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Breaking: $4.5 Billion Bitfinex Hacker Released From Prison

Ilya Lichtenstein, The Mastermind Behind The 2016 Bitfinex Hack, Has Been Released From Prison Early.

What Happened:
→ Stole 120,000 $BTC In 2016 (Worth $72M Then, Now Over $10B)
→ Arrested In 2022 With Wife Heather Morgan ("Razzlekhan")
→ Sentenced To 5 Years In November 2024
→ Released Early Under Trump's First Step Act

He Posted On X Thanking President Trump And Said He Wants To Work In Cybersecurity Now.
His Wife Was Already Released In Late 2025.

About The Stolen Funds:
→ DOJ Recovered 119,000+ #BTC
→ All Coins Going Back To #Bitfinex (Not To US Bitcoin Reserve)
→ Bitfinex Will Use 80% To Buy Back And Burn LEO Tokens

This Is Part Of A Trend, Trump Has Also Pardoned CZ, Ross Ulbricht, And BitMEX Founders.

From $72M Heist To $10B Recovery, One Of The Wildest Stories In Crypto History Is Finally Over.

iPhone 16 Is India's Best-Selling Smartphone Of 2025 📲

▶️ 65 Lakh Units Sold (Jan-Nov)
▶️ Beat Vivo Y29 5G (47 Lakh Units)
▶️ Apple India Revenue: $9 Billion
▶️ 1 In 5 iPhones Globally Now Made In India

India Is Now Apple's 3rd Largest iPhone Market Globally!

Silver Is Being Manipulated Again

Silver Just Crashed 15.75% In 24 Hours, Wiping Out Nearly $600 Billion From Its Market Cap On Dec 29, 2025.
Here’s The Truth: This Isn’t Random, This Follows A Familiar Institutional.

Silver Trades In Two Markets:
🔹 Paper Silver (COMEX Futures & Derivatives) – Currently $70–$73/Oz
🔹 Physical Silver (Real-World Market) – Japan $130, UAE $115, India $110, Shanghai $80–85
That’s A $10–$60 Premium Over COMEX. That Gap Shouldn’t Exist… But It Does, Because The Paper Market Is Massively Leveraged: 400+ Ounces Of Paper For Every 1 Ounce Of Real Silver.

When #Silver Started Pumping, Margin Requirements On Futures Were Raised, Forcing Traders To Sell. Price Drops But Real Silver Scarcity Doesn’t Go Away.

History Repeats Itself:
🔹 2008–2016: JP Morgan Caught Manipulating Gold & Silver Futures
🔹 2020: Paid $920M In Fines
🔹 Large Banks Still Hold Massive Paper Positions, Leverage Is Higher Than 2011, And Physical Silver Inventories Are Low

Every Major Silver Rally Follows The Same Script:
1️⃣ Rapid Upside From Real Demand
2️⃣ Paper Leverage Builds
3️⃣ Margin Pressure Hits
4️⃣ Forced Liquidation Crashes Price
5️⃣ Price Suppressed For Years

Bottom Line: This Is Market Structure, Not A Single Bank. Big Players Profit. Retail Gets Left Holding The Bag.

Breaking: South Korea Exchange Ready For Crypto ETFs

KRX Confirms It Has Built All Infrastructure To List And Trade Crypto ETFs, Just Waiting For Regulatory Approval.

Key Points:
→ Only Securities Exchange In South Korea
→ Laws Still Block Crypto ETFs, Reforms Under Review
→ $110B+ Went Offshore In 2025

South Korea Is The 3rd Largest Crypto Market. ETFs Could Launch Immediately Once Approved!

Breaking News! India Gives Elon Musk's X Just 72-Hour Ultimatum Over AI Scandal

The Indian IT Ministry Has Sent An Urgent Notice To X Over Its AI Chatbot "Grok" Being Misused To Create Fake Explicit Images Of Women Without Consent.

👉 X Has Only 72 Hours To Respond With An Action Report
👉 Grok AI Is Being Used To Generate Obscene And Degrading Content Targeting Women

AI Is Booming But Storage Stocks Are the Real Winners

Data Storage Stocks Stole the Show in 2025!

While everyone chased AI chips, storage makers quietly crushed it:
SanDisk: +560%
Western Digital: +285%
Seagate: +225%

Why? AI isn’t just chips, it devours storage. Every cloud, every model, every data center needs massive capacity.

Tech giants are pouring $440B+ into AI infrastructure, and storage companies are cashing in.

Lesson: The AI boom isn’t just Nvidia, Think storage, power, data centers. The old “picks-and-shovels” play works again!

#ETHEREUM 2026 ATH Price Forecast | Bitcoin Halving Analysis By CryptoPatel

Every #BITCOIN Halving Triggers The SAME $ETH Pattern 👇

2016 Halving
✅ -70% Dip → 546 Days Accumulation
✅ +22,803% Explosion

2020 Halving
✅ -75% Dip → 546 Days Accumulation
✅ +2,674% → $4,693

2024 Halving
✅ -66% Dip → 609 Days Accumulation (NOW)
📈 Targets: $10,000/$15,000/$18,500+ (+1,000% - 1,500%)

#ETH At $3000-$2600 = The Exact Accumulation Zone Before Every Parabolic Run.

👉 YES — This Target Looks Postponed
👉 IMO 2026 Is The Year For ETH’s New ATH
🎯 $10,000 – $20,000 Range

Ofcourse NFA & Always DYOR

@Ethereum #CryptoPatel

UPDATE: $ETH Analysis Played Out Perfectly

Now you can clearly see how #ETH got rejected hard from the $3800–$4200 zone, exactly where I mentioned the short opportunity earlier.

From that level, ETH delivered nearly a 38% downside move, Price action.

Hope you:
✅ Took profits on shorts
✅ Or bought the dip between $3000–$2700, as planned

This zone remains a strong accumulation area for the next leg up.
If Ethereum Dips Even Further into $2500–$2000, that would be a gift, look to accumulate more for the long-term $10,000–$20,000 ETH target.

Markets Reward Patience and Preparation. Stay sharp. More Moves Ahead.

$PHB /USDT – Short Setup

✅ Bearish structure
✅ Daily OB + premium zone
✅ BSL resting above
✅ Clear DOL to downside

Entry: $0.285 | SL: $0.312 | TPs: $0.263/$0.236

Wait for LTF rRejection at OB for Confirmation.

#PHB #phoenix $BTC #CryptoPatel

🇰🇷 Bithumb Uncovers $200M in Forgotten Crypto Across 2.6M Dormant Accounts

South Korea’s top Exchange Bithumb just Revealed $201.8M worth of Crypto Sitting idle across 2.57M Dormant Accounts.

Key facts:
▶️ Largest single account: $2.84M untouched
▶️ Longest inactive account: ~12 years
▶️ Some tokens are up 61,000%+ (outperforming $BTC )
▶️ Dormant funds down 34% YoY after 36,000 users reclaimed $50M

Most of these accounts belong to early retail investors who bought during past bull runs and never came back, unaware their small bets turned into life-changing money.

#Bithumb will contact users to help recover accounts (their 3rd annual recovery campaign).

Why it Matters:
This “sleeping” capital is latent supply. If it re-enters the market during a rally, it could add selling pressure.

👉 Check Your old Exchange Accounts. You Might be Richer Than You Think.

#CryptoNews #CryptoPatel

BlackRock deposited another 1,134 $BTC($101.4M) and 7,255 $ETH ($22.1M) to Coinbase Prime.

BREAKING: JPMorgan just Launched a Tokenized Money Market Fund on Ethereum.

▶️ Holds U.S. Treasuries
▶️ Trades as ERC-20 Tokens
▶️ Real-Time Transparency
▶️ Daily Reinvestment

Traditional Finance and Crypto are Merging Faster than Most People Realize.

#JPMorgan #cryptonews #CryptoPatel

If You Bought Random Tokens in 2025, Read This 👇

In 2025, over 1.8 Million Crypto Tokens Collapsed or Disappeared.

Many Were:
🔸 Abandoned Projects
🔸 Pump-and-Dump Schemes
🔸 Straight-up scams

Some Reports Suggest More than 60% of New Tokens Were likely Scams, Especially Meme Coins.

Since 2021, 3.7+ Million Tokens Have Died.
Lesson: If You Don’t Research A Project, You Are the Exit Liquidity.

$LIGHT Market Moves: From $2.50 To $0.55 In Under An Hour

The Market Experienced Rapid Price Fluctuations.

#LIGHT Dropped From $2.50 To $0.55 In Less Than 45 Minutes, While High Volume Trades Occurred In Futures.
This Type Of Movement Highlights How Markets Can React Quickly Under Certain Conditions.

Key Observations:
Automatic Trades Can Trigger Large Sell-Offs
Margin Calls May Force Additional Buying Or Selling
Prices Can Swing Rapidly In Both Directions

Important Points:
Low Liquidity Can Cause Prices To Move Significantly With Smaller Trades
Leverage Amplifies Market Volatility
Trading Algorithms And Bots Can Contribute To Faster Price Changes

Similar Patterns Have Occurred With Other Tokens, Demonstrating The Sensitivity Of Low-Liquidity Markets.

Takeaway: Investors Should Be Aware That Large Moves Can Happen Quickly And Markets Can Be Fragile During High Volatility Periods.

Your Crypto Is No Longer Private: 48 Countries Now Tracking Every Transaction

48 Countries Started Collecting Your Crypto Data From January 1, 2026.

What's Happening:
Exchanges Must Now Report Your Full Transaction History To Tax Authorities Under OECD's CARF Framework.

Data Being Collected:
→ Your Identity & Tax ID
→ Every Buy, Sell, And Transfer
→ All Gains And Losses
→ Wallet Information

Countries Included:
UK, Germany, France, Japan, South Korea, Brazil + Most Of EU
USA, Canada, Australia, And Singapore Join In 2027.

First Data Exchange Between Governments: 2027

Anonymous Trading On CEXs Is Officially Over. Make Sure Your Taxes Are In Order.

BREAKING: China's BYD just Overtook Tesla as the World's #1 EV Seller for the First Time Ever

BYD: 2.25M Pure EVs Sold in 2025
TESLA: ~1.65M (Projected)

The EV Crown Has Officially Changed Hands 👑

December 2025 Crypto Security Report

December Recorded ~26 Major Crypto Exploits, Causing Total Losses Of ~$76M: Down Over 60% From November’s $194.27M.

Key Incidents:
🔺 Wallet 0xcB80…819 Lost $50M Via An Address Poisoning Attack
🔺 Multisig 0xde5f…e965 Drained Of $27.3M Due To A Private Key Leak

Top 5 Exploits:
1️⃣ Multisig 0xde5f…e965: $27.3M
2️⃣ babur.sol: $22M
3️⃣ @TrustWallet: $8.5M
4️⃣ @UnleashProtocol: $3.9M
5️⃣ @flow_blockchain: $3.9M

Overall Losses Fell Sharply, But Key Management Failures & Phishing-Style Attacks Remain Critical Risk Vectors.

Source: PeckShieldAlert

#CryptoHack #CryptoPatel

🇮🇳 BREAKING: India's RBI urges world to Prioritize CBDCs over Stablecoins

Their stance: Sovereign Digital Money is the "Ultimate Anchor of Trust"

India's E-Rupee already has 8M+ Users and 120M+ Transactions.
The Signal is Clear: Governments Want Control of Digital Money Rails.

#Stablecoin #india

Vitalik Just Set Ethereum’s 2026 Mission:
“Stop Chasing The Next Meta. Build Apps That Cannot Be Stopped.”

2025 Highlights:
✅ Fusaka Upgrade
✅ L2 Fees Down 40–60%
✅ TVL $69B
✅ Daily Fees $10M+

The New Standard? The Walkaway Test:
Your DApp Must Run Without Fraud, Censorship, Intermediaries, Or The Original Team.

If It Can’t, It’s Not Truly Decentralized.

While Others Chase Hype, #Ethereum Quietly Builds Infrastructure That Survives Governments, Regulation, And Market Chaos.

This Isn’t A 6-Month Trade: It’s A 10-Year Vision.
And THAT Is Why Smart Money Never Bets Against $ETH

#CryptoPatel

#Bitcoin Yearly Returns (2010-2025)

$100 Invested in Bitcoin in 2010 = $29.2 MILLION Today 🤯

Here's Every Yearly Return Since 2010 👇
✅ 11 Out of 16 Years Profitable
✅ Best Year: 2013 (+5,507%)
✅ Worst Year: 2018 (-73%)
✅ 2025 YTD: -6.34%
✅ $0.003 → $87,648 = 29,216,000% Total Return 🚀

Which Year Did You First Buy $BTC ?