❓ The hidden meaning behind the symbols USD and BTC that we haven't considered....

⛔️ In the first six months of 2024, there were over 200 major hacks in the crypto space, resulting in $1.56 billion stolen, of which $319 million was recovered.

In comparison, losses in 2023 amounted to $480 million.

💸 Bitcoin ATM in Dubrovnik, Croatia.

🔝 Kraken hits Piccadilly

Cryptocurrency exchange Kraken has bought advertising space on a large screen on Piccadilly Street in London.

Their animation airs every hour, at the 0-50 minute mark.

⚠️ Mt Gox will be paying compensations over the next three months

📊 For the next 90 days, we might continue to hear scary news about Mt Gox wallet balances, but in the process, the FUD will turn into good news.

🔼For example, the media might start writing that just one last billion dollars remains, and then the bulls will return...

💎 Rapper Lil Pump's Rolls-Royce now features not only the logos of the Phantom crypto wallet and Solana blockchain but also Elon Musk, Dex Screener, and the legendary dog in a hat from the DogWifHat project.

🖥 The difference in perception of Bitcoin depending on the number of hours you have spent studying it

⚠️ Lost Keys Announcement near Central Park in New York

A $10,000 reward is offered due to a Ledger crypto wallet attached to the keychain.

Having the seed phrase would help restore access to the crypto without the wallet, but the owner apparently does not remember it.

🔒 Trezor has started selling a metal Bitcoin storage for seed phrases of up to 20 words.

Perfect for a nuclear apocalypse.

Priced at just $99.

💸 The team with the Oobit crypto payment app continues to make purchases in stores that have no idea about their superpower to accept cryptocurrencies.

🙂 This time, the crypto shopping took place at a Chanel store. It was quite telling how the salesperson looked at the customer after being asked, "Can I pay for this with crypto?"

(Spoiler: like a homeless person).

💥 Rapper Swae Lee (real name Khalif Malik Ibn Shaman Brown) announced that he purchased $30,000 worth of WIF tokens (Dogwifhat project).

We are now waiting for the next announcement about a hack and a deepfake.

🐹 What "Hamster Kombat" does to people...

Due to the popularity of the game Hamster Kombat, the demand for percussion massagers in Russia has nearly tripled, as a representative of one of the marketplaces told the media.

✔️ It has come to the point where sellers are listing in the product description that their device is perfect for "quick leveling up in Hamster Kombat."

🔝 The level of cryptocurrency adoption in Argentina is the highest among all countries in the Western Hemisphere

Over the past year, inflation in the country has risen to 276%. Argentinians are buying and holding USDT instead of the national currency.

✔️ Out of 130 million users on the 55 leading crypto exchanges, 2.5 million are residents of Argentina. They most commonly use Binance, eToro, and BingX.

🔝 In June 2024, the overall web traffic of cryptocurrency exchanges remained nearly unchanged, with Binance remaining the absolute leader.

📊 Top 30 countries with the highest proportion of crypto owners in 2024 (relative to population).

Data by Triple A/Milk Road

When you invest in crypto for the long term and also choose the right coins) 🙂

🔒 A type of cryptocurrency wallet in the form of a subcutaneous implant has been introduced in the USA. The smartphone serves as the interface, but the assets physically remain in the body since the private key and actual transaction signing are performed by the chip.

The chip, developed by Dangerous Things and VivoKey Technologies, uses NFC and RFID technologies. The device is priced at $349.

💥 How Solana's office has changed in the 5 years since the project's launch

They started, as expected, in a garage.

At the EthCC crypto conference in Brussels, Ethereum creator Vitalik Buterin was attacked by an advertising billboard. The billionaire was unharmed 🥸