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Today's top stories:
👻 Ghost wallets rise
😑 Scam season is back
🚫 Turkey blocks Pancake Swap
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Bitcoin Slides as Ghost Wallets Rise
Bitcoin lost its footing below $108K after a ghost from the past jolted the charts. Wallets holding 80,000 BTC—dormant for 14 years—just reactivated, sparking fresh Satoshi rumors and plenty of market anxiety. The sudden move came on a U.S. holiday with no Wall Street liquidity, adding more fuel to an already weird fire.
Long story short: Bitcoin OGs are stirring, and markets are paying attention.
Seen chatter about a JD.com stablecoin? It's fake.
The Chinese e-commerce giant squashed the rumor and slammed scammers for falsely claiming ties to its Hong Kong affiliate, JD CoinLink.
Meanwhile, over in South Korea, a new grift is gaining steam—fraudsters are impersonating Solana devs in Telegram groups, launching phishing campaigns just as the first U.S. SOL ETF grabs headlines.
Bull markets bring buzz—but they also attract bottom feeders. Stay sharp out there.
Turkey's Capital Markets Board has blocked access to 46 crypto platforms—including heavyweights like PancakeSwap and Cryptoradar—accusing them of offering unauthorized asset services.
Turkey's tightening the screws on DeFi—and this crackdown is only picking up steam.
World Liberty Financial, the DeFi platform tied to President Trump's family, has proposed making its WLFI token fully tradable. The move signals a shift from gated governance to full-on market action. If it passes, WLFI could soon hit DEXs and P2P markets—opening the door to price discovery, speculation, and scrutiny.
Decentralization—or just political theatre? Click through and decide.
Ethereum Foundation executive Tomasz Stanczak delivered one of the most candid assessments of Ethereum's current state in a recent interview.
While he's not raising alarms, he's also not sugarcoating the challenges ahead. From L2 scaling headaches to real competition from Solana, Stanczak made it clear: Ethereum's dominance is no longer a given.
This is a must-watch if you want to understand where Ethereum goes next.