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Crypto platform Debiex must pay $2.5M in CFTC ‘pig butchering’ case 2025-03-17 at 05:03 By Cointelegraph by Jesse Coghlan Crypto platform Debiex has been ordered to pay around $2.5 million after it failed to respond to a US Commodity Futures Trading Commission suit accusing it of being a romance scam ring. Arizona federal court Judge […]

SpaceX Dragon pod arrives at ISS to finally pick up stranded Boeing astronaut pair 2025-03-17 at 04:31 By Richard Speed Second time’s a charm SpaceX’s Crew Dragon Endurance capsule successfully launched on Friday, March 14, and docked with the International Space Station (ISS) just over a day later.… This article is an excerpt from The […]

Crypto users report new scam emails spoofing Coinbase, Gemini 2025-03-17 at 04:02 By Cointelegraph by Stephen Katte Crypto users have reported a rise in scam emails made to look like they’re from crypto exchanges Coinbase and Gemini that attempt to get users to set up a new wallet with pre-generated recovery phrases controlled by scammers. […]

Bitcoin landfill man loses appeal, says he has one ‘last legal option’ 2025-03-17 at 03:03 By Cointelegraph by Brayden Lindrea A UK man’s bid to obtain a permit to search a landfill for his hard drive — holding private keys to 8,000 Bitcoin — has been rejected by the UK Court of Appeals. “Appeal request […]

Four suspects charged in home invasion of streamer Amouranth 2025-03-17 at 00:01 By Cointelegraph by Vince Quill Four suspects were charged in connection with the home invasion of online streamer Amouranth, whose real name is Kaitlyn Siragusa. The streamer says she was held at gunpoint by several individuals demanding that she hand over the private […]

DeepSeek-R1-beating perf in a 32B package? El Reg digs its claws into Alibaba’s QwQ 2025-03-16 at 22:30 By Tobias Mann How to tame its hypersensitive hyperparameters and get it running on your PC Hands on  How much can reinforcement learning – and a bit of extra verification – improve large language models, aka LLMs? Alibaba’s […]

Burning quantum-vulnerable BTC is the best option — Jameson Lopp 2025-03-16 at 22:04 By Cointelegraph by Vince Quill Jameson Lopp, the chief security officer at Bitcoin (BTC) custody company Casa, recently argued against allowing quantum recovery of lost BTC and said that burning these coins to protect the integrity of the protocol was the preferable […]

Bitcoin reclaims $80K zone as BNB, TON, GT, ATOM hint at altcoin season 2025-03-16 at 21:06 By Cointelegraph by Rakesh Upadhyay Bitcoin (BTC) is struggling to break above the 200-day simple moving average ($84,000), but a positive sign is that the bulls have not ceded much ground to the bears. Bitget Research chief analyst Ryan […]

Free speech and online privacy: Pavel Durov’s rise to the top 2025-03-16 at 20:10 By Cointelegraph by Vince Quill Telegram founder and free speech advocate Pavel Durov was born on Oct. 10, 1984, in St. Petersburg, Russia, and demonstrated an early knack for computer science, culminating in the entrepreneur establishing several successful online social media […]

Bitcoin gets $126K June target as data predicts bull market comeback 2025-03-16 at 16:09 By Cointelegraph by William Suberg Bitcoin (BTC) can hit new all-time highs by June this year if historical patterns repeat, network economist Timothy Peterson said. Data uploaded to X on March 15 gives BTC/USD around two-and-a-half months to beat its $109,000 […]

Bitcoin whale bets $368M with 40x leverage on BTC decline ahead of FOMC 2025-03-16 at 16:09 By Cointelegraph by Zoltan Vardai A Bitcoin whale is wagering hundreds of millions on Bitcoin’s short-term decline, ahead of a week filled with key economic reports that may significantly impact Bitcoin’s price trajectory and risk appetite among investors. A […]

Toncoin in ‘great entry zone’ as Pavel Durov’s France exit fuels TON price rally 2025-03-16 at 15:02 By Cointelegraph by Yashu Gola Toncoin (TON) has surged by over 50% in the past week, fueled by news that Telegram founder Pavel Durov has been granted permission to leave France for Dubai. TON/USDT weekly price chart. Source: […]

Libra, Melania creator’s ‘Wolf of Wall Street’ memecoin crashes 99% 2025-03-16 at 15:02 By Cointelegraph by Zoltan Vardai The creator of the Libra (LIBRA) token has launched another memecoin with some of the same concerning onchain patterns that pointed to significant insider trading activity ahead of the coin’s 99% collapse. Hayden Davis, the co-creator of […]

Forget Solana, XRP may flip Ethereum first amid 5-year high 2025-03-16 at 14:00 By Cointelegraph by Yashu Gola XRP (XRP) price versus Ether (ETH) reached its highest level in five years over the weekend, extending its recovery. On March 15, the XRP/ETH pair touched 0.00128 ETH for the first time since April 2020. That amounts […]

Bitcoin experiencing “shakeout” not end of 4-year cycle: analysts 2025-03-16 at 13:02 By Cointelegraph by Zoltan Vardai Bitcoin’s historic bull cycle is still intact, despite widespread investor fear over the current correction, which may only be a temporary “shakeout” ahead of the next leg up, according to crypto market analysts. Bitcoin’s (BTC) price is currently […]

Toncoin open interest soars 67% as Pavel Durov departs France 2025-03-16 at 09:10 By Cointelegraph by Ciaran Lyons Toncoin Open Interest (OI) has jumped 67% over the past 24 hours amid reports of Telegram founder Pavel Durov’s departure from France, where he had been required to stay since his arrest six months ago. On March […]

Uber angel investor stirs Bitcoin debate with ‘build a better Bitcoin’ remark 2025-03-16 at 06:03 By Cointelegraph by Ciaran Lyons A technology investor who backed ridesharing app Uber in its early days has sparked backlash from the Bitcoin community after claiming Bitcoin will inevitably be replaced by something better. “Bitcoin has been a wonderful game, […]