Comparing Base’s past and current performance raises concerns about the network experiencing a temporary setback or a turning point. …

Learn MoreBase Faces Market Turmoil: Is Coinbase’s Layer-2 Network at a Crossroads?

Investigator ZachXBT says the hack was pulled off by the North Korean Lazarus Group, connecting it on chain to the Phemex hack. …

Learn MoreByBit Lost 70% Of Ethereum Holdings To Hacker, Says CEO

Lazarus Group was behind Bybit’s $1.5 billion hack on Friday, Arkham Intelligence said, citing ZackXBT. …

Learn MoreNorth Korean Hackers Were Behind Crypto’s Largest ‘Theft of All Time’

A group of US senators, led by Cynthia Lummis, has urged the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to clarify its position on protocol staking in crypto exchange-traded products (ETPs) in a Feb. 20 letter.  The lawmakers are seeking answers regarding the exclusion of staking from ETP issuers’ S-1 filings, which they argue impacts the competitiveness […]

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Newly launched funds holding Bitcoin and Ether have so far seen scant interest from investors.

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Learn MoreUS crypto index ETFs off to slow start in first days since listing

Following the controversy around the LIBRA token, Solana-based token launchpad Pump.fun registered significant decreases in weekly values for new users, token launches, and fees collected. According to a Dune Analytics dashboard by user evelyn233, the number of new users onboarded in the launchpad fell 16.4% to 601,516 from 719,524 between Feb. 7 and Feb. 13. This […]

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Learn MorePump.fun sees decline in fees, users, and token launches after LIBRA incident

The total crypto market cap shed over $150 billion since the incident. …

Learn MoreBybit Hack Aftermath: Single Whale Liquidated for $46M as BTC Dumps by $4K

The week’s uptrend was quickly upended by the hack at crypto exchange Bybit. …

Learn MorePlunging U.S. Stocks Help Add to Crypto’s Bad Day

Strategy co-founder Michael Saylor has urged the US government to acquire up to 20% of Bitcoin’s  (BTC) total supply, arguing that doing so could strengthen the dollar and potentially offset the national debt. Speaking at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) on Feb. 20, Saylor positioned Bitcoin as a strategic asset, cautioning that if the […]

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