Recent findings from blockchain security experts have revealed that fraudulent activity in the crypto space is maturing into an industrial scale. This means that bad actors, hackers, and fraudsters are increasingly executing sophisticated social engineering operations to drain victims’ wallets. A 2025 Web3 Security and Fraud Report from the blockchain security firm Cyvers revealed a […]
Base led Ethereum’s layer-2 fee rankings on January 14, generating about $147,000 in daily revenue, far ahead of Arbitrum’s roughly $39,000 and Starknet’s $9,000, according to figures shared by CryptoRank.io. The data points to a sharp concentration of activity on one network, even as most other Ethereum scaling chains struggled to clear $5,000 in fees […]
After several countries from the European Union deployed troops to the most recent hot zone, Greenland, the POTUS announced a new set of tariffs against all of them, effective from February 1 until a deal for the complete acquisition of the island is reached. The EU’s response was immediate, while US Democrats have pushed to […]
January 7 broke the longest streak for any cryptocurrency-focused ETF on Wall Street, marking the first day in the red for the spot XRP funds after nearly two months of inflows. However, that has changed since then, and green continues to dominate. In this article, we will review what happened to the financial products last […]
Popular on-chain investigator ZachXBT revealed on Friday that a victim lost over $282 million worth of BTC and LTC due to a hardware wallet social engineering scam. The stolen funds were converted to Monero (XMR), which was among the reasons behind the asset’s massive price increase that began last week. The on-chain sleuth added that […]
Ethereum (ETH) climbed above $3,000 this week to a level not seen in almost a month. During the same time, ETH futures trading volume on Binance climbed to nearly $21.7 billion. This, interestingly, is its highest level since mid-December. Such a pattern indicates a renewed surge in activity in the ETH derivatives market. Ethereum Back […]
Iran’s cryptocurrency ecosystem reached a total activity of more than $7.78 billion in 2025, expanding at a faster pace for most of the year compared to 2024, according to a new report by blockchain analytics firm Chainalysis. The growth occurred against a backdrop of intensifying political, economic, and security pressures on the country, including sanctions, […]
Around 25,000 Bitcoin options contracts will expire on Friday, Jan. 16, with a notional value of roughly $2.4 billion. This expiry event is slightly larger than last week’s, but derivatives trading remains slow, so there is unlikely to be any impact on spot markets. Crypto markets have gained around $130 billion since the start of the […]
Robinhood CEO Vlad Tenev has openly criticized the slow progress of U.S. crypto regulations. He pointed out the lack of crypto staking in four local states, comparing it to the progress already made in the European Union with tokenized stocks. Tenev Urges America to Act on Crypto Regulation Speaking on social media, Tenev said that […]
The metric that shows the general investor sentiment toward the leading cryptocurrency, the BTC Fear and Greed Index, has finally entered “greed” territory after spending the past three months mainly in the “fear” or “extreme fear” zones. This development signals increased confidence and a growing appetite for the asset, but it may also be a […]