The US Department of Justice introduced that Magdaleno Mendoza, a senior promoter of the cryptocurrency Ponzi scheme IcomTech, has been sentenced to 71 months in federal jail for his function in the fraud and for illegally reentering the United States after a number of deportations. The sentence was imposed by US District Judge Paul G….
Bitcoin (BTC) and the broader crypto market are presently struggling amid what many consider is a persistent bear market, however Bitwise’s Chief Investment Officer Matt Hougan expects the asset to succeed in new all-time highs in 2026 as a consequence of a number of structural shifts in the market. In his newest outlook, Hougan argued…
Given the present state of the crypto market, all on-chain metrics point out {that a} bear cycle is underway. However, the incoming pink season will not be as extreme as earlier ones, in line with an evaluation by CryptoQuant. The newest weekly report from the market analysis agency revealed that BTC might file a 55%…
Aave founder and CEO Stani Kulechov on Tuesday outlined a grasp plan for 2026, whereby he detailed how Aave Labs intends to scale the protocol right into a core piece of international on-chain monetary infrastructure by way of three fundamental initiatives: Aave V4, Horizon, and the Aave App. According to Kulechov, Aave V4 will introduce…
The collective worth of meme-inspired cryptocurrencies went previous $150 billion in December 2024, pushed by a wave of political-themed tokens following the U.S. election. This record-breaking peak, documented in CoinGecko’s newly launched 2025 State of Meme Coins report, was adopted by a steep 69% decline inside a yr, illustrating the acute volatility and sentiment-driven nature…
Binance has publicly recognized and blacklisted a number of people and firms for pretending to be official “itemizing brokers,” providing bounties as high as $5 million for data that helps cease this fraud. The direct strike in opposition to a long-running rip-off goals to guard crypto tasks from paying massive charges for false guarantees of…
Following months of sporadic and largely declining community exercise on prime of the world’s second-largest blockchain, new pockets creation on Ethereum has picked up the tempo as soon as once more over the previous week or so. At the identical time, a few common cryptocurrency analysts claimed that ETH could possibly be on the verge…
Crypto analytics platform Presto Research this week revealed its 2026 outlook, projecting Bitcoin (BTC) at $160,000, tokenized belongings nearing $490 billion, and confidential decentralized finance (DeFi) climbing previous $10 billion as crypto shifts deeper into institutional finance. The report argued that after a messy however formative 2025, the market is shedding hype-driven development in favor…
Cynthia Lummis, an American legal professional and politician serving as the junior United States senator from Wyoming since 2021, mentioned she won’t search reelection. She is called a long-term supporter of bitcoin and different cryptocurrencies who spearheaded a number of makes an attempt to introduce pro-digital-asset laws. Thank you, Wyoming! Serving our state has been…
Coinbase has filed lawsuits in opposition to Illinois, Michigan, and Connecticut, whereas difficult state efforts to control prediction markets and asking federal courts to make clear who has oversight authority. In its filings, the crypto trade is searching for declaratory and injunctive reduction, arguing that prediction markets fall below the unique jurisdiction of the Commodity…