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Prediction markets are quietly becoming a new on-ramp to crypto. A 90-day Bitget Wallet study tracking onchain activity from 857,000 active Polymarket users found that about 60% of people who
SecondFi has outlined a recovery plan after losing $2.4 million in a Cardano wallet exploit, with the platform now working to restore operations and address affected users. How the $2.4 Milli
BitcoinWorld U.S. and Iran Agree to Halt Attacks, Plan Diplomatic Talks This Week In a significant diplomatic development, the United States and Iran have reportedly agreed to halt mutual att
More than $3.84 billion in blockchain transactions have been traced between crypto exchange CoinEx and sanctioned Iranian entities over a period of more than seven years. The findings come sh
Prediction market platform Polymarket lost $3.1 million after attackers breached a third-party frontend vendor and drained funds from 11 user wallets. The platform's own audited smart contrac
Key Takeaways BTC trades near $59,640, back at its February levels after erasing five months of gains. 550,000 BTC flowed into Binance and OKX deposit addresses near $60K. That inflow scale w
During the past week, the XRP price has been on the decline, falling from $1.27 at its opening on June 19 to a bottom of $1.02 before recovering to trade at $1.07. The prevailing market trend
Base, the Coinbase-backed Layer-2 network, said a stale journal state in its sequencer caused two separate outages last week, disrupting block production and leaving users unable to transact
Before locking tokens for two years, I wanted to understand exactly what happens at every single step, what I actually walk away with, and where the real risk sits versus where there's no ris
What Caused Base To Stop Producing Blocks? A sequencer bug caused 2 outages on Coinbase’s layer-2 network Base last week, halting block production and raising fresh questions about operationa
For much of 2026, the BTC price has been falling. Following the record high of almost $130,000 reached during late 2025, Bitcoin has fallen to just over $59,500, representing a drop of 57.5%.
Ripple has secured a preliminary MiCA-related status in Europe, but that designation falls short of a full crypto-asset service provider (CASP) license. The distinction matters for anyone ass
