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Gold back over $5,000 is a market tell: fear is back. Tether just paid $150 million for the last mile. By taking ~12% of Gold.com and integrating XAU₮, Tether is buying distribution, so a USDT holder can reach for gold without leaving the crypto payment loopGold is trading above $5,000 an ounce again, and the mood that comes with that price level is back with it. When people start getting gold fever, they are paying for a certain feeling: safety, portability, and a hedge against the kind of macro mess that makes every other asset feel risky, according to Reuters.Crypto,…

Trusted Editorial content, reviewed by leading industry experts and seasoned editors. Ad Disclosure A US court has sentenced the CEO of Bitcoin trading firm, Praetorian Group International (PGI), to 20 years in prison after convicting him of operating a large-scale Ponzi scheme. The fraudulent investment platform, which falsely claimed to generate profits through cryptocurrency trading, misappropriated substantial capital from tens of thousands of investors globally. Over 8,000 Bitcoin In Palafox Scam Operation – DOJ  According to a recent release by the DOJ, Ramil Ventura Palafox, a 61-year-old dual citizen of the United States and the Philippines, orchestrated a sophisticated fraudulent…

Bitcoin’s slide toward $60,000 came with the usual noise from exchanges, but the sheer size of the panic was evident somewhere else. Options tied to BlackRock’s iShares Bitcoin Trust (IBIT) traded about 2.33 million contracts in a single trading day, a record that arrived right as price was at its most unstable.At the same time, the underlying asset saw a record day as well. On the same day, IBIT itself printed more than 284 million shares of turnover, worth over $10 billion in notional.While the crash took a toll on exchanges, they weren’t the only ones affected by the volatility.…

Hackers have launched a sophisticated mobile spyware platform that triggers a total compromise of Android and iOS devices. Researchers at iVerify say the platform is called ZeroDayRAT and is currently for sale on Telegram. It gives criminals a powerful web dashboard to seize full control of phones running Android 5 through 16 or iOS up to version 26, including the new iPhone 17 Pro. Source: iVerify The spyware grabs everything including live GPS location with history, every notification from WhatsApp to banking and crypto apps, full lists of accounts on the device and the ability to read and send SMS,…

In brief Mark Moran is using a meme coin to help boost his long-shot Senate bid. Moran said he’s trying to motivate degens and connect with voters. The former Wall Street banker is running against a pro-crypto Democrat. Mark Moran may be fresh to politics, but the former reality TV contestant and Wall Street banker is confident that his path to Washington runs through Solana’s trenches.That’s because the 34-year-old, who is challenging incumbent Sen. Mark Warner in Virginia’s Democratic primary, recently embraced a meme coin as a way to elevate his campaign.Moran described the endeavor to Decrypt as an attempt…

In brief Bitcoin’s “ultimate bear market bottom” is $55,000, according to a new report from CryptoQuant. The firm’s market indicator also sits above its “extreme bear” phase, which has typically marked the start of bottoming process. Bitcoin would need to fall another 21% to reach the “ultimate bear market” mark, per analysts. Bitcoin traders hoping that the top crypto asset has already marked its bottom for the cycle are likely to be disappointed, according to a new report from CryptoQuant. The firm’s weekly report insists traders need patience, noting that bear market bottoms “take time to form,” while citing the true…

Within a span of weeks in early 2026, a cluster of senior crypto operators announced they were stepping back or switching domains.Akshay BD, who spent five years building Solana’s ecosystem, posted a “life update” saying he was “grateful to pass the torch.”Anthony Rose, a zkSync executive, announced he was “moving on” after four years at Matter Labs.Nader Dabit left Eigen Labs to join Cognition, working on “end-to-end software agents that ship production code.”Kyle Samani stepped down as Multicoin’s managing partner to explore AI and robotics, while maintaining he’s still bullish on crypto.The timing felt coordinated, even if it wasn’t.The pattern…

Trusted Editorial content, reviewed by leading industry experts and seasoned editors. Ad Disclosure Patrick Witt, a senior White House crypto adviser, told reporters that banks should not see stablecoin yield programs as an existential threat. He argued that banks and crypto firms can both offer similar products to customers and that the controversy over rewards is fixable through compromise. Reports note he made the comments in a sit-down with Yahoo Finance as lawmakers and industry groups continue talks. Banks Can Offer Similar Products Big lenders have options, and some are already moving to use them. According to meetings and follow-ups,…

Bitcoin is holding its ground this weekend. After Friday’s soft CPI rally, price keeps leaning into the same overhead zone around $70,300, and bids keep showing up above $65,000.That detail matters more than the stall.Last Sunday I framed $71,500 as the market’s checkpoint, the line that decides whether this bounce becomes a recovery or fades into another leg down. The logic stays the same, the level stays the same, and the market’s behavior underneath it looks different this time. Related ReadingBitcoin must recover $71,500 soon or the drift back to $60,000 beginsBTC has failed this critical test three times already…

One input mistake at South Korea’s Bithumb turned a routine promo payout into a $44 billion disaster for a simple reason: crypto moves at internet speed, but many exchanges still run on back-office habits built for slower systems.On Feb. 6, Bithumb meant to hand out tiny cash rewards as part of a promotion, about 2,000 won per recipient. Instead, its internal system credited affected users with Bitcoin, at least 2,000 BTC each, and the totals added up to roughly 620,000 BTC on the exchange’s ledger.About 695 customers were affected, and Bithumb restricted trading and withdrawals for those accounts within 35…

Trusted Editorial content, reviewed by leading industry experts and seasoned editors. Ad Disclosure The US Secretary of the Treasury has called for the passage of the long-awaited crypto market structure bill this spring to provide reassurance to the industry amid recent market volatility. Bessent Calls For Crypto Market Structure Bill On Friday, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent urged the US lawmakers to pass the stalled crypto market structure bill soon, highlighting the importance of getting the legislation on President Donald Trump’s desk before the end of the spring legislative window. In a CNBC interview, Bessent affirmed that part of the recent…

Bitcoin bottom signals: ETF outflows, miner stress, and why a 2026 recession looks like the outlierBitcoin could be approaching a cycle low as spot Bitcoin ETF flows keep leaking and miner economics stay tight, even while recession talk dominates the timeline.The key point: a 2026 recession or stock-market crash still looks like the outlier scenario, which means Bitcoin can bottom on Bitcoin-native mechanics: forced selling, leverage unwinds, miner stress, and a clearing level where the buyer base changes personality.TL;DR: ETF flows are still draining, which usually forces price to find a new clearing level.Miner economics look wintry (fees are tiny…

Trusted Editorial content, reviewed by leading industry experts and seasoned editors. Ad Disclosure The world’s largest cryptocurrency exchange, Binance, is facing renewed scrutiny following an exclusive report published by Fortune on Friday that raises fresh questions about the exchange’s internal compliance controls and sanctions oversight. Alleged Sanctions Breaches According to multiple sources and internal documents reviewed by the publication, members of Binance’s compliance team identified transactions suggesting that entities linked to Iran received more than $1 billion through the platform between March 2024 and August 2025.  The transfers were reportedly conducted using the stablecoin Tether (USDT) on the Tron blockchain.…

Trusted Editorial content, reviewed by leading industry experts and seasoned editors. Ad Disclosure Crypto transfers tied to suspected human trafficking networks surged 85% year over year in 2025, according to Chainalysis. Reports say the total volume reached hundreds of millions of dollars across services that investigators have linked to forced labor operations, prostitution rings, and the sale of child sexual abuse material. The firm said much of the activity it tracked was concentrated in Southeast Asia, where trafficking networks have been connected to scam compounds and cross-border fraud hubs. The flows were identified through wallet clustering, transaction tracing, and analysis…

In brief Figure confirmed a data breach, saying that an employee was tricked in a social engineering attack. Stolen files allegedly include names, addresses, dates of birth, and phone numbers, per a report. The publicly traded lender says it is offering free credit monitoring to affected individuals. Figure Technology confirmed Friday that it suffered a customer data breach after an employee was targeted in a social engineering attack.The hacking group ShinyHunters claimed responsibility, saying Figure refused to pay a ransom and that it published 2.5 gigabytes of stolen data. TechCrunch, which first reported on the breach, said that it reviewed…

Trusted Editorial content, reviewed by leading industry experts and seasoned editors. Ad Disclosure Bitcoin continues to struggle below the $70,000 level as persistent selling pressure keeps the market in a defensive posture. The inability to reclaim this psychological threshold has weighed on sentiment, with traders increasingly cautious amid elevated volatility and tightening liquidity conditions. While corrective phases are common after strong rallies, the current environment reflects sustained stress rather than a brief pullback, leaving investors closely monitoring key structural support levels. A recent report from Axel Adler highlights the extent of the ongoing downtrend. According to the analysis, Bitcoin has…