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Bitcoin Self-Custody Calls Intensify as Centralization Grows: ‘No One Is Ready for the Biggest Hack in History’

With self-custody and third-party custodians becoming hot topics within the crypto community, the founder of timechainindex.com, an X user known as Sani, recently posted an eye-opening image of onchain data.…

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Fake Coinbase Sites Steal $20M — How Indian Man Led the Massive Crypto Fraud

A cryptocurrency scam targeting Coinbase users has resulted in a significant theft of over $20 million. An Indian national, Chirag Tomar, was sentenced for orchestrating this scheme, where fake websites…

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Kraken Launches kBTC: A Wrapped Bitcoin Token Interoperable With Ethereum and OP Mainnet

Kraken announced the launch of its own wrapped Bitcoin token custodied by the crypto exchange. Dubbed ‘Kraken Bitcoin (kBTC),’ the new product is a fully backed, cross-network-compatible ERC-20 representation of…

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SEC’s Crypto Regulation Labeled a ‘Disaster’ by Commissioner

A U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) commissioner has called the agency’s approach to cryptocurrency regulation a “disaster,” highlighting the SEC’s reliance on enforcement without clear guidance. He criticized the…

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Microstrategy’s Stock Surges 185% in 2024, Outpacing Bitcoin Holdings

On Tuesday, while bitcoin dipped more than 2% against the U.S. dollar, shares of the business intelligence firm Microstrategy soared over 6% from the day before. The company’s stock has…

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