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The Blockchain Group (ALTBG), a Paris-listed tech firm that brands itself as Europe’s first bitcoin treasury company, said it bought 182 BTC for 17 million euros ($19.6 million), bringing its total stash to 1,653 BTC valued at nearly 149 million euros.The purchase follows a series of convertible bond issuances
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Update, June 18, 8:01 am UTC: This article has been updated to include a section on Gonjeshke Darande.Iran-based cryptocurrency exchange Nobitex has been exploited for over $73 million of digital assets, according to onchain investigator ZachXBT.The attack, disclosed in a Wednesday Telegram post, drained at least $73 million in assets
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Update, June 18, 8:01 am UTC: This article has been updated to include a section on Gonjeshke Darande.Update June 18, 8:49 am UTC: This article has been updated to include the latest figures and quotes from Cyvers.Iran-based cryptocurrency exchange Nobitex has been hacked for more than $81 million of digital
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Cathie Wood’s Ark Invest sold a combined 300,108 shares of Circle Internet Group on Tuesday across three of its ETFs, continuing to take profit for a second day in a row, this time to the tune of $44.7 million.The move came as CRCL closed in New York Tuesday
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The Federal Reserve's (Fed) Open Market Committee, comprising 12 officials, is scheduled to announce its decision on interest rates at 18:00 UTC on Wednesday, followed by Chairman Jerome Powell's press conference half an hour later.The CME Group's FedWatch tool indicates that the central bank is again likely to hold ground
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Europol has shuttered one of the longest-running dark web marketplaces, Archetyp Market, but blockchain intelligence firm TRM Labs says the marketplaces are highly adaptive to shutdowns. Europol said on Monday that it shut down Archetyp Market’s main infrastructure in the Netherlands through a series of raids involving six countries. Key Archetyp
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Shaurya is the Co-Leader of the CoinDesk tokens and data team in Asia with a focus on crypto derivatives, DeFi, market microstructure, and protocol analysis.Shaurya holds over $1,000 in BTC, ETH, SOL, AVAX, SUSHI, CRV, NEAR, YFI, YFII, SHIB, DOGE, USDT, USDC, BNB, MANA, MLN, LINK, XMR, ALGO, VET, CAKE,
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Shaurya is the Co-Leader of the CoinDesk tokens and data team in Asia with a focus on crypto derivatives, DeFi, market microstructure, and protocol analysis.Shaurya holds over $1,000 in BTC, ETH, SOL, AVAX, SUSHI, CRV, NEAR, YFI, YFII, SHIB, DOGE, USDT, USDC, BNB, MANA, MLN, LINK, XMR, ALGO, VET, CAKE,
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Bitcoin is still at risk of falling further, and it must hold above $102,000 to stay on track for a potential rebound, crypto analysts say.Bitfinex analysts said in a markets report on Tuesday that if Bitcoin (BTC) “can hold above the $102,000 - $103,000 region for a sustained period, it
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A hacker has managed to make off with only around $132,000 from their attack on the crypto protocol Meta Pool, which created $27 million worth of tokens they could have stolen. The attack was foiled by low liquidity and a pause on the exploited smart contract.The attacker was able to
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