Bitcoin BTC$80,592.79 just gave the options desks the breakout they were positioning for. The largest crypto crossed $81,000 in Asian hours Tuesday, its highest level since late January, up from $79,000 at the end of U.S. trading hours on Monday and 5.3% higher on the week. Other majors traded mixed. Ether held $2,379, off 0.1%…
Leading decentralized lending platform Aave has asked a U.S. federal court to block an attempt by victims of North Korean terrorism to seize about $71 million in crypto frozen after last month’s rsETH-related exploit, escalating a dispute that has already split Arbitrum’s governance. The filing, submitted Monday in the Southern District of New York, seeks…
Bitcoin BTC$80,958.81 continues to rally, defying the typical inflation playbook. It’s raising the question of whether the cryptocurrency has quietly crossed over from risk asset to inflation hedge. The leading cryptocurrency by market value has risen 19% in just over a month, topping $80,000 on Monday for the first time since January. The rally comes…
Ripple is now sharing its internal threat intelligence on North Korean hackers with the crypto industry, the company said Monday, in a move that reframes how the sector is responding to a shift in DPRK attack methodology. The Drift hack was not a hack in the way most people think of one. Nobody found a…
Payward, the parent company of crypto exchange Kraken, has accused former custody partner Etana and its CEO, Dion Brandon Russell, of misappropriating more than $25 million in client funds, according to a second amended complaint filed in the U.S. District Court in Colorado on Monday. The crypto exchange alleges that Etana Custody, which is undergoing…
Are stablecoins stable? Come on, it’s in the name! Of course, the crypto industry has certainly seen categories misnamed. Anyone remember NuBits? Surely you lost money in Terra? Just last year, DeFi stables, including Synthetix and Ethena, lost their peg. And even robust stablecoins like Circle’s USDC and Tether have seen temporary depegging over the…
Bitcoin is beginning the Hong Kong trading day under $80,000, according to CoinDesk market data, as the market once again tests a level that has repeatedly capped upside in recent sessions. Price action remains rangebound just below the $80,700 short-term holder realized price, a key on-chain level now acting as near-term resistance, Glassnode said in…
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Binance is launching a user-controlled withdrawal lock aimed at a threat the crypto industry has spent the past year reckoning with: physical coercion of holders, otherwise known as the so-called wrench attacks. The feature, “Withdraw Protection,” lets users freeze their own account against onchain withdrawals for one to seven days, the exchange said Monday. A…
