The cryptocurrency market has just been hit by its most aggressive deleveraging event in recent memory. After weeks of quiet consolidation and attempts to defend psychological support levels, the BTC/USD trading pair suffered a severe breakdown, plunging deeply into the $60,000 zone. The sudden market capitulation triggered a devastating domino effect across centralized exchanges, resulting […]
Panchkula, India A major cybercrime operation targeting U.S. citizens has been dismantled in Panchkula after police raided a fake international call centre allegedly posing as Amazon customer support. Authorities arrested 21 individuals and seized cash, electronic equipment, a hardware crypto wallet, and other assets believed to be connected to the operation. The case highlights the […]
The promise was ambitious: blockchain-powered games where players could earn real money, own digital assets, and participate in decentralized virtual economies. Between 2020 and 2022, investors poured billions into the vision, making Web3 gaming one of the hottest sectors in the crypto industry. Four years later, the results paint a much different picture. According to […]
Bitcoin’s volatility index, the metric traders quietly watch when spot prices start sliding just woke up from a two-month nap. The BVIV, a 30-day implied volatility benchmark derived from Bitcoin options pricing, surged nearly 20% in a single session on Tuesday, climbing to 46.45%. That’s the largest daily jump since February 5, when the index […]
Monday opened with a familiar combination of bad geopolitical news and cascading forced selling. Bitcoin slipped below $71,000 for the first time since late April, touching an intraday low of $70,830 before recovering slightly to trade near $71,040 down approximately 3% on the day. Ethereum fell with it, breaking below the psychologically important $2,000 level. […]
June arrived without ceremony for crypto markets. Bitcoin slipped below $73,000 in early Monday trading, ether followed it lower, and the CoinDesk 20 Index shed 2% in the first hours of the new month. On the surface, it looks like continuation of May’s slide. Underneath it, the picture is considerably more interesting. The derivatives market […]
Ethereum treasury company FG Nexus just shifted another chunk of its ETH stash to Galaxy Digital, and the blockchain sleuths are already doing their best detective work. According to on-chain analytics account Onchain Lens, the firm transferred 5,000 ETH worth roughly $10.06 million at current prices into a Galaxy Digital wallet earlier today. The immediate […]
Wednesday was the kind of day that reminds institutional investors why they keep a risk manager on speed dial. BlackRock’s iShares Bitcoin Trust IBIT, the world’s largest spot Bitcoin ETF shed $527.84 million in a single session, making it the second-largest daily outflow the fund has ever recorded since launching in January 2024. The only […]
For years, countries around the world have talked about blockchain innovation, digital payments, and tokenized economies. Very few have actually attempted to rebuild parts of their financial infrastructure around crypto technology itself. Bermuda now wants to do exactly that. The small Atlantic island nation is quietly positioning itself as one of the most ambitious crypto-focused […]
If you’ve ever wished you could trade your opinion on who wins the Champions League final or whether Bitcoin cracks $100K before July, Binance just made it a whole lot easier. On May 25, the exchange’s Web3 Wallet quietly launched Event Rush a feature that transforms real-world outcomes into on-chain tokens you can buy and […]
