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The Australian island state of Tasmania has become the latest to join a country-wide crackdown on crypto ATM scammers.Tasmania Police Cyber Investigations said on Friday that it found the top 15 users of crypto ATMs in the state were all victims of scams, with combined losses of 2.5 million Australian dollars ($1.6 million). Over a third, around $592,000, was deposited into crypto ATMs. The announcement comes just weeks after Australian Federal Police and Australia’s financial intelligence agency, AUSTRAC, said they were leading a national enforcement operation to clamp down on criminal use of crypto ATMs.Victims pressured to use crypto ATMs by…
Bitcoin’s shrinking supply: What’s going on? With less BTC in circulation, experts are bracing for a potential supply shock.Bitcoin’s hard cap of 21 million coins has always been central to its appeal. However, by 2025, this built-in scarcity is no longer just a theoretical feature; it’s becoming a market reality. 93% of all Bitcoin has already been mined, and since the network’s fourth halving in April, which cut miner rewards in half, fewer new coins are entering circulation each day.At the same time, long-term holders are sitting tight. A growing share of Bitcoin is now locked in cold storage, tied…
A closely followed crypto analyst says that one mid-cap altcoin looks primed to quadruple by August while updating his outlook on Dogecoin (DOGE) and Solana (SOL). In a new strategy session, crypto trader Ali Martinez tells his 139,600 followers on the social media platform X that Pudgy Penguin (PENGU), the native asset of a non-fungible token (NFT) collection with the same name, appears ready to skyrocket aided by the launch of its upcoming exchange-traded fund (ETF). “Slap yourself if you are sleeping on PENGU. This is a textbook bullish retest. $0.060 by August is just the start. Once the ETF…
KULR Technology Group, Inc. (NYSE: KULR) announced it has expanded its Bitcoin treasury to $101 million after acquiring approximately $10 million in additional bitcoin at an average price of $108,884 per BTC. The company’s total bitcoin holdings have risen to 1,021 BTC, in line with its Bitcoin treasury strategy launched in December 2024, which commits up to 90% of surplus cash reserves to bitcoin as a primary treasury asset. “Bitcoin has outpaced every major asset class in 11 of the last 14 years, often by a significant margin,” said the CEO of KULR Michael Mo. “The price cycles, however, will…
Join Our Telegram channel to stay up to date on breaking news coverage The share price of Minnesota-based affiliate marketing firm SharpLink Gaming soared over 7% in the past 24 hours after the company announced a second Ethereum (ETH) purchase for $30 million. In a June 25 announcement, SharpLink Gaming said it purchased 12,207 ETH at an average price of $2,513 last week for around $30.7 million. SharpLink Gaming Sells Shares To Buy More ETH, Stakes All Of Its Holdings SharpLink said in its announcement that it sold 2.54 million shares last week as well to raise $27.7 million. The…
Bitcoin’s recent surge resulted in significant liquidations, with more than $1.09 billion in short contracts wiped out within a 24-hour period. Bitcoin Rally Triggers Liquidations Bitcoin’s rally to a new all-time high of over $118,000 triggered a massive wave of liquidations, wiping out more than $1.11 billion in short contracts in a single 24-hour period […]
The Pectra testnet activation revealed issues in clients with deposit contract configurations changes on Ethereum testnets. While Sepolia’s recovery was straightforward and the network has since fully recovered, Holesky experienced extensive inactivity leaks as part of its recovery mechanism. The Holesky network has since then finalized, but the exited validators would take approximately one year to fully be removed from the validator set (¹). While stakers can test deposits, consolidations and all other Pectra features, the size of the exit queue prevents Holesky from being used to test the full validator lifecycle within a reasonable timeframe. To address this, a…
Key Takeaways ETH surged past $2,800 amid rising institutional interest, low resistance, and strong liquidity, suggesting potential upside toward $3,000, despite caution over increasing exchange reserves. Ethereum [ETH] recently broke past the $2,800 mark for the first time in weeks, gaining over 7% in the last 24 hours. Reclaiming this level suggests that more investors are becoming active in the market, increasing the likelihood of further price movement to the upside. At the time of writing, ETH recorded a major surge in market liquidity. With no significant resistance levels immediately ahead, the asset could climb to a new high of…
Piero Cipollone, member of the ECB executive board, highlighted the relevance of the digital euro for the health of sovereign payments in Europe. He also remarked that such a solution would maintain banks in the financial loop, while stablecoins seek to sidestep them. ECB Defends Digital Euro Thesis as Sovereign Cash Alternative The European Central […]
With financial surveillance expanding and global regulators eyeing stricter controls, crypto advocates are warning that the fight for digital privacy is entering a critical phase. On the latest episode of The Clear Crypto Podcast, Peter Van Valkenburgh, executive director of Coin Center, described the current moment as a tipping point.Crypto in politics“The stakes have just gotten higher in D.C., not necessarily uniformly better,” he said, pointing to a political climate where crypto has become both more mainstream and more polarizing. “You’ve got maybe more partisan discussions, more boosters for the tech that are sometimes maybe foolishly boosting things that they shouldn’t…