Russia-Linked Crypto Activity Drove Illicit Wallet Inflows to a 5-Year High in 2025: TRM Labs
Illicit cryptocurrency activity rebounded sharply in 2025, driven primarily by Russia-linked sanctions designations and improved attribution. A new…
Ethereum Wallet Count Surges Past 175.5M as Staking Drains Exchange Supply
Ethereum (ETH) slid to nearly $2,800 over the weekend as rising geopolitical tensions pressured risk assets. The pullback,…
Bubblemaps Flags LICK Token as On-Chain Data Ties Launch to Alleged $40M US Government Theft
A newly launched meme coin called LICK has come under scrutiny after on-chain data linked its creation to…
Ethereum Layer 2 Base Co-Founder Rejects Behind-the-Scenes Price Manipulation
Responding to community concerns, Base co-founder Jesse Pollak confirmed the team won’t manipulate charts behind the scenes or…
Chinese-Language Laundering Networks Now Dominate a Fifth of Global Illicit Crypto Flows
The illicit on-chain money laundering ecosystem has expanded sharply over the past five years and has grown from…
‘Bitcoin Isn’t in a Bull Market:’ Expert Warns $80K Wasn’t the Bottom
Crypto markets opened the week under pressure. Bitcoin (BTC), for one, briefly dipped toward $86,000 as risk-off sentiment…
New Jersey Man Gets 12 Years After Using Bitcoin to Pay Chinese Fentanyl Suppliers
A Passaic County man has been sentenced to 12 years in federal prison for his role in a…
$47M Bitcoin Vanishes From South Korean Prosecutors’ Custody in Shocking Seizure Mishap
The Gwangju District Prosecutors’ Office recently discovered that the Bitcoin it had confiscated in a criminal case and…
Bitcoin, Ethereum, and the Multi-Year Reset Nobody Saw Coming
Ryan Watkins, former Senior Research Analyst at Messari, believes the cryptocurrency market is undergoing its largest transition since…
Solana Mobile’s Long-Awaited SKR Token Goes Live
Solana Mobile has finally launched the much-anticipated SKR, the native token of its Seeker smartphone ecosystem. The distribution…