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Bitfinex hacker should get 5 years jail for 120K BTC heist: Feds

Ilya Lichtenstein, who stole 120,000 Bitcoin in a 2016 hack on the Bitfinex, should receive a reduced sentence of five-years in prison, prosecutors say.  Source

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Vitalik Buterin sells another $1.6M in memecoins promised for charity

Vitalik Buterin has donated $884,000 to charities over the last ten days as memecoiners continue to send tokens to his wallet. Source link

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Crypto staking Jarretts again sue IRS over block reward taxes

A previous case brought by Josh and Jessica Jarrett was dismissed in 2022 after the IRS conceded to refund some of the tax paid.  Source

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US Supreme Court knocks back case over $4.4B Silk Road Bitcoin

The top court in the US won’t hear Battle Born Investments’ case claiming it purchased rights to 69,370 Bitcoin seized by the US from the

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'Ancient' Bitcoin whale moves more BTC mined from 2009: Arkham

The mysterious Bitcoin whale has now sent $3.58 million worth of Bitcoin to Kraken’s crypto exchange, Arkham Intelligence said. Source link

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Bitcoin ETFs see biggest outflow in a month as Middle East tensions surge

The outflow has reversed an eight-day trend of consecutive inflows totaling $1.4 billion.  Source link

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US Bitcoin ETFs raked in $1.1B this week, most since mid-July

BlackRock, ARK 21Shares and Fidelity’s Bitcoin products led the way with $499 million, $289.5 million and $206.1 million in inflows, respectively. Source link

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Biden admin deliberately killed off Silvergate to ‘decapitate’ crypto: Nic Carter

The now-bankrupt Silvergate Bank was forced to cap its crypto deposits at 15% under threat of being shut down by US regulators, claims to Castle

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Vitalik Buertin reveals 2 issues to solve after Zuzalu ‘popup city’ experiment

There is still more to learn from Vitalik Buterin’s network state popup city experiment, Zuzalu. Source link

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AI agents could be policing all crypto txs within 5 years: Chainalysis CEO

Chainalysis CEO Michael Gronager believes “it’s not much further away” before governments use AI agents to catch onchain crypto wrongdoers. Source link

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