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Wipe Out — Fake SEC Approval Report Erases $71M in Bitcoin Short Positions

In the wake of fabricated news asserting the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) green-lit Blackrock’s Ishares spot bitcoin exchange-traded fund, short positions worth $78.92 million were cleared out. This sum represented 57% of…

Tether Freezes 32 Crypto Addresses Linked To Terrorism In Israel And Ukraine

Tether, the world’s largest stablecoin company, has reaffirmed its commitment to combating cryptocurrency-funded terrorism and warfare by collaborating with law enforcement agencies worldwide.  The company has frozen 32 addresses containing…

Manta's Layer-2 Blockchain Already Plans to Ditch OP Stack for Polygon

The network, which just went live a couple weeks ago as a so-called optimistic rollup – the core underpinning of OP Stack – will now become a “ZK-rollup,” which is what Polygon’s software kit provides.

Bitcoin Surges on Fake Blackrock ETF Approval News: Misinformation Ripples Through Crypto Markets

On a bustling Monday, the cryptocurrency-focused news platform Cointelegraph broadcasted that the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) had given the green light to Blackrock’s Ishares spot bitcoin exchange-traded fund (ETF). The…