How $330M BTC Hacker May Have Doubled Down on Monero Derivatives

There’s something that stands out about Monday’s suspicious transfer of more than 3,520 BTC ($330.7 million) to privacy coin monero (XMR), a conversion that blockchain sleuth ZachXBT said was probably linked to a hack: coordinated activity in the derivatives market. Monero, which obscures the sender’s and recipient’s addresses to provide an untraceable currency, has limited…

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UK Government Releases Draft Crypto Rules

The U.K. government released its consultation papers on draft legislation for the crypto sector. “This will see the creation of new regulated activities such as operating a cryptoasset trading exchange and stablecoin issuance, as well as market abuse and admissions and disclosures regimes,” the Governments website said on Tuesday. The country launched a consultation on…

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$649B stablecoin transfers linked to illicit activity in 2024: Report

Cryptocurrency compliance firm Bitrace found that $649 billion worth of stablecoins flowed through addresses classified as high-risk in 2024, according to an April 29 report. Bitrace defines high-risk blockchain addresses as those used by illegal entities to receive, transfer or store stablecoins. Crypto compliance firms typically score crypto wallet addresses based on their likelihood of…

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Nasdaq files to list 21Shares’ Dogecoin ETF

Asset manager 21Shares has submitted a proposal to list a spot Dogecoin exchange-traded fund (ETF). Other firms, including Grayscale, Bitwise, and REX Shares, have also submitted applications for similar Dogecoin ETFs. The SEC is currently said to be reviewing over 70 crypto ETF applications, Asset manager 21Shares has submitted a proposal to list a spot…

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