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A glowing Bitcoin coin sits lodged in the middle of a cracked, smoky pavement as embers and debris scatter across the dramatic, dimly lit scene.

Bitcoin stalled at $95k after a hidden Fed warning quietly derailed the post-cut celebration

Powell reminded markets that policy now sits "in a plausible range of neutral," while Bitcoin's on-chain condition looks grim.

7 days ago

A laptop displaying Polymarket with a surging chart as a UFO hovers over an explosive scene at a classical building, symbolizing the UFO market’s 1,527% overnight spike and debate over oracle-driven manipulation.

Community

Crypto prediction app Polymarket exploited by a Jellyfish UFO – no really

A viral “Trump declassifies UFO files” contract surged to 80%+, yet it only pays if actual declassification happens.

1 week ago

Market

Crypto market adds $150 billion in 24 hours: Why is Bitcoin up today?

Crypto market recovers backed by adoption news from traditional finance converging with macro easing expectations and forced liquidations of leveraged shorts.

1 week ago

A golden Bitcoin coin sinks into a swirling vortex near Wall Street, symbolizing ETFs and corporate treasuries absorbing 2.57 million BTC as exchange wallets drop below 2.1 million.A golden Bitcoin coin sinks into a swirling vortex near Wall Street, symbolizing ETFs and corporate treasuries absorbing 2.57 million BTC as exchange wallets drop below 2.1 million.

Debt

Bitcoin liquidity has vanished into a “shadow” system where corporate debt cycles now dictate the crash risk

We rebuild the ledger: how custodians, ETFs, and treasuries are changing sell pressure, basis, and volatility.

1 week ago

A large Bitcoin coin beside stacked gold bars with BRICS flags and a government-style building, illustrating BRICS carving out $187B as rising real yields challenge Bitcoin’s debasement-hedge narrative.

Macro

China’s $71 billion Treasury dump exposes a critical gap between Bitcoin’s narrative and central bank reality

We trace flows, FX, and real yields to test the Bitcoin-as-hedge narrative beyond headlines.

1 week ago

Exchanges

Binance confirmed a rogue employee used the company account to pump a personal token 4,600% in minutes

A Binance tweet pumped a token 47x, but the real scandal happened exactly 60 seconds earlier.

1 week ago

A dramatic scene showing a fiery castle tower, a protective Bitcoin shield, multiple Bitcoin coins, a red unicorn, and an Ethereum shield—illustrating Citadel’s demand that DeFi protocols register as exchanges and Uniswap’s founder pushing back.

DeFi

Citadel pushes SEC to classify open-source developers as unregistered stockbrokers – Uniswap fires back

Citadel's Dec. 2 filing urges the SEC not to grant broad exemptions for tokenized-equity trading on DeFi, Hayden Adams says TradFi is coming for open-source builders.

2 weeks ago

A dramatic scene showing an eagle symbolizing the SEC looming over Zcash as storm clouds gather, highlighting the high-stakes meeting that could determine personal liability for privacy-protocol developers.

Privacy

Zcash and privacy protocols face a “do-or-die” SEC meeting that determines if developers are personally liable for code

With Samourai’s November sentencing and Tornado Cash’s mixed verdict, the SEC’s Dec. 15 privacy roundtable lands in a new phase for wallet privacy and exchange compliance.

2 weeks ago

DeFi

Is Base’s Solana bridge a ‘vampire attack’ on SOL liquidity or multichain pragmatism?

Base’s new CCIP bridge drew fire from Solana voices claiming it siphons capital, while Jesse Pollak argues it’s what builders want in a connected DeFi future.

2 weeks ago

A surveillance drone uses a thermal camera to track human heat signatures over farmland as a glowing Bitcoin symbol hovers in the stormy sky, illustrating Malaysia’s aerial hunt for crypto thieves who stole $1.1B using fake bird sounds.

Crypto

Bitcoin thieves stole $1.1B using fake bird noises: Now Malaysia hunts heat signatures from the sky

Authorities have flagged 13,827 illicit sites since 2020. We chart the losses and explain how tighter enforcement could shift hashrate and miner margins.

2 weeks ago

A roaring bear lunges through a stormy forest toward a large Bitcoin coin, symbolizing rising bearish pressure and weakening on-chain liquidity signals hinting at a potential Bitcoin bear cycle.

Bear Market

Bitcoin on-chain data just flashed critical bearish signal that CryptoQuant warns marks a verified cycle top

The bull run has stalled, but the difference between a reset and a crash now hinges entirely on a global macro trend that has been quietly deteriorating for months.

2 weeks ago

A large gold Bitcoin coin leans against a barbed-wire fence at sunrise with the Vanguard headquarters visible in the background, symbolizing regulatory “soft barriers” despite Bitcoin moving past outright bans.

ETF

Every major firm now finally allows Bitcoin, yet an “invisible” compliance layer is quietly blocking your access

Risk-tier gates, robo defaults and product menus keep mainstream money at arm’s length from Bitcoin ETFs.

2 weeks ago

Bitcoin just flashed a rare capitulation signal that historically triggers a violent rally

JP Morgan’s move to Ethereum proves Wall Street is quietly hijacking the digital dollar from crypto natives

YouTube is now paying creators in crypto, offering a $100B path to finally exit banks

Bitcoin ETFs are 60% underwater, creating a $100 billion distressed house of cards

Crypto investors gain critical protection in bankruptcy, even as a “conservative” rule threatens liquidity

Over $17 trillion missing when on-chain “proof of reserve” standards are applied to Trump’s tariff data

Hyperliquid is erasing $1 billion in token supply, but the market is still punishing the wrong metric

Tokenized US Treasuries just broke DeFi’s most sacred rule, and the $9 billion consequence is irreversible

X claims the right to share your private AI chats with everyone under new rules – no opt out

Gino Matos

Bitcoin stalled at $95k after a hidden Fed warning quietly derailed the post-cut celebration

Crypto prediction app Polymarket exploited by a Jellyfish UFO – no really

Crypto market adds $150 billion in 24 hours: Why is Bitcoin up today?

Bitcoin liquidity has vanished into a “shadow” system where corporate debt cycles now dictate the crash risk

China’s $71 billion Treasury dump exposes a critical gap between Bitcoin’s narrative and central bank reality

Binance confirmed a rogue employee used the company account to pump a personal token 4,600% in minutes

Citadel pushes SEC to classify open-source developers as unregistered stockbrokers – Uniswap fires back

Zcash and privacy protocols face a “do-or-die” SEC meeting that determines if developers are personally liable for code

Is Base’s Solana bridge a ‘vampire attack’ on SOL liquidity or multichain pragmatism?

Bitcoin thieves stole $1.1B using fake bird noises: Now Malaysia hunts heat signatures from the sky

Bitcoin on-chain data just flashed critical bearish signal that CryptoQuant warns marks a verified cycle top

Every major firm now finally allows Bitcoin, yet an “invisible” compliance layer is quietly blocking your access

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China’s $71 billion Treasury dump exposes a critical gap between Bitcoin’s narrative and central bank reality

JPMorgan just crossed a dangerous line with Solana that major banks have strictly avoided until now

Bitcoin thieves stole $1.1B using fake bird noises: Now Malaysia hunts heat signatures from the sky

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Gino Matos

Bitcoin stalled at $95k after a hidden Fed warning quietly derailed the post-cut celebration

Crypto prediction app Polymarket exploited by a Jellyfish UFO – no really

Crypto market adds $150 billion in 24 hours: Why is Bitcoin up today?

Bitcoin liquidity has vanished into a “shadow” system where corporate debt cycles now dictate the crash risk

China’s $71 billion Treasury dump exposes a critical gap between Bitcoin’s narrative and central bank reality

Binance confirmed a rogue employee used the company account to pump a personal token 4,600% in minutes

Citadel pushes SEC to classify open-source developers as unregistered stockbrokers – Uniswap fires back

Zcash and privacy protocols face a “do-or-die” SEC meeting that determines if developers are personally liable for code

Is Base’s Solana bridge a ‘vampire attack’ on SOL liquidity or multichain pragmatism?

Bitcoin thieves stole $1.1B using fake bird noises: Now Malaysia hunts heat signatures from the sky

Bitcoin on-chain data just flashed critical bearish signal that CryptoQuant warns marks a verified cycle top

Every major firm now finally allows Bitcoin, yet an “invisible” compliance layer is quietly blocking your access

China’s $71 billion Treasury dump exposes a critical gap between Bitcoin’s narrative and central bank reality

JPMorgan just crossed a dangerous line with Solana that major banks have strictly avoided until now

Bitcoin thieves stole $1.1B using fake bird noises: Now Malaysia hunts heat signatures from the sky

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