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💵 US authorities have launched an investigation into Tether, a USDT issuer, reports WSJ. Tether CEO Paolo Ardoino denies a WSJ report that the company is under investigation by the U.S. government. 🪙 99Bitcoins

📊 With Tesla’s stock surge, Musk’s net worth expanded by $26.4 billion, creating a substantial lead over other billionaires. Forbes now values Musk’s fortune at $269.8 billion, with his nearest rival, Oracle’s Larry Ellison, holding $212.2 billion. The boost in Tesla’s stock value was partly due to Musk's promising forecasts. 🪙 99Bitcoins

Binance transferred $4.4 million worth of hacker assets to the U.S. Binance, the largest centralized cryptocurrency exchange in the world, announced that it had transferred $4.4 million worth of hackers’ cryptocurrency assets to the United States Treasury. The funds were discovered and blocked, thanks to the Binance Investigations team. According to the crypto platform’s team, it started “calculating” the hacker’s crypto more than a year ago with the help of American detectives. Thanks to the “huge degree of transparency,” law enforcement agencies uncovered groups’ crimes from North Korea. Conclusion: Despite the criticism of the “centralized wing” of the crypto world, it still has clear advantages: Often, centralized platforms like Binance help restore justice and punish criminals. In DeFi, however, it is very challenging to do this. 🪙 99Bitcoins

#Microsoft unveils new features for Photos app on Copilot+ computers, such as image resolution improvement and OCR feature. 🪙 99Bitcoins

💩 Another insider crashed the price of shield by 96% with a single transaction, selling half of the total memcoin issue. The 16-address cryptan bought 665 million SHAR (66.5% of the total memcoin issue) for 5,710 SOL ($948k) and later sold 500 million SHAR for 19,620 SOL, thus earning $2.4 million. Another trader lost 2,481 SOL ($429k) due to a sharp collapse of the exchange rate. 🪙 99Bitcoins

Ethereum vs. Bitcoin Remember how we told you that we created almost 50 educational videos? One of our videos compares the Bitcoin and Ethereum blockchains in only two minutes and explains their key differences. 🪙 99Bitcoins

📱WhatsApp will allow saving contacts within the application. So that it is not lost when changing phones. 🪙 99Bitcoins

Experts from the Indian government said that central bank digital currencies (CBDCs) are superior to bitcoin and Ethereum in terms of security and financial inclusiveness, they believe it is necessary to ban so-called “private cryptocurrencies”. Officials noted that blockchain technology can be used for a variety of socially beneficial purposes, such as tokenization of government securities, lending to the weaker sections of the population and targeted subsidies. 🪙 99Bitcoins

Trezor announces a tenfold increase in sales for its crypto wallet. Amid the controversy surrounding its direct competitor, Ledger, sales for Trezor’s hardware devices have increased by 900%. Here’s what’s happening: Recently, Ledger, an industry leader in manufacturing cold storage crypto wallets, introduced a new function for restoring seed phrases called Ledger Recover, which fractionalizes the user’s recovery phrase into three parts and stores them with third parties. The function caused indignation among users, and amid the scandal, Trezor reported increased sales of its devices by +900% compared to the previous week. Don’t mess with crypto enthusiasts😅 The crypto community zealously follows the ideas of decentralization and does not like any interference “from above.” 🪙 99Bitcoins

Solana's TVL reached its highest level since January 2022 The total value of blockchain assets (TVL) in the Solana network grew to $6.43 billion, reaching its highest level since the beginning of 2022. The main growth drivers are the Jito and Raydium projects with $2.23 billion and $1.8 billion TVL, respectively. 🪙 99Bitcoins

#Avalanche $AVAX releases Visa card for cryptocurrency payments. 🪙 99Bitcoins

What is an ASIC? You may have come across this word while studying crypto. We’ll explain as clearly as possible: Application-specific integrated circuit, or ASIC, is a device designed to perform a single task, but for cryptocurrency, this task is mining. In simple terms, ASIC is a powerful computer that allows you to mine more efficiently than on a conventional video card. If an ordinary computer is a bicycle, then an ASIC is a high-speed sports car that performs the same tasks several times faster. 🪙 99Bitcoins

📉 Today's BTC drop was accompanied by the movement of 31,905 BTC ($2.1 billion) bought 12-18 months ago in the $25.7-$38.4k range. 🪙 99Bitcoins

🇺🇸 BlackRock’s #Bitcoin ETF became the third largest ETF in year-to-date flows. Fastest growing ETF in history 🙌 🪙 99Bitcoins

Crypto Scam: The OneCoin scam, which stole more than $4 billion Today, we’ll tell you about the OneCoin project, the largest scam in the history of crypto. In 2016, Ruzha Ignatova, also known as the “Crypto Queen,” declared the OneCoin token a “Bitcoin killer.” Investments in OneCoin came from all over the world, but Ignatova and her team did not even create a blockchain for their coin, meaning the coin never went live for trading. After transferring control of OneCoin to her brother, who pleaded guilty to fraud, Ignatova disappeared in 2017 and has not been seen since. In June 2022, she was added to the United States Federal Bureau of Investigation’s list of the top 10 most wanted criminals. The scam ballooned to $4 billion because very large players also invested in the project. 🪙 99Bitcoins

🇺🇸 BlackRock’s #Bitcoin ETF became the third largest ETF in year-to-date flows. Fastest growing ETF in history 🙌

UPD: Trump's rise in odds on Polymarket may be artificial A number of top bettors who placed bets on the outcome of the US presidential election have come to the attention of the community , including a user under the nickname Fredi9999 who bet more than $20 million on Donald Trump's victory. The network does not rule out that most of the accounts of the largest bettors are connected with each other - a user under the nickname Domer, who specializes in betting on political events, studied the scheme of transactions of these users and suggested that Fredi9999 can control the entire top. 🪙 99Bitcoins

TRON's revenue reached record levels in Q3 TRON network revenue in Q3 2024 totaled a record $151.2 million, a 29% increase over the previous period. Messari specialists attribute the growth to the launch of SunPump, a platform for memes. 🪙 99Bitcoins

Crypto Tourism: Crypto-friendly tourist destinations The impact of cryptocurrencies goes beyond speculation and investment. More and more businesses — hotels, restaurants, shops, etc. — are introducing digital assets into their activities. Amsterdam, San Francisco, and Tokyo are at the forefront of “cryptocurrency tourism.” Amsterdam boasts dozens of businesses accepting cryptocurrencies, from fancy cafes to innovative technology stores. San Francisco is also home to many companies open to digital currencies. Thanks to a progressive and long-term approach to finance in Tokyo, many Bitcoin ATMs have been installed, while more retail outlets have started accepting crypto for payment, making Japan’s capital a go-to destination for crypto enthusiasts. However, the industry is developing and permeating the world: We’re seeing the emergence of crypto travel agencies that accept cryptocurrencies for booking flights and hotels. Many airlines are also joining the crypto revolution and are starting to accept payments in digital currencies. Therefore, the next time you plan a vacation, consider these cryptocurrency destinations to get a taste of the future today. 🪙 99Bitcoins

Vitalik Buterin shared the second part of the article from the series “The Possible Future of the Ethereum Protocol” In the piece titled The Surge, the Ethereum co-founder statedthe following main goals: - Achieve over 100,000 transactions per second using L1 and L2 networks. - Increase interoperability between Layer 2 blockchains. - “Ethereum should be seen as a single ecosystem, not 34 different blockchains.” - arrange transfers to other networks in 2 seconds, standardize user experience and improve link security. 🪙 99Bitcoins