$3.5 Billion Bitcoin Heist, Biggest Crypto Hack Ever, Retroactively Uncovered

Chinese mining pool LuBian was hacked in 2020 for 127,426 Bitcoin (BTC), valued at about $3.5 billion at the time, making it the biggest crypto hack in history, according to blockchain analytics platform Arkham Intelligence. The platform retroactively uncovered the heist on Saturday, claiming that LuBian, which emerged as the sixth-largest BTC mining pool at…

$3.5 Billion Bitcoin Heist, Biggest Crypto Hack Ever, Retroactively Uncovered

Chinese mining pool LuBian was hacked in 2020 for 127,426 Bitcoin (BTC), valued at about $3.5 billion at the time, making it the biggest crypto hack in history, according to blockchain analytics platform Arkham Intelligence. The platform retroactively uncovered the heist on Saturday, claiming that LuBian, which emerged as the sixth-largest BTC mining pool at…

How Curve Finance is Solving Impermanent Loss

Yield Basis, a protocol developed by the decentralized finance (DeFi) platform Curve Finance, mitigates impermanent loss for tokenized Bitcoin (BTC) and Ether (ETH) liquidity providers (LPs), while also creating a market-based approach to token inflation and emissions, according to Curve founder Dr. Michael Egorov.  Impermanent loss in crypto occurs when the price of assets deposited…

5 Shady Crypto Projects That Made It to the Spotlight

Key takeaways Crypto investigator ZachXBT criticized Token2049 for poor sponsor vetting, warning that platinum sponsorships don’t equate to legitimacy. Several sponsors he flagged turned out to have shady records. JPEX and HyperVerse used event sponsorships to project credibility. Both later collapsed under fraud investigations, causing billions in investor losses and arrests. Red flags include anonymous…

China’s Crypto Liquidation Plans Reveal Its Grand Strategy

Opinion by: Joshua Chu, co-chair of the Hong Kong Web3 Association  Last week’s announcement of Hong Kong’s LEAP Digital Assets Policy Statement 2.0 was made with much anticipation and fanfare. The government of Hong Kong promised a comprehensive regulatory framework that will unify licensing and “expand the suite of tokenised products.”  Yet beneath the hype…

ETH, BNB and TRON USDT Activity Points To Thriving Altseason

Key takeaways: The dominance of Ether’s futures volume surpassed Bitcoin for the first time since 2022. Tron-ecosystem stablecoin activity rose, pointing to capital inflows into the altcoin ecosystem. Ether (ETH) has gained everyone’s attention over the past few weeks, with new data showing a clear shift away from Bitcoin (BTC) as the biggest altcoin by…

How to Trade Crypto with ChatGPT Agent in 2025 (Step-by-Step Guide)

Key takeaways ChatGPT Agent can automate crypto trading tasks like research, charting and strategy execution. It integrates real-time data, onchain metrics and sentiment analysis into a single workflow. While powerful, it requires human oversight to avoid hallucinations, API errors or security risks. Multi-agent systems may reshape crypto trading, but strategic judgment remains essential. On July…

China’s Crypto Liquidation Plans Reveal Its Grand Strategy

Opinion by: Joshua Chu, co-chair of the Hong Kong Web3 Association  Last week’s announcement of Hong Kong’s LEAP Digital Assets Policy Statement 2.0 was made with much anticipation and fanfare. The government of Hong Kong promised a comprehensive regulatory framework that will unify licensing and “expand the suite of tokenised products.”  Yet beneath the hype…

Spot Bitcoin ETFs See $812M Outflow as Ether ETFs Break 20-Day Inflow Streak

Spot Bitcoin exchange-traded funds (ETFs) saw $812.25 million in net outflows on Friday, marking the second-largest single-day loss in the history of these products. The drawdown erased a week of steady gains and pushed cumulative net inflows down to $54.18 billion. Total assets under management slid to $146.48 billion, representing 6.46% of Bitcoin’s (BTC) market…

Arthur Hayes Dumps Millions in Crypto Including ETH, Amid Bet on U.S. Tariff Impact

Arthur Hayes, the co-founder of crypto exchange BitMEX, has offloaded more than $13 million worth of crypto holdings, including ether (ETH), ethena , and pepe . Data from Arkham Intelligence shows Hayes sold millions worth of these cryptocurrencies and moved to accumulate USDC, with the stablecoin now making up over 80% of the $27.9 million…