Attention Binance Users: Massive Malware Dataset Exposes 420,000 Accounts
A trove of 149 million stolen credentials, including login details for 420,000 Binance accounts, was discovered circulating among cybercriminals this week. The findings highlight a shift in crypto theft toward long-term malware infections that steal data directly from users’ devices, often long before any funds are moved. The Scale of the Threat According to an […]
Fireblocks to integrate Stacks for institutional-grade Bitcoin DeFi
The Bitcoin network has an average block time of about 10 minutes, which creates a challenge for decentralized finance applications.
Rutherford Chang Retrospective: Hundreds and Thousands at UCCA Beijing
Bitcoin Magazine Rutherford Chang Retrospective: Hundreds and Thousands at UCCA Beijing When people describe Rutherford Chang’s work, you hear words like: obsessive, conceptual, minimalist. These descriptions aren’t wrong, they point to something real in his practice. But they also miss what makes his approach distinctive. Chang worked with objects that industrial culture designed to be identical: records […]
Europe’s role in the next wave of tokenisation
In this week’s Crypto Long & Short Newsletter, Lukas Enzersdorfer-Konrad writes about how the EU’s regulatory clarity could allow tokenised markets to scale. Then, Andy Baehr tells BNB to “suit up.”
Chasing 600x Returns? These Best Crypto Presales Could Explode in 2026: ZKP Crypto, DeepSnitch AI, IPO Genie, and Digitap
As crypto investors search for the best crypto presales heading into 2026, a new wave of projects is emerging at the intersection of AI, fintech, and real-world utility. From privacy-focused infrastructure like Zero Knowledge Proof (ZKP) to analytics platforms such as DeepSnitch AI, deal-discovery tools like IPO Genie, and payment solutions including Digitap, each project […]
U.S. Treasury: U.S. Government Cannot Deploy Taxpayer Funds to ‘Bail Out’ Bitcoin
Bitcoin Magazine U.S. Treasury: U.S. Government Cannot Deploy Taxpayer Funds to ‘Bail Out’ Bitcoin As Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent testified before the House Financial Services Committee Wednesday morning, Rep. Brad Sherman pressed Bessent over whether the U.S. government could ever step in to “bail out” bitcoin. Bessent was presenting over the Financial Stability Oversight Council’s […]
Newly unsealed DOJ files link Jeffrey Epstein to a 2014 investment in Coinbase
Emails show Brock Pierce introduced Jeffrey Epstein to the Coinbase round, while Blockchain Capital later said its fund investment was never completed as Epstein invested independently.
From ‘Ethereum’s sidekick’ to standalone stars: How Vitalik Buterin’s latest pivot is forcing Layer 2s to grow up
Leaders across the layer-2 space don’t see this moment as an existential threat, but rather that Ethereum’s progress is forcing them to clarify their purpose.
Bitcoin Price Prediction: Wall Street Just Bet Half a Billion on BTC – And Ignored Ethereum and XRP Completely
Institutional capital in the cryptocurrency market is moving in different directions. While Bitcoin faces a tough 30-day drop, major Wall Street investors are buying the dip, putting more than $562 million into spot Bitcoin ETFs in just one day. This aggressive capital rotation comes at a time when Ethereum (ETH) and XRP are facing a […]
Incognito Market Founder Rui-Siang Lin Sentenced to 30 Years for $105M Crypto Drug Operation
The darknet marketplace processed 640,000 cryptocurrency transactions across more than 400,000 buyer accounts before an exit scam shut it down in March 2024. Rui-Siang Lin, the 24-year-old Taiwanese founder of darknet drug marketplace Incognito Market, has been sentenced to 30 years in federal prison for operating a $105 million crypto-powered narcotics operation, the U.S. Department […]
Bitcoin Enters Bear Market Territory as Institutional Demand Reverses: CryptoQuant
Bitcoin may be entering a renewed bear market phase, according to new research from CryptoQuant, as on-chain indicators, weakening institutional flows and tightening liquidity conditions point to broad structural downside risk. In its latest Crypto Weekly Report, CryptoQuant said multiple on-chain metrics now confirm a bear market regime. The firm noted that Bitcoin peaked near […]
Bitcoin Faces Key Weekly Test at $68.4K as ETF Redemptions Hit $2.8B
Bitcoin (BTC) traded at $75,980 as U.S. desks opened on Feb. 4, 2026, with traders anchoring downside risk to the 200-week EMA near $68,400 after four straight red monthly candles. Nic Puckrin, CEO of Coin Bureau, framed the immediate trigger as $74,400 (the “April lows” referenced in his X post), then $70,000 as the next […]