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Argentine Prosecutor to Freeze $100M Crypto Amid LIBRA Fraud

Argentine prosecutors push to freeze $100M linked to LIBRA token after President Milei's alleged involvement in a pump-and-dump scheme.

Solana

Ethereum

Ethereum Outshines Bitcoin in 2021 as Blockchain and NFTs Gain Traction

While Bitcoin remains the most popular cryptocurrency, Ethereum's native token, Ether, outperformed in 2021. The rise of blockchain adoption and NFTs contributed to its dominance.

Ethereum’s EIP-1559 Upgrade Begins Today—Here’s How It Will Change the Network

Ethereum’s highly anticipated EIP-1559 upgrade, part of the London hard fork, launches today. Discover how it will impact transaction fees, coin burning, and the future of ETH prices.

Visa Partners with Ethereum-Based USDC for Global Digital Payments

Visa is integrating USDC, the Ethereum-based stablecoin by Circle, into its global payments network. This move aims to revolutionize digital transactions and corporate payments.

Ethereum 2.0 Upgrade: What It Means for the World’s Second-Largest Cryptocurrency

Ethereum’s long-awaited 2.0 upgrade is set to revolutionize the network, enabling faster transactions and improved efficiency. Learn what this means for ETH and its investors.

Ethereum Network Growth Soars in 2020, Signaling Long-Term Optimism

Despite recent price drops, Ethereum's network growth is surging, with unique addresses increasing significantly. Discover why this trend signals long-term bullish potential for ETH.

XRP

XRP Leads November Crypto Bull Run With a 169% Gain, Outshining Bitcoin

XRP skyrocketed 169% in November, surpassing Bitcoin and Ethereum in growth. What fueled the surge, and is it sustainable?

Ripple Faces SEC Lawsuit Over XRP, Cryptocurrency Drops Sharply

The SEC is set to sue Ripple over the sale of unregistered securities, alleging XRP is not a currency. CEO Brad Garlinghouse disputes the claims as XRP prices drop.

XRP Drops as Ripple Faces SEC Lawsuit Over Alleged Securities Violations

Ripple CEO Brad Garlinghouse says the SEC’s lawsuit against XRP is unjust, as the cryptocurrency falls 13%. The case could reshape crypto regulations.

Ripple Hit with New Lawsuit Over $1.1B XRP Sale—Legal Battle Continues

A little-known company, Bitcoin Manipulation Abatement (BMA), has filed a lawsuit against Ripple, alleging its XRP sale violated U.S. securities laws. What’s next for Ripple?

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Bitcoin

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Argentine Prosecutor to Freeze $100M Crypto Amid LIBRA Fraud

Argentine prosecutors push to freeze $100M linked to LIBRA token after President Milei's alleged involvement in a pump-and-dump scheme.

Solana

Ethereum

Ethereum Outshines Bitcoin in 2021 as Blockchain and NFTs Gain Traction

While Bitcoin remains the most popular cryptocurrency, Ethereum's native token, Ether, outperformed in 2021. The rise of blockchain adoption and NFTs contributed to its dominance.

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Ethereum’s highly anticipated EIP-1559 upgrade, part of the London hard fork, launches today. Discover how it will impact transaction fees, coin burning, and the future of ETH prices.

Visa Partners with Ethereum-Based USDC for Global Digital Payments

Visa is integrating USDC, the Ethereum-based stablecoin by Circle, into its global payments network. This move aims to revolutionize digital transactions and corporate payments.

Ethereum 2.0 Upgrade: What It Means for the World’s Second-Largest Cryptocurrency

Ethereum’s long-awaited 2.0 upgrade is set to revolutionize the network, enabling faster transactions and improved efficiency. Learn what this means for ETH and its investors.

Ethereum Network Growth Soars in 2020, Signaling Long-Term Optimism

Despite recent price drops, Ethereum's network growth is surging, with unique addresses increasing significantly. Discover why this trend signals long-term bullish potential for ETH.

XRP

XRP Leads November Crypto Bull Run With a 169% Gain, Outshining Bitcoin

XRP skyrocketed 169% in November, surpassing Bitcoin and Ethereum in growth. What fueled the surge, and is it sustainable?

Ripple Faces SEC Lawsuit Over XRP, Cryptocurrency Drops Sharply

The SEC is set to sue Ripple over the sale of unregistered securities, alleging XRP is not a currency. CEO Brad Garlinghouse disputes the claims as XRP prices drop.

XRP Drops as Ripple Faces SEC Lawsuit Over Alleged Securities Violations

Ripple CEO Brad Garlinghouse says the SEC’s lawsuit against XRP is unjust, as the cryptocurrency falls 13%. The case could reshape crypto regulations.

Ripple Hit with New Lawsuit Over $1.1B XRP Sale—Legal Battle Continues

A little-known company, Bitcoin Manipulation Abatement (BMA), has filed a lawsuit against Ripple, alleging its XRP sale violated U.S. securities laws. What’s next for Ripple?
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Bitget Token (BGB) $ 4.42
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WhiteBIT Coin (WBT) $ 28.49
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sUSDS (SUSDS) $ 1.04
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Internet Computer (ICP) $ 5.68
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Ethereum Classic (ETC) $ 18.01
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Gate (GT) $ 21.42
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Coinbase Wrapped BTC (CBBTC) $ 84,567.66
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Mantle (MNT) $ 0.733629
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Official Trump (TRUMP) $ 12.23
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Cronos (CRO) $ 0.083374
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Tokenize Xchange (TKX) $ 28.03
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Bittensor (TAO) $ 259.49
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VeChain (VET) $ 0.024821
first-digital-usd
First Digital USD (FDUSD) $ 0.998725
kaspa
Kaspa (KAS) $ 0.080621
cosmos
Cosmos Hub (ATOM) $ 4.32
celestia
Celestia (TIA) $ 3.51
ethena
Ethena (ENA) $ 0.35702
polygon-ecosystem-token
POL (ex-MATIC) (POL) $ 0.215963
filecoin
Filecoin (FIL) $ 2.88
fasttoken
Fasttoken (FTN) $ 3.99
algorand
Algorand (ALGO) $ 0.199808
sonic-3
Sonic (prev. FTM) (S) $ 0.530089
render-token
Render (RENDER) $ 3.22
lombard-staked-btc
Lombard Staked BTC (LBTC) $ 84,643.68
arbitrum
Arbitrum (ARB) $ 0.359695
story-2
Story (IP) $ 5.84
arbitrum-bridged-usdt-arbitrum
Arbitrum Bridged USDT (Arbitrum) (USDT) $ 1.00
jupiter-exchange-solana
Jupiter (JUP) $ 0.529309
optimism
Optimism (OP) $ 0.86733
kucoin-shares
KuCoin (KCS) $ 11.11
fetch-ai
Artificial Superintelligence Alliance (FET) $ 0.516696
solv-btc
Solv Protocol SolvBTC (SOLVBTC) $ 84,375.61
blackrock-usd-institutional-digital-liquidity-fund
BlackRock USD Institutional Digital Liquidity Fund (BUIDL) $ 1.00
binance-peg-weth
Binance-Peg WETH (WETH) $ 1,913.24
kelp-dao-restaked-eth
Kelp DAO Restaked ETH (RSETH) $ 1,989.46
movement
Movement (MOVE) $ 0.452733
xdce-crowd-sale
XDC Network (XDC) $ 0.068901
nexo
NEXO (NEXO) $ 1.08
sei-network
Sei (SEI) $ 0.204025
maker
Maker (MKR) $ 1,172.25
dexe
DeXe (DEXE) $ 17.32
blockstack
Stacks (STX) $ 0.64543
injective-protocol
Injective (INJ) $ 10.02
usual-usd
Usual USD (USD0) $ 0.997954
binance-staked-sol
Binance Staked SOL (BNSOL) $ 140.06
immutable-x
Immutable (IMX) $ 0.546331
worldcoin-wld
Worldcoin (WLD) $ 0.870411
rocket-pool-eth
Rocket Pool ETH (RETH) $ 2,148.79
flare-networks
Flare (FLR) $ 0.015142
the-graph
The Graph (GRT) $ 0.095268
theta-token
Theta Network (THETA) $ 0.89535
lido-dao
Lido DAO (LDO) $ 0.955083
bonk
Bonk (BONK) $ 0.000011
polygon-bridged-usdt-polygon
Polygon Bridged USDT (Polygon) (USDT) $ 1.00
solv-protocol-solvbtc-bbn
Solv Protocol SolvBTC.BBN (SOLVBTC.BB) $ 84,136.54
mantle-staked-ether
Mantle Staked Ether (METH) $ 2,027.87
paypal-usd
PayPal USD (PYUSD) $ 0.999938
eos
EOS (EOS) $ 0.500507
bitcoin
Bitcoin (BTC) $ 84,533.65
ethereum
Ethereum (ETH) $ 1,914.45
tether
Tether (USDT) $ 1.00
xrp
XRP (XRP) $ 2.40
bnb
BNB (BNB) $ 592.64
solana
Solana (SOL) $ 134.63
usd-coin
USDC (USDC) $ 1.00
cardano
Cardano (ADA) $ 0.749508
dogecoin
Dogecoin (DOGE) $ 0.172462
tron
TRON (TRX) $ 0.222734
staked-ether
Lido Staked Ether (STETH) $ 1,910.64
wrapped-bitcoin
Wrapped Bitcoin (WBTC) $ 84,411.62
pi-network
Pi Network (PI) $ 1.46
leo-token
LEO Token (LEO) $ 9.75
chainlink
Chainlink (LINK) $ 13.82
stellar
Stellar (XLM) $ 0.27673
usds
USDS (USDS) $ 1.00
wrapped-steth
Wrapped stETH (WSTETH) $ 2,284.39
hedera-hashgraph
Hedera (HBAR) $ 0.194769
avalanche-2
Avalanche (AVAX) $ 18.57
shiba-inu
Shiba Inu (SHIB) $ 0.000013
sui
Sui (SUI) $ 2.36
the-open-network
Toncoin (TON) $ 2.91
litecoin
Litecoin (LTC) $ 91.75
bitcoin-cash
Bitcoin Cash (BCH) $ 330.13
polkadot
Polkadot (DOT) $ 4.23
mantra-dao
MANTRA (OM) $ 6.30
ethena-usde
Ethena USDe (USDE) $ 0.999857
weth
WETH (WETH) $ 1,913.88
bitget-token
Bitget Token (BGB) $ 4.42
binance-bridged-usdt-bnb-smart-chain
Binance Bridged USDT (BNB Smart Chain) (BSC-USD) $ 0.999862
hyperliquid
Hyperliquid (HYPE) $ 14.13
whitebit
WhiteBIT Coin (WBT) $ 28.49
wrapped-eeth
Wrapped eETH (WEETH) $ 2,034.12
monero
Monero (XMR) $ 209.27
uniswap
Uniswap (UNI) $ 6.05
susds
sUSDS (SUSDS) $ 1.04
dai
Dai (DAI) $ 0.999877
aptos
Aptos (APT) $ 5.24
near
NEAR Protocol (NEAR) $ 2.63
pepe
Pepe (PEPE) $ 0.000007
ondo-finance
Ondo (ONDO) $ 0.878849
okb
OKB (OKB) $ 46.15
internet-computer
Internet Computer (ICP) $ 5.68
ethereum-classic
Ethereum Classic (ETC) $ 18.01
gatechain-token
Gate (GT) $ 21.42
aave
Aave (AAVE) $ 173.96
coinbase-wrapped-btc
Coinbase Wrapped BTC (CBBTC) $ 84,567.66
mantle
Mantle (MNT) $ 0.733629
official-trump
Official Trump (TRUMP) $ 12.23
crypto-com-chain
Cronos (CRO) $ 0.083374
tokenize-xchange
Tokenize Xchange (TKX) $ 28.03
bittensor
Bittensor (TAO) $ 259.49
vechain
VeChain (VET) $ 0.024821
first-digital-usd
First Digital USD (FDUSD) $ 0.998725
kaspa
Kaspa (KAS) $ 0.080621
cosmos
Cosmos Hub (ATOM) $ 4.32
celestia
Celestia (TIA) $ 3.51
ethena
Ethena (ENA) $ 0.35702
polygon-ecosystem-token
POL (ex-MATIC) (POL) $ 0.215963
filecoin
Filecoin (FIL) $ 2.88
fasttoken
Fasttoken (FTN) $ 3.99
algorand
Algorand (ALGO) $ 0.199808
sonic-3
Sonic (prev. FTM) (S) $ 0.530089
render-token
Render (RENDER) $ 3.22
lombard-staked-btc
Lombard Staked BTC (LBTC) $ 84,643.68
arbitrum
Arbitrum (ARB) $ 0.359695
story-2
Story (IP) $ 5.84
arbitrum-bridged-usdt-arbitrum
Arbitrum Bridged USDT (Arbitrum) (USDT) $ 1.00
jupiter-exchange-solana
Jupiter (JUP) $ 0.529309
optimism
Optimism (OP) $ 0.86733
kucoin-shares
KuCoin (KCS) $ 11.11
fetch-ai
Artificial Superintelligence Alliance (FET) $ 0.516696
solv-btc
Solv Protocol SolvBTC (SOLVBTC) $ 84,375.61
blackrock-usd-institutional-digital-liquidity-fund
BlackRock USD Institutional Digital Liquidity Fund (BUIDL) $ 1.00
binance-peg-weth
Binance-Peg WETH (WETH) $ 1,913.24
kelp-dao-restaked-eth
Kelp DAO Restaked ETH (RSETH) $ 1,989.46
movement
Movement (MOVE) $ 0.452733
xdce-crowd-sale
XDC Network (XDC) $ 0.068901
nexo
NEXO (NEXO) $ 1.08
sei-network
Sei (SEI) $ 0.204025
maker
Maker (MKR) $ 1,172.25
dexe
DeXe (DEXE) $ 17.32
blockstack
Stacks (STX) $ 0.64543
injective-protocol
Injective (INJ) $ 10.02
usual-usd
Usual USD (USD0) $ 0.997954
binance-staked-sol
Binance Staked SOL (BNSOL) $ 140.06
immutable-x
Immutable (IMX) $ 0.546331
worldcoin-wld
Worldcoin (WLD) $ 0.870411
rocket-pool-eth
Rocket Pool ETH (RETH) $ 2,148.79
flare-networks
Flare (FLR) $ 0.015142
the-graph
The Graph (GRT) $ 0.095268
theta-token
Theta Network (THETA) $ 0.89535
lido-dao
Lido DAO (LDO) $ 0.955083
bonk
Bonk (BONK) $ 0.000011
polygon-bridged-usdt-polygon
Polygon Bridged USDT (Polygon) (USDT) $ 1.00
solv-protocol-solvbtc-bbn
Solv Protocol SolvBTC.BBN (SOLVBTC.BB) $ 84,136.54
mantle-staked-ether
Mantle Staked Ether (METH) $ 2,027.87
paypal-usd
PayPal USD (PYUSD) $ 0.999938
eos
EOS (EOS) $ 0.500507

Bitcoin Turns 10 Amidst a Decade of Disruption, Controversy, and Resilience

How a White Paper Sparked a Financial Revolution

On October 31, 2008, in the wake of the global financial crisis, an anonymous figure known as Satoshi Nakamoto released a white paper outlining the concept of a decentralized digital currency—Bitcoin. Designed as an alternative to traditional banking, Bitcoin introduced a peer-to-peer electronic cash system that relied on blockchain technology instead of central financial institutions.

At the time, the world was reeling from the biggest economic crash since the Great Depression, and trust in banks had hit an all-time low. Bitcoin’s revolutionary promise was simple yet powerful: financial independence through decentralization. Over the past decade, it has grown into a global phenomenon, but its journey has been anything but smooth.

The Power of Bitcoin: How It Works

The foundation of Bitcoin’s success lies in blockchain technology, a public, distributed ledger that records transactions securely and transparently. Each transaction is verified through a process called mining, where computers solve complex mathematical equations to validate and link digital blocks of information.

This system eliminates intermediaries like banks, ensuring greater security, transparency, and reduced transaction costs. It also prevents issues like double-spending, making Bitcoin a trusted digital asset for millions.

Bitcoin’s decentralized nature makes it appealing to those who seek an alternative to government-backed financial systems. Over the years, major corporations like Overstock and Starbucks have embraced Bitcoin, pushing it further into mainstream adoption.

The Dark Side: Hacks, Scandals, and Setbacks

Despite its promise, Bitcoin’s journey has been plagued by controversy and instability. One of the biggest blows came in 2014, when Mt. Gox, then the world’s largest Bitcoin exchange, suffered a massive hack. More than 800,000 bitcoins (worth over $400 million at the time) were stolen, leading to the exchange’s collapse and a sharp decline in Bitcoin’s credibility.

Bitcoin’s association with illegal activities also fueled skepticism. The infamous Silk Road marketplace used Bitcoin as its primary currency for illicit transactions before being shut down in 2013. Meanwhile, regulators remained hesitant to endorse the cryptocurrency, with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) rejecting Bitcoin’s attempts to become an exchange-traded fund (ETF).

Even price volatility has tested investor confidence. After reaching a peak of $1,200 per coin in 2013, Bitcoin crashed 80% in 2014. Its value remained below $650 through 2016, only to skyrocket again in 2017, hitting an all-time high of $20,000 per coin—before another devastating crash in 2018, when it tumbled to $6,500.

Bitcoin’s Future: Can It Survive Another Decade?

Despite numerous challenges, Bitcoin remains the largest and most widely accepted cryptocurrency. While rivals like Ethereum and Litecoin have emerged, Bitcoin continues to dominate the market.

From its first real-world transaction in 2010, when 10,000 bitcoins were used to buy two pizzas (then worth just $25), to its modern-day valuation in the tens of thousands per coin, Bitcoin has proven its resilience.

However, critics warn that price volatility, regulatory uncertainty, and security concerns could threaten its long-term survival. With governments and central banks considering their own digital currencies, Bitcoin’s role in the future of finance remains uncertain.

As it enters its second decade, Bitcoin stands at a crossroads: Will it become the foundation of a decentralized financial system, or will its volatility and regulatory roadblocks limit its growth? One thing is certain—Bitcoin has already left an indelible mark on the global economy.

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