RECENTLY: An early Bitcoin whale moved BTC to Kraken, with Arkham Intelligence reporting it was mined just one month after Bitcoin's launch in 2009.
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A recent CertiK report found that Tornado Cash was involved in laundering $287 million across 30 of 156 money laundering incidents in the third quarter of 2024.
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RECENTLY: IcomTech founder David Carmona was sentenced to 121 months in prison for running a crypto Ponzi scheme that targeted working-class individuals.
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ANALYSIS: AI tokens, including Bittensor's TAO and Render's (RNDR), led a crypto market rebound on Friday, driven by a strong U.S. jobs report, reduced geopolitical concerns, and the CoinDesk Computing Index's strong performance.
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JUST IN: CME Group, the world's largest derivatives market, is reportedly preparing to launch a "physical" Bitcoin product.
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JUST IN: FTX creditors in the euro area will be repaid in euros, based on 2022 exchange rates, with up to 30% in processing fees.
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ANALYSIS: Centralized crypto exchanges saw a 17% drop in spot and derivatives trading volumes to $4.34 trillion in September, the lowest since June, as traders pulled back amid seasonal trends and macroeconomic uncertainty, according to CCData.
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JUST IN: U.S. employers added 254,000 jobs in September, lowering the unemployment rate to 4.1%.
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ANALYSIS: Hamster Kombat and Catizen, popular Telegram tap-to-earn games, have seen token values plunge 50% to 60% after launching on The Open Network (TON), raising concerns about their long-term viability and limited utility.
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JUST IN: Bitwise Asset Management has filed to change its three crypto futures ETFs from long-only strategies to strategies that rotate between crypto and U.S. Treasuries based on market trends.
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ANALYSIS: Crypto expert Astronomer argues that true altcoin seasons happen when liquidity shifts from Bitcoin to altcoins, despite rising Bitcoin dominance (BTC.D).
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JUST IN: Scam Sniffer reported that crypto phishing scams in September alone cost 10,000 victims $46 million, contributing to a total of $127 million in losses for Q3 2024.
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RECENTLY: U.S. authorities, including the DOJ and SEC, have taken action to support a revived class action lawsuit against Nvidia for allegedly concealing its crypto-related revenue.
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ANALYSIS: Scott Melker, "The Wolf of All Streets," highlighted that investors who used dollar-cost averaging to buy $100 of Bitcoin weekly at its peak of $69,000 would have seen their total investment of $15,200 grow to $31,473, resulting in a 107.06% gain.
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JUST IN: Sygnum's report suggests that Solana could challenge Ethereum's dominance by adopting real-world asset tokenization and stablecoins.
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ANALYSIS: Polymarket's trading volume reached $533.51 million in September, up $61.51 million from August, driven by interest in the 2024 U.S. presidential election and geopolitical events, while active users increased by 41%.
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JUST IN: CleanSpark reported a 187% increase in its hashrate over the past year, rising from 9.6 EH/s in September 2023 to 27.6 EH/s in September 2024, with CEO Zach Bradford crediting.
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RECENTLY: Kalshi and Interactive Brokers launched regulated presidential prediction markets a month before Election Day, but they are smaller than Polymarket's.
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RECENTLY: Local reports state that Vietnam's Nghe An police arrested five individuals linked to a Laos-based crypto scam network led by offshore actors, including two Vietnamese suspects involved in fraudulent wire transfers.
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TODAY: The FBI has alleged that ICHCoin is a cryptocurrency scam that has drained the entire life savings of some investors, according to an abc13 report.
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JUST IN: Shytoshi Kusama surprised the SHIB community by updating his X bio to invite followers to November’s ShibaCon in Bangkok, linking the event to Shiba Inu founder Ryoshi’s vision.
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JUST IN: Ubisoft will launch a 10,000-piece NFT collection on the Arbitrum network via Magic Eden, granting holders early access to the upcoming top-down shooter Captain Laserhawk: The G.A.M.E.
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ANALYSIS: Bitcoin has seen its largest outflow from exchanges in over 23 months, resulting in a decline of 2.57 million BTC in exchange reserves and reduced sell pressure, according to Cryptoquant data.
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JUST IN: Coinbase will delist stablecoins that fail to comply with the EU's Markets in Crypto-Assets (MiCA) regulation for EEA customers by December 30, as part of the EU's efforts to enforce stricter crypto asset controls.
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TODAY: Iris Energy Limited shares rose after the company reported mining 347 Bitcoin and a 42% revenue increase to $21.4 million in September, with capacity now at 21 EH/s and plans to reach 31 EH/s by Q4 2024.
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RECENTLY: Lamborghini has teamed up with Animoca Brands' Motorverse division to launch Fast ForWorld, a Web3 racing game featuring digital Lamborghini cars.
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TODAY: Whale Alert reported a transfer of 2,500 BTC, worth about $153 million, from Bybit to a private wallet.
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RECENTLY: Bybit, a leading crypto exchange, has introduced indices trading on MetaTrader 5, allowing users to trade using USDT.
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OPINION: Mark Cuban called memecoins prolonged "rug pulls" with no real utility.
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OPINION: Peter Schiff criticized Bitcoin holders for ignoring a bear market, noting that Bitcoin has fallen 40% against gold since its peak nearly three years ago.
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