A new phishing campaign is targeting cryptocurrency users by impersonating Aave, one of the most widely used decentralized finance platforms. On June 20, web3 security firm Scam Sniffer issued a warning that fake Aave (AAVE) ads were appearing at the…
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Blockdaemon launches non-custodial staking and DeFi stack for institutions [cointelegraph]
Blockdaemon has launched Earn Stack, a non-custodial institutional service that delivers DeFi yield farming and PoS staking across more than 50 protocols.
Bitcoin grabs $106K liquidity as whale longs BTC with $255M [cointelegraph]
Bitcoin sees a giant leveraged long liquidate late shorts, but is it enough to spark the BTC price range exit that traders have wanted?
Ex-Animoca exec loses life savings in Zoom hack tied to Lazarus [btcmanager]
Ex-Animoca exec had his crypto wallets drained after downloading a fake Zoom update during a phishing attack linked to North Korean hacking group Lazarus. Mehdi Farooq, an investment partner at Hypersphere and ex-Animoca Brands exec, revealed in a post on…
TikTok denies TRUMP memecoin buys in reply to congressman’s accusations [cointelegraph]
Bitcoin hater Brad Sherman accused US President Donald Trump of accepting a $300 million bribe from TikTok, but TikTok denied it has anything to do with it.
Bitcoin critic Peter Schiff touts Silver’s potential as BTC slides [btcmanager]
Longtime Bitcoin critic and goldbug Peter Schiff is back with another jab at the world’s largest cryptocurrency, and this time, he’s pitching the other precious metal as a superior alternative. According to Schiff in a June 20 X post, silver…
Semler Scientific plans to acquire over 100,000 BTC within the next three years [btcmanager]
Semler Scientific plans to hold 105,000 Bitcoin by the end of 2027 under its updated treasury strategy. On June 19, the California-based med tech firm announced that it would significantly expand its Bitcoin holdings over the next two and a…
Here’s why Ethereum could be on the brink of a breakout to $5k [btcmanager]
Ethereum is witnessing a renewed wave of accumulation from institutional investors and smart money wallets. As of writing, Ethereum (ETH) was trading at $2,508, representing a gain of over 70% from its year-to-date low. Its market cap stood above $300…
Tether CEO announces server-free password manager after 16 billion data breach [btcmanager]
Tether announced plans to launch a serverless, open-source password manager after a massive breach exposed 16 billion online login credentials. Tether CEO Paolo Ardoino announced today that the company is preparing to launch PearPass, a fully local, open-source password manager…
Bitcoin could fall to $92K if demand keeps dropping: CryptoQuant [btcmanager]
Bitcoin’s price momentum appears to be losing steam as on-chain and market indicators suggest softening demand, raising the possibility of a deeper pullback. According to a June 19 article by CryptoQuant’s head of research Julio Moreno, the pace of Bitcoin…