The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has clarified that certain cryptocurrency liquid staking activities do not constitute securities offerings, a notable step in the agency’s ongoing effort to provide clearer guidance on digital asset regulation. “The statement clarifies the division’s view that, depending on the facts and circumstances, the liquid staking activities covered in…
Key takeaways Pump-and-dump schemes in Web3 manipulate a cryptocurrency’s price through coordinated buying along with misleading information and hype to lure investors in before a mass selling of a token, leaving it almost worthless. Decentralized anonymity and 24/7 unregulated trading make the industry particularly vulnerable to these manipulative investment schemes. A pump-and-dump follows four stages,…
Solana Mobile has started shipping the second generation of its mobile device on Monday, supplying users in over 50 countries. The Seeker phone, which has amassed over 150,000 pre-orders, will feature upgraded technology, a mobile-native crypto wallet and a decentralized application store that bypasses “cryptophobic censorship” seen in app stores today. Solana Mobile general manager…
The mining pool behind an attempted 51% attack on Monero is reportedly under a distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attack, disrupting the effectiveness of the takeover attempt. In a Sunday X post, Sergey Ivancheglo — who claims responsibility for the network attack — said the Qubic mining pool he controls is under a DDoS attack. He added…
White House AI and crypto czar David Sacks has pushed back on growing fears that AI will wipe out large swathes of the workforce, arguing it still relies heavily on human supervision to generate real business value. His comments come after Microsoft researchers unveiled a list of the 40 positions most likely to be replaced…
Key takeaways: Bitcoin’s 50-day EMA bounce aligns with a bullish pattern targeting $148,000. Old whale’s 80,000 BTC selloff marks third profit wave, often a prelude to a recovery. Bitcoin (BTC) has dropped by 7.50% three weeks after establishing its record high at around $123,250. But analysts say this may be the final shakeout before a…
Maelstrom Fund chief investment officer Arthur Hayes has warned that mounting macroeconomic pressures could drag Bitcoin back down to the $100,000 level — and he’s already taken crypto profits in anticipation. Hayes linked the recent crypto pullback to renewed tariff fears sparked by the disappointing Non-Farm Payrolls report, which showed just 73,000 new jobs added…
Key takeaways Crypto investigator ZachXBT criticized Token2049 for poor sponsor vetting, warning that platinum sponsorships don’t equate to legitimacy. Several sponsors he flagged turned out to have shady records. JPEX and HyperVerse used event sponsorships to project credibility. Both later collapsed under fraud investigations, causing billions in investor losses and arrests. Red flags include anonymous…
ARK Invest has seized the recent stock market dip to boost its stakes in major US crypto exchange Coinbase and Bitcoin miner BitMine Immersion Technologies. The Cathie Wood-led firm added a total of 94,678 shares of Coinbase (COIN) across three of its funds, including the ARK Innovation ETF (ARKK), ARK Next Generation Internet ETF (ARKW)…
Bitcoin (BTC) treasury company Strategy has expanded the scope its STRC offering twice since issuing the corporate security on July 22. The company announced an at-the-market offering of up to $4.2 billion of its Variable Rate Series A Perpetual Stretch Preferred Stock (STRC), a hybrid corporate security, to purchase more BTC on Thursday. STRC is…
