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Crypto derivatives exchange Deribit is building on the success of its recent addition, Pax Gold, as it explores expanding into asset-backed crypto products. Within its first week, PAXG trading on Deribit exceeded $250 million in notional value, signaling strong interest in gold-backed tokens among traders, according to company executives....

Who would have thought that a gang of blue birds could be so profitable? The new meme coin Flockerz ($FLOCK), on presale for another 29 days, has just hit $7.7M in token sales. Proving that it has some serious momentum behind it as it enters the final stretch. So...

Sharp deviations have been witnessed in the exchange-traded funds tracking Michael Saylor‘s MicroStrategy Inc. (NASDAQ:MSTR), likely stemming from the exposure to its volatile swaps and options. What Happened: The T-Rex 2X Long MSTR Daily Target ETF (BATS:MSTU) launched on Sept. 18, 2024, and Defiance Daily Target 2x Long MSTR...

Shiba Inu (SHIB), one of the most talked-about meme coins in the cryptocurrency space, has seen a notable surge in whale activity in the past 24 hours. Particularly, data from on-chain analytics platform IntoTheBlock reveals a 265% increase in whale transactions within the past 24 hours. Interestingly, this surge...

According to Cyvers, the 40% yearly increase was mainly driven by growing access control vulnerabilities amid centralized exchanges and cryptocurrency custodians....

Leading Bloomberg analyst Eric Balchunas said Monday that Blackrock’s iShares Bitcoin Trust ETF (NASDAQ:IBIT) could surpass SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust (NYSE:SPY) to become the world’s top exchange-traded fund, but the process could take a long time. What Happened: Balchunas, who has over a decade of expertise analyzing ETFs, responded...

MicroStrategy Inc. (NASDAQ:MSTR) announced a special shareholder meeting Monday to vote on proposals to support its ambitious $42 billion Bitcoin (CRYPTO: BTC) purchase plan. What happened: In a 14A filing shared with the SEC, executive chairman Michael Saylor proposed increasing the company’s authorized Class A shares from 330 million...

Decentralized cryptocurrency exchange Hyperliquid (CRYPTO: HYPE) witnessed its biggest-ever single-day outflow on Monday after an investigation sounded alarm over the presence of North Korean hackers on the platform. What Happened: Tay Monahan, a security expert at cryptocurrency wallet provider MetaMask, disclosed in an X post that hackers with ties...

Kaspersky says scammers are targeting digital thieves — baiting them with keys to loaded-up crypto wallets and swiping any crypto added to pay fees....

A key figure in the cryptocurrency sector is out on a mission to push for a bipartisan crypto policy that would redefine the regulations governing digital assets. Cardano founder Charles Hoskinson will talk with Senator John Fetterman and other Democratic senators to lobby the crafting and establishment of policies...