Author: Anthony M. Orbison

Jameson Lopp, the chief security officer at Bitcoin (BTC) custody company Casa, sounded the alarm on Bitcoin address poisoning attacks, a social engineering scam that uses similar addresses from a victim’s transaction history to fool them into sending funds to the malicious address.According to Lopp’s Feb 6 article, the threat actors generate BTC addresses that match the first and last digits of addresses from the victim’s transaction history. Lopp analyzed the Bitcoin blockchain history for this type of attack and found:”The first such transactions did not appear until block 797570, July 7, 2023, which had 36 such transactions. Then, all…

  Pi Network token saw the RSI climb above 50 to signal bullish momentum, but this could be a false alarm. The capital outflow and the funding rate suggested that bears were dominant. Pi Network [PI] had been in a bearish trend in March.  In an earlier analysis, it was highlighted that the Pi token would fall toward $0.64. It had fallen that low and even lower, reaching $0.4 over the weekend. The trend has not shifted bullishly yet, even though the token saw a 99% price bounce in the 6-hour time frame, on the 5th of April. The $0.75…

Crypto Whales have dumped over 170 million in Chainlink (LINK) in the last three weeks, signaling concerns of a potential price crash. In the last 30 days, LINK is down 18%, with selling pressure around the altcoin growing. Despite the coin being added for transactions on the PayPal payment service, momentum around LINK remains negative, causing some concern that the asset’s price will continue to decline.After weeks of volatility and downside moves, bulls continue to struggle to regain control, with LINK failing to break above key resistance levels. According to on-chain data from Santiment, whales have sold over 170 million…

Last week, Bitcoin (BTC) began showing early signs of decoupling from the US stock markets. Bitcoin was relatively flat over the week, while the S&P 500 plunged by 9%. The sell-off was triggered following US President Donald Trump’s April 2 global tariff announcement, which escalated further on April 4 as China retaliated with new tariffs on US goods. Even gold was not spared and was down 1.9% for the week.Alpine Fox founder Mike Alfred highlighted in a post on X that a gold bull market is bullish for Bitcoin. During previous cycles, gold led Bitcoin for a short while, but…

The value of President Donald Trump’s controversial memecoin has cratered following the rollout of the White House’s new tariffs. Official Trump (TRUMP) is trading at $9.03 at time of writing and is down more than 13% in the past 24 hours. Trump signed an executive order on Wednesday that slapped a 10% baseline tariff on all imported goods entering the US, effective April 5th, with the stated goal of protecting domestic manufacturing. He also issued a proclamation detailing “reciprocal tariffs” on dozens of specific countries effective April 9th, with rates totaling up to 54% on China. The tariffs rattled global…

Top crypto stocks performed better than the broader stock market this week, helped by relatively stable cryptocurrency prices. After President Donald Trump unveiled new tariffs on April 2, the stock market experienced two days of turmoil. By Friday evening: The S&P 500 closed down 6% The Nasdaq Composite dropped 5.8%. The Dow Jones Industrial Average plummeted more than 2,200 points, or about 5.5%. The Russell 2000 Index, a small-cap stock index, slipped 4%. Since its December high, the Nasdaq is down 22%. Since its February high, the S&P is down about 17%. Some crypto-related stocks did better than these equities…

Ethereum core developers have confirmed that the highly anticipated Pectra upgrade will be deployed on May 7.Nixo Rokish, a member of the Ethereum Foundation’s protocol support team, shared the news in an April 3 post on social media, saying:“Pectra mainnet date confirmed May 7. Let’s gooooo.”Ethereum core contributor Terence further clarified that Pectra would go live at 10:05:11 UTC on May 7. The date effectively replaces the tentative April 30 plan, which was previously under consideration but ultimately discarded.According to Rokish, finalizing that date would not have met the 30-day notice period requested by builders building on top of Ethereum.He explained:“April…

Reason to trust Strict editorial policy that focuses on accuracy, relevance, and impartiality Created by industry experts and meticulously reviewed The highest standards in reporting and publishing Strict editorial policy that focuses on accuracy, relevance, and impartiality Morbi pretium leo et nisl aliquam mollis. Quisque arcu lorem, ultricies quis pellentesque nec, ullamcorper eu odio. Este artículo también está disponible en español. Bitcoin’s price is reaching a pivotal moment as it coils within a tightening triangle pattern that could soon resolve in a dramatic breakout. The ongoing consolidation around $80,000 to $85,000 is part of a classic technical setup that can…

Reason to trust Strict editorial policy that focuses on accuracy, relevance, and impartiality Created by industry experts and meticulously reviewed The highest standards in reporting and publishing Strict editorial policy that focuses on accuracy, relevance, and impartiality Morbi pretium leo et nisl aliquam mollis. Quisque arcu lorem, ultricies quis pellentesque nec, ullamcorper eu odio. Este artículo también está disponible en español. Ethereum continues to disappoint investors as its decline deepens, sparking growing fears of further selling pressure across the market. The second-largest cryptocurrency by market cap has failed to hold key support levels, and analysts are increasingly warning of a…

Cryptocurrency markets could be on track for recovery as investor sentiment begins to stabilize following US President Donald Trump’s sweeping tariff announcement — what some analysts are calling the peak of recent market uncertainty.Trump announced his reciprocal import tariffs on April 2, which sent tremors across global markets. The S&P 500 lost more than $5 trillion, its largest drop on record, surpassing the pandemic-induced crash in March 2020, according to Reuters.Still, some analysts see a silver lining to the tariff announcement.“In my opinion, the tariffs are the representation of the uncertainty in the markets,” Michaël van de Poppe, founder of…