Category: Bitcoin News

Wells Fargo has denied a customer’s request for a refund after a scammer drained $18,000 from her account, according to a new report. Virginia resident William Sroufe lost more than $18,000 on Dec. 17 in a phone scam in which the caller posed as Wells Fargo, local news outlet WWBT reports. The caller ID showed…

DCTRL, a Bitcoin hub and hacker space out of Vancouver, the fair-weather Canadian city, has announced the sunset of its downtown basement location, iconic among early adopters for its tinkerer mindset and hardware hacker culture. The community will be migrating to a new location in the coming weeks, and updates to the vision of the…

Bitcoin is trading at weekly RSI levels that have historically been seen near bear market lows, indicating that selling pressure may be easing. While confirmation is needed, the market is in a zone that often marks a late-stage capitulation. The key question: Was the recent decline the end result or is there still one last…

A Bitcoin (BTC) bottom signal that appeared in 2023, before a 130% rally in 2024, reappeared this week, raising the possibility that the price is approaching another bullish turning point. At the same time, broader data on liquidity, exchange-traded fund (ETF) flows and macroeconomic data change the environment from two years ago, suggesting that the…

With a few hours left, Bitcoin btc$63,709.23 is on track to record its worst losing streak since 2018, and February is about to mark a fifth consecutive monthly decline. The losing streak would be the longest since the 2018-2019 bear market and follows what has already been the worst 50-day start to the year on…

TLDR: OpenAI signed an agreement to deploy AI models on classified US War Department networks on February 28, 2026. The agreement prohibits domestic mass surveillance and requires human control over decisions about the use of lethal force. Anthropic reportedly rejected a similar deal with the Pentagon, citing autonomous weapons and surveillance risks. The backlash against…

Author Ahmed Balaha Author Ahmed Balaha Part of the team since August 2025 About the author Ahmed Balaha is a Georgia-based journalist and editor with an increasing focus on blockchain technology, DeFi, AI, privacy, digital assets, and fintech innovation. Share Fact verified by CriptoNoticias editorial team Author CriptoNoticias editorial team Part of the team since…

A renowned X developer, Ameen Soleimani, has criticized Ethereum’s reluctance to implement Poseidon precompile. in a update Shared recently, Soleimani expressed concern about Ethereum’s hesitation to implement this hash function, which is necessary for efficient zk testing. Information about Poseidon precompile delays According to Soleimani, this same feature has been on other blockchains such as…

South Korea’s National Pension Service (NPS), the world’s third-largest public pension fund that manages more than $1 trillion on behalf of the country’s retirees, expanded its position in Strategy Inc (MSTR) by 20% during the fourth quarter of 2025, a period in which Bitcoin fell from a cycle high near $126,000 to around $88,000. The…

Ethereum [ETH] was trading at $2,065 at press time, positioning the price just above the $2,000 volatility bracket that has anchored the recent consolidation. Intraday ranges between $2,053 and $2,071 reinforce this increasingly tight compression band. Initially, the Coinbase Premium index remained negative until early 2023, reflecting the dominance of foreign-led sales. The price ranged…

Vitalik Buterin has surpassed his previously stated plan of selling 16,384 ETH, with total disposals now reaching 18,684 ETH. Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin surpassed his publicly stated goal of selling 16,384 ETH, and on-chain data shows that total disposals have now reached over 18,000 ETH, valued at over $38 million. The sales, which have accelerated…

In summary ETHZilla will rebrand as Forum Markets and list as FRMM on Nasdaq in early March The move comes a week after investors abandoned Ethereum’s balance sheet model. Observers say single-asset treasury strategies depend on sustained equity premiums and strong market conditions. Former Ethereum treasury firm ETHZilla said it will change its name to…

An employee of a US banking giant has been caught orchestrating a $500,000 fraud scheme, according to the US Department of Justice. The Justice Department says 31-year-old Edward Low of New York admitted to using his position at TD Bank to steal confidential customer data and pass it on to accomplices, who used it to…

Los mineros públicos de Bitcoin poseían colectivamente 115.335 BTC al 20 de febrero, con un valor aproximado de 7.400 millones de dólares al precio reciente, pero ese tesoro cayó un 4,44% mes tras mes, la primera contracción sostenida desde que los mineros comenzaron a acumular monedas como activos de balance. El declive no fue un…

The US Treasury Department has sanctioned a Russian exploit brokerage network accused of purchasing stolen US government cyber tools with cryptocurrency and reselling them to unauthorized buyers, marking the first use of new authorities under the US Intellectual Property Protection Act. In an announcement Tuesday, the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control designated Russian national…

Ethereum price hovers in a long-term critical zone as whales reshuffle billions of dollars in holdings, adding new uncertainty to an already fragile market. While price action remains weak in the near term, analysts say the asset has returned to a historical accumulation range. Related reading Recent on-chain activity shows a surge in whale transfers,…

Russian authorities have launched a criminal investigation against Telegram co-founder and CEO Pavel Durov, according to state media reports. Durov is being investigated in Russia as part of a criminal case involving accusations of facilitating terrorist activities, the official state publication Rossiyskaya Gazeta reported on Tuesday, citing the Federal Security Service (FSB). Kremlin spokesman Dmitry…

IoTeX, a blockchain project focused on Internet of Things devices, offered a 10% white hat reward to the hacker or hackers who exploited a private key on its ioTube cross-chain bridge, siphoning off millions of dollars, in exchange for the voluntary return of funds within 48 hours. By this measure, IoTeX is offering $440,000 if…

TLDR: Crypto.com received conditional approval from the OCC to form Foris Dax National Trust Bank on February 23, 2026. The federal charter will cover digital asset custody, blockchain participation, and trade settlement services. Crypto.com filed for OCC status in October 2025 after building a track record of global compliance. The approval does not affect Crypto.com…

Author Sam refrigeration Author Sam refrigeration Part of the team since January 2023 About the author Sam is a financial journalist specializing in cryptocurrency market news and based in London. With a Masters in Development Management from the London School of Economics, Sam’s passion for… Share Fact verified by CriptoNoticias editorial team Author CriptoNoticias editorial…

After weeks of intense downward pressure, the market is beginning to show first signs of stabilization and the current structure points to the possibility of a proper market recovery. Although the overall trend is bearish, assets like XRP, BTC, and SHIB have chances to gain even better positions ahead of the new trading week. More…

Gold is on the brink of an unprecedented eighth consecutive monthly gain, a streak that would mark its longest in history. However, several headwinds threaten to disrupt the rally. While investors have flocked to the metal as a safe haven amid macroeconomic uncertainty, market strategists warn that the rally may be reaching a critical point….

XRP posts its biggest increase in realized losses since 2022 as price compresses against long-term channel support near $1.40. Fear seems high, but historical precedent suggests that large loss realization is often concentrated near exhaustion points rather than trend continuation zones. XRP defends between $1.20 and $1.40 within the channel Price continued to trade within…

“In a space that is completely inundated with nonsense, phonies and self-promoters, I think it’s actually been a superpower.” Crypto venture capital firm Dragonfly Capital has closed its fourth fund with $650 million. The fund comes as the broader cryptocurrency market faces a severe downturn, with token prices falling and investor enthusiasm weakening. $650 million…

In summary AdGazer is a model that predicts human attention to ads using AI trained with eye tracking. Page context drives up to a third of ad attention results. An academic demonstration could quickly evolve into a real-world ad tech implementation. Somewhere between the article you’re reading and the ad next to it, a silent…

Billionaire Stanley Druckenmiller is increasing his stake in a pair of Magnificent 7 stocks while eliminating exposure to the banking industry. New filings show Duquesne Family Office increased its holdings in Alphabet (GOOGL) by 277% to 385,000 shares and its holdings in Amazon (AMZN) by 69% to 737,940 shares. Meanwhile, Druckenmiller exited positions in Citigroup…

European Central Bank President Christine Lagarde leads an institution that operates with certainty, and she does so at a time that rewards ambiguity. Earlier this week, the story around her took on a familiar European shape: official silence enveloped a very specific moment. The Financial Times reported that Lagarde is expected to step down before…

Cluster memory pool1 is a complete reworking of how mempool handles transaction organization and classification, conceptualized and implemented by Suhas Daftuar and Pieter Wuille. The design aims to simplify the overall architecture, better align transaction classification logic with miners’ incentives, and improve the security of second-layer protocols. Merged with Bitcoin Core in PR #336292 on…

They say journalists never really clock out. But for Christian, that’s not just a metaphor, it’s a lifestyle. By day, he navigates the ever-changing tides of the cryptocurrency market, juggling words like a seasoned editor and crafting articles that decipher the jargon for the masses. However, when the PC enters hibernation mode, its goals take…

Illicit entities received around $141 billion through stablecoins in 2025, the highest level seen in the past five years, says blockchain analytics firm TRM Labs. TRM said in a report released Tuesday that the increase does not reflect broader growth in cryptocurrency-based crimes, but does show an “increased reliance on stablecoins within specific types of…