Day: March 17, 2025

Secret Service Launches Operation Targeting Alleged Money Laundering Crypto Exchange

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The U.S. Secret Service is targeting the masterminds behind the Russian crypto exchange Garantex for their role in an alleged money laundering operation. In a press release, the Secret Service says it is going after Garantex for allegedly facilitating the transaction of hundreds of millions of dollars in criminal proceeds, some of which was used to engage in illicit activities including drug trafficking, hacking and terrorist financing. According to authorities, the crypto exchange’s operators – Russian national Aleksandr Mira Serda and Lithuanian national Aleksej Besciokov – knew that the platform…

Solana Holds Bullish Pattern – Expert Sets $140 Target

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Reason to trust Strict editorial policy that focuses on accuracy, relevance, and impartiality Created by industry experts and meticulously reviewed The highest standards in reporting and publishing Strict editorial policy that focuses on accuracy, relevance, and impartiality Morbi pretium leo et nisl aliquam mollis. Quisque arcu lorem, ultricies quis pellentesque nec, ullamcorper eu odio. Este artículo también está disponible en español. Solana (SOL) has been under intense selling pressure, with the price failing to reclaim key resistance levels after weeks of fear-driven market conditions. Bulls lost control when SOL dropped…

Bitcoin Holds Steady at $83K As Strategy Buys the Dip

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Michael Saylor’s newly rebranded software company turned bitcoin treasury firm Strategy, announced a 130 BTC purchase on Monday as the dominant cryptocurrency hovered just above $83,000, staying mostly flat since last week. Strategy Doubles Down on Bitcoin, As BTC Hovers at $83K Bitcoin ( BTC) remained relatively stable over the past 24 hours, trading within […] Original

Ethereum Welcomes a New Testnet

Ethereum developers launched a new test network, Hoodi, on Monday that will be used to carry out the blockchain’s upcoming ‘Pectra’ upgrade. Pectra will go live on Hoodi on March 26, and if all goes well, the long-awaited upgrade will proceed to Etheruem’s mainnet roughly 30 days later, according to the network’s core developers. Hoodi was created following faulty Pectra tests on Ethereum’s other testnets, Holesky and Sepolia, which failed to finalize properly due to problems with how they were configured. Test networks like Holesky, Sepolia, and Hoodi aim to…

North Korea leapfrogs Bhutan, El Salvador in Bitcoin holdings after Bybit hack

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The Democratic People’s Republic of Korea became the world’s fifth-largest sovereign Bitcoin holder after Lazarus stole over $1.4 billion from Bybit. North Korean-funded terror group Lazarus has catapulted the nation’s Bitcoin (BTC) holdings above caches controlled by crypto-friendly countries Bhutan and El Salvador. Lazarus controls 13,518 BTC, worth approximately $1.1 billion at press time, according to Arkham data. This massive wealth was amassed through numerous cyber attacks and crypto exploits over the years, like the Japanese exchange DMM Bitcoin exploit in 2024 and Ronin Network in 2022, where Lazarus stole…

Solana Price To Drop To Double Digits? Major Levels To Watch For Entries

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Reason to trust Strict editorial policy that focuses on accuracy, relevance, and impartiality Created by industry experts and meticulously reviewed The highest standards in reporting and publishing Strict editorial policy that focuses on accuracy, relevance, and impartiality Morbi pretium leo et nisl aliquam mollis. Quisque arcu lorem, ultricies quis pellentesque nec, ullamcorper eu odio. Este artículo también está disponible en español. Crypto analyst SiDec has raised the possibility of the Solana price dropping to double digits. The analyst revealed major levels to watch for entries as market participants brace up…

Move is now primed to grow DeFi

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Opinion by: Alex Nguyen, CEO at VibrantX The Move programming language’s origin is not super cypherpunk. Facebook (now Meta) created Move after the Libra/Diem team compared major smart contract languages (Bitcoin Script, Ethereum Virtual Machine bytecode languages) and decided their formidable in-house tech talent could make a new language built on years of private and public sector research. The original team, including founders Mo Shaikh, Avery Ching, and their engineering team, left Facebook to continue as a fully independent, open-source project headed up by Aptos Labs and supported by the…

Polymarket to See More Competition as Robinhood (HOOD) Opens Prediction Markets Hub

After the success of crypto-based platform Polymarket trading venue Robinhood (HOOD) is now opening a prediction market on its platform, available through CFTC-regulated exchange Kalshi, the company said, with contracts rolling out today. The company’s prediction markets hub will allow customers to bet on event outcomes, the HOOD announced in a press release. It’s another competitor to Polymarket, the world’s largest predictions market, which exploded in popularity last year amid the U.S. presidential election and any number of other high- and lower-profile news events. The rise in popularity triggered intense…

Ethereum onchain data suggests $2K ETH price is out of reach for now

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Ether’s (ETH) price has been consolidating within a roughly $130 range over the last seven days as $2,000 remains strong overhead resistance. Data from Cointelegraph Markets Pro and Bitstamp shows that ETH price oscillates within a tight range between $1,810 and $1,960. ETH/USD daily chart. Source: Cointelegraph/TradingView Ether price remains pinned below $2,000 for several reasons, including declining Ethereum’s weak network activity and decreasing TVL, negative spot Ethereum ETF flows, and weak technicals. Negative spot Ethereum ETF outflows The underperformance in Ether’s price can be attributed to investors’ risk-off behavior,…

Solana, Home of The Best Meme Coins, Turns Five Years Old

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Reason to trust Strict editorial policy that focuses on accuracy, relevance, and impartiality Created by industry experts and meticulously reviewed The highest standards in reporting and publishing Strict editorial policy that focuses on accuracy, relevance, and impartiality Morbi pretium leo et nisl aliquam mollis. Quisque arcu lorem, ultricies quis pellentesque nec, ullamcorper eu odio. Este artículo también está disponible en español. Solana celebrated its 5th birthday yesterday. In honour of the occasion, we decided to take a look at this blockchain’s journey to becoming a leading platform and the home…