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User Just Got $58,000 Back From BitMart While Thousands Are Still Waiting
It took two weeks for one BitMart user's withdrawal to finally clear after the exchange announced it was winding down operations.For most people, a two-week delay on their own money would be maddening enough on its own. For BitMart users right now, it's actually being celebrated as a genuine win, because plenty of others still can't get their funds out at al…
Crypto Trader Accused Of Fake $6M Loss On Bybit Demo Account During Record Short Liquidation
Bitcoin was front and center on my timeline when two completely different stories collided into one, and honestly, the timing couldn't have been more fitting. On one side: Bitcoin just ripped through short sellers so hard it produced the largest short liquidation event crypto has ever recorded. On the other: a very public Twitter fight over whether a trader…
Meteor Wallet Review: NEAR Supported Non-Custodial Wallet, Records 750,000 NEAR Staked
Meteor Wallet and NEAR Protocol are both built for accessibility without sacrificing power, helping bridge the gap between simplicity and deep functionality for crypto users.Most crypto wallets ask you to choose between simplicity and depth, pick the clean interface that hides the power, or the powerful dashboard that overwhelms anyone new to Web3. Meteor Wa…
Jheioff Offers Six-Figure Bounty For Leads As Gate.io's Promised Investigation Stalls
Some crypto disputes fade quietly after the initial outrage cycle passes, but the ongoing case involving Gate.io user @jheioff has simmered for weeks before boiling over into a public, six-figure bounty for information following a $1.7 million theft claim against the exchange. This week, Jheioff put real money behind the frustration, offering $100,000 out of…
A Google-Approved Phishing Scam Is Targeting Ledger Wallet Users, Here’s How To Stay Safe
Here's a sentence that should stop anyone with a hardware wallet in their tracks: as of this week, typing "Ledger Wallet" into Google doesn't reliably take you to Ledger. Instead, the top result in some searches is a paid, sponsored ad labeled "Ledger Official" that leads straight to a phishing page, hosted, ironically, in a way that borrows Google's own cre…
Robinhood Chain's Stablecoins Just Crossed $650M. Here's What's Actually Driving It
Six weeks ago, Robinhood Chain didn't have a stablecoin ecosystem worth mentioning. Now it has three competing for dominance, and the combined total has blown past $650 million, a scale most Layer 2 networks take years to reach, not weeks. What's happening here isn't just a number going up, it's a genuine three-way contest over which kind of dollar wins on a…