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Best Week stories

The 12 -year -old Mashinsky, determines the tone of enforcement in the Trump era

The American Federal Court of the Southern Region New York CEO Alex Machinski for 12 years in prison for fraud.

The legal team Mashinsky sought a light punishment. They highlighted his bright record before the Celsius incident, as well as his military service and his desire to acknowledge guilt. But the prosecutors were less inclined to leniency, I suggested on April 28 The judge offers a 20 -year prison sentence for his actions.

The betting markets expected a slight penalty before the May 8 session. Polymarket only showed 11 % of the possibilities for 20 years or higher.

United States Vice President to Speak at Bitcoin, amid Trump’s encryption disputes

US Vice President JD Vance will speak at Bitcoin 2025 conference in Las VegasA year later, almost a year has passed, the pioneering candidate Donald Trump spoke at the same event.

According to a notice on May 9 of the event organizers, VANCE will address those present at the conference personally on May 28, making him the first vice president of the United States to speak at a digital asset conference.

Trump I previously presented a video clip For himself from the White House to the organizers of the digital assets in March – his first appearance at an encryption event since he took office in January – and he personally spoke at the Bitcoin 2024 conference in Nashville during his campaign.

The former FTX Exec wife says the government “caused the adoption of a comet”

Michelle Bond, former wife FTX Digital Markets Co-CEO Ryan SaalameWho faces accusations of financing federal campaigns, pushing for dismissal on the basis that American prosecutors deceived her husband in a call deal.

On May 7, he requested at the American District Court for the southern region of New York repeat Some of the allegations made by Salam in opposing his call deal with the government, which eventually still led to a time in prison. She claimed that the prosecutors obtained a deal with Saalame through “ghost and deception” by agreeing that they would not advance against bonds.

The deposit said: “The lawyer of Mr. Salam and Mrs. Bond was notified that the agreement to stop investigating Mrs. Bond cannot be placed in the four corners of the core call or any other written agreement, but the government is still offering it as an incentive to urge the call.”

Zeerbro Dev’s death as “Guide” surface on X

Member The encryption community is clear Evidence that the ZERBro Jeffy Yu developer is fake to suicide while upgrading the new Memecoin during a pump.

It seems that the belief comes from a privacy that has not been verified letter It is supposed to be sent by Yu to the ZEREBRO investor, a trading activity linked to the Yu’s encryption portfolio, and remove his obituary from Legacy.com.

Others speculate that Yu used a tool to pass a video in advance as if it were filmed in the actual time during pump.fun live stream.

The message other than verify Yu to an early investor states that he deliberately invented a group of live broadcasts pretending to shoot himself because it was the only “life -out” exit from Continuous harassment, Balance, threats and hate crimes.

North Korea spying slides, reveals relations in a fake business interview

For several months, cointelegraph participated in The investigation focused on a suspect The operative North Korea that revealed a group of threatening actors trying to record independent vehicles in the cryptocurrency industry.

The investigation was led by Heiner Garcia, an online threat intelligence expert at Telefónica and Blockchain. Garcia revealed how North Korea customers secure independent work online even without using VPN.

Garcia’s analysis of the applicant connects to a network of Japepp accounts and fake Japanese identities that are believed to be linked to North Korea’s operations. In February, Cointelegraph called for participating in the functional interview he held with the suspected Democratic Republic of Korea, which was called “Motuki”.

Winners and losers

At the end of the week, Bitcoin ((BTC)) It is 103,024 dollars, the ether ((Eth)) At $ 2,338 and Xrp At $ 2.35. The total number of market is at $ 3.26 trillion, According to To Coinmarketcap.

Among the 100 largest encrypted currencies, the three most important winners per week are Pepe (baby) In 46.63 %, Dogwifhat (WIF) In 27.96 % and ether (Eth) In 27.723 %.

The best three losers per week are Kaya (Kaya) In 2.26 %, UNUS, Mr. Liu (Leo) In 1.63 % and xdc network (Xdc) In +0.41 %. For more information about encryption prices, be sure to read Cointelegraph Market Analysis.

Most unforgettable quotes

“But today, people are more comfortable to borrow against Bitcoin because we are anywhere near the levels that will lead to liquidation.”

Seamus RoccaCEO of Xapo Bank

“I feel the team is fine and does not need me to return.”

Changpeng “CZ” zhaoFormer CEO of Shabis

“We see the possibility that BNB is a form of measurement or medium, for digital asset prices on a larger scale.”

Jeff KendrickStandard Charterd analyst

“Artificial intelligence can soon challenge the traditional domination of Defi and games, indicating a new era in the DAPP scene.”

Sarah GerglassBlockchain analyst at DAPPRADAR

“We do not yet see convincing signs that Solana will be the preferred option because Ethereum security and stability and longevity are very appreciated.”

Sygnum

“This is a kind of feeling strange. […] Usually in the press, bitcoin mining destroys the environment. It is used by money laundering. […] Instead, you have the president encouraging bitcoin. “

Dan contractAnd bitcoin og and businessman

Predicting the week

Is Bitcoin about to go equivalent? The BTC price goals include 160 thousand dollars after that

Bitcoin attracts “equivalent” price goals as bulls continue to hold six numbers on May 9. Data from Cointelegraph Markets Pro and Tradingview barely any unification of BTC/USD over the past 24 hours.

Reaction, market participants began to restore their heavy in the broader Bitcoin Bull Market.

“The monthly candle in November 2024 was the timing signal on long -term plans,” the famous economist Axel Kibar told X in his last post.

The accompanying graph in November 2024 compares similar “outbreaks” events in the past, as KIBAR has repeated its current goal of $ 137,000.

Trader and Matthew Hyland joined those who expect new levels ever in Q2 in his latest updates in the video.

He said that 160,000 dollars or other “crazy numbers” could play their role if Bulls remains in control and a major sign, the relative strength index, supports more bullish direction.

Fud from the week

60k bitcoin has leaked chansomware titles Lockbit Ransomware Gang

Nearly 60,000 Bitcoin addresses Associated with Lockbit’s Ransomware It was leaked after the infiltrators violated the Dark Group’s board.

The dropout ensures emptying a common MySQL database on the Internet. He – she Incoming Information related to encryption can help track analysts in tracking the unlawful financial flows of the group.

Ransomware is The type of harmful programs Used by malicious actors. He closes his target files or computer systems, which makes them not possible. The attackers usually demand a ransom, often in digital assets such as Bitcoin, in exchange for a decoding key to cancel file lock.

$ 45 million stolen from Coinbase users last week – Zachxbt

Sleuth’s pseudonym and security analyst Zachxbt claims to have selected it An additional $ 45 million of stolen money from Coinbase users through social engineering fraud in the past seven days alone.

According to ONSAIN investigator, the number is $ 45 million Delay Financial losses in a A series of social engineering fraud Targeting Coinbase, which Zachbt He said It is a unique problem between the exchange of encryption:

“Over the past few months, nine stolen numbers from Coinbase users have been reported through similar social engineering fraud. It is interesting, there is another major exchange that has the same problem.”

The exploitation of voltage financing is $ 182,000 in ETH to Tornado Cash

Pirate Participate in the exploitation of $ 4.67 million From the funding of the decentralized financial lending protocol in 2022, some stolen ether to the hurricane funds after a short hibernation.

Blockchain center He said In a publication on May 6 to X that 100 ETHER, worth $ 182,783 at current prices, was transferred from a different address that is initially used in exploitation but can be returned to the infiltrator.

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The best stories of the week magazine

Adam Pak says that the Bitcoin price cycle is “10x”, but it will continue to exceed $ 100,000 decisively

Adam says again asking him if Satoshi is not “crazy speculation”, and that he “sympathizes” for those who Buying bitcoin via traded investment funds.

Finally, it exploded in space with Justin Sun, the new National Vietnam Blockchain: Asia Express

Justin Sun Space Pioneer, Vietnamese Tradifi Company launches Blockchain National, Korean Exchanges for encryption. Withdrawal due to the fraudsters and more.

Chatgpt “A missile searches for schizophrenia,” Scientists of artificial intelligence are preparing for 50 % of deaths: AI Eye

Users with mental illness may break the insufficiency in promoting their illusions. Enkrypt reveals new llm Exploitation of the pictures in the pictures.