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Think Crypto is Used for Illegal Activities? Read This Report First

Cryptocurrency crime may be evolving, but the share of illicit such transactions remains strikingly small. According to TRM Labs’ latest annual report on crypto crime, just 0.4% of all digital asset transaction volume in 2024 was linked to unlawful activity, marking a 51% drop from the previous year despite...
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Security Alert: CoinMarketCap Identifies And Eliminates Rogue Wallet Scam

CoinMarketCap tackled a security scare on its website this week when a fake popup urged users to “Verify Wallet.” The alert first appeared on Friday, prompting worries that hackers had slipped malicious code into the site. Within about three hours, CoinMarketCap said it had removed the offending script and...
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Texas governor signs Bitcoin reserve bill into law

Texas’ Bitcoin reserve law could bolster financial resilience and set a precedent for other states to integrate crypto into fiscal strategies. The post Texas governor signs Bitcoin reserve bill into law appeared first on Crypto Briefing....
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Behind the Scenes: The True Cost of MEVs for Blockchains

A new report from Flashbots has warned that Maximum Extractable Value (MEV) is quietly becoming one of the biggest roadblocks to blockchain scaling. According to the research, rampant “spam auctions” driven by MEV searchers are systematically consuming most of the new capacity on high-throughput chains like Solana and Ethereum...
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French Crypto User Assaulted Over Ledger Wallet In Shocking Attack

France was rocked this week by yet another crime targeting people who hold cryptocurrencies. A 23‑year‑old man was seized in a suburb of Paris and forced to reveal where he kept his digital keys. This case highlights how real‑world dangers can follow the money trails in the blockchain world....
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Czech Government Survives No-Confidence Vote Over $45M Bitcoin Donation

The Czech government has weathered a political storm this week, surviving a no-confidence vote triggered by a $45 million bitcoin payment from a convicted criminal. The scandal has rocked Prime Minister Petr Fiala’s administration months before national elections, Reuters reports. The payment of 468 bitcoin was made to the...
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XRP’s safe, for now, Ripple lawyer dismisses government seizure claims

Ripple’s legal counsel Bill Morgan has dismissed speculation that the U.S. government could seize XRP tokens from the company’s escrow accounts for national reserve purposes. Morgan’s blunt “No it won’t” response countered analyst John Squire’s claims about potential government confiscation…...
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