Copy, Paste, Rekt: Ethereum address poisoning strikes again
Two crypto users lose a combined total of almost $1M to address poisoning. One even ignored their own test transaction. Source link
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Crypto
Bithumb CEO Booked in South Korea Bribery Probe Over Lawmaker’s Son Hiring
Investigators believe the lawmaker’s criticism of rival exchange Dunamu may have been tied to his son’s employment at Bithumb. South Korean police are investigating Bithumb CEO Lee Jae-won over bribery allegations linked to hiring people connected to independent lawmaker Kim Byung-ki. According to Yonhap News, the Seoul Metropolitan Police Agency’s Public Crime Investigation Unit
Bitcoin
XRP Gets AI Agent Payment Support in Ripple’s XRPL AI Starter Kit as Executive Sees Billions Ahead
Key Takeaways Ripple introduced new developer tools that enable AI agents to transact using XRP. Mastercard’s agent-commerce initiative expands potential enterprise demand for automated payments. Future adoption could depend on settlement reliability, compliance features, and predictable costs. XRP Takes a Bigger AI Payments Role as Ripple Targets Agent Commerce XRP is gaining a new role
Crypto
US moves seized Alameda funds to Coinbase Prime
The US government has transferred nearly $984,000 in cryptocurrency linked to Alameda Research and FTX. The US transferred nearly $984K in seized FTX and Alameda-linked crypto. About $768K of the funds moved to Coinbase Prime, according to Arkham data. Arkham data shows US government crypto holdings total about $20.93B. Blockchain data shows that most of
Tech & AI
Elon Musk endorses immigrant deportations before SpaceX IPO
Elon Musk, CEO of SpaceX and one of the loudest voices of the internet, made numerous X posts Wednesday and Thursday in support of deporting immigrants from the United Kingdom, perhaps under violent conditions. His comments and reposts, shared on the eve of SpaceX’s initial public offering, channeled outrage over a knife attack against an
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Larry Lepard ragequits after Bloomberg analyst forecasts $10k BTC
After a senior Bloomberg analyst called for bitcoin to crash to $10k and kept interrupting his counterargument, Lawrence Lepard ragequit. Source link
Crypto
Crypto News Today (June 11): BTC Shoots Back Above $62K, Kalshi Adds XRP Futures and Tom Lee Takes 3 Day ETH Buying Spree to $206M
In today’s crypto news (June 10), Bitcoin surged +2% overnight, beginning this morning’s European session at $62,600. This bullish move for BTC caught many traders off guard, with $70M of the $120M in Bitcoin liquidations over the past 24 hours being from short positions. Of the other major caps, XMR and RAIN are two of
Bitcoin
XRP Eyes $2 as Binance Data Shows No Aggressive Whale Selling
Key Takeaways Binance inflow data shows large XRP deposits have cooled after a 2025 peak. Muted whale activity may reduce immediate selling pressure as XRP eyes $2. Future volatility will test whether demand can absorb available XRP supply. Binance XRP Inflows Show Whale Selling Pressure May Be Easing XRP could revisit the $1.8-to-$2 range if
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Crypto Trading Volumes Plunge to 2-Year Lows as Market Fatigue Sets In
Low trading volume reflects a reluctance among market participants to make aggressive bets in either direction right now. New data from on-chain analytics firm Santiment shows that trading activity across crypto’s largest non-stablecoin assets has fallen to levels not seen since 2024. According to the company, the slowdown is pointing to a market where
Tech & AI
‘Hands Off Our NHS’: Anti-Palantir Protests Break Out in UK Over Deal With National Health Service
“It’s exactly the use case that you don’t outsource, and you certainly don’t outsource outside the country,” Laura Gilbert, senior director of AI at the Tony Blair Institute, a think tank founded by the former prime minister, tells WIRED. “We should be learning from that data and building a better health service, not allowing an