The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) has formally seized greater than $400 million in cryptocurrencies, actual property, and money linked to the Helix Bitcoin Mixer. The forfeiture was finalized in late January 2026, concluding years of litigation towards Helix’s operator, Larry Dean Harmon. Helix’s Illegal Activity and Harmon’s Case Helix, which operated from 2014 to…
Illicit cryptocurrency exercise rebounded sharply in 2025, pushed primarily by Russia-linked sanctions designations and improved attribution. A brand new report by TRM Labs estimates that fraudulent wallets obtained roughly $158 billion in incoming worth throughout the 12 months, which is the best stage recorded over the previous 5 years. The improve is a dramatic reversal…
The Tron community carried out comparatively properly in 2025, recording a pattern of high throughput and sustained exercise. The 12 months additionally highlighted the community’s scalability, competitiveness in the business, consumer retention, and financial utility. Analysts at the market analysis agency CryptoQuant have revealed a particular report reviewing Tron’s journey over the previous 12 months….
After a comparatively calm and untypical Friday, by which BTC stays sideways round $83,000 and $84,000 whereas the valuable metallic market tanked, the cryptocurrency is dumping exhausting as soon as once more on Saturday. Recall that the asset’s total calamity started on Thursday when it was rejected at $90,000. In the next hours, it dropped…
The spot XRP ETFs had a spectacular preliminary couple of months, wherein they attracted over $1 billion and have been virtually totally in the inexperienced each buying and selling day. Although this streak was broken on January 7, the funds have seen all in all three buying and selling days with extra web outflows than…
Although the Senate handed a package deal of funding payments on the finish of the enterprise week, the US authorities nonetheless shut down partially on Saturday morning. Nevertheless, House Speaker Mike Johnson famous that the chamber is anticipated to cross the Senate-approved funding deal on Monday because the POTUS outlined his assist for it. Perhaps…
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) have relaunched Project Crypto in a coordinated effort to present regulatory readability for the digital asset business. The initiative is a part of a technique to align the 2 companies’ approaches to crypto markets and guarantee U.S. monetary management retains tempo…
Binance has stated that it’ll convert roughly $1 billion held in stablecoins inside its Secure Asset Fund for Users (SAFU) into Bitcoin (BTC), with the method set to end inside 30 days. The transfer shifts the trade’s emergency insurance coverage reserve again into BTC and comes as Binance faces renewed scrutiny over market affect, steadiness…
Bitcoin long-term holders (LTHs) have been way more lively on-chain than web metrics alone recommend, with greater than 370,000 BTC spent over the previous month. While many market observers cite roughly 144,000 BTC of web LTH distribution over the final 30 days, primarily based on the Long-Term Holder Net Position Change metric, gross spending information…
There has been a structural change amongst Bitcoin (BTC) whales holding between 1,000 and 10,000 BTC. This cohort of whales’ accumulation tempo has elevated considerably, climbing to its strongest stage since 2024 and pointing to a serious change in long-term positioning. Large Bitcoin Holders Step In Recent readings shared by CryptoQuant analysts reveal a rise…