SUI Gains 54% in Four Weeks, Outpacing Bitcoin and Ether as DeFi Lags Behind
Liquid Network Holds Bitcoin Redemptions Frozen at 86% Reserve Coverage After 4,000 BTC Exploit
Trump Declares Russia-Ukraine Energy Ceasefire; Crypto Markets Watch Closely
COLDCARD X Account Hijacked to Push Fake Migration Site Targeting Seed Phrases
Filecoin Vesting Ends in 2026, Cutting Annual FIL Issuance by 75%
Coinbase and Gennius Bring ONED USD Stablecoin Access Into Latin American Banks
Aerodrome Surges 48% in Four Weeks Ahead of Velodrome Merger
Bitcoin's Volatility Paradox: Lower Average Swings Mask Frequent Extreme Moves
Bitcoin Steadies Near $82,500 as Trump Rules Out Iran Strikes Before Midterms
NEAR Protocol Surges 83% in Four Weeks on Bitwise ETF Debut and Rising Intents Volume
HSBC and Ant Digital Trial AI Agent Payments Using Tokenized Deposits
Blockchain.com Files for Two CFTC Licenses Ahead of $500M IPO
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Liquid Network Holds Bitcoin Redemptions Frozen at 86% Reserve Coverage After 4,000 BTC Exploit
Trump Declares Russia-Ukraine Energy Ceasefire; Crypto Markets Watch Closely
COLDCARD X Account Hijacked to Push Fake Migration Site Targeting Seed Phrases
Filecoin Vesting Ends in 2026, Cutting Annual FIL Issuance by 75%
Coinbase and Gennius Bring ONED USD Stablecoin Access Into Latin American Banks
Aerodrome Surges 48% in Four Weeks Ahead of Velodrome Merger
Bitcoin's Volatility Paradox: Lower Average Swings Mask Frequent Extreme Moves
Bitcoin Steadies Near $82,500 as Trump Rules Out Iran Strikes Before Midterms
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SUI Gains 54% in Four Weeks, Outpacing Bitcoin and Ether as DeFi Lags Behind
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Liquid Network Holds Bitcoin Redemptions Frozen at 86% Reserve Coverage After 4,000 BTC Exploit
Thirty-five days after an attacker drained nearly 4,000 BTC from Blockstream's Liquid Network, users still cannot redeem their L-BTC tokens for actual bitcoin. Reserve coverage sits at approximately 85.8%, leaving a gap of roughly 603 BTC.
Trump Declares Russia-Ukraine Energy Ceasefire; Crypto Markets Watch Closely
President Trump announced an energy ceasefire between Russia and Ukraine on October 11, but the lack of specific terms and Ukrainian surprise at the announcement raise questions about whether this is a durable macro shift or a one-day sentiment trade.
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A phishing post on COLDCARD's compromised X account directed users to a fraudulent wallet-migration domain designed to harvest recovery phrases. COLDCARD confirmed the attack targeted users rather than its internal systems and has requested an investigation from X.
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