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Crypto stocks across the board took a dive at Monday’s open after Bitcoin failed to maintain its early weekend momentum, but some are starting to rebound as the day goes on. At 9:45 am ET, Coinbase (COIN) fell 4% to $156.63. MicroStrategy (MSTR), the world’s largest corporate Bitcoin holder, dipped by 5% to about $133, while the Valkyrie Bitcoin Miners ETF (WGMI) fell by the same amount to a price of nearly $16. By comparison, the S&P 500 traded flat, and the Nasdaq 100 traded 0.5% down at Monda...

Former president Donald Trump survived yet another suspected assassination attempt over the weekend. But this time political meme coins related to the Republican nominee have tanked over the week, causing some traders to question the dynamic between meme coin prices and relevant news events. After the first Trump assassination attempt, Solana meme coin TREMP jumped 71% over the following 24 hours, with TRUMP up 39% and MAGA also climbing 33%. In contrast, TREMP is down 5% over the past 24 hours,...

A Florida man was sentenced to 47 years in prison last Wednesday for orchestrating a series of home violent invasions targeting owners of Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies, stealing $3.5 million through brute force and SIM-swapping attacks alongside 13 other co-conspirators. Remy St Felix, 24, was the leader of a home invasion crew that held victims at gunpoint in Delray Beach and Homestead, Florida, according to the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ). St Felix’s victims were assaulted and bound...

Stablecoin issuer Circle had added support for its Bridged USDC Standard on Sony's Ethereum layer-2 network Soneium.  Sony Block Solutions Labs to integrate Bridged USDC Standard on Soneium, a public Ethereum layer 2 blockchain ecosystem. The partnership with Sony Block Solutions Labs, the team behind the new L2, will make USDC one of the primary tokens for value exchange on the platform, according to a joint statement from the companies. The integration of bridged USDC is expected to ease the c...

The world of biorobotics is undergoing a transformation as scientists from Cornell University and the University of Florence have developed biohybrid robots powered by the electrical signals of mushroom mycelium. This new approach showcases the potential for incorporating living organisms into robotic systems to enhance their adaptability and responsiveness. Led by Anand Mishra and Professor of Mechanical Engineering, Robert F. Shepherd, the research team cultivated king oyster mushroom (Pleurot...

Following days of speculation about the nature of the game’s return, it’s now official: After disappearing 10 years ago, mobile game Flappy Bird has first relaunched as a mini app on the Telegram messaging platform with an apparent token in the works on The Open Network (TON). Flappy Bird’s return is being done in collaboration with Notcoin, the tap-to-earn Telegram game that kickstarted the craze earlier this year. Notcoin is billed as the “strategic publishing partner” for the Telegram version...

Crypto cybersecurity firm Cyvers has reported a security incident affecting DeltaPrime, a decentralized finance (DeFi) protocol on the Arbitrum network. According to a tweet from Cyvers, the ongoing incident resulted in an initial estimated loss of $4.5 million—subsequently updated to $5.93 million as a “suspicious address” continued to drain funds from DeltaPrime’s liquidity pools. ?ALERT?@DeltaPrimeDefi has faced a security incident on their admin keys. Attacker had control on the private k...

The crypto market saw significant losses as Bitcoin and Ethereum fell following a second assassination attempt on former U.S. President Donald Trump over the weekend. At the time of writing, BTC has fallen 2.1% to $58,950 levels and Ethereum dropping around 4.2% to $2,315 levels in Monday's European trading session. The gun incident occurred at the Republican nominee’s Florida-based Trump International Golf Club. CNN reported that Secret Service fired shots after seeing a rifle barrel sticking o...

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