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Blockchain investigator ZachXBT has renewed his assault on Bitget, accusing the exchange of knowingly enabling market makers to run supply control manipulation schemes on retail traders, the latest move in a months-long campaign targeting what he has called a “Chinese CEX cartel.” Key Takeaways: ZachXBT has accused Bitget of enabling supply control manipulation across $RAVE, $RIVER, $SIREN, and $LAB tokens. Ten wallets pulled 100M $LAB tokens ($480M, 32% of supply) from Bitget in 12 hours, per onchain data. ZachXBT recently named Bitget’s founder Shawn Liu as a behind-the-scenes enabler for Bitget and posted a $10K bounty for evidence in relation…

Bitcoin is trading at $77.3k to close out the week, locked in a consolidation that has now been running for nearly two weeks around the $75k–$80k range. The ascending channel from February is intact, the short-term support zone at $75k is holding, and the funding rates are positive again. This shows a market that is neither panicking nor rushing. What is building beneath the surface may matter more than what the price chart is showing. Bitcoin Price Analysis: The Daily Chart On the daily timeframe, the ascending channel continues to provide the macro framework, with the lower boundary rising toward…

A cryptocurrency address linked to the investment firm K3 Capital has withdrawn 7,930 Ether ($ETH), valued at approximately $16.88 million, from the Binance exchange. The transaction was flagged by on-chain analytics platform Onchain Lens. On-chain activity signals potential long-term holding Large withdrawals from centralized exchanges are often interpreted by market analysts as a signal of accumulation. When assets are moved to private wallets, it typically suggests that the holder intends to store them for the long term rather than trade them in the near future. This pattern has been observed repeatedly among institutional and high-net-worth investors. The address associated with…

Macquarie Group, the Australian financial services giant, significantly reduced its exposure to spot cryptocurrency exchange-traded funds during the first quarter of 2025, according to a recent filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. Details of the ETF Reduction The 13F filing, which discloses institutional holdings of U.S.-listed securities, shows that Macquarie cut its position in BlackRock’s spot Bitcoin ETF (IBIT) by approximately 19%. The group held 5.126 million shares at the end of December 2024 but reduced that to 4.139 million shares by March 31, 2025. The market value of those holdings dropped from roughly $255 million to $159…

The Commodity Futures Trading Commission is investigating more than $800 million in oil futures trades that landed just days before President Trump surprised markets with a social media post about US military actions against Iran. The timing has raised a question regulators take very seriously: did someone know what was coming? The trades in question were executed on March 23, three days before Trump’s March 26 post revealed that the US had called back planned strikes on Iran. That announcement jolted crude oil prices, and anyone positioned correctly beforehand would have been sitting on a very profitable bet. What the…

Decentralized exchange Aster ($ASTER) has unveiled a new permissionless listing mechanism called ‘Listing Vote,’ designed to allow any user with a sufficient stake to propose and vote on new token listings without requiring approval from a centralized authority. The system, announced via the project’s official channels, shifts listing control to the community through on-chain governance. How the Listing Vote Works Under the new framework, any validator who has staked at least 20 million $ASTER tokens can submit a proposal to list a new trading pair. Once submitted, the proposal enters an on-chain voting period where voting power is proportional to…

Bitcoin Pizza Day has once again drawn attention to the first known real-world Bitcoin transaction, a 2010 pizza purchase that later became one of the most referenced moments in cryptocurrency history. According to archived posts on the Bitcointalk forum, early Bitcoin developer Laszlo Hanyecz offered 10,000 $BTC on May 18, 2010, to anyone willing to order and deliver two pizzas to his home in Florida. Four days later, 19-year-old Jeremy Sturdivant accepted the proposal and arranged for two large Papa John’s pizzas to be delivered in exchange for the coins. At the time, Bitcoin traded for less than a cent,…

Ethereum’s recent pullback has added pressure to the market, but the broader technical structure continues to show signs of resilience. Despite the decline, $ETH remains above several critical support zones, keeping hopes alive that the long-term bullish trend may still be intact if buyers can maintain control at these key levels. Ethereum Holds Above Critical 2022 Ascending Trendline According to The Boss, Ethereum’s broader market structure may still be holding firm despite the recent wave of selling pressure across the crypto market. Although $ETH has experienced a steady decline over the past week, price action continues to remain above a…

Crypto custody firm Copper is exploring a potential sale at a valuation of roughly $500 million, according to people familiar with the matter, marking a significant strategic shift for the London-based digital asset infrastructure provider. Investment bank Cantor Fitzgerald has reportedly been appointed to advise on the process, as Copper weighs interest from potential buyers seeking exposure to institutional crypto trading infrastructure. The possible transaction comes after Copper spent the past two years restructuring its business around ClearLoop, its off-exchange settlement network designed for institutional cryptocurrency trading firms. The company shut down its enterprise custody division in 2023 to concentrate…

In brief Individuals and entities tied to the trafficking of fentanyl were added to the OFAC sanctions list. Some members allegedly turned cash into crypto before sending it to the Sinaloa Cartel. Six Ethereum addresses connected to the individuals were also added to the sanctions list. The U.S. Treasury added individuals and entities from two separate networks tied to the Sinaloa Cartel and its crypto-facilitated fentanyl trafficking operations, it announced on Wednesday. The sanctions stem from a coordinated effort led by the Homeland Security Task Force (HSTF) with help from the Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA). “As President Trump has made…