"The New Jace Wynn" Loses $12.5 Million, Opens New Trade with 20x Leverage A trader named AguilaTrades, who was previously called "the new James Wynn" due to his risky trading style with large positions, suffered a loss of $12.5 million, closing an unsuccessful long position on BTC. Despite this, he opened a new short position on BTC with 20x leverage, but for a smaller amount. The margin amounted to $43,892, and the total trade size was about $877,855. $BTC
$200M Liquidated in One Order! According to Coinglass, a major trader was liquidated for over $200 million in one order on the Binance cryptocurrency exchange last night. He was long BTC/USDT. $BTC
Crypto Market Slumps Amid Iran-Israel Conflict This night, Israel attacked Iran's nuclear program facilities — according to media reports, about 300 strikes were carried out. In response, Iran launched more than 100 drones and promised "harsh retaliation." Amid the escalation, investors are fleeing to a "safe haven" — gold and oil are growing steadily. But crypto has slumped: BTC fell to $102,000, ETH — to almost $2,400. $ETH $BTC
🐸 The trader bought AURA tokens for $132,000 and held them for six months. Two days ago, right before the rise began, he sold the tokens, recording a loss of $38,000. But if he had waited just a couple of days, his profit could have exceeded $1,000,000. $USD1 $PEPE
Almost a third of all bitcoins are concentrated in 216 organizations
About 30% of all bitcoins are under the control of 216 centralized organizations, including governments and public companies.
This dynamic may indicate the growing interest and influence of institutional investors and the market's transition to a more centralized model of asset storage.
Ukrainian Crypto Reserve: A New Bill Registered in the Rada
A bill No. 13356 was registered in the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine, which provides for amendments to the law "On the National Bank of Ukraine" — to include virtual assets in the composition of the country's gold and foreign currency reserves.
The initiators are people's deputies of the IX convocation, including Yaroslav Zheleznyak, Oleksiy Zhmenetskyi, Maksym Buzhanskyi, and others.
US Accuses Russian of Laundering $530 Million Through Crypto
The US Department of Justice has brought 22 charges against Russian Yuri Gugnin, the founder of the Russian crypto company Evita. He is suspected of laundering more than $500 million through Tether, circumventing sanctions, and illegally exporting American electronics and servers to Russia.
According to investigators, Gugnin used Evita as a "front" for transferring funds through banks and exchanges in the interests of sanctioned entities. He was arrested in New York.
Binance Helped Shut Down a Darknet Marketplace with a Turnover of $100 Million
Binance took part in Operation RapTor, which shut down Incognito Market, a darknet drug marketplace.
The crypto exchange helped track down crypto wallets and identify the alleged administrator, a Taiwanese citizen. He was detained, and $3.5 million in assets were frozen.
The operation covered 10 countries: 270 people were detained, drugs and weapons were seized. In addition to Incognito Market, Nemesis, Tor2Door, Bohemia and other platforms were shut down.
According to an on-chain analyst, 93 of the 100 most active wallets on PumpFun and PumpSwap are bots. They trade almost non-stop, work 18+ hours a day, and act too fast compared to regular users.
Amid rumors of a possible PumpFun token airdrop, this has caused concern in the community that bots and big players could gain an advantage over regular traders.
Pavel Durov reported that the TON blockchain took first place in daily on-chain NFT trading volume, according to Dune data. If off-chain transactions are taken into account, TON ranks second after Ethereum.
The main driver of growth was the Telegram Collectible Gifts market, which has grown significantly over the past month.
After a wave of crypto investor kidnappings, the famous "Bitcoin Family" has decided to give up publicity - they no longer share their location and have stopped publishing vlogs about their travels. According to the head of the family, this is necessary to protect children and avoid attention from attackers.
At the same time, the family has completely changed the system for storing assets - instead of hardware wallets, they now use a hybrid approach: the seed phrase is broken into parts, encrypted and hidden in different parts of the world.
The family also used personal encryption, changing some of the words in the seed phrase so that even under the threat of violence, no one could gain full access to crypto savings. $BTC