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Two routine copy-and-paste actions erased $62 million in crypto over December and January, exposing how basic wallet habits are becoming one of Ethereum’s biggest security risks. Summary Two victims lost $62M after copying fake wallet addresses. Signature phishing also jumped sharply in January. Low fees have made large-scale scam campaigns cheaper to run. ScamSniffer said in a post on X on Feb. 8 that one victim lost about $50 million in December 2025 after sending funds to a fake address copied from transaction history. In January 2026, another user lost roughly $12.25 million, equal to about 4,556 ETH at the…

Even a modest model portfolio allocation to crypto in Asia could drive massive inflows into the market, according to Nicholas Peach, head of APAC iShares at BlackRock.Speaking on a panel at Consensus Hong Kong, Peach said rising institutional acceptance of crypto exchange-traded funds (ETFs) — particularly in Asia — is reshaping expectations for the sector.“Some model advisors are now recommending a 1% allocation to cryptocurrencies in your standard investment portfolio,” Peach said. “If you do some fun math… there’s about $108 trillion of household wealth in all of Asia. So you take 1% of that… and that’d be just south…

Trusted Editorial content, reviewed by leading industry experts and seasoned editors. Ad Disclosure Ethereum’s (ETH) latest price crash is triggering aggressive capital rotation from institutional investors positioning around perceived value zones. Fresh on-chain tracking shows large ETH purchases emerging immediately after the decline, reinforcing the view that deep-pocket players are treating the pullback as a discounted entry opportunity rather than a sign of structural weakness. Institutional Capital Steps In As Ethereum (ETH) Slides Blockchain monitoring data linked to Fundstrat analyst Tom Lee indicates that Bitmine executed another major Ethereum purchase directly following the market drop. The transaction involved 20K ETH…

Uniswap’s native token, UNI, posted a sharp gain on Wednesday after the world’s largest asset manager, BlackRock, announced plans to bring its Treasury‑backed digital fund, BUIDL, onto the decentralized finance (DeFi) platform.  The move, which also includes BlackRock’s intention to purchase UNI tokens, fueled a strong rally in the token during the trading session. BUIDL Launch On Uniswap The development was detailed in a joint press release from Uniswap Labs and Securitize. The two companies revealed a strategic integration that will allow shares of the BlackRock USD Institutional Digital Liquidity Fund (BUIDL) to be traded using UniswapX technology. Through the…

Standard Chartered and B2C2, a global provider of institutional liquidity for digital assets, announced a strategic partnership in hopes of improving institutional access to crypto markets. The collaboration brings together Standard Chartered’s global banking infrastructure with B2C2’s liquidity across spot and options trading, according to a note shared with Bitcoin Magazine.  Under the agreement, B2C2 will provide its institutional clients like asset managers, hedge funds, corporates, and family offices with direct connectivity and liquidity access to Standard Chartered’s banking network and settlement services.  The partnership is designed to deliver a streamlined experience by integrating regulated banking services with institutional-grade crypto…

Blockchain transactions per second (TPS) numbers are often treated as a performance gauge, but they don’t tell the full story of whether a network can scale in practice.Carter Feldman, founder of Psy Protocol and a former hacker, told Cointelegraph that TPS figures are often misleading because they ignore how transactions are actually verified and relayed across decentralized systems.“Many pre-mainnet, testnet or isolated benchmarking tests measure TPS with only one node running. At that point, you might as well call Instagram a blockchain that can hit 1 billion TPS because it has one central authority validating every API call,” Feldman said.Part…

Bitcoin (BTC) may recover from its ongoing slump and reach $150,000 by the year’s end, according to a recent Bernstein outlook. Key takeaways:Bitcoin must hold the 200-week SMA and see new-investor flows turn positive.Sidelined capital must flow back into crypto, and the quantum threat needs to be addressed. More rate cuts from the Fed in 2026 will bring risk-on investors back to BTC. BTC/USD daily chart. Source: TradingViewBitcoin must hold above this key trend lineOne condition that has consistently defined Bitcoin’s transition from bear markets to new bull cycles is the price action around the 200-week simple moving average (200-week…

Wrapped Bitcoin (WBTC) spent years marketing itself as being governed by decentralized autonomous organizations (DAOs) that would have oversight over many parts of the product, including “the addition and removal of merchants and custodians.” Its whitepaper claimed that “signatures are required from DAO members in order to add/remove members.” Even as recently as a few months ago, WBTC has continued to emphasize that it “operates through a DAO.” 2/ Misconception: “Withdrawing WBTC requires custodian’s personal approval.” Reality: WBTC operates through a DAO and a network of merchants.You can trade WBTC for BTC ($66,347.00 · Live) in open markets at any…

Today’s AI trading bots are based on a limited amount of historical data which means totally unfamiliar market events like the 10/10 liquidations or even last week’s severe selloffs will leave agentic trading models short of the mark.These historical data-driven AI models have never seen huge liquidations on a single day and would find this “very unfamiliar” said Bitget CEO Gracy Chen on a panel about agentic trading bots at Consensus Hong Kong 2026. As such human intervention is needed.“As an exchange, we don’t plan to build our own LLM [large language model]. But trading bots are a big thing,”…

Ethereum price is testing a key demand zone as more than 220,000 ETH leaves exchanges, tightening liquid supply during a sharp market pullback. Summary Ethereum price prediction hinges heavily on ETH holding the $1,850 demand zone. Exchange reserves have dropped by 220,000 ETH, while accumulating addresses now hold 27 million ETH, about 23% of supply. Holding $1,850 could open a rebound toward $2,000–$2,100, while a breakdown risks a move toward $1,750. Ethereum was trading at $1,975 at press time, down 4% in the past 24 hours. The broader trend remains under pressure. ETH has fallen 12% over the last seven…