Irish authorities have reportedly accessed one of 12 long-dormant Bitcoin wallets belonging to convicted drug dealer Clifton Collins. On March 24, they transferred 500 BTC worth around $35 million to Coinbase in a single on-chain transaction, a move that was flagged by blockchain intelligence firm Arkham as the first confirmed recovery in a case that […]
Speaking to Fox Business at a recent conference in Miami, Ripple’s CEO praised the company’s progress over the past year, especially some of the high-end acquisitions, such as Hidden Road. He also spoke about the growing role of stablecoins in the overall crypto industry, indicating that legacy financial services use them as their entry point. […]
The departure of David Sacks from his role as the US government’s artificial intelligence (AI) and crypto czar has drawn scrutiny across the sector, as several market commentators pointed to the absence of concrete regulatory outcomes during his tenure. Sacks served for 130 days under the Special Government Employee limit, the maximum duration permitted for […]
The XRP staking platform Firelight is looking to introduce an on-chain exploit protection layer using staked XRP. This move comes amid a rise in decentralized finance (DeFi) exploits, with thefts in the first quarter of 2026 surpassing $137 million. According to a press release sent to CryptoPotato, Firelight recently surpassed 50 million staked XRP on […]
Bitcoin (BTC) suffered a fresh decline of nearly 4% on Friday as it slipped to $66,200, as conditions in the Middle East conflict remain extremely fragile. Against this backdrop, retail traders grow increasingly bearish on the leading cryptocurrency, yet accumulation from different cohorts continues. Accumulation Amidst FUD Blockchain analytics firm Santiment has flagged that retail […]
Around 195,400 Bitcoin options contracts will expire on Friday, Mar. 27, with a notional value of roughly $13.4 billion. This event is much larger than usual, being an end-of-month and end-of-quarter expiry, so there may be some volatility in spot markets. Crypto prices have been flat over the past week, with total capitalization returning to […]
Tron founder Justin Sun has said that his team has built an AI system capable of identifying suspects in crypto fraud cases. He also said that he will put $100 million in rewards for anyone who helps bring the criminals to justice. What Sun Is Claiming In a March 26 post on X, Sun claimed […]
Gold prices are falling sharply, with precious metal dumping 8% so far this week and behaving more like Bitcoin than a stable store of value in times of economic uncertainty. The metal is now down 15% from its late January all-time high of $5,500 per ounce, slumping to a ten-week low of $4,550 on Wednesday, […]
Cardano is showing classic bottom indicators with active wallets down 43% on their investments over the past year, and ADA dropping over 70% since September, said Santiment on Tuesday. However, this extreme negative MVRV value (market value to realized value ratio) is generally an indicator of ADA being in an “opportunity” or “buy zone,” they […]
Analyst Jamie Coutts has said that Bitcoin’s transparent ledger and real-time pricing could expose weaknesses in private equity markets. The comments, made on the back of a broader market stress and falling crypto prices, have raised questions on how risk is measured across asset classes. Linking BTC’s Structure to the Opacity of Private Equity In […]