Key takeaways: Over $2.4 billion was stolen in the first half of 2025, already surpassing 2024’s total. Everyday traps such as phishing, toxic approvals and fake “support” cause more damage than exotic exploits. Strong 2FA, careful signing, hot/cold wallet separation and clean devices dramatically reduce risk. Having a recovery plan — with revocation tools, support…
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Key takeaways: Bitcoin’s correlation with Nvidia has surged to 0.75, its highest in a year. Analysts fear such a correlation may result in BTC price dropping by up to 80%. Bitcoin (BTC) and Nvidia stock (NVDA) are now moving more in sync than at any point in the past year. That has some market watchers…
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Nasdaq-listed wealth and asset management services provider Prestige Wealth is rebranding to Aurelion Treasury to launch the Nasdaq’s first Tether Gold-backed corporate treasury as more Wall Street companies explore digital asset offerings. To launch Nasdaq’s first Tether Gold (XAUT) treasury, the company announced the closure of a $100 million Private Investment in Public Equity (PIPE)…
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Opinion by: Vincent Kadar, CEO of Polymath When a company sold tokenized shares in dozens of homes in Detroit that it did not actually own, it was more than a real estate scandal. It served as a warning to the entire real-world asset (RWA) sector. The deal seemed modern, including blockchain tokens, fractional ownership and…
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Key takeaways: BTC price may drop to the $118,000-$120,000 range before resuming its uptrend, analysts say. Bitcoin futures open interest fell by $4.1 billion from its peak, potentially indicating a “healthy” reset. Bitcoin (BTC) was down 3.7% from its $126,000 all-time high and could revisit the $118,000 level over the next few days, but data…
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Global central banks have been increasing their gold reserves over the past few years in a trend that may have major implications for Bitcoin, according to a recent report from Deutsche Bank. Gold’s share of central bank reserves reached 24% in the second quarter of the year, its highest share since the 1990s, Deutsche Bank…
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South Africans can now pay with cryptocurrency at thousands of retail stores nationwide, following a new partnership between QR payments provider Scan to Pay and Bitcoin payments company MoneyBadger. According to a Tech Central report, the integration allows users of major exchanges, including Binance, Luno, Blink and VALR, to pay using Bitcoin (BTC), stablecoins and…
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A large cryptocurrency investor who surfaced two months ago with about $11 billion worth of Bitcoin has opened almost $900 million in short positions against Bitcoin and Ether, signaling expectations of a market correction despite widespread optimism for October. The whale returned to trading on Thursday with a $360 million Bitcoin (BTC) transfer that piqued…
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What is Bitcoin mining? Bitcoin mining is the process that keeps the BTC network secure and operational. Bitcoin (BTC) miners collect pending transactions, bundle them into blocks and repeatedly perform hashing attempts (trial and error) until they produce a hash that meets the network’s difficulty target. The first miner to find a valid solution broadcasts…
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South Korea’s National Tax Service (NTS) is expanding its crackdown on tax evasion, warning that even crypto assets stored in cold wallets will be subject to seizure. According to a report from local news outlet Hankook Ilbo, an NTS official said the agency is prepared to conduct home searches and confiscate hard drives and cold…
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