500M. https://t.co/aBkostVdFz
Bitcoin rallied past the $112,000 resistance over the weekend, trading around $113,724 and breaching the $113,000 level for the second time this week as it retraced nearly half of the losses from October’s crash. The move—which saw a comparable print...
Solana co‑founder Anatoly Yakovenko publicly disputed the common industry claim that Ethereum layer‑2s inherit Ethereum’s security, arguing L2s suffer from significant security flaws and centralization risks—including sequencer control and limited economic decentralization—even though they settle on ETH. He warned these...
I'm currently down ~60% on the #Altcoin portfolio. That's not great, it's been worse, we've been down 70%. The thing is: It will be terrible for a long time, and then, it will be great in a short period of time. Sentiment...
Bitwise analyst André Dragosch warned that the Bitcoin stock-to-flow (S2F) model is a flawed forecasting tool and investors should be cautious about relying on it to predict BTC prices. Dragosch argued S2F omits key drivers such as demand dynamics, macroeconomic...
NEW XRP RIPPLE TOKEN STANDARD DROPS BEFORE ACQUISITION OF HIDDEN ROAD #cryptowendyo #crypto #bitcoin #xrp #ethereum #solana #wendy #xrpcommunity #finance #money
.@cemozer_ red pilled me on sovereign rollups. We are basically talking about the same thing, but a sovereign rollup is a really nice encapsulation because everything that a trust minimized bridge needs is defined within the rollups STF. ...
Perpetual decentralized exchanges recorded $1.049 trillion in monthly volume as of Oct. 24, with DefiLlama reporting roughly $1.241 trillion in 30-day volume — the first time on-chain derivatives have topped the $1 trillion mark. The surge, driven by elevated market...
How it happened for me: I always have some side project. So I was constantly trying random ideas on my own time. I spent my entire career as an IC minimizing manager work and hyper focused on a single thing...
Done with a decade old script that doesn't even use segwit, let alone taproot. 100% standard and fully compatible with @LukeDashjr's BIP-444.
A proposed Batch amendment (XLS‑56) for the XRP Ledger would add atomic transaction batching, enabling multi‑operation transactions—most notably seamless NFT‑to‑NFT swaps processed as a single all‑or‑nothing action. A validator testing the feature on dev net demonstrated peer‑to‑peer barter‑style trades (e.g.,...
Build this on NEAR - CDP style stablecoin that holds shielded ZEC All tech is there: Chain Signatures to hold shielded ZEC, ZEC liquidity on Intents, OmniBridge to bring these tokens to all chains and Intents to make this stable...
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$115,000 Bitcoin. https://t.co/17K7nxo96l
This is actually going to create a new “C-SCAM” attack: if you want to cheat on an exchange, do a deposit and simultaneously do a transaction with some “cheese-pizza” image in it. If it confirms, withdraw from the exchange, and wait...
1/ I'VE BEEN THINKING about Fed Gov Waller's Tuesday speech introducing "skinny Fed master accounts" for payment-only banks. (This is what @custodiabank proposed to the Fed in June 2020, but I digress.) This 🧵discusses implications for the banking system. https://t.co/ByF8ZQNfcg
Zelle expands to Stablecoins When Zelle expands to Bitcoin payment I will use Stablecoins or cash.
This. BIP-444 creates a “C-SCAM” attack where you use censoring reorgs to double spend.
Luke is being very clear the the expects his soft-fork to get adopted due to legal threats. https://t.co/17lkaxKnz1
The people calling #Altcoins dead and calling that there won't be an altcoin run anymore are the same people shouting their coin into oblivion when they are up heavily. Do the contrary. Buy #Altcoins now, sell when your barber discusses...
#BTC Bitcoin is enjoying a strong rebound from the Macro Range Low Still just Macro consolidating inside this Monthly Range In fact, Bitcoin has a chance to turn the September Monthly Highs into new support by the end of the month $BTC #Crypto #Bitcoin...
Powered by @aave. Just the beginning.
BREAKING 🚨 SHARPLINK GAMING JUST BOUGHT 19,271 $ETH FOR $78.3 MILLION https://t.co/0E5WnRdHMV
Has any Bitcoiner read 1929 by Andrew Ross Sorkin yet? How is it?
I wonder if the Hyperliquid spot ZEC market is gonna do more volume than the Solana spot ZEC market
Aave has doubled the Superstate USCC circulation since Horizon launch. Aave scales RWAs, never settle for less. https://t.co/WaEpMJimbT
I've spent 8 years building 5 systematic trading courses They've helped traders catch Bitcoin bottoms, identify 14x Altcoins, turn $50k into $272k Early Black Friday 30% off the Everything Bundle Final 7 hours to get 30% off: https://t.co/eYsKljcPUE #BTC #Crypto #Bitcoin
A perfect representation of crypto circa 2025. “Waiting for altcoin season” https://t.co/Dp0qsKbgXU
A key observation I've made in the last year: It's not helpful for traders to think of crypto in terms of Bull VS Bear markets. Instead, start thinking in terms of market activity: High vs Low volatility environments. Then aggressively trade when your...
$ZEC Did not see this clean bull pennant breakout. Wowzer https://t.co/cQUUY7sjfm
One of the best side effects of the rise of prediction markets is that they will help substantially improve financial literacy in society Seeing percentages regularly, and every once in a while thinking something is mispriced, will work be great for...
Private internet money is a strong thesis for ZEC. Bitcoin becoming so institutionalized that self custody becomes marginalized is an even stronger thesis.
