A Monero committee member has refuted recent allegations based on a leaked Chainalysis presentation to the IRS that implies the privacy-focused cryptocurrency can be traced. Monero (XMR) is the world’s most popular privacy coin and is specifically built to hide the addresses and transactions of those on its network. Privacy…
Jameson Lopp, co-founder of CasaHODL, has warned about a new phishing scam targeting Gemini users. In a Sept. 3 post on X, Lopp shared a screenshot revealing that scammers are using a fake data breach notice to trick Gemini users into transferring their funds to malicious actors. The notice falsely…
Following the arrest of Telegram CEO Pavel Durov in Paris last week, privacy advocates quickly rallied to his defense, with the likes of Proton CEO Andy Yen calling Durov’s arrest “insane.” But in the days since, a rift has opened up among the developers of privacy-focused apps and cryptocurrencies, with…
A new report from the UK’s National Crime Agency has found that as much as $5.1 billion worth of illicit crypto transactions are linked to the country every year, with both digital and crypto related crime on the rise. The agency’s findings were published in its annual National Strategic Assessment,…
The price of Bitcoin slipped by over 4% Thursday morning alongside the wider crypto market, amid a broader trend of risk-off sentiment among investors. Per data from CoinGecko, Bitcoin dropped by 4% to around $58,500, while Ethereum shed 3.8% to around $2,630. The total market capitalization of all cryptocurrencies fell…
The Bitcoin originated from the Silk Road DOJ Confiscated Funds, a government-managed account. Is the US Government Planning to Sell Bitcoin? Observers are speculating about the government’s motives, as such deposits to exchanges typically suggest a potential sale. However, the context indicates a strategy more aligned with custodial intentions, particularly…
–> Ten thousand bitcoin, worth nearly $600 million, has been transferred to a Coinbase Prime wallet, according to Arkham Intelligence data. A wallet that “received 10,000 from a known U.S. government wallet 2 weeks ago … has just been sent on to … a Coinbase Prime deposit wallet,” Arkham said in…
The U.S. government Wednesday moved 10,000 Silk Road-related seized bitcoin (BTC) to Coinbase Prime, the exchange giant’s institutional platform, blockchain data by Arkham Intelligence shows. The crypto wallet that initiated the transfer received the roughly $600 million worth of bitcoin two weeks ago from a wallet tagged as the “U.S.…
The United States government moved nearly $600 million in seized Bitcoin from the Silk Road dark web marketplace to a Coinbase wallet Wednesday, according to Arkham Intelligence. The government moved 10,000 Bitcoin, worth nearly $594 million at the time of transaction, to a wallet tied to Coinbase Prime. It’s not…
Illustration by Mitchell Preffer for Decrypt Although Bitcoiners were likely hoping to take a victory lap after Donald Trump’s speech at Bitcoin Nashville last weekend, it turned out to be a dim week for the top cryptocurrency, finishing the week down more than 10% and dipping below $60,000 on Saturday…