Ethereum (ETH) Surges 9% After Trump Announces Israel-Iran Ceasefire to End ‘The 12 DAY War’
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Ether (ETH) is trading at $2,420, up 8.61% over the past 24 hours, after surging sharply in the hours following former U.S. President Donald Trump’s unexpected announcement of a ceasefire agreement between Israel and Iran, according to CoinDesk Research’s technical analysis model. The move appears to have reversed recent war-driven market anxiety, fueling renewed bullish […]

Midnight Network Reveals NIGHT Tokenomics and ‘Glacier Drop’ Airdrop Process
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Midnight Network, a privacy-focused blockchain leveraging zero-knowledge smart contracts, published its tokenomics paper and unveiled its ‘Glacier Drop’ airdrop mechanism in advance of claims for the native NIGHT token starting next month. The project said Glacier Drop is a novel process that allocates all NIGHT tokens to users across eight major blockchain ecosystems and rolls […]

BTC Reclaims 100K as Markets Shrug off Iran Strike
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Good Morning, Asia. Here’s what’s making news in the markets: Welcome to Asia Morning Briefing, a daily summary of top stories during U.S. hours and an overview of market moves and analysis. For a detailed overview of U.S. markets, see CoinDesk’s Crypto Daybook Americas. As Asia begins the trading week, {{BTC}} is trading above $100,500 […]

Bitcoin Price Slips Below $100K, Hinting Oil-Led Risk-Off on Wall Street as Iran Looks to Block The Strait of Hormuz
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Bitcoin fell below $100,000 on Sunday, its lowest point since May, signalling risk aversion on Wall Street on Monday amid reports that Iran is leaning towards blocking the Strait of Hormuz. The Strait, located between Oman and Iran, connects the Persian Gulf with the Gulf of Oman and the Arabian Sea, handling roughly 20% of […]

Czech Government Survives No-Confidence Vote Over $45M Bitcoin Donation
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The Czech government has weathered a political storm this week, surviving a no-confidence vote triggered by a $45 million bitcoin payment from a convicted criminal. The scandal has rocked Prime Minister Petr Fiala’s administration months before national elections, Reuters reports. The payment of 468 bitcoin was made to the state by a man previously jailed […]

CoinMarketCap Briefly Exploited With Wallet Phishing Pop-Up Message
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Hackers exploited a vulnerability in CoinMarketCap’s front-end system, using a seemingly harmless doodle image to inject malicious code that triggered fake wallet verification pop-ups across the site. The breach, confirmed by CoinMarketCap, used its backend API to deliver a manipulated JSON payload that embedded JavaScript into the homepage according to blockchain security firm Coinspect Security. […]

Bloomberg Analysts See 90% Chance SEC Clears Most Crypto ETFs Filings
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Odds are stacked that the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission approves most of the filed crypto exchange-traded funds, including the various XRP ETFs, by their respective deadlines, according to Bloomberg Analysts James Seyffart and Eric Balchunas. “We are raising our odds for the vast majority of the spot crypto ETF filings to 90% or higher,” […]

TON Breaks $3 Barrier Amid Surging Volume, Riding Telegram's Growth
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The Telegram-native cryptocurrency TON has broken through the psychologically significant $3 barrier, demonstrating robust momentum with exceptional trading volume nearly triple the period average. This surge coincides with growing interest in Telegram's ecosystem as WhatsApp begins implementing advertisements, positioning TON as a beneficiary of the shift toward ad-free, crypto-integrated messaging platforms. Despite recent volatility, TON […]

CryptoQuant Warns of $92K Bitcoin Drop as Analyst Views Diverge
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Good Morning, Asia. Here’s what’s making news in the markets: Welcome to Asia Morning Briefing, a daily summary of top stories during U.S. hours and an overview of market moves and analysis. For a detailed overview of U.S. markets, see CoinDesk’s Crypto Daybook Americas. As Asia begins its trading day, bitcoin is trading above $104,500 […]

Crypto Taxes Are Complicated, Don’t Let Them Derail Your Portfolio
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In today’s Crypto for Advisors, Bryan Courchesne from DAIM provides information on tax planning for crypto trades. Although we are half a year away from tax season, there are many considerations to track in order to be tax-ready. Then, Saim Akif from Akif CPA breaks down the differences in tax treatment between crypto and equities/bonds […]

DOJ Ties Kansas Bank Collapse to $225 Million ‘Pig Butchering’ Seizure
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A Kansas banker who looted millions from his small-town bank in 2023, which triggered its collapse, lost much of the money to overseas crypto scammers targeted in a record-breaking DOJ bust, according to a complaint filed Wednesday. Prosecutors have filed a civil forfeiture action targeting over $225 million in laundered USDT, part of a butchering […]

NEAR Protocol Plunges 6% as Middle East Tensions Fuel Crypto Selloff
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