The incident adds to a string of crypto custody failures involving South Korean authorities in recent months.
Hotter US PPI inflation data boosted precious metals but punished Bitcoin bulls, with BTC price downside nearing 3% on the day.
South Korea’s National Tax Service reportedly published a wallet seed phrase in a press release, with tokens worth $4.8 million swiftly drained in the latest custody blunder for authorities.
The Chainlink price is hovering in that uncomfortable zone traders know all too well, compressed, quiet, and coiled. At $8.79 on the LINK/USD perpetual market, it doesn’t look heroic. But peel back the layers, and the setup feels anything but sleepy. Chainlink isn’t some fringe token chasing hype. It’s a crypto oracle platform connecting blockchains …
PYUSDx lets developers issue app-specific stablecoins backed by PayPal USD with fast launch, cross-chain support and branded token options.
Billionaire investor Grant Cardone says his company, Cardone Capital, is preparing to tokenise about $5 billion in U.S. real estate assets, aiming to turn property equity into digital tokens that can improve liquidity and act as collateral in secondary markets. The firm is exploring Layer 2 blockchain partners to support high‑volume token issuance and lower transaction costs …
OpenAI's massive funding round signals a transformative shift in AI's role across industries, potentially reshaping global tech dynamics.
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Norway's fund success highlights the growing influence of tech and AI investments, potentially reshaping global investment strategies.
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DeFi leads at Ondo and Galaxy Digital discuss how AI agents will reshape DeFi trading and why this bear is bullish.
Bitcoin’s rally is riding record $1.279 trillion margin debt, and the unwind could arrive without warning Bitcoin’s next phase is being shaped by a record build in U.S. market leverage, recession-leaning survey data and an expanding Treasury buyback program that is aimed at bond-market plumbing rather than monetary easing. Those inputs show up across FINRA’s […]
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ZKsync has announced that ZKsync Lite will be retired on May 4, 2026, with block production stopping and the network’s final state permanently frozen to ensure balances cannot change. Launched as a payment-focused ZK-rollup, ZKsync Lite helped demonstrate the potential of zero-knowledge technology, but the project is now concentrating on newer chains and the broader …
Any rollout would still require strict affordability and suitability checks, and crypto activity would need FCA authorization, Gambling Commission executive Tim Miller said.
South Korea’s National Tax Service accidentally exposed the recovery seed phrase of a seized crypto wallet in a public press release photo, leading attackers to drain about $4.8 million worth of PRTG tokens shortly afterward. The leaked seed phrase gave full control of the wallet, allowing transfers to unknown addresses within hours. Experts say the …
Solana's unique advantages position it as a leading contender against Ethereum in the blockchain space.
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Derive said options positioning and easing downside skew show traders cautiously preparing for a potential bitcoin recovery.
Expert trader Tony Severino, who correctly predicted Bitcoin’s top, has raised the possibility of a crash to $4,000. This comes as BTC continues to struggle to break key resistance levels, signaling that it could be at risk of a deeper decline. Expert Trader Raises Potential Bitcoin Drop To $4,000 In an X post, Tony Severino questioned the possibility that the next Bitcoin bull market is a lower high followed by a lower low. His accompanying chart showed BTC may be forming a Head-and-Shoulder pattern, which could spark a crash to $4,000. As such, he urged market participants to play the range and cycles. Related Reading: Bitcoin 5TH Wave Is Not Over Yet, And Price Could Still Crash To $52,000; Analyst Warns When asked about a potential bottom for Bitcoin in this bear market, the expert trader said it’s more speculative because the idea of a bottom can change over time. However, he noted that BTC is bottoming now on shorter timeframes and that on the longest timeframes, it could still take a while. Severino also recently stated that he expects a maximum drawdown of around 72% for Bitcoin in this cycle, implying a bottom at around $34,000. Veteran trader Peter Brandt has also predicted that Bitcoin could drop to as low as $40,000 before it finds a bottom. Notably, BTC continues to struggle, suggesting it remains at risk of a deeper decline despite the recent relief rally to $70,000. In an X post, on-chain analytics platform Glassnode noted that profit-taking continues to absorb momentum at the $70,000 threshold. The platform added that this pattern is consistent with a thin-liquidity regime, in which even modest realization events are sufficient to suppress recovery attempts. How BTC Could Drop To $30,000 In This Bear Market Crypto analyst Willy Woo stated that Bitcoin has only ever existed in a secular global macro bull market between 2009 and 2026. He warned that if the global macro breaks down, then the $30,000 level is the fallback level of support. The analyst highlighted $16,000 as the final line to maintain BTC’s bull trend. Related Reading: Elliot Wave Analyst Predicts Bitcoin Price Will Crash In Final Move, What’s The Target? However, Willy Woo believes $45,000 would be a typical bear-market bottom for Bitcoin. He noted that this bearish sell-off by investors appears to have been exhausted, which may allow the price to consolidate sideways for a month and possibly rebound to the mid $70,000 range. However, this level would likely be rejected. The analyst explained that this is because the broader regime is heavily bearish, with both spot and futures liquidity deteriorating. Willy Woo predicts that Q4 would be a good time for the end of the bearish trend and that Q1 or Q2 2027 would be an appropriate time for bullish momentum to return. At the time of writing, the Bitcoin price is trading at around $67,800, down in the last 24 hours, according to data from CoinMarketCap. Featured image from Pixabay, chart from Tradingview.com
Citrini warned everyone that these AI layoffs were coming, and it seems Jack Dorsey took their warning to heart and chose to act first.
After NVIDIA, the Chip giant registers quarterly revenue of $68.1B (73% YoY), the crypto market reacted in parallel. Bitcoin was pulled back from the critical $61,000 zone to barely hit $70,000 again. The AI coins and altcoins recorded the biggest daily gains after President Trump’s State of the Union address.The market cools down after the …
The UK Gambling Commission is exploring allowing cryptocurrency payments for bets, starting discussions on how digital assets could be used by licensed gambling operators in the country. This move comes as the Financial Conduct Authority advances its digital asset regulatory framework, with new crypto rules expected to take effect by October 2027, and could open …
Minnesota lawmakers want every Bitcoin ATM in the state gone. DFL Rep. Erin Koegel introduced House File 3642, a bill that would ban all crypto kiosks statewide and repeal the entire regulatory framework built just two years ago. The Minnesota Department of Commerce is backing the move, with government relations director Sam Smith confirming the …
The crypto market is down today, led by a sharp bitcoin price drop that has pushed BTC back toward the $66,200 mark. While the move has triggered caution across the market, it appears to be driven more by technical and liquidity factors than by any structural weakness. Bitcoin’s recent failure to sustain momentum above the …
Sentient launched Arena, a production-style platform to test AI agents on enterprise tasks, with Pantera and Franklin Templeton joining the initial cohort.
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Minnesota legislators introduced House File 3642, a bill that would ban the placement and operation of all cryptocurrency kiosks, physical crypto ATMs, across the state by prohibiting anyone from installing or running them. The proposal also calls for repealing existing rules that regulate kiosk licensing, require disclosures, set transaction limits, and govern consumer protections, effectively …
U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren has strongly opposed World Liberty Financial’s plan to get a national bank charter. She called it a serious corruption issue linked to President Donald Trump. The issue has sparked new concern about crypto rules, foreign investment, and political influence in the digital finance industry. World Liberty Financial Bank Charter Application Faces …
The UK Gambling Commission's crypto exploration could reshape gambling regulations, balancing innovation with consumer protection and compliance.
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Sam Bankman-Fried, the convicted FTX founder serving a 25-year sentence for wire fraud and conspiracy, posted a thread on X asking what he called “the biggest question for crypto”: will AI use it? SBF argued that AI models like ChatGPT and Claude need compute, and traditional finance cannot serve them. “How do they KYC? They …
Positioning in futures and options shows traders looking to protect against further declines.
The ruling keeps pre‑2019 investor claims in open court and rejects Binance’s bid to send the dispute to private arbitration in Singapore.
Block shares jumped more than 20% in premarket trading after CEO Jack Dorsey told employees the company will cut more than 4,000 roles and reorganize around an “AI-era” operating model. The reduction takes Block from more than 10,000 employees to just under 6,000 (“nearly half,” in Dorsey’s wording), while the company’s 8-K describes a “Workforce […]
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