Pepe Memecoin Website Suffers Front-End Exploit: Web3 Cybersecurity Firm

The official website for the Pepe (PEPE) memecoin has been compromised by attackers, who are redirecting users to a malicious link. “Blockaid’s system has identified a front-end attack on Pepe. The site contains a code of inferno drainer,” the cybersecurity company said on Thursday. Blockaid’s Threat Intelligence Team told Cointelegraph: “Blockaid detected Inferno drainer code…

Exclusive data from EigenPhi reveals that sandwich attacks on Ethereum have waned

Maximal extractable value (MEV) refers to the economic value diverted from users by block builders through the manipulation of transaction ordering. The most harmful type of MEV are sandwich attacks, where an attacker simultaneously frontruns and backruns a victim’s swaps. This gives the victim a suboptimal execution price while the attacker pockets a spread. Most…

CFTC Greenlights Spot Crypto Trading on US Exchanges

The US Commodity Futures Trading Commission has given approval for spot cryptocurrency products to trade on federally regulated futures exchanges. In a Thursday notice, Acting CFTC Chair Caroline Pham said the move was in response to policy directives from US President Donald Trump. She added that the approval followed recommendations by the President’s Working Group…

Bitcoin “Bear Thesis” Stays In Play With Fresh $93,500 Rejection

Bitcoin (BTC) slipped from the 2025 yearly open into Thursday’s Wall Street trading session as markets reacted to US jobs data. Key points: Strong US labor-market data fails to dent hopes of a December Fed rate cut. Crypto continues to diverge from stocks amid predictions of a strong finish to 2025 for the latter. Bitcoin…

Bitcoin Sell Signs Flash as Bears Target BTC Prices Below $70K

Bitcoin (BTC) is flashing early signs of a deeper correction, as the latest recovery pauses at $93,000. New analysis shows Bitcoin’s “market structure” increasingly resembles the first quarter of 2022, which marked the beginning of the bear market. Key takeaways: Bitcoin’s onchain structure mirrors early 2022, risking a deep bear market if key levels are…

Hedera (HBAR) Falls 3.9% as Index Declines

CoinDesk Indices presents its daily market update, highlighting the performance of leaders and laggards in the CoinDesk 20 Index. The CoinDesk 20 is currently trading at 2985.74, down 0.5% (-14.24) since 4 p.m. ET on Wednesday. Five of 20 assets are trading higher. Leaders: AVAX (+1.8%) and NEAR (+1.3%). Laggards: HBAR (-3.9%) and BCH (-3.2%)….

Reform UK Gets Record $12M Donation From Crypto Investor

United Kingdom political party Reform UK has received a record 9 million British pounds (about $12 million) donation from early crypto investor Christopher Harborne. The sum is the largest single political gift ever made by a living person in Britain and comes months before local elections scheduled for May, the BBC reported on Thursday, citing…

First US Chainlink ETF Debuts $41M Inflows, No ‘Blockbuster’ Success

Grayscale’s launch of the first US spot Chainlink exchange-traded fund (ETF) drew strong interest on its first day of trading, suggesting investors still have an appetite for regulated altcoin products despite a broader crypto market slump. Grayscale’s Chainlink (LINK) ETF debuted with $41 million in cumulative net inflows and $13 million worth of “solid” trading…

CoinDCX Report Shows Wider Portfolios Among Indian Crypto Traders

Indian crypto investors using CoinDCX appear to be taking a more deliberate, portfolio-based approach to digital asset investing, with early signs of longer-term allocation behavior emerging in 2025.  On Thursday, the exchange released its annual report, which suggested that users are gradually shifting away from a “crypto equals Bitcoin” mindset toward more diversified holdings. CoinDCX…

Citadel Cops Furor for Urging SEC Police Stocks on DeFi

Market maker Citadel Securities has recommended that the Securities and Exchange Commission tighten regulations on decentralized finance when it comes to tokenized stocks, causing backlash from crypto users. Citadel Securities told the SEC in a letter on Tuesday that DeFi developers, smart-contract coders, and self-custody wallet providers should not be given “broad exemptive relief” for…