‘Mr. 100’ Mania Returns: Viral Whale Myth Falls Apart Under Scrutiny
On social media, the tall tale of a wallet dubbed ‘Mr. 100’ is making the rounds again, with claims that this mysterious figure is scooping up bitcoin while prices sit…
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Why Satoshi Nakamoto’s Bitcoin Wallets Can’t Be Unlocked With 24 Words
Despite widespread social media claims in 2025, Satoshi Nakamoto’s estimated 1.1 million bitcoin holdings cannot be unlocked using a 24-word seed phrase because the BIP39 standard was introduced years after…
Long-Sleeping Bitcoin Wallet Reemerges After 9 Years, Moves 216 BTC Worth $22.47M
On Friday, while bitcoin floated just north of the $100,000 mark, a 2016-era whale suddenly woke up—moving 216.95 BTC valued at $22.47 million after sitting still for 9 years and…
Developer Behind Samourai Wallet Hit With 5-Year Sentence
According to reports, Samourai Wallet’s Keonne Rodriguez just got five years behind bars. Rodriguez and his fellow developer William Lonergan Hill were accused of running an unlicensed money-transmitting business —…
Bitcoin Resurrection: $298M in Dormant BTC Springs Back to Life in October
On Halloween — fittingly the 17th anniversary of Bitcoin’s white paper — a vintage wallet from Nov. 4, 2011, jolted back to life, moving 100 long-sleeping BTC for the first…
Stablecoin Usage Patterns Reveal East-West Divide in Blockchain Adoption
A recent study by Electric Capital reveals that while stablecoin usage is global, the Americas lead in stablecoin activity compared to more populous regions. Wallet Size and User Activity Patterns…
Australian Police Cracks Crypto Wallets, Recovers Over $7 Million in Illicit Digital Assets
Australian Federal Police (AFP) Commissioner Krissy Barrett announced that an agency data scientist successfully cracked two password-protected crypto wallets, recovering millions in digital assets linked to organized crime. The Challenge…
Hardware Wallet Maker Ledger Revamps Its Classic Line With Nano Gen5
On Thursday, Ledger unveiled its next-generation hardware wallet, the Nano Gen5, just days after Trezor introduced its quantum-resistant Safe 7 device earlier this week. Ledger Debuts Nano Gen5 Ledger has…
SEAL, Metamask, Walletconnect, Backpack and Phantom Launch Global Real‑Time Phishing Defense
SEAL announced a coalition with Metamask, Walletconnect, Backpack and Phantom on October 2025 to deploy a global, real‑time phishing protection network for wallet end users using SEAL’s Verifiable Phishing Reports…
Ripple CTO Warns of Huge Phishing Surge as Seed Phrases Become Targets
Crypto security panic is escalating as a new surge of highly deceptive scams sweeps the market following a $3 million XRP theft, sparking fresh investor fears and forcing a global…