🕵️‍♂️ Analyst ZachXBT revealed that he played a key role in identifying the criminals behind the $243 million theft from one of Genesis's creditors, which involved a sophisticated social engineering attack.

💰 The majority of the stolen funds were converted to Monero.

🎥 Leaked videos—reportedly recorded in real-time during the attack and the subsequent efforts to hide the stolen assets—exposed the suspects' identities and their money laundering scheme.

🤷 ZachXBT did not disclose how they obtained the videos or the numerous chat logs from Telegram and Discord he referenced.

Two of the three hackers have been arrested, and authorities seized the stolen funds during the arrests. 🚓

🥷Hackers pushed a scam token using the YouTube channel of India's Supreme Court 🇮🇳

They compromised the channel, renamed it to “Ripple,” and uploaded a deepfake featuring Brad Garlinghouse. 😁

🌐 BNB Chain Integrates with Telegram💎

🚀 BNB Chain is set to integrate with Telegram, allowing developers to launch new mini-apps directly within the messaging platform.

🤝 This partnership will also utilize Telegram authentication for enhanced security.

Additionally, the integration simplifies the use of BNB Chain in Telegram bots with the Privy SDK and adds support for BNB in various Telegram wallets. 💪

CATI Token Now Trading at $1! 🚀

😸 The CATI token has listed on major exchanges and is currently trading around $1!

👀 According to Catizen's creators, their game ranks first in revenue among all Telegram mini-apps, attracting over 34 million users in just six months. Of these, 2 million have connected TON wallets, with 800,000 making in-game transactions using Toncoin.

Despite user dissatisfaction and criticism regarding token distribution through airdrops, the excitement surrounding the CATI listing is palpable. 🤷

TON developers have warned that the token launch will test the blockchain's capabilities.

To manage the token distribution load, the TON Foundation has paused The Open League program for various ecosystem projects. A special token standard (TON Mintless Jetton) for Hamster Kombat has also been developed to ease blockchain pressure. 🔨

We’ll soon find out if TON can handle millions of hamsters, or if it will face challenges like with $DOGS. 🤔

US Judge Dismisses Consensys' Lawsuit Against the SEC

⚖️ A Texas federal judge dismissed Consensys’ lawsuit against the SEC, which aimed to declare Ethereum (ETH) as not a security.

👀 Judge Reed O'Connor ruled that the SEC’s actions regarding MetaMask, including a Wells notice, do not represent final agency decisions.

The judge also dismissed claims related to the SEC’s investigation into Ethereum, noting that the probe was dropped after Ethereum ETFs were approved. 🧐

Consensys considers this a partial win for the Ethereum ecosystem and vows to continue fighting the SEC’s case related to MetaMask. 🎉

🎮 Play Solana has unveiled their first portable Web3 gaming device, the PSG1 (Play Solana Gen1), powered by Solana.

They promise an extensive ecosystem.

The pre-order announcement is expected tomorrow at the Solana Breakpoint event.

Pubkey bar, where Donald Trump made a spectacular crypto burger purchase yesterday, is riding the hype wave to the fullest (and rightfully so – such luck comes once in a lifetime).

This time, the Pubkey account tagged Michael Saylor with his "Bitcoin burger." 🍔

"We open at 3pm, BTW."

- they added.😁

President of El Salvador Nayib Bukele (as you know, El Salvador adopted a Bitcoin strategy and buys 1 BTC every day) met with Elon Musk (one of his sneezes can significantly pump some meme coin), the SEC has approved options trading on the iShares spot Bitcoin ETF from BlackRock. 🔥

Why is Bitcoin still $63,000? 👀

Why are we still in the early stages of Bitcoin's adoption ? 🧐

Let’s compare Bitcoin's value to the market capitalizations of gold, art, fiat currencies, stock markets, bonds, and real estate.

7 out of 10 largest central banks in the world have already begun to lower interest rates 📉

BTC gained nearly 6% over the week and reached $64,000 for the first time since August 26. 🚀

The S&P 500 closed above 2,700 for the first time in history, while gold surpassed $2,600, and the value of global bonds continues to break records.

Do you sense the smell of something big in the air? 🤔💰

MicroStrategy's stock leads the top 10 most profitable securities since August 20, 2020 (the start of MicroStrategy's Bitcoin strategy), surpassing even NVIDIA. 🚀

Clearly, in commercial terms, MSTR is not doing more than NVIDIA. Therefore, such success can only be attributed to BTC. 👍

Any individual, family, company, or country can copy MicroStrategy and enjoy the same outperformance.

- Michael Saylor

Last week, MicroStrategy issued bonds worth $1 billion and purchased another 7,420 BTC for $458 million—now the company holds a total of 252,220 BTC. 💰

Kamala Harris has spoken about cryptocurrencies for the first time as a candidate for U.S. president.

Uniswap Labs CEO Hayden Adams described this move as a positive signal. 👍

🗣 Kamala Harris stated that if elected president, she intends to 'will encourage innovative technologies like AI and digital assets while protecting our consumers and investors.'

BTC ETF vs. Gold ETF 🧐

Eric Balchunas compared the inflow into BTC ETFs with Gold ETFs, highlighting that these assets are often used for diversification.

In just 9 months, BTC ETFs have attracted $17.7 billion, representing 5% of BTC's market capitalization.

In comparison, Gold ETFs account for only 1% of gold's market cap. 👀

Gold took 22 years to reach this level, while BTC achieved it in just 9 months. 🚀

But let's be real—gold has a much bigger market cap. For now 😉.

📈 The correlation between U.S. stocks and cryptocurrencies has hit a two-year high of 0.67, getting close to the record level of 0.72 set in the second quarter of 2022.

A correlation value of 1 would indicate total synchronization between these assets. 👀

🇺🇸 U.S. mining pools are increasingly taking a slice of the hash rate from their Chinese counterparts, but China still holds up to 55% of the total computing power in the Bitcoin network. 💻

👀 Notably, American pools mainly cater to institutional miners, whereas Chinese pools tend to support smaller miners across Asia.

🔍 Ethereum Foundation Sells 200 ETH

The organization recently sold 200 ETH for 527,989 DAI through two transactions, raising the total sales for September to 1,150 ETH ($2.8 million).

I guess someone has to cover Vitalik's salary, especially since he’s not keen on selling his own ETH. 😁

🐳 Whale Sell-Offs Raise Concerns for Ethereum 🚨

📈 Ethereum's price has risen over 2% in the last 24 hours, but ongoing sell-offs by major wallets are stirring worries about potential panic selling among retail investors.

Key highlights:

▪️Major wallets, including an Ethereum ICO participant and Genesis, moved a total of 8,510 ETH (around $21.9 million) to centralized exchanges.

▪️ The ICO whale transferred 3,510 ETH to Kraken after a three-month hiatus, still holding 136,000 ETH across multiple wallets.

▪️Genesis transferred 5,000 ETH to FalconX as part of its bankruptcy repayment plan.

👀 Additionally, the Ethereum Foundation sold 100 ETH, increasing its total sales to 3,566 ETH since January 2024, amounting to nearly $9.94 million. 🤔

📈 Total assets under ETF management are nearing their all-time high of $10 trillion! 💰

This is almost 5 times the total capitalization of the entire cryptocurrency market, and over 8 times the capitalization of Bitcoin. 🙀

🚀 Altseason is coming! 🤗

Bitcoin's dominance is approaching the apex of a wedge formation. 🧐

A downward breakout could lower its share from 57% to 47%, potentially triggering an altseason as liquidity flows into various altcoins 📈

This forecast doesn't predict a drop in BTC; in fact, it's expected to rise above $70k and hold that level! 💪

Get ready for some exciting times ahead in the crypto market!

MicroStrategy has made 40 BTC purchases over the past four years, investing close to $10 billion. 💵

The unrealized profit from this position is over $6 billion. 🙀

Here’s everything you need to know about perfect dollar-cost averaging! 💪

Polymarket plans to launch its own token!

Polymarket, the blockchain-based predictions platform, is looking to raise an additional $50 million as it eyes a potential token launch! 🚀

😎 Investors in this round will receive token warrants, allowing them to purchase tokens if Polymarket decides to move forward with the launch.

💰 After raising $70 million earlier this year—$25 million in a Series A and $45 million in Series B, with backing from notable names like Vitalik Buterin—Polymarket has seen a surge in trading volume, especially fueled by U.S. election betting, which topped $1 billion.

👀 While it’s still unclear what utility these new tokens might offer, speculation is high in the community. Traders are even adjusting their strategies to maximize potential rewards, anticipating a possible airdrop. 🤑📈