Coin Prices

BTC

$68,661.00

-0.40%

ETH

$2,426.68

-1.78%

BNB

$558.41

-0.27%

SOL

$160.47

-0.85%

XRP

$0.508564

0.90%

TRX

$0.162506

-1.58%

ADA

$0.330167

-0.57%

SHIB

$0.00001753

4.14%

WBTC

$68,517.00

-0.43%

BCH

$334.46

-0.34%

PEPE

$0.00000816

-0.14%

TAO

$426.62

-0.79%

XMR

$160.30

1.75%

XLM

$0.091578

0.51%

KAS

$0.105244

-4.09%

POL

$0.296642

-1.12%

OKB

$37.39

-0.46%

CRO

$0.07165

0.53%

ARB

$0.480489

-0.69%

MNT

$0.555307

-1.29%

IMX

$1.069

-0.35%

OP

$1.38

-0.88%

HBAR

$0.04386337

2.15%

FTM

$0.566086

-3.27%

VET

$0.0195456

-1.07%

SEI

$0.347562

0.87%

GRT

$0.134362

-1.57%

BONK

$0.00001846

2.44%

OM

$1.29

-2.52%

JUP

$0.88949

1.06%

GT

$8.44

-0.83%

MKR

$1,158.77

-0.56%

ENA

$0.348491

1.56%

BSV

$46.34

-1.44%

AR

$13.33

-3.65%

LDO

$0.961179

-1.71%

QNT

$56.37

-0.65%

BEAM

$0.01528286

-1.02%

BTT

$0.00000081

-0.73%

LBTC

$68,529.00

-0.47%

MOG

$0.00000189

10.49%

MEW

$0.00821304

-0.45%

GALA

$0.01798255

0.55%

APE

$0.930283

1.75%

SPX

$0.696481

-6.01%

WBTC

$68,517.00

-0.69%

EOS

$0.416011

0.56%

FLR

$0.01231567

0.67%

XEC

$0.00003136

-1.03%

XTZ

$0.601722

0.95%

CFX

$0.130935

-2.76%

NOT

$0.00577373

-2.90%

AXL

$0.655807

-1.48%

W

$0.201285

-3.37%

GNO

$207.36

-0.10%

CKB

$0.01160177

-2.80%

BDX

$0.077945

-0.03%

CHZ

$0.055707

1.19%

ENS

$15.20

-4.42%

BOME

$0.00729415

1.06%

LUNC

$0.00008396

0.33%

ZK

$0.117736

-1.59%

SATS

$0.00000021

0.58%

NFT

$0.00000043

-0.67%

XDC

$0.02656525

-1.08%

TWT

$0.933597

-3.41%

DOG

$0.00353602

-1.14%

GMT

$0.119369

-0.96%

IOTX

$0.03684517

0.23%

MEME

$0.01058842

-1.21%

SFP

$0.635512

-1.89%

WOO

$0.161262

-0.53%

RSR

$0.00559876

-0.78%

AMP

$0.00348024

-2.72%

TBTC

$68,442.00

-0.36%

CRV

$0.22897

-0.25%

GLM

$0.276373

0.56%

JST

$0.02757596

-2.45%

WBTC

$68,647.00

-0.44%

EBTC

$68,444.00

-0.53%

HOT

$0.00149397

-1.38%

DOGS

$0.00050184

-1.83%

MX

$2.64

0.34%

OHM

$15.78

-1.07%

ZIL

$0.01298423

-0.87%

SC

$0.00424639

-0.17%

ZRX

$0.285683

-0.73%

KSM

$15.29

-0.80%

CET

$0.086467

-1.84%

ELF

$0.325619

-2.22%
Price data by
Stephen Graves

Stephen Graves

Stephen oversees sponsored content, Learn, and other special editorial and commercial projects at Decrypt. Previously he has contributed to titles including Stylus, Stuff, and LS:N Global. Disclosure: He holds BTC and SCRT, and has recused himself from writing or editing stories about SCRT.

Stories by Stephen Graves

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    Accused $150M Crypto Fraudster Turns Fugitive After Disabling Ankle Monitor

    A German national accused of overseeing a $150 million crypto fraud has turned fugitive after failing to appear in court. Horst Jicha was facing trial on charges of securities fraud, wire fraud, and money laundering over his alleged involvement in the USI Tech cryptocurrency scheme. Per CNBC, Jicha is suspected of tampering with his ankle bracelet monitor, after Pretrial Services noticed that it had stopped working. Jicha then failed to respond to an email from Pretrial Services directing him to...

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  • Ireland's Criminal Assets Bureau (CAB). Image: Shutterstock

    Irish Criminal Assets Bureau Unable to Access Drug Dealer's $378 Million in Seized Bitcoin

    Ireland’s Criminal Assets Bureau (CAB) is holding Bitcoin seized from a drug dealer in 2019 that it has been unable to access, even as its value soared to €345 million ($378 million). The Bitcoin was worth around $56 million when it was seized from Clifton Collins in 2020, following a ruling from Ireland’s High Court that it was the result of criminal activity. Collins was ordered to hand the Bitcoin over to the CAB under the Proceeds of Crime legislation after police uncovered a cannabis growin...

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  • The Commodity Futures Trading Commission. Image: Shutterstock

    CFTC Wins $36 Million Judgment Against New York-Based Crypto Scammer

    A federal judge has ordered a fraudster to pay over $36 million in fines and restitution for his part in a fraudulent crypto and forex scheme. According to a September 20 announcement by the U.S. Commodity Futures and Trading Commission (CFTC), William Koo Ichioka was ordered to pay $31 million in restitution to defrauded victims of his scheme, and a further $5 million civil penalty. Ichioka was also barred from trading in CFTC-regulated markets and from registering with the CFTC under the terms...

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  • WazirX Funds on the Move as Hacker Shifts $33 Million to Tornado Cash

    Around $33 million in crypto stolen from Indian crypto exchange WazirX are on the move, with the hacker responsible sending the funds to a new address and then to coin mixer Tornado Cash. The hacker has been moving funds in blocks of 5,000 ETH (around $12 million at today's Ethereum price), shifting one tranche Thursday morning according to security firm Cyvers. It follows earlier transfers on Wednesday and Monday, bringing the total transferred over the course of the week to $33 million. 🚨UPD...

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    Samourai Wallet Founder to Remain Under House Arrest After Judge Sees His 'Bug Out Prep’ Notes

    Samourai Wallet founder Keonne Rodriguez was denied changes to his bail conditions in a Southern District Court of New York hearing on charges of operating an unlicensed money transmitter. Lawyers for the prosecution successfully argued that the privacy dev should remain under house arrest, after presenting evidence including handwritten notes detailing his “bug out prep.” The notes detailed plans to pack a bag with passports, $10,000 cash, a burner phone and laptop, encrypted USB sticks and mne...

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    Pride, Prejudice and Pixels: Meet an AI Elizabeth Bennet at Jane Austen's House

    It is a truth universally acknowledged that a single man in possession of a good fortune must be in want of an AI. At least, that's what Jane Austen's House thinks. The museum in Hampshire, England—where the author lived and worked—has teamed up with AI firm StarPal and the University for the Creative Arts (UCA) to create "Lizzy," an AI avatar based on Austen's Pride and Prejudice heroine Elizabeth Bennet. "It is so exciting to finally be able to lift Elizabeth Bennet off the page and to be able...

  • What Is Bluesky? Twitter's Decentralized Social Media Rival

    Social media platform Bluesky is often touted as an alternative to Twitter, and viewed as a competitor to the tech giant. However, its underlying architecture is quite different—where Twitter is a single company with a siloed ecosystem, Bluesky is based on a decentralized infrastructure. Here’s how it works. What is Bluesky? Bluesky is a decentralized social media platform based on the authenticated transport (AT) protocol. The basic underlying idea behind decentralized social media platforms is...

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    Taylor Swift Endorses Kamala Harris, Cites 'Swifties for Trump' AI Deepfakes

    Singer Taylor Swift has endorsed Kamala Harris in the U.S. Presidential election race, citing AI-generated deepfake images of her shared by Donald Trump as being behind her decision. In a post on Instagram, Swift wrote that, "Recently I was made aware that AI of ‘me’ falsely endorsing Donald Trump’s presidential run was posted to his site," adding that the incident, "really conjured up my fears around AI, and the dangers of spreading misinformation." "It brought me to the conclusion that I need...

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    Japan's Metaplanet Buys Another $2 Milllion Worth of Bitcoin

    Japanese investment firm Metaplanet is continuing to buy Bitcoin for its corporate treasury, snapping up an additional ¥300 million ($2 million) worth of BTC. Metaplanet revealed its latest Bitcoin buy in a September 10 filing, noting that it had purchased 38.464 BTC at an average purchase price of ¥7.8 million ($54,517), during Bitcoin's recent price dip. "Thankful for this price action. Have some capital to deploy," Metaplanet's Director of Bitcoin Strategy, Dylan LeClair tweeted on September...

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  • Telegram. Image: Shutterstock

    Telegram Privacy Under Fire as Founder Awaits Trial

    Following the arrest of Telegram CEO Pavel Durov in Paris last week, privacy advocates quickly rallied to his defense, with the likes of Proton CEO Andy Yen calling Durov’s arrest “insane.” But in the days since, a rift has opened up among the developers of privacy-focused apps and cryptocurrencies, with some questioning Telegram’s tools for “protecting user privacy.” In a recent interview with WIRED, Meredith Whittaker, president of the secure messaging app Signal, argued that Telegram “doesn't...

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    Democratic Congressman Slams SEC's 'Heavy-Handed Approach' Over OpenSea Threats

    Pro-crypto Congressman Wiley Nickel (D-NC) took aim at the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission’s (SEC) “heavy-handed approach” to enforcement after OpenSea said the regulator threatened a lawsuit against the NFT marketplace. In a tweet, Nickel criticized the SEC’s “aggressive use of 'regulation by enforcement,'” calling it “a blatant abuse of power that erodes trust and transparency in our regulatory system.” He accused the regulator of threatening to “derail the progress driving digital inn...

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  • Bitcoin ETF. Image: Shutterstock

    BlackRock and Grayscale ETFs Hold Nearly 3% of All Circulating Bitcoin

    Asset managers BlackRock and Grayscale now hold almost 3% of the circulating supply of Bitcoin in their U.S. spot Bitcoin ETFs, after inflows picked up over the past week. BlackRock's iShares Bitcoin Trust (IBIT) now holds 357,736.76150 BTC, while Grayscale's GBTC holds 227,712.3295 BTC. The two ETFs between them now account for 2.97% of Bitcoin's circulating supply, based on the most recent figures from Glassnode. In addition, Grayscale also holds a further 5,962 BTC in its Digital Large Cap Fu...

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    Bitcoin ETFs In The Green With Fifth Straight Day of Deposits

    U.S. spot Bitcoin ETFs pulled in $39.5 million Wednesday, on their fifth successive day of net inflows, in a week that saw market share for Grayscale's GBTC slip below 25%. Demand for the Bitcoin ETFs has been resilient in the face of market uncertainty. At the time of writing, Bitcoin has climbed back above $61,000 after very briefly diving below $60,000 early this morning, according to CoinGecko data. Analysts have been saying the current rally will be short-lived. Per data from Farside Invest...

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    FutureNet Co-Founder Arrested in Montenegro Over Alleged $21 Million Fraud

    Roman Zimian, the co-founder of crypto trading platform FutureNet, has been arrested in Montenegro, according to reports in local media. The arrest of Zimian in Podgorica was carried out by Montenegrin police together with Interpol's National Central Bureau (NCB), and resulted in the seizure of "technical devices" related to his alleged criminal activities. Zimian, a Polish citizen, was the subject of two international arrest warrants from Poland and South Korea. A police statement published in...

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    Japanese Firm Metaplanet Buys Another $3.4 Million in Bitcoin

    Japanese firm Metaplanet has purchased of ¥500 million ($3.4 million) worth of Bitcoin, bringing its total corporate holdings to ¥3.45 billion. Metaplanet announced the news in an August 20 note, revealing that it had completed the purchase of 57.273 BTC at an average purchase price of ¥8,730,117 (around $59,600) per Bitcoin. The firm's total Bitcoin holdings now amount to 360.368 BTC, worth $21.9 million at its current price. The purchase completes Metaplanet's plan to buy ¥1 billion worth of...

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    Nasdaq, NYSE Withdraw Bitcoin ETF Options Applications

    Nasdaq and the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) have withdrawn their applications to list and trade options based on two U.S. spot Bitcoin ETFs. Per an August 14 Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) filing, the NYSE has withdrawn the proposed rule change that would enable it to list and trade options on the Bitwise Bitcoin ETF (BITB) and the Grayscale Bitcoin Trust (GBTC). The proposal was originally published for public comment in February, with the SEC extending its review period in April a...

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    Binance Registers With India's FIU After Paying $2.25 Million Fine

    Crypto exchange Binance has registered with India's Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU) as a reporting entity, after settling a $2.25 million fine with the agency earlier in the year. Binance CEO Richard Teng described the registration as an "important milestone" for the exchange in a statement shared with Decrypt, adding that "this alignment with Indian regulations allows us to tailor our services for Indian users." In a blog post, Binance announced that its app and website are now "fully availab...

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    Australian Jailed After Spending Millions From Accidental Crypto.com Refund

    An Australian man whose partner was accidentally refunded millions of dollars by Crypto.com has been jailed after embarking on a "flurry" of spending. Jatinder Singh, 39, has been sentenced to serve three years in jail by the County Court of Victoria after pleading guilty to the theft of $4.4 million, per reports in local news media. In May 2021, Singh tried to deposit AU$100 ($65) into his Crypto.com account back in May 2021 using the bank account of his partner Thevamanogari Manivel, 41. The c...

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    NFTs Get the Last Word at Ashmolean’s ‘Money Talks’ Exhibition

    Cryptocurrency and NFTs get the last word in a new art exhibition at Oxford’s Ashmolean—Britain's first public museum, founded in the 1670s. The museum’s ‘Money Talks: Art, Society and Power’ exhibition is about “using art as a lens for the social history of money, but also how art and money come together in different ways,” its curator Dr. Shailendra Bhandare explained. It’s fitting, then, that the exhibition closes with examples of how digital assets are reframing the intersection of art and m...

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  • Solana and Brazil. Image: Shutterstock

    Solana ETF Approved by Brazilian SEC

    Brazil's Securities and Exchange Commission (CVM) has approved a spot Solana exchange-traded fund (ETF). According to local business publication exame, the ETF, created by Brazilian asset manager QR Asset and operated by fund administrator Vortx, is in a pre-operational phase, pending approval by Brazilian stock exchange B3. The ETF will reference the CME CF Solana Dollar Reference Rate, created by CF Benchmarks and the Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME). Speaking to exame, QR Asset manager and c...

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