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By Omkar Godbole (All times ET unless indicated otherwise)The past 24 hours have been marked by bullish postings on social media, with notable figures voicing positive outlooks on the cryptocurrency market that have worked their way into prices.Bitcoin has bounced to over $98,000 from $96,900, with President Donald Trump's son Eric encouraging family-linked World Liberty Financial to invest in the largest cryptocurrency.Cardano founder Charles Hoskinson was among those painting an optimistic picture. "To give you a sense of how big the upcoming bull market is for crypto, we just absorbed a downturn that was larger than the collapse of Luna or FTX and have already nearly recovered: 710 billion in losses and 740,000 traders liquidated in 24 hours. 2025 is...

According to Kaspersky, a Russian cybersecurity firm, several apps available in the Google Play Store and the Apple App Store contain components capable of scanning images that include cryptocurrency seed phrases. Seed Phrases Stored in Screenshots at Risk, Kaspersky Warns Kaspersky, a cybersecurity firm of Russian origin, has warned about a new threat that targetsSource link

Gold prices have broken records once again, inching closer to the $3,000 key level. This phenomenon has been accompanied by an unusual movement of physical gold to COMEX vaults, as investors cling to tangible assets amidst the current geopolitical backdrop. Gold Keeps Shining, Breaks All-Time High Prices Once Again Gold has proven again that isSource link

On Wednesday, centralized exchanges registered a net outflow of over 17,000 BTC, worth more than $1.6 billion at the going market price of $98,600, according to Glassnode data shared by Andrew Dragosch, head of research Bitwise. That's the biggest single-day exodus of coins since April 2024. "Whales are buying this dip," Dragosch said on X, referring to the large outflow of coins. Investors typically take direct custody of coins when planning to hold them for the long term. Hence, a large outflow of exchanges is taken to represent bullish sentiment. Note that blockchain data, though widely used to assess market conditions, can be skewed by internal wallet transfers by exchanges.Coinbase alone processed net withdrawals of over 15,000 BTC, per Dragosch....

Layer 1 Berachain will airdrop just under 80 million of its BERA tokens to ecosystem and exchange users as the decentralized finance (DeFi)- focussed network goes live later on Thursday, per a release.The total initial supply of BERA is 500 million tokens, with 48.9% allocated for community engagement, including airdrops, ecosystem development, and research.The airdrop distribution included testnet users, social media participants, and other community members. Token allocations can be viewed on the Berachain airdrop checker as of Thursday morning and can be claimed using various EVM wallets like Metamask and OKX Wallet.“The BERA token distribution includes an airdrop of 15.75% to Berachain community members, applications, liquidity providers and more as recognition of their contributions to an incredibly robust pre-launch...