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Trusted Editorial content, reviewed by leading industry experts and seasoned editors. Ad Disclosure Through a monitored X social media account managed by a friend, FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried has shared new details about what happened to users’ crypto after he was incarcerated for misusing funds, which led to the loss of approximately $10 billion in customer deposits. SBF claims that most customer assets were never lost and that nearly all legitimate claims have already been repaid. His statements have sparked renewed discussions about FTX’s collapse, the controversial bankruptcy process, and his role in the events that followed. FTX Founder Claims…

In brief Chinese state cybersecurity watchdog CVERC has alleged that the U.S. unlawfully seized 127,271 BTC from a mining pool hack instead of criminal proceeds. The Bitcoin stash in question was allegedly tied to Chen Zhi, a Cambodian businessman accused of running “pig-butchering” scams. The coins stayed dormant for four years before being moved to wallets tagged as U.S.-controlled. A Chinese state cybersecurity watchdog has accused the U.S. government of unlawfully seizing billions of dollars worth of Bitcoin, alleging the assets originated from a 2020 mining pool hack instead of being sourced from criminal proceeds tied to Cambodian businessman Chen…

Strategy (formerly MicroStrategy) has earned a reputation for making its weekly Bitcoin acquisitions near the local top in recent weeks.On Nov. 10, CryptoQuant analyst JA Marturn noted that the firm’s most recent acquisition disclosure from Michael Saylor followed the same script.According to an SEC filing, Strategy announced that it had acquired 487 BTC between Nov. 3 and Nov. 9 for $49.9 million at an average price of $102,557 per coin.While the flagship asset spent most of the past week trading sideways, Bitcoin had reached a high of above $106,000 on Nov. 3 before sliding more than 9% to trade briefly…

Trusted Editorial content, reviewed by leading industry experts and seasoned editors. Ad Disclosure Dave Weisberger, former chairman and co-founder of CoinRoutes and now president of BetterTrade.digital, delivered a pointed critique of popular XRP price targets while laying out a structurally bullish—yet methodical—thesis for Bitcoin’s long-term value. In a November 10 video, Weisberger argued that Bitcoin’s investment case rests on verifiable scarcity and a distributed network with unmatched uptime, whereas XRP’s path to durable upside must be underwritten by tangible network revenues that accrue to the token. Weisberger framed investor behavior in first principles: people buy assets because they expect them…

Trusted Editorial content, reviewed by leading industry experts and seasoned editors. Ad Disclosure While Ethereum has moved back above the $3,500 price mark, renewed buying pressure is being observed around the leading digital asset. Both small and big investors or traders are starting to purchase the altcoin at a rapid rate, pointing to a strategic positioning of the investors. Top-Tier Investors Are Steadily Buying ETH Following the recent rebound in the price of Ethereum, several investors are exhibiting newfound interest in the leading altcoin. The report from Prime on X reveals that this fresh buying pressure is particularly evident among…

Morning Minute is a daily newsletter written by Tyler Warner. The analysis and opinions expressed are his own and do not necessarily reflect those of Decrypt. Subscribe to the Morning Minute on Substack.GM!Today’s top news: Crypto majors fall overnight; BTC -1% at $104,800 Coinbase unveils Coinbase Token Sales ICO platform, will host MON sale Monad shared tokenomics and public sale details for MON ($2.5B fdv) Uniswap plans to turn fee switch on, burn 100M UNI tokens (UNI +20%) US Treasury and IRS issue guidance to make staking easier for ETFs ? Coinbase Unveils Its Own Token Launchpad, With Monad Up FirstAnd Monad…

China’s National Computer Virus Emergency Response Center just accused the United States of carrying out the 2020 LuBian Bitcoin exploit.However, Western research ties the event to a wallet random-number flaw and does not name a state actor.Open-source forensics on the LuBian drainThe core facts of the episode are now well documented across open sources. According to Arkham, approximately 127,000 BTC were moved out of wallets associated with the LuBian mining pool over a period of about two hours on December 28–29, 2020, through coordinated withdrawals across hundreds of addresses.According to the MilkSad research team and CVE-2023-39910, those wallets were created…

Trusted Editorial content, reviewed by leading industry experts and seasoned editors. Ad Disclosure Quick Facts: ➡️ Three recent six-figure whale purchases and a presale above $26M signal growing confidence in Bitcoin Hyper’s $BTC-anchored Layer-2 design. ➡️ Hyper’s Canonical Bridge, paired with the Solana Virtual Machine (SVM), aim to make the Bitcoin ecosystem faster, cheaper, and more scalable. ➡️ The new blockchain’s SVM-compatible execution widens the ecosystem’s applications, aiming to pair Solana-style speed with Bitcoin settlement for payments and DeFi. ➡️ The current presale pricing at $0.013255 gives a cheap entry opportunity for altcoin enthusiasts hunting for the next crypto to…