Key takeaways: Bitcoin orderbook depth has plummeted by 50% since September 2025, signaling a substantial decline in overall market liquidity. Indicators suggest that the current market fragility stems more from recent 2026 trends than from the 2025 flash crash itself. Bitcoin (BTC) and crypto markets took a massive hit on Oct. 10, 2025, precisely 6 …
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Bitcoin price analysis sees new short squeeze as open interest nears $25B
Bitcoin (BTC) is due a classic “short squeeze” as open interest hits five-week highs, says new analysis. Key points: Bitcoin is seeing a combination of rising open interest and negative funding rates. The result could punish short positions, with funding rates at the most negative since early February. Large-scale Bitcoin speculators are net long BTC …
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Messaging push notifications are a privacy attack surface, says Durov
Pavel Durov, the co-founder of the Telegram messaging application, said that push notifications create a persistent, critical vulnerability to user privacy, allowing data retrieval even after messages and messaging applications that allow push notification data storage have been deleted from a device. Durov cited a recent report, originally published by 404 Media, that the United …
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Bank Insider Steals $33,136 From Lender While ATMs Are Being Replenished, According to the Federal Reserve
An employee of a billion-dollar lender is facing a ban from the banking industry after stealing her employer’s funds. In a new enforcement action, the Federal Reserve says it is issuing a prohibition order against Mollie Morrow over accusations of stealing funds while working as a sales representative at United Bank’s branch in Washington, North …
Wells Fargo Customer Loses $19,460 in Walmart Text Message Scam: Report
A Wells Fargo customer has lost thousands of dollars to scammers pretending to be the bank’s fraud investigators. It all started when the unnamed woman received a text in January 2025 about an attempted fraud purchase at a Walmart, reports Coral Springs News. The customer denied the purchase, but then got a phone call from …
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46,666 People Affected After Hackers Hit Healthcare Firm – Company Warns Data Now on Dark Web in ‘Limited Amount’
Tens of thousands of people are affected by a medical cybersecurity incident involving patient information. According to a new filing with the Maine Attorney General, the incident at Alabama-based Heart South Cardiovascular Group affected 46,666 people, including three Maine residents. The healthcare firm says it learned on or about November 11, 2025 that an unauthorized …
Mortgage Loan Giant Prepares To Send $26,000,000 To Customers, Ending Lawsuit Over Major Data Breach
A US mortgage lender is preparing to pay $26,000,000 to settle a class action lawsuit that alleges a cybersecurity incident exposed the personal information of millions of individuals. According to court-approved settlement documents, Florida-based Lakeview Loan Servicing has agreed to a proposed $26 million settlement resolving claims tied to a data breach that affected 2.53 …
Reality of AI’s impact on employment clashes with C-suite optimism
In March, the US jobs market recorded 178,000 new jobs, marking little change from the month before, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. The anemic growth in job listings comes amid volatile policy swings from the White House, increased energy prices due to the US and Israel’s war with Iran and, according to recent …
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JPMorgan Slapped With $3,250,000 Fine Over Leveraged Trading Strategy That Caused Massive Investor Losses
JPMorgan Securities (JPMS), the banking giant’s brokerage unit, is getting hit with a multimillion-dollar fine over allegations that it turned a blind eye to an ex-broker’s high-risk trading approach. In a Letter of Acceptance, Waiver and Consent, the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) accuses JPMS of failing to reasonably supervise a former broker who recommended …
Trump-linked WLFI hits new low as token-backed loan triggers concern
WLFI, the native token of the Donald Trump–backed World Liberty Financial platform, sank to an all-time low on Saturday as crypto users expressed concerns after revelations that the project used a large amount of its own tokens to take out loans. The token hit a new low of around $0.07714 on Saturday, down 83% from …
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Analyst Who Nailed 2025 Bitcoin Correction Expects BTC To Rally if It Shatters Key Price Level
A pseudonymous trader who called Bitcoin’s 2025 correction predicts BTC will go parabolic if it breaks through one key level. The trader and analyst pseudonymously known as DonAlt tells 68,000 subscribers of the TechnicalRoundup YouTube channel that Bitcoin will likely enter a bullish phase if the top crypto asset reclaims support around $82,000 on the …
Federal court blocks Arizona crackdown on Kalshi’s event contracts
A federal judge in Arizona has temporarily barred state officials from enforcing gambling laws against Kalshi, siding with the CFTC. A federal judge in Arizona has temporarily barred state officials from enforcing gambling laws against Kalshi, siding with US regulators in a growing dispute over how event-based trading products should be classified. In an order …
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Bitwise edges closer to Hyperliquid ETF launch with second amended filing
Bitwise Asset Management has reportedly taken a key step toward launching its proposed spot Hyperliquid exchange-traded fund, filing a second amendment with the US Securities and Exchange Commission. In an X post on Friday, Bloomberg senior ETF analyst Eric Balchunas highlighted that Bitwise had updated its Hyperliquid ETF to include the ticker $BHYP and had …
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XRP price bottom signals emerge after the altcoin holds key support level
XRP (XRP) has been in an eight-month downtrend, with momentum and onchain indicators at levels that previously coincided with macro bottoms. Data from TradingView reveals that the relative strength index (RSI) of the XRP/BTC ratio is at 24, the most oversold level since October 2025. Such low levels in the daily RSI have marked market …
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CFTC unveils innovation task force members in crypto clarity push
The US Commodity Futures Trading Commission has unveiled the first members of its new innovation task force as the agency continues its push to provide greater clarity for the crypto market. The Innovation Task Force was initially launched by CFTC Chairman Mike Selig on March 24, who appointed Michael Passalacqua as the leader of the …
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