A fraudster has now taken more than $2 million from crypto traders by posing as a Coinbase support agent, according to on-chain analysis. Blockchain investigator ZachXBT says the con artist impersonates Coinbase staff to trick users into approving wallet transfers. [adinserter block=”1″] The stolen funds are then routed through multiple wallets and converted across chains …
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Texas Couple Extracts $25,000,000 From Investors of Pyramid Scheme That Promised Guaranteed 800% Returns in Just a Few Weeks
A married couple from Texas has been convicted of masterminding a multimillion-dollar pyramid scheme that promised massive returns in little time. According to a new press release from the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ), Frisco, Texas couple LaShonda and Marlon Moore co-founded and operated an illegal pyramid scheme that targeted victims during the Covid-19 pandemic. …
Major US Bank Increases Fees on Dozens of Services, Including Mobile Deposits – Here’s Who’s Affected
One of the top ten largest commercial banks in the US says it’s raising fees on a long list of services. People with business bank accounts at Truist are being notified of fee increases effective January 1st of this year. [adinserter block=”1″] The changes impact checking account features and transactions fees across general banking, ACH …
The CLARITY Act stalling is positive for the crypto industry: Analyst
Overregulation of the crypto industry would negatively impact markets and gut decentralized finance (DeFi), according to Michaël van de Poppe. The failure of the CLARITY crypto market structure bill to advance in the United States Congress is positive for crypto markets and the industry, according to market analyst Michaël van de Poppe. Van De Poppe …
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Saylor’s ‘Bigger Orange’ Hint Has Strategy Closing in on 700,000 BTC
Strategy’s founder dropped another breadcrumb on Sunday, posting an image of the company’s purchase tracker and offering only a knowing nod with the words “₿igger Orange.” ‘₿igger Orange’ Points to a Major Strategy Buy as 700,000 BTC Milestone Comes Into View Just seven days earlier, on Sunday, Strategy’s Michael Saylor hopped onto X to share …
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Silver Could Set a Peak for Years — Strategist Flags Silver’s Rare Three-Sigma Extreme
Silver is flashing rare historical extremes that have preceded major turning points, with long-term valuation metrics and equity comparisons suggesting the metal could be nearing a decisive phase that reshapes its price trajectory into 2026. Strategist Sees Silver Set a Peak for Years as Three-Sigma Pressures Build Mike McGlone, senior commodity strategist at Bloomberg Intelligence, …
Bitcoin Derivatives Tighten as Options Open Interest Builds Around Crucial Price Levels
Bitcoin hovered between $94,869 and $95,115 per coin at 9 a.m. EST on Jan. 18, 2026, while derivatives traders remained anything but idle. Futures and options markets show crowded positioning, heavy open interest, and a growing fixation on a narrow band of price levels just below $100,000. Bitcoin Derivatives Data Shows Markets Bracing for Volatility …
Battle at $95K: Can Bitcoin Bulls Hold the Line?
With bitcoin priced at $95,101 on Sunday, its market cap holding strong at $1.89 trillion, and a 24-hour trading volume humming at $19.02 billion, traders are watching a tight intraday range between $94,869 and $95,543 like hawks. The mood? Restless. The charts are calling out indecision with the subtlety of a marching band. Bitcoin Chart …
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Bitcoin Nears $100K, Ordinals Boom, and More — Week in Review
Bitcoin Nears $100K, Ordinals Boom, RLUSD at LMAX, Institutional Crypto Shift, and more in this Week in Review. Week in Review Bitcoin pushed above $97,000 on Jan. 14 as a Supreme Court tariff delay and Fed–Trump tensions helped spark a rally, Bitcoin ordinals surpassed 100 million inscriptions even as inscription hype cools, Ripple locked RLUSD …
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Scammers Drain $20,000 Life Savings From Wells Fargo Customer After Posing as Bank and Federal Agents: Report
A scammer posing as an FBI official has successfully taken a Wells Fargo customer’s entire life savings. Diane Fendley of Houston received what she believed was an urgent fraud alert text purportedly from Wells Fargo’s fraud department asking if she had unauthorized charges at a major retailer, reports the local news station KHOU. [adinserter block=”1″] …
Vitalik Buterin Warns Protocol Complexity Threatens Ethereum’s Decentralization Goals
TLDR: Complex protocols fail trustlessness by requiring specialized experts to verify properties. Backwards compatibility pressures cause protocol bloat as additions outpace feature removals. Buterin proposes garbage collection to minimize code and reduce cryptographic dependencies. Rosetta-style compatibility demotes legacy features to smart contracts outside core protocol. Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin has raised concerns about protocol …
Latam Insights: Venezuelan Link to Trump’s ‘Gasolina,’ Brazil Battles Stablecoin Taxation
Welcome to Latam Insights, a compilation of the most relevant crypto news from Latin America over the past week. In this week’s edition, discover how Venezuela might be linked to Trump’s viral “Gasolina” dance, Brazil’s crypto industry vows to battle stablecoin taxation, and Lemon launches the first bitcoin-backed card in Argentina. White House’s Oil Gambit …
Report: Anchorage Digital Seeks $200M–$400M Ahead of Potential IPO
Anchorage Digital is reportedly raising $200 million–$400 million as it explores a possible initial public offering next year. Anchorage Digital, the New York‑based custodian whose affiliate is the first federally chartered U.S. digital‑asset bank, is seeking to raise between $200 million and $400 million ahead of a potential IPO, according to Bloomberg; the discussions were …
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Father of Momentum Structural Analysis: Gold to Reach at Least $8,500, Silver to $300
Seasoned trader J. Michael Oliver, the father of a proprietary technical analysis method called momentum structural analysis (MSA), predicts that both gold and silver will continue to break records, reaching at least $8,500 and $300 per ounce, respectively. Gold and Silver to Keep Rising, Bull Market to Continue: Father Of Momentum Structural Analysis While some …
Steak ‘n Shake Increases Bitcoin Exposure to $10M, Expands Strategic Reserve
Steak ‘n Shake adds $10,000,000 in BTC to its Strategic Bitcoin Reserve while reporting higher same‑store sales. Steak n Shake announced on 16 January 2026 that it has increased its bitcoin exposure by $10,000,000 in notional value, continuing a program begun eight months earlier when the company started accepting bitcoin payments and directing all bitcoin …
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