Europol has dismantled a sophisticated cybercrime syndicate accused of creating more than 49 million fake online accounts, including fraudulent profiles linked to major cryptocurrency platforms. The operation, codenamed “SIMCARTEL,” uncovered a sophisticated SIM farm-for-hire network that sold temporary mobile numbers used to bypass two-factor authentication, allowing criminals to mass-produce fake…

X is rolling out its long-promised handle marketplace, allowing Premium subscribers to claim inactive usernames through a two-tier system that prices the most coveted handles at up to seven figures. The marketplace, accessible only to Premium Plus and Premium Business subscribers, splits dormant handles into Priority and Rare categories. Priority…

ChatGPT’s XRP analysis has revealed XRP at $2.4716 posting +3.7% bounce from $2.3843 low while remaining below all major EMAs as Ripple-backed Evernorth plans NASDAQ listing to raise over $1 billion for the largest publicly traded XRP treasury, buying XRP on the open market with backing from SBI Holdings, Pantera…

The crypto market is once more creating a buzz as MAGACOIN FINANCE draws investor attention in its booming presale. Its upswing is being compared by market observers to that of Ethereum in 2017, which experienced a legendary period in terms of life-altering returns. As new capital comes into new blockchain…

Solana co-founder and CEO Anatoly Yakovenko has unveiled a new decentralized perpetual exchange protocol, “Percolator,” designed to run natively on the Solana blockchain. The GitHub repository for the project was uploaded on October 19, outlining what Yakovenko described as an “implementation-ready” technical blueprint for a sharded perpetual futures decentralized exchange…

Crypto users earlier today spotted Solana founder Anatoly Yakovenko uploading code on Github for what appeared to be his own decentralized perpetual futures exchange, leading to mass speculation that a new Hyperliquid competitor could be coming to Solana. But Yakovenko has since poured cold water on the idea, clarifying that…

New York City mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani is leading in a Polymarket poll amid opponent Andrew Cuomo’s pledge to make the metropolis a crypto hub.Zohran Mamdani Continues Strong Lead on PolymarketAccording to the poll labeled “New York City Mayoral Election,” 93% of participating Polymarket bettors believe Mamdani will assume his…

Tammy Carvey’s $100,000 Powerball win is turning heads—not for its size, but for the method that led to it. Carvey, a 45-year-old resident of Wyandotte, Michigan, claimed to have used ChatGPT to generate her numbers for the September 6 Powerball drawing. Carvey’s ticket matched four white balls and the Powerball,…

LunarCrush has reported a surge in XRP conversation following news that a Ripple-backed venture intends to raise over $1 billion for an XRP treasury.Mentions climbed into the 8.53k range on October 15, total engagements reached about 12.98M, and AltRank improved from 667 on October 13 to 32 on October 17…

As the rest of the internet began to recover Monday afternoon from a seismic Amazon Web Services (AWS) outage, key crypto sites and service providers continued to struggle from the setback. Apps like Coinbase and OpenSea have remained partially or entirely down for many users, particularly those on the East…