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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

Crypto

Are you doxxed? Crypto holders are now primary targets for violent gangs using one specific data overlap to locate homes

Criminals are bypassing encryption by exploiting a single overlooked privacy gap that instantly exposes your home address.

2 weeks ago

A dramatic scene showing a rising Bitcoin coin against falling ABTC token charts, illustrating Bitcoin’s 7% rebound as ABTC crashes 50% and the breakdown of the crypto proxy trade.

Mining

American Bitcoin plunged 50% during a crypto rally, exposing a fatal flaw in the “Trump proxy” trade

BTC sits above $93,000, but Trump-linked miner ABTC plunged on a share unlock. Here’s the mechanics behind the divergence.

2 weeks ago

A hooded hacker uses a laptop surrounded by glowing AI and blockchain graphics, illustrating rising AI-driven cyberattacks and why auditors and crypto builders must upgrade security now.

AI agents spend just $1.22 to shatter smart contract security exposing a terrifying economic reality

Automated exploit discovery is becoming cheaper than a coffee, forcing a total rethink of how digital assets are secured.

2 weeks ago

Underwater scene showing massive whale figures swimming alongside large Ethereum and XRP logos, symbolizing long-term crypto whales moving decade-old ETH and XRP holdings in a potential market rotation or distribution trend.

Analysis

While Ethereum whales rotate, XRP data shows a fatal concentration flaw that leaves one group holding the bag

We quantify how much old supply just moved and why now.

2 weeks ago

A large golden Bitcoin coin glows on a city street as a malfunctioning money-printing machine explodes with $100 bills, illustrating Bitcoin’s 11% surge after the Federal Reserve quietly restarted a $38 billion liquidity mechanism.

Analysis

Bitcoin just ripped 11% after the Fed quietly restarted a $38 billion money printer mechanism

Bitcoin reverted from Dec. 1 lows below $84,000 to break above $93,000 again.

2 weeks ago

Macro

Everything you need to know for Bitcoin and crypto ahead of Jerome Powell’s upcoming FOMC meeting

A trader’s map from Powell’s signal to rates, ETF flows, and BTC’s next move.

2 weeks ago

Crystal ball with rising price chart between Bitcoin and Solana coins above a “Prediction Markets” headline, illustrating record November prediction markets as Solana memecoins fade and crypto liquidity rotates.

Memecoins

Why Solana’s crypto casino changed hands from memecoins to prediction markets

Kalshi and Polymarket just had their biggest month ever as Solana's memecoin share fell to cycle lows. We chart the flows and test the rotation thesis.

2 weeks ago

a glowing Ethereum symbol above parallel lanes of teal and amber “blob” spheres splitting and recombining, evoking the Fusaka upgrade’s PeerDAS and increased capacity without any text or faces.

Technology

Ethereum gets huge mainnet upgrade tomorrow – Here’s why you should care about ETH’s ‘sloping side road’

Fusaka on mainnet activates at 21:49 UTC, and BPO forks on Dec. 9 and Jan. 7 lift blob capacity.

2 weeks ago

Japan’s rate hike ends the ‘free money’ era and puts Bitcoin on notice

Bitcoin ETFs share a terrifying “single point of failure” that could freeze 85% of global assets

Terraform’s $4 billion Jump lawsuit exposes the hidden “shadow trading” that may be artificially holding up stablecoin prices

Fidelity’s latest Bitcoin chart pattern signals a 2026 “off-year” that could drag prices down to this brutal support level

New SEC rules lets Morgan Stanley, Goldman Sach legally “control” your private keys without the safety net you assume exists

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

What is x402? The HTTP-402 payments standard powering AI agents, explained

Google is secretly bankrolling a $5 billion Bitcoin pivot using a shadow credit mechanism

Gino Matos

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

Are you doxxed? Crypto holders are now primary targets for violent gangs using one specific data overlap to locate homes

American Bitcoin plunged 50% during a crypto rally, exposing a fatal flaw in the “Trump proxy” trade

AI agents spend just $1.22 to shatter smart contract security exposing a terrifying economic reality

While Ethereum whales rotate, XRP data shows a fatal concentration flaw that leaves one group holding the bag

Bitcoin just ripped 11% after the Fed quietly restarted a $38 billion money printer mechanism

Everything you need to know for Bitcoin and crypto ahead of Jerome Powell’s upcoming FOMC meeting

Why Solana’s crypto casino changed hands from memecoins to prediction markets

Ethereum gets huge mainnet upgrade tomorrow – Here’s why you should care about ETH’s ‘sloping side road’

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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

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

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Gino Matos

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

Are you doxxed? Crypto holders are now primary targets for violent gangs using one specific data overlap to locate homes

American Bitcoin plunged 50% during a crypto rally, exposing a fatal flaw in the “Trump proxy” trade

AI agents spend just $1.22 to shatter smart contract security exposing a terrifying economic reality

While Ethereum whales rotate, XRP data shows a fatal concentration flaw that leaves one group holding the bag

Bitcoin just ripped 11% after the Fed quietly restarted a $38 billion money printer mechanism

Everything you need to know for Bitcoin and crypto ahead of Jerome Powell’s upcoming FOMC meeting

Why Solana’s crypto casino changed hands from memecoins to prediction markets

Ethereum gets huge mainnet upgrade tomorrow – Here’s why you should care about ETH’s ‘sloping side road’

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

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

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