- BTC$77,615+0.80%
- ETH$2,293+1.79%
- BNB$696.24-0.46%
- XRP$1.28+3.18%
- SOL$93.31+0.78%
- TRX$0.3232+1.42%
- ZEC$1,224+2.91%
- DOGE$0.0752+1.79%
- XMR$624.00+4.80%
- LINK$11.10+0.07%
- ADA$0.1896+0.57%
- BCH$275.74+0.76%
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Bitcoin edges up to $77,600 as the Binance hack dominates the conversation
Total crypto market cap sits at $2.61T, up 1.7% over 24 hours. LayerZero leads the top 100, up 9.1%, while Kaspa lags, down 3.8%. Hacks, Binance and AI lead the conversation across 99 industry headlines.
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The ledgers Updated from the source data
The record so far
- $8.76bnlost so far in 2026, 326 incidents
- 104enforcement actions so far in 2026, 134 by this date in 2025
- 1,056addresses on the US sanctions list
- 388firms licensed under MiCA across 27 countries
Latest failures
- Mercado Bitcoin$40.0m
- Premia V3$437,000
- Troves$666,935
- Polymarket International$2.7m
- Binance$6.36bn
Latest enforcement
- SEC sued BG Wealth Sharing and DSJ Exchange over an alleged $130M crypto trading signals fraud that used false SEC filings.SEC
- Two Texas brothers were sentenced to 180 and 186 months for kidnapping a Minnesota family and forcing transfer of $8M in crypto.DOJ
- An Israeli national was extradited and charged with exploiting the Nomad Bridge smart contract to steal about $2.89 million in crypto.DOJ
- SEC sues DEBT Box joint venture partners and principals over an alleged $200 million crypto offering fraud; some defendants settle.SEC
- A Missouri man was sentenced to 48 months in prison for his role in a kidnapping and attempted Bitcoin robbery in Danbury, Connecticut.DOJ
Total market cap
$2.61T
+1.74%
24h volume
$269.4B
Bitcoin dominance
59.5%
Ether dominance
10.8%
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- BTC$77,615+0.80%
- ETH$2,293+1.79%
- BNB$696.24-0.46%
- XRP$1.28+3.18%
- SOL$93.31+0.78%
- TRX$0.3232+1.42%
- ZEC$1,224+2.91%
- DOGE$0.0752+1.79%
- XMR$624.00+4.80%
- LINK$11.10+0.07%
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