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🚨 BREAKING: The SEC has dropped its case against Consensys.
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🔥 JUST IN: Metaplanet is raising ¥2 billion to buy more #Bitcoin.
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🚨 BREAKING: Gemini Co-founder Cameron Winklevoss has confirmed that the SEC has dropped its case against the crypto exchange.
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⚡️ INSIGHT: Gamers often struggle with Web3’s complexity, including seed phrases and confusing wallets.
GAIMIN’s Smart Wallet (GSW) simplifies asset ownership and gaming transactions with no seed phrases and gasless transactions, making Web3 accessible.
GSW allows gamers to monetize idle PC power and interact with GAIMIN’s ecosystem seamlessly through single sign-on, with enhanced security and user-friendly design.
Would you prefer a Web3 wallet that eliminates seed phrases and gas fees? How important is ease of use in your gaming experience?
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🚨 NEW: Grayscale files for a Polkadot ETF, adding to its recent Dogecoin and XRP applications.
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🚨 NEW: GameStop is considering adopting #Bitcoin as a reserve asset.
Currently $GME has $5B in cash.
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🇺🇸 NEW: Ohio introduces the Blockchain Basics Act (HB 116) that would prevent state taxes on payments using digital assets, protect mining and custody rights and study the potential of investing the state’s retirement funds in digital asset ETFs.
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🚨 NEW: OKX Affiliate Aux Cayes FinTech Pays $505M to Settle US DOJ Probe
OKX's Aux Cayes admitted to operating as an unlicensed money transmitter, paying $84M in penalties and forfeiting $421M in fees. The company is enhancing compliance measures moving forward.
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🚨 LATEST: The DFSA has officially approved USDC and EURC as recognized tokens under its crypto regulatory framework—the first stablecoins to receive this status.
Companies in the DIFC can now integrate them for payments, treasury management, and more.
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🇺🇸 JUST IN: MicroStrategy acquires 20,356 #Bitcoin at an average price of $97,514 per $BTC.
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🚨 NEW: Only 44% of US Bitcoin ETF buying has been for long-term holding, while the rest majority is likely tied to arbitrage strategies according to 10x Research.
10x Research’s Markus Thielen said that it means that the actual demand for Bitcoin as a long-term asset in multi-asset portfolios is significantly smaller than the media portrays.
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Security execs weigh in on ‘staggering’ scale of record Bybit hack
The record-breaking $1.4 billion Bybit hack displays the “increasingly creative exploits” seen in the crypto industry, Halborn’s co-founder told Cointelegraph.
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Bybit hack, withdrawals top $5.3B, but ‘reserves exceed liabilities’ — Hacken
Bybit’s assets fell by more than $5B after its $1.4 billion hack on Feb. 21, but independent audits confirm its reserves still exceed liabilities, ensuring full backing for user funds.
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🔥 NEW: AI models are now recommending #Bitcoin as an “asset to own.”
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🚨 BREAKING: Bybit confirms its $ETH cold wallet was compromised due to a UI spoofing attack.
Hackers altered the smart contract logic, gaining control and drained $1B+ of funds.
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🇺🇸 BREAKING: Trump says tariffs set for March 4 will go into effect as scheduled, with China facing an additional 10% tariff.
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🇺🇸 LATEST: The resolution to repeal the IRS crypto tax rule has passed the Committee, advancing to the House for a vote.
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⚡️ JUST IN: Elon Musk says he’s receiving threats over his efforts to reduce government spending.
He warns that the U.S. will go bankrupt if the administration doesn’t cut budget expenditures.
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🇺🇸 NEW: Oklahoma advances bill to invest up to 10% of public funds in $BTC.
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🇺🇸 JUST IN: Ohio’s Strategic Bitcoin Reserve Bill moves past the committee stage, bringing it one step closer to approval.
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🇺🇸 LATEST: Vivek Ramaswamy calls for abolishing income tax, stating, "It is your money, not the government's."
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🗞 Catch up on the news over the last 24 hours!
🇺🇸 Montana's Bitcoin reserve bill has been rejected by House lawmakers over concerns about speculation with taxpayer dollars.
🚨 Bybit CEO Ben Zhou updated that the exchange has fully closed the ETH gap after the $1.4B hack, said that it will publish a new audited POR report soon.
🚨 Crypto exchange eXch has denied laundering money for North Korea’s Lazarus Group from the recent $1.4 billion Bybit hack, saying all of its funds are safe and operations are unaffected by the hack.
🚨 Only 44% of US Bitcoin ETF buying has been for long-term holding, while the rest majority is likely tied to arbitrage strategies according to 10x Research.
🔥Hong Kong investment firm HK Asia Holdings Limited board has approved the company to increase its Bitcoin purchase for its balance sheet after its first buy on Feb. 13.
🚨 Canary files for spot $HBAR ETF with Nasdaq.
🔥 MicroStrategy acquires 20,356 Bitcoin at an average price of $97,514 per $BTC.
🇺🇸 SEC closes investigation into Robinhood crypto without taking action.
🇩🇪 $395 billion AUM German investment bank Dekabank launches cryptocurrency trading and custody services for institutional clients.
🔥Citadel Securities, one of the largest players in the US stock market, plans to become a liquidity provider for the crypto market.
🚨 The DFSA has officially approved USDC and EURC as recognized tokens under its crypto regulatory framework—the first stablecoins to receive this status.
🇺🇸 President Trump says “the tariffs are going forward on time, on schedule” in regards to the tariffs on Mexico and Canada.
🚨 OKX Affiliate Aux Cayes FinTech Pays $505M to Settle US DOJ Probe.
🇺🇸 Donald Trump Jr. will speak at the DeFi World 2025 Conference on February 26 in Denver, discussing blockchain and DeFi.
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🇺🇸 NEW: President Trump says “the tariffs are going forward on time, on schedule” in regards to the tariffs on Mexico and Canada.
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🔥 BREAKING: Citadel Securities, one of the largest players in the US stock market, plans to become a liquidity provider for the crypto market.
The company aims to join the market maker lists of exchanges like Coinbase and Binance, potentially setting up market maker teams outside the U.S. in the initial phase.
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🔥BULLISH: Hong Kong investment firm HK Asia Holdings Limited board has approved the company to increase its Bitcoin purchase for its balance sheet after its first buy on Feb. 13.
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Strategy's Michael Saylor hints at resuming Bitcoin buying spree
The company continues progressing with its 21/21 plan to purchase more BTC following its most recent $2 billion convertible note offering.
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In pictures: Bybit’s record-breaking $1.4B hack
From rapid withdrawals to social media’s real-time breakdown, here’s how Bybit’s record-breaking $1.4 billion hack took shape.
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📉JUST IN: Bitcoin and Ether prices dipped following a nearly $1.5 billion hack of the Bybit exchange.
While major tokens like Bitcoin remained within their recent trading ranges, smaller tokens such as $XRP, $SOL, and $DOGE experienced deeper losses.
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🚨 BREAKING: North Korea’s Lazarus Group is responsible for the $1.4 billion hack of ByBit, according to @zachxbt.
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🇰🇬 BULLISH: Kyrgyzstan rejects CBDCs, doubles down on a gold-backed stablecoin instead.
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