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Pump.fun sees decline in fees, users, and token launches after LIBRA incident
Following the controversy around the LIBRA token, Solana-based token launchpad Pumpfun registered significant decreases in weekly values for new users, token launches, and fees collected According to
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Saylor calls on US to buy 20% of Bitcoin supply to strengthen dollar and offset debt
Strategy co-founder Michael Saylor has urged the US government to acquire up to 20% of Bitcoin’s (BTC) total supply, arguing that doing so could strengthen the dollar and potentially offset
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Altcoin season potentially underway but remains limited by market liquidity challenges – CryptoQuant
The 90-day moving average of altcoin trading volume on centralized exchanges has risen since mid-November, potentially signaling the start of an altcoin season, according to CryptoQuant CryptoQuant
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ByBit suffers $1.5 billion Ethereum heist in cold wallet breach
The crypto exchange ByBit has been hacked, and roughly $15 billion in Ethereum (ETH) has been stolen — making this one of the biggest hacks in history On Feb 21, the crypto trading platform
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BlackRock’s IBIT now accounts for 50% of US spot Bitcoin ETF market with $56 billion AUM
BlackRock’s iShares Bitcoin Trust (IBIT) is the dominant force in the US spot Bitcoin exchange-traded fund (ETF) market, holding half of the 12 products’ total assets under management
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Kanye West’s YZY coin speculation heats up with $11 million in Polymarket bets
Crypto bettors on the decentralized marketplace Polymarket are betting on the possibility that Kanye West, now known as Ye, will launch a crypto token this month Market odds currently place the
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FTX creditors in Nigeria, Russia, China, Ukraine and others excluded from reimbursements
Sunil Kavuri, a representative of the FTX Creditors’ group, revealed that the bankrupt crypto exchange is exploring ways to compensate creditors in multiple countries, including Russia, China,
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Sora Ventures announces MicroStrategy 2.0 Bitcoin yield strategy for Asia
Today, at Consensus Hong Kong, Jason Fang announced the MicroStrategy 20 framework for Asia The framework leverages structured products to generate Bitcoin yield, allowing retail investors to enhance
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Safemoon executive pleads guilty in $200M fraud case as project pivots to memecoin strategy
Former Safemoon Chief Technology Officer (CTO) Thomas Smith has pleaded guilty to charges related to a $200 million fraud scheme tied to the controversial crypto project On Feb 20, investigative
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Bitcoin surges to $99K as Coinbase defeats Gensler’s SEC lawsuit pending Commission approval
Coinbase has reached an agreement with SEC staff to dismiss its enforcement case pending final approval from the Commission, pushing Bitcoin back over $99,000 The agreement follows a protracted legal
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Pi Network urges caution as fake tokens infiltrate DEXs amid scam allegations
The Pi Network team has cautioned users against engaging with fraudulent Pi tokens circulating on decentralized exchanges (DEXs) In a Feb 20 statement, the team clarified that all Pi trading pairs
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Sam Bankman-Fried seeks clemency, empathizes with President Donald Trump over legal convictions
Sam Bankman-Fried, the convicted founder of the collapsed FTX exchange, maintains his innocence, claiming political bias influenced his prosecution In an interview with The New York Sun, he argued
