Cryptocurrencies

A 30-year-old retail specialist from the Russian city of Voronezh went to the police to report cryptocurrency scammers who swindled 2.5 million rubles out of him. The man fell victim to a so-called "honeytrap" — the scheme began with a woman on a dating site. The Voronezh resident was chatting there with a new acquaintance when she suddenly began saying she was making good…

Japan's benchmark Nikkei 225 and South Korea's KOSPI indices have set new all-time highs. Asian markets did not react to Wall Street's worst day since the change of Fed chair in 1994. At his first meeting, Kevin Warsh kept the rate unchanged, but the updated Fed forecasts turned out to be far tougher than expected. The Fed left its key rate in a range of…

Oman has launched a national mining pool that all licensed cryptocurrency miners in the country must join. The project was launched by Oman's Ministry of Transport, Communications and Information Technology together with Frontier Technologies; the technology platform and liquidity infrastructure were provided by Enegix Global. In the first stage, the pool is expected to combine…

The leading cryptocurrency's quotes remain 15% below the true market mean price, which stands at $77,200. According to Glassnode analysts, on-chain metrics point to the continuation of a bearish trend.

Miami crypto promoter Rodney Burton, known as "Bitcoin Rodney," pleaded guilty in federal court to participating in the $1.8 billion HyperFund fraud scheme. The platform operated from 2020 to 2022 and defrauded investors around the world. As the US Attorney's Office for the District of Maryland reported, the 56-year-old Burton, under a plea agreement, confirmed that…