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Binance froze assets, traced blockchain trails, and helped crack a cross-border ransom-for-crypto network as it dismantled a $3.75M laundering ring hiding in casinos. Binance Neutralizes Crypto Laundering Hub Hidden in Junket-Casino Labyrinth Crypto exchange Binance revealed on June 13 that its Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU) supported Philippine law enforcement in dismantling a sophisticated kidnapping-for-ransom operation […]
Earlier this year, the Rayonism hackathon kicked off to protoype the architecture for Ethereum’s transition to proof of stake. The transition, often refered to as The Merge, will keep the existing beacon chain (eth2) and execution layer (eth1) clients, and “merge” both chains by making the beacon chain drive the execution layer’s consensus. This approach is the most recent in a series of iterations to the Ethereum roadmap (more on that here). While Rayonism proved that this was a sound architecture, there were still several things left to design, implement and test, including the actual proof of work (PoW) to…
Developer activity and spot demand rise, but APT stays trapped in a multi-month range. Aptos’ Leverage and DEX volumes rebound, hinting at a potential breakout if confidence returns. Developer momentum on the Aptos [APT] network has accelerated sharply, with daily smart contract deployments recently soaring past 450, marking a six-month high. Naturally, this uptick reflects growing developer confidence and renewed network activity. Yet, APT has dropped 8.85% in the same period, slipping to $4.48 and nearing the bottom of its multi-month trading range. Buyers dominate order books The Spot Taker CVD remained firmly in buy-dominant territory, indicating that market participants…
Trump Media and Technology Group (TMTG), the company that owns US President Donald Trump’s Truth Social platform and is partially owned by the president, has received approval from the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) for its registration statement tied to its $2.3 billion Bitcoin treasury deal.According to a June 13 SEC filing, the agency “declared effective” TMTG’s S-3 registration statement — filed on June 6 — for the Bitcoin (BTC) treasury deal. The S-3 is a form that US companies use to register the sale of various securities, like stocks, options, and different types of debt. TMTG filed a…
BSC Foundation acquired $250K in Cake, LISTA, Moolah, and VIXBT within 30 minutes. Over $222K of tokens were funneled into a single wallet, hinting at coordinated strategy. Large VIXBT transfer shows high volume despite low dollar value, likely micro-cap accumulation. On-chain data captured within a 30-minute window shows major accumulation activity across four BNB Smart Chain (BSC) tokens, including Cake, LISTA, Moolah, and VIXBT. Blockchain monitoring indicates that the BSC Foundation spent approximately $250,000 USDT acquiring these tokens, with a major portion consolidated into a single recipient wallet. The transfers have drawn attention from analysts tracking whale movements and potential…
Bitcoin’s recent rally appears to have paused as the asset declined to just above $104,000 following a 2.1% drop over the past 24 hours. This latest movement signals a potential shift in short-term market momentum, with traders increasingly opting to exit positions. While the broader cryptocurrency market has experienced similar pullbacks, Bitcoin’s trajectory is attracting closer scrutiny due to its influence on overall sentiment and market structure. Analysts are looking into how external factors, particularly geopolitical developments, are impacting trading behavior. One such development is the reported military engagement between Israel and Iran on June 13, which triggered sell pressure…
tl;dr Altair is fast approaching. Upgrade your nodes! Now! 🚨Upgrade to Altair before Oct 27🚨 As mentioned in the previous Finalized post, Altair is scheduled to go live at epoch 74240 — Oct 27, 2021, 10:56:23am UTC. See the Altair Mainnet Announcement for details on who, how, and why. Suffice it to say here that the upgrade is in approximately one week, so the time to upgrade your node is now. If you run a validator on the beacon chain, you must upgrade before the Altair upgrade epoch or else you will experience downtime penalties. Note: 4 of the 5…
Seven Solana ETF applicants filed S-1 statements with the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on June 13; however, Bloomberg ETF analyst James Seyffart doubts approval will come as soon as next week.“I think there needs to be a back and forth with the SEC and issuers to iron out details, so I doubt it. If anyone remembers the Bitcoin ETF launch, there were *A LOT* of filings over the preceding couple months before launch,” Seyffart said in a post on Friday. US-based spot Bitcoin ETFs launched in January 2024, more than ten years after crypto exchange Gemini co-founders Tyler…
As I step onto the plane leaving Gardermoen Airport in Oslo, Norway, the weight and warmth of the past week settles into my chest.The Oslo Freedom Forum is not a conference. It’s not a summit. It’s something harder to name and even harder to describe — a convergence of courage, truth and defiance that burns through the noise of the modern world and gives you no choice but to listen, feel and act. For the second time, I leave this city more convinced than ever that something unstoppable is rising. That amid the censorship, surveillance and state repression spreading across…
Coinbase’s CEO is driving urgent action behind two landmark crypto bills that promise regulatory clarity, investor protection, and explosive growth for America’s digital asset future. Coinbase Urges Legislative Action on 2 Crypto Bills: ’52 Million American Crypto Owners Are Counting on It’ Cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase (Nasdaq: COIN) renewed its call for Congress to establish clear […]