SharpLink Gaming’s total Ether holdings hit 205,634 ETH after its latest round of buys, which it will commit to staking.
Stephen Katte
Stephen Katte is an Australia based journalist who joined Cointelegraph in 2022 as a writer on the Asia-Pacific news desk. He mainly covers crypto crime and regulatory related content. Previously, he wrote gambling related articles for casinos and covered international news with a focus on the United States. He also covered local Australian news with regional papers under the banner of major media company’s Fairfax Media and Nine. He holds a bachelor’s degree in writing from the University of Canberra. Stephen has no crypto holdings above Cointelegraph’s disclosure threshold of $1,000.
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US sanctions North Korean tech worker crew over crypto thefts TRM Labs said North Korea is moving away from hacks to focus more on deception-based revenue generation, such as planting IT workers in US companies.
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Bitcoin miner BitFuFu mines 445 BTC for its biggest production month Bitcoin miners had a mixed bag in June, with Australian-based miner IREN reporting a record-breaking month for revenues, but lower Bitcoin production.
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SEC acknowledges Trump’s Truth Social Bitcoin and Ethereum ETF The acknowledgment officially starts the clock for the US securities regulator to decide on the proposed Bitcoin and Ether combined ETF.
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TON coin dips 6% after UAE authorities deny golden visa claim Emirates News Agency has refuted The Open Network’s claim that applicants who stake $100,000 worth of TON for three years would be eligible for 10-year golden visas.
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How Zelenskyy's ‘suit’ became the center of a massive Polymarket fight Crypto bettors have staked millions on whether the outfit technically counts as a suit, while a renowned fashion industry commentator hasn’t helped, calling it “both a suit and not a suit.”
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Chinese firm completes first buy in effort to stockpile 10% of BNB SkyBridge Capital’s Anthony Scaramucci has doubts crypto treasuries have legs in the long run, arguing investors will start buying crypto instead of investing in companies that hold it.
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US probes negotiator suspected of taking crypto ransomware money DigitalMint President Marc Grens confirmed in a statement to Cointelegraph that an employee is under investigation and has been fired from the firm.
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Crypto billionaire bit off kidnapper’s finger during ambush: Report Crypto billionaire Tim Heath lost a tooth but took a finger in a 30-second struggle with kidnappers in Estonia last year, a court has heard.
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Crypto losses hit $2.5B in first half of 2025, but hacks fall in Q2: CertiK Phishing attacks account for the highest number of security incidents so far this year at 132, but wallet hacks stole the most at $1.7 billion.
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US sanctions crypto wallet tied to ransomware, infostealer host The US Treasury has sanctioned a crypto wallet containing $350,000 tied to the alleged cybercrime hosting service Aeza Group.
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Major German bank to offer crypto trading by 2026 amid bank ‘FOMO’ Sparkassen-Finanzgruppe execs once ruled out adopting crypto over concerns of volatility and risk, and the banking giant also blocked customer crypto transactions back in 2015.
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Circle applies for US trust bank charter to manage its USDC reserve Other crypto firms are also reportedly considering applying for a national bank charter, following in the footsteps of Anchorage Digital Bank, which received a license in 2021.
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Unlucky trader ‘qwatio’ liquidated 8 times in a week, loses $12.5M A trader under the handle qwatio has been liquidated eight times in the last week, with the latest a partial liquidation of an Ether position leveraged by 25X.
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BNB Smart Chain block times fall to 0.8 secs amid Maxwell upgrade BNB Smart Chain’s Maxwell hard fork has three main proposals to boost scalability, validator sync and overall network efficiency.
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Crypto seed phrase, front-end hacks drive record losses in 2025: TRM Labs Crypto private key exploits and front-end protocol attacks account for 80% of the $2.1 billion worth of crypto that has been stolen so far this year, TRM Labs reports.
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AI crypto app users nearly double this year as funding beats 2024 total DappRadar found AI agent projects raised $1.39 billion this year, a 9.4% increase on the total funding in 2024, while onchain activity has surged 86%.
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‘Major bummer’ — Users discover Ledger is sunsetting the ‘OG’ Nano S Some users were questioning whether the Nano S would still work after support ends, and whether there was a security risk involved if they decided to keep using it.
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GameStop fails to woo traders with $450M raise, possibly for Bitcoin Vincent Liu, the chief investment officer at Kronos Research, said buying Bitcoin alone isn’t enough to increase a company’s stock price; there needs to be a clear plan.
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Crypto ATM sting uncovers elderly widow who lost $282K in scam One of the victims identified in the police operation said she carried around $13,000 in cash at one point to send Bitcoin to scammers via crypto ATMs.
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South Korea’s central bank wants gradual stablecoin rollout Bank of Korea governor Ryoo Sangdai reportedly said that banks should be the first to issue stablecoins, and they should do so slowly.
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Norway deep-sea mining firm plans $1.2B Bitcoin buy Green Minerals says it will raise $1.2 billion to buy Bitcoin and plans to adopt blockchain technology in areas such as supply chain transparency and operational efficiency.
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Coinbase claims ‘key role’ in Secret Service’s biggest-ever crypto seizure Coinbase says it helped the US Secret Service seize $225 million in crypto allegedly stolen by scammers, the largest crypto seizure in the agency’s history.
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SparkKitty malware wants your crypto seed phrase screenshots Kaspersky says the malware SparkKitty has been around since at least early 2024, and is likely connected to a similar type of malicious software dubbed SparkCat.
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Fed cuts ‘reputational risk’ scrutiny used to ‘assassinate’ crypto firms Under Operation Chokepoint 2.0, more than 30 technology and crypto companies were denied banking services in the US after the collapse of crypto-friendly banks in 2023.
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Huione marketplace death sprouts 30 more in its place: Elliptic Huione Guarantee’s shutdown sent “shockwaves” through the ecosystem but also left a vacuum for other crypto darknet marketplaces to fill.
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FTX rejects 3AC’s $1.5B claim, citing ‘failed trading strategy’ FTX lawyers argued that creditors should not serve as a “backstop” for Three Arrows Capital’s risky leveraged strategy.
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Hacken token plunges 99% after hacker mints and dumps $250K Cybersecurity firm Hacken CEO Dyma Budorin said the biggest damage has been to its reputation, though the incident had nothing to do with the main business.
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Politicians’ memecoins, dropped court cases fuel crypto ‘crime supercycle’ Blockchain sleuths ZachXBT and Taylor Monahan say crypto scammers have been emboldened with US regulators dropping crypto-related court cases and politicians endorsing memecoins.
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Bitcoin sentiment at ‘peak FUD’ with divide between bears and bulls — Santiment Santiment’s social media analysis found 1 bullish comment for every 1 bearish comment, which hasn’t happened since Donald Trump’s tariffs tanked markets in April.