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Hong Kong police say a 66-year-old retiree was duped three times in six months by self-styled “crypto investment experts,” as scammers promised easy gains and help to recover losses. Read More at https://cointelegraph.com/news/hong-kong-retiree-loses-840k-triple-scam?utm_source=rss_feed&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss_partner_inbound

Bitcoin’s mining difficulty just logged its second sizeable cut of 2026, easing conditions for remaining miners as competition from artificial intelligence data centers rises. Read More at https://cointelegraph.com/news/bitcoin-mining-difficulty-drops-7-7-miner-pressure?utm_source=rss_feed&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss_partner_inbound

Early Ethereum whale thomasg.eth is rebuilding his position with a $19.5 million ETH purchase this week, as BitMine’s Tom Lee calls the end of “crypto winter.” Read More at https://cointelegraph.com/news/ethereum-whale-thomasg-eth-buys-19-5m?utm_source=rss_feed&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss_partner_inbound

While it isn’t clear whether the trader will offload the $148 million worth of Bitcoin, whales have been partially blamed for causing considerable sell-side pressure in recent months. Read More at https://cointelegraph.com/news/bitcoin-wallet-with-2100-btc-wakes-up-after-14-years?utm_source=rss_feed&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss_partner_inbound

Bitcoin price remains rocky, and BTC and equities ETF outflows soar as the US and Israel-Iran war enters a fourth week. Read More at https://cointelegraph.com/news/bitcoin-weakness-deepens-as-war-pushes-traders-to-cut-risk-in-btc-and-stocks?utm_source=rss_feed&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss_partner_inbound

Gold is also being impacted by rising anticipation that the US Federal Reserve won’t cut interest rates this year, while Fed chair Jerome Powell said inflation would rise. Read More at https://cointelegraph.com/news/gold-sees-biggest-weekly-fall-in-43-years?utm_source=rss_feed&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss_partner_inbound

Unlike Bitwise, Grayscale doesn’t plan to incorporate staking for its Hyperliquid ETF but hasn’t ruled out integrating it in the future. Read More at https://cointelegraph.com/news/grayscale-files-sec-papers-for-hyperliquid-etf-joining-bitwise-21shares?utm_source=rss_feed&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss_partner_inbound

The deal reportedly focuses on stablecoin yield and interest-bearing stable tokens, a major pain point for the banking industry. Read More at https://cointelegraph.com/news/clarity-act-deal-white-house-lawmakers?utm_source=rss_feed&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss_partner_inbound

Bitcoin searches for equilibrium at $70,000 while rising crude oil prices and tanking stock markets have investors worried over the future of inflation in the US. Read More at https://cointelegraph.com/news/bitcoin-price-aims-to-hold-70k-amid-rising-inflation-concerns?utm_source=rss_feed&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss_partner_inbound

Ghostblade is one of six malware tools in the “DarkSword” suite of malicious software designed to steal crypto private keys and user data. Read More at https://cointelegraph.com/news/google-ghostblade-crypto-stealing-malware?utm_source=rss_feed&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss_partner_inbound