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Okay, Bitcoin's back at $100K. Again. You're seeing the headlines, the charts are going parabolic, and your neighbor who still doesn't understand blockchain is suddenly a crypto expert. Wait—you mean there’s actually a happy middle ground for you, Main Street! Is this really our moment at last, or just another...

Bitcoin’s amazing four year cycle of price boom and bust The best known cryptocurrency, Bitcoin runs on a regular four-year cycle, based on its halvening supply schedule. This cycle mirrors Bitcoin’s halving cycles. These occurrences generally take place roughly every four years and halve the pace of new Bitcoin issuance....

$100,000 Bitcoin. We’re here again. Digitally, champagne corks are popping! The crypto faithful are rejoicing, confidently declaring the start of a new era of unstoppable growth. Before you dump your entire 401(k) into a new stack of Counter-Strike skins, let’s add some level-headed perspective to the discussion. Are we truly...

Imagine this: A single mother in Bangalore, saving for her daughter's education, falls prey to a sophisticated crypto scam promising unbelievable returns. She invests all her life savings, only to watch it disappear in the digital ether. Days later, she defaults on her mortgage. Weeks later, her daughter was forced...

Bitcoin's sprint to $104,300 has everyone talking. Is this the beginning of a new financial paradigm? Or are we seeing history repeat itself with a 21st century flourish? On the surface, those headlines yell “bullish outlook,” but underneath lies a more nuanced, and perhaps even fraught, story. This is the...

The takedown of eXch is a big win. That crypto laundering hub, Bitzlato, was moving almost two billion dollars in illegal activity. Credit where it's due: German and Dutch law enforcement, along with the tireless work of on-chain sleuth ZachXBT, deserve serious accolades. This demonstrates that international cooperation and high-precision...

One of the biggest stories out of the cryptocurrency world this week was Bitcoin finally hitting $104,000. This was no coincidence; there was a specific reason behind this surge. It was propelled by a force known as a “short squeeze,” producing an incredible cascading effect on the overall market. MetaBlock...

The cryptocurrency space, which has opened up possibilities for financial innovation that we’ve never seen before, is home to some of the worst #badactors out there. As we’ve written, laundering stolen funds through crypto is increasing. Thanks to the hard work and dogged persistence of on-chain analysts such as ZachXBT,...

Picture transforming a small bet into an existence-altering jackpot, powered by the innovative new frontier of decentralized finance. Finance titan Apollo Global Management is offering the perfect opportunity. They are doing this with ACRED, a $1.3 billion tokenized credit fund. Before you jump in and leap into this fountain of...

The private credit market is on fire, expected to reach $3 trillion in the near term. Everybody does and now Apollo’s making a splash into the DeFi pool with ACRED. Tokenizing assets? Sounds futuristic, right? Think about the Titanic – it was the very best technology, until it sunk. This...