Analysts at BitMEX Research have raised the alarm about a scam targeting early Bitcoin holders, particularly those with wallets dating back to 2011.
According to the firm, the scam appears to exploit long-dormant addresses by injecting false transactions and misleading messages via OP_Return outputs, an optional field in Bitcoin transactions that can carry arbitrary data.
In one documented case,...
Solana’s tokenized stock market hit $48.53 million on July 4, up more than threefold from $15.28 million on June 20, according to on-chain data tracked by rwa.xyz.
Solana’s tokenized stocks capitalization expanded more than threefold in two weeks, outpacing every other tracked network during the period.
Furthermore, the tokenized stock market on Solana represented 11.4% of the total market...
Robinhood’s private equity tokens, offering exposure to tech stocks like SpaceX and OpenAI, have triggered regulatory scrutiny in Europe after OpenAI raised concerns and said that the digital assets do not represent equity ownership in the company, CNBC reported on July 7.
The Bank of Lithuania, which serves as Robinhood’s primary regulator in the European Union, confirmed it is seeking detailed...
The following is a guest post and opinion from Ahmad Shadid, CEO at O.XYZ.
For years, a broken value exchange has defined the web. AI companies, racing to build powerful models, deployed bots to scrape a vast internet of content without permission or compensation. This practice of harvesting news, art, and data undermined the creators who fuel the digital world.
Cloudflare, the gatekeeper for...
Bitcoin (BTC) continued to trade between $100,000 and $110,500 for a second consecutive week as smaller investors replaced whales on the buy side, Bitfinex Alpha reported on July 7.
The report noted that BTC spent most of July so far within a 10% channel, capped by the January high of $109,590 and floored near the Short-Term Holder Realized Price (STH-RP) of $99,474.
Despite a brief fall beneath...
Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin said he is rethinking his long-held preference for permissive software licenses, advocating for broader use of “copyleft” frameworks as open source enters what he described as a more competitive and concentrated era.
In a blog post published on July 7, Buterin explained that permissive licenses such as MIT or CC0 have historically been his choice because they...
Bit Digital sold 280 Bitcoin (BTC) from its treasury and used the proceeds to purchase Ethereum (ETH), marking the completion of a three-month transition to an Ethereum-only treasury strategy.
According to a July 7 announcement, the New York-based miner also closed an underwritten share sale that raised approximately $172 million in gross proceeds, as stated in the company’s announcement. ...
CoreWeave, a rising player in the artificial intelligence industry, has entered a definitive agreement to acquire Bitcoin mining company Core Scientific in an all-stock transaction, according to a July 7 announcement.
This strategic move would help CoreWeave to strengthen its data center capabilities and expand its AI and high-performance computing (HPC) infrastructure.
Agreement terms
Under the...
The TON Foundation has denied claims that it has launched an official UAE Golden Visa initiative, clarifying that no formal partnership exists between the blockchain project and the UAE government.
The clarification follows widespread social media reports suggesting that digital asset investors could gain UAE residency through staking TON tokens.
Over the weekend, TON promotions claimed...
The Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals on July 3 vacated the Northern District of Florida’s 2023 order upholding the Treasury’s sanctions against Tornado Cash and instructed the lower court to dismiss the case.
The one-page mandate ends the Coin Center v. Yellen appeal, the only remaining case over OFAC’s August 2022 designation of the Ethereum-based privacy mixer.
The Northern District of...