Russia-Linked Crypto Activity Drove Illicit Wallet Inflows to a 5-Year High in 2025: TRM Labs

Russia-aligned crypto activity surged even as illicit transactions fell to just 1.2% of total on-chain volume in 2025. Illicit cryptocurrency activity rebounded sharply in 2025, driven primarily by Russia-linked sanctions designations and improved attribution. A new report by TRM Labs estimates that fraudulent wallets received approximately $158 billion in incoming value during the year,…

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BitMine Faces $6B Unrealized Ether Loss as Crypto Sell-Off Deepens

BitMine Immersion Technologies, a publicly traded cryptocurrency treasury company linked to investor Tom Lee, is carrying significant unrealized losses on its Ether holdings following the latest wave of market liquidations, underscoring the risks facing crypto balance-sheet strategies during sharp downturns. After acquiring an additional 40,302 Ether (ETH) last week and increasing its total holdings to…

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Tesla overtakes Bitcoin on global asset leaderboard

Bitcoin has fallen to the 12th-largest asset globally by market capitalization, slipping behind Tesla in the rankings, according to CompaniesMarketCap. The digital asset’s price tumbled to $81,000 earlier today and continued to fall as trading progressed. At the time of writing, BTC was hovering around $77,300, down 8% over the past 24 hours, TradingView data…

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