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Trusted Editorial content, reviewed by leading industry experts and seasoned editors. Ad Disclosure The co-founder of Samourai Wallet, Keonne Rodriguez, was given the maximum prison time this week after his guilty plea in a US federal case linked to tools that allowed Bitcoin users to attempt to conceal their transactions. According to court filings, the sentence aims to close a chapter that began with an indictment unsealed in April 2024. Pleas And Sentencing Dates According to court documents, Rodriguez pleaded guilty in mid-2025 to running an unlicensed money transmitting business. The plea did not encompass all counts within the original…
“OG Bitcoin whales are dumping,” is the overarching narrative surrounding the latest Bitcoin selloff. Yet, amid nonstop chatter that Bitcoin’s earliest supporters are behind its latest price slide, on-chain analyst Willy Woo points to “nuance” in the metrics. On-chain moves don’t tell the full story; the old-guard may not be caving in just yet.Are OG Bitcoin whales cashing out? The narrativeCharles Edwards of Capriole Investments published a chart painting 2025 as a “very colorful” year for whale activity, with a string of $100 million and $500 million Bitcoin spends traced from addresses untouched for more than seven years. He concluded:“OG…
Trusted Editorial content, reviewed by leading industry experts and seasoned editors. Ad Disclosure Early in November, Bitcoin (BTC) went as far as slipping beneath its $100,000 psychological support, reaching about $98,900 before reclaiming its six-figure valuation. While this may suggest the predominance of a bearish sentiment among its investors, a recent on-chain evaluation has surfaced, explaining why the Bitcoin price might soon experience a major reversal. Binance Sees Increased STH Activity; Triggers Liquidation Cascade In a recent QuickTake post on CryptoQuant, on-chain analyst Amr Taha reveals a sudden shift in Bitcoin retail activity on the Binance network. Taha’s report dwells…
Seven of the top ten miners by hashrate report AI or high-performance computing initiatives already generating revenue, with the other three planning to follow suit.The shift pairs miners’ energized land and interconnections with contracted revenue from GPU customers, creating a second line of business that competes with running ASICs at full power.AI partnerships redefine mining economics and investor focusTeraWulf set the reference point after signing two 10-year hosting agreements with Fluidstack, totaling approximately 200 MW at Lake Mariner.According to Barron’s, Google is backing a portion of Fluidstack’s lease obligations, up to approximately $ 1.8 billion, and has received warrants that…
Trusted Editorial content, reviewed by leading industry experts and seasoned editors. Ad Disclosure The Dogecoin and Shiba Inu prices are down today after a brief rebound yesterday. Crypto pundit Nobler has suggested that these price declines are due to price manipulation rather than a wave of sell-offs among investors. Why The Dogecoin and Shiba Inu Prices Are Down CoinMarketCap data shows that the Dogecoin and Shiba Inu prices are on the decline today, following significant gains yesterday. In an X post, Nobler stated that Binance, Wintermute, and BlackRock were all selling Bitcoin ahead of the Federal Reserve’s announcement. This explains…
In August 2025, Ripple Labs formally closed its years-long battle with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).The company paid a $125 million civil penalty, accepted an injunction on certain institutional XRP sales, and walked away with something more valuable than victory: clarity.Judge Analisa Torres had already ruled in July 2023 that XRP itself wasn’t inherently a security and that programmatic sales on exchanges didn’t trigger Howey test requirements.Direct institutional sales totaling about $728 million did violate securities law, but the core business survived intact.The existential threat evaporated, and the stain of “unregistered security in secondary markets” lifted.Industry watchers expected the…
Trusted Editorial content, reviewed by leading industry experts and seasoned editors. Ad Disclosure The Decentralized Autonomous Organization (DAO) behind troubled DeFi protocol Balancer has issued a notice to the wallet behind a $128 million heist of the money maker project. The Balancer DAO is requesting that the hackers cooperate to resolve the situation or face an escalation in any form necessary. Balancer To Hacker: Take Bounty Or Risk Persecution On Monday, Balancer suffered a major security breach resulting in the loss of assets worth over $100 million. According to the report by the protocol’s development team, the attack affected the balancer…
In brief The Bitwise Solana Staking ETF debuted on October 28. Spot Bitcoin ETFs have shed more than $2.1 billion in assets since then. Solana’s price has fallen about 29% over the past month. While Bitcoin and Ethereum funds shed assets, Bitwise’s fledgling Solana ETF racked up more than $126 million in net inflows in its first full week of trading, an auspicious sign for the SOL-tracking product and potentially for other altcoin funds.The Bitwise Solana Staking ETF (BSOL) has generated more than $545 million in net inflows since its October 28 debut on the New York Stock Exchange, including…
Russian entrepreneur Roman Novak, a convicted crypto fraudster, and his wife Anna were abducted and found murdered in the United Arab Emirates, after a plot linked to ransom demands and digital assets went awry.Roman Novak was well known across St. Petersburg for defrauding investors out of millions from his various crypto ventures. After being sentenced to a six-year prison sentence for large-scale fraud in 2020, Novak relocated to Dubai, creating the Fintopio crypto app and allegedly raising hundreds of millions from new investors.In early October, Novak and his wife set out for what appeared to be a promising investor meeting…