Category: Other Crypto News

Americans Lost $11B to Crypto Scams in 2025, Says FBI

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According to the bureau, a large number of minors aged 17 and younger were included in complaints related to crypto or crypto ATMs, resulting in more than $5 million in losses. The US Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) reported that Americans’ losses from crypto-related scams increased to more than $11 million in 2025. In its annual internet crime complaint report released on Monday, the FBI said that cryptocurrency and AI-related scams were “among the costliest” for Americans in 2025, with 181,565 complaints totaling more than $11 billion. According to the…

Forget XRP Price Weakness, Investors Are Still Pouring In, And Wallet Figures Just Hit An Impressive Target

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Crypto pundit Crypto Eri has revealed a new milestone in terms of the number of XRP Ledger (XRPL) wallets despite the XRP price weakness. This comes as the altcoin risks dropping below the psychological $1.30 level amid uncertainty over a ceasefire in the U.S.-Iran war.  XRP Ledger Wallets Rise Despite XRP Price Weakness In an X post, Crypto Eri noted that despite a softening of the XRP price that began in 2025, wallets continue to climb, with the XRP Ledger wallets currently at 8.1 million, according to CryptoQuant data. This…

XRP 1-Year MVRV Falls To -41%, Lowest Since FTX Crash

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Keshav is currently a senior writer at NewsBTC and has been attached to the website since June 14, 2021. Keshav has been writing for many years, first as a hobbyist and later as a freelancer. He has experience working in a variety of niches, even fiction at one point, but the cryptocurrency industry has been the longest he has been attached to. In terms of official educational qualifications, Keshav holds a bachelor’s degree in Physics from one of the premier institutes of India, the University of Delhi (DU). He started…

Bitcoin Holds $67K as Wintermute Flags Sentiment Divergence

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Bitcoin (BTC) continues to show strong support at $67,000, even as a growing split between BTC’s price stability and bearish sentiment among investors leaves the cryptocurrency in a state of equilibrium. BTC’s resilience in avoiding dips below $60,000 has been driven by strong institutional investor demand and long-term buying, despite volatility stemming from the US-Israel-Iran war. Wintermure flags a shift in BTC positioning Market maker Wintermute noted that Bitcoin’s price and sentiment were diverging. The Fear and Greed Index sat at 11 on Tuesday, staying in “extreme fear” for over…

Underdog Bitcoin Miner Bags 3.139 BTC In Stunning Block Discovery

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A 33-day dry spell for solo Bitcoin miners ended last week when one small operator cracked a block that, statistically, should not have been cracked for decades. Related Reading One Miner, One Block, One Very Long Shot The winning miner earned 3.139 BTC — worth roughly $210,000 — after successfully validating block 943,411 on April 3. The payout included the standard 3.125 BTC block subsidy and approximately 0.014 BTC in transaction fees. Data from mempool.space confirmed the transaction. The miner operated through CKPool, a platform built for independent operators who…

US Prosecutors Reject Tornado Cash Co-founder‘s Argument for Dismissal

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Jay Clayton, the US Attorney for the Southern District of New York (SDNY) and former chair of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), has penned a response to Tornado Cash co-founder Roman Storm’s motion for acquittal, criticizing his alleged criminal behavior.   In a Tuesday filing in the US District Court for the Southern District of New York, Clayton said that Storm’s criminal use of Tornado Cash was “window dressing at best and outright misdirection at worst,” rejecting arguments that he be allowed to use a civil copyright case in his…

Split Capital Founder Says Crypto Hedge Funds No Longer Work

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Split Capital, a digital asset hedge fund founded by investor Zaheer Ebtikar, is shutting down, with the founder joining Peter Thiel-backed stablecoin startup Plasma. Ebtikar announced the news in an X post on Tuesday, saying Split Capital was profitable both in 2024 and 2025, and delivered over 100% in returns. “We were a top performing fund by every mark,” Ebtikar claimed, adding that his decision to wind down the business was driven by a belief that the crypto market had shifted away from strategies that hedge funds are designed to…

XRP Price Will Trade At $1,000 If This Happens; Analyst

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A crypto commentator has put forward a bold prediction for XRP, arguing that a return to its 2017-style growth could send the asset into four-digit territory. Taking to the social media platform X, The Real Remi Relief pointed to the magnitude of XRP’s previous cycle and laid out how a similar percentage move from the current price range would place the cryptocurrency trading above $1,000. Looking At The 2017 XRP Price Blueprint According to a crypto commentator known as The Real Remi Relief on X, we will have a $1000 XRP…

Polymarket Grabs 97% of Onchain Prediction Market Fees After Overhaul

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Polymarket has become one of decentralized finance’s most profitable protocols after a pricing overhaul, generating about $7.1 million in fees in the first week of the second quarter, according to new data. That pace implies an annualized run rate of roughly $365 million if sustained, placing the onchain prediction platform among the industry’s top fee generators and giving it nearly all of the sector’s revenue, at 96.8% of onchain prediction market fees. The gains follow a March 30 pricing change that pushed daily fees to around $1 million, a level…

DATs Need Liquid Staking to Outperform ETH Staking ETFs: Lido Exec

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Ether treasury companies may need to use liquid staking and other active yield strategies if they want to offer investors something beyond the staking rewards already available through listed Ether products, Kean Gilbert, head of institutional relations at Lido, told Cointelegraph at ETHCC 2026. Liquid staking lets Ether (ETH) holders stake their tokens while receiving a transferable token that can still be deployed elsewhere in decentralized finance (DeFi). Gilbert said strategies such as posting ETH as collateral and borrowing against it could help treasury companies generate higher returns than passive…