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USOIL: Tokenized WTI Crude OilDOJ and Europol take down SocksEscort network tied to crypto fraud US and European authorities said Thursday they had disrupted SocksEscort, a malicious proxy service use

DOJ and Europol take down SocksEscort network tied to crypto fraud
US and European authorities said Thursday they had disrupted SocksEscort, a malicious proxy service used by cybercriminals to hide their identities while carrying out fraud, including cryptocurrency account takeovers.

The DOJ said the service compromised at least 369,000 routers and other internet-connected devices in 163 countries, giving cybercriminals control over proxies that hid their true IP addresses.

The platform reportedly enabled crimes, including bank fraud and cryptocurrency account takeovers, since 2020. In one case cited by prosecutors, a victim in New York lost roughly $1 million in cryptocurrency.

Authorities said they seized 34 domains, disrupted about two dozen servers across seven countries and froze about $3.5 million in cryptocurrency linked to the operation.

The network received at least $5.7 million from users

To access the proxy service, customers used a payment platform that allowed them to purchase it anonymously with cryptocurrency, according to a statement by Europol.

Investigators estimate that SocksEscort received at least 5 million euros ($5.7 million) from its users.

“Proxy services like ‘SocksEscort’ provide criminals with the digital cover they need to launch attacks, distribute illegal content and evade detection,” Europol Executive Director Catherine De Bolle said.

Source: The Hacker News

“Operations like this show that when investigators connect the dots internationally, the infrastructure behind cybercrime can be exposed and shut down,” she added.

The operation involved agencies from multiple countries

The takedown was part of a coordinated international effort that included law enforcement agencies from Austria, France, the Netherlands, Germany, Hungary, Romania and the US.

The FBI Sacramento Field Office, the Department of Defense Office of Inspector General’s Defense Criminal Investigative Service, and IRS Criminal I

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Bitcoin miners saw the AI power crunch coming — and the nuclear revival

Nuclear power is gaining renewed attention in the United States as artificial intelligence and data center expansion drive demand for reliable, large-scale electricity.

According to the latest Miner Weekly newsletter from TheEnergyMag, recent annual filings suggest that major utilities and power producers believe the United States may be entering a “nuclear renaissance.”

The publication cited recent annual filings showing that utilities are linking the revival to long-term power contracts with AI hyperscalers such as Microsoft, Amazon and Meta Platforms.

Rather than relying solely on renewable energy credits to offset emissions, some hyperscalers are now backing entire nuclear facilities to secure around-the-clock carbon-free electricity, the publication said.

While major technology companies are increasingly turning to nuclear energy to secure long-term power supplies, Bitcoin miners were among the first to experiment with colocating high-performance computing next to large baseload energy sources.

The newsletter notes that miners recognized early that nuclear power — once viewed as a declining industry — could become critical infrastructure for the next generation of high-performance computing.

One early example was TeraWulf, which in 2021 formed a joint venture with Pennsylvania-based Talen Energy to develop the Nautilus Cryptomine facility next to the Susquehanna nuclear power plant. As TheEnergyMag reported, the mining operation was designed to draw electricity directly from the nuclear facility.

Related: Bitcoin mining’s 2026 reckoning: AI pivots, margin pressure and a fight to survive

Nuclear power’s role in Bitcoin mining has been growing

The link between Bitcoin mining and nuclear energy isn’t new.

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$BTC Still some days left in the week, but we're seeing the first decent green candle in ~2 months.

It makes sense price has found support down at this area with the Weekly 200MA/EMA right below.

Friday is usually when a lot of volatility and action has happened recently, so let's see if the bulls can hold on until tomorrow as well to get a little momentum going into next week.



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Ethereum is going through one of the most active periods in its history. The network is processing more transactions, attracting more users, and supporting more applications than ever before.

However, the ETH price has not increased at the same pace. This has left many analysts and investors wondering why the network is growing so quickly while the price remains relatively stable.



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Create Content for HTX and Win a Share of 1000U!ROBO: Secure & Open Future for AI and RoboticsFollowing the incredible recovery of the Solana price from less than $10 in 2022 to almost $300 by 2025, i

Following the incredible recovery of the Solana price from less than $10 in 2022 to almost $300 by 2025, it has been pitched as a possible replacement for Ethereum, the second-largest cryptocurrency by market cap. This was further fueled by the fact that it seemed the majority of the decentralized finance (DeFi) volume had moved from Ethereum to Solana due to the advent of the SOL meme coin season.

This flippening has yet to happen, though, with the Solana price crashing below $100 again, and Ethereum retaining its position as the second-largest cryptocurrency. Taking a possible flippening into account, this report explores how high the Solana price would go if it were to actually achieve the all-time high market cap of Ethereum.

Solana Price With Atheneum’s ATH Market Cap Of $583 Billion
Presently, after hitting new all-time highs back in 2025, the Ethereum all-time high market cap sits at $581 billion, compared to Solana’s $160 billion. Taking this into account, SOL would have to cross the $581 billion market cap mark to completely flip Ethereum.

Using data from the MarketCapOf website, it tells how high the Solana price would need to be to reach Ethereum’s all-time high market cap. It puts it at a price of $1,022, a 1,178% increase from the current price. This means that SOL is currently trading 0.8x less than the ETH price.


Source: MarketCapOf
The dominance of Solana over Ethereum also extends outside of its DeFi activity, though. When it comes to Real-World Assets (RWA), SOL quickly became a powerhouse, and recently, it successfully surpassed Ethereum in its RWA users. It moved above 155,000 users, compared to ETH’s 153,000.

However, when it comes to RWA volume, ETH remains the dominant chain. According to RWA.xyz, there is over $15.5 billion in Real-World Assets domiciled on Ethereum, compared to the $1.7 billion that is lying on the Solana blockchain.

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Following the incredible recovery of the Solana pr

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Mastercard frantically doubles down on crypto to avoid becoming irrelevant and losing control

Mastercard's expanding crypto partnerships suggest adoption, but critics argue the payments giant is shaping crypto to keep control.
Mastercard is trying to make sure the stablecoin era still needs its card services.

On Wednesday, the company launched a program with more than 85 crypto-native firms, payments providers, banks, compliance vendors, custody companies, exchanges, and infrastructure groups. On its face, that reads like another ecosystem announcement.

However, let's look at what the list implies. Mastercard is assembling the counterparties it needs so that if stablecoins, tokenized deposits, and other digital-dollar instruments become meaningful payment rails, those flows can still pass through Mastercard’s acceptance, trust, and settlement layers rather than around them.

The partner program is essentially a public index page for infrastructure already under construction. Mastercard spent years building crypto card issuance, merchant-facing acceptance tools, compliance controls, digital asset services, and tokenized settlement rails.

The new program packages those pieces into a clearer pitch: digital assets can move faster and on more programmable rails, while regulated money movement and merchant access can still run through the existing network.
The real contest here is about who controls digital money once it starts moving in remittances, merchant settlement, payouts, treasury transfers, and issuer-acquirer flows. Stablecoins create the possibility of a cheaper or faster side road around traditional card economics. Mastercard’s answer appears to be to absorb that side road into its own governed routes.



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March 13 (Reuters) - Goldman Sachs expects Brent oil to average over $100 a barrel in March, and $85 in April, it said on Friday, as energy prices remain volatile due to the Iran war and damage to Middle East energy infrastructure and disruptions in the Strait of Hormuz.

Brent futures for May were trading at $100.13 a barrel at 0530 GMT, heading for about an 8% weekly increase. On Monday, prices hit $119.50 a barrel, its highest since mid-2022.

Goldman sees Brent crude gradually easing back to the low $70s later in the year, however, if the disruption to oil flows proves longer-lived, oil prices could reach higher peaks and end the year at higher levels.

Goldman said a two-month disruption of the Strait of Hormuz, which has been effectively shut since the start of the U.S.-Israeli war on Iran on February 28 and through which one-fifth of the world's oil and natural gas supply passes, would push its fourth quarter average Brent price estimate from $71 a barrel to $93 a barrel.

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Crypto whale loses nearly $50 million swapping USDT for AAVE Aave Labs founder and CEO Stani Kulechov said a crypto user "attempted to buy AAVE using $50 million in USDT through the Aave interface" but only received about $36,000 worth of the token in return.

CoW Swap said the "transaction executed according to the parameters of the signed order" and that "clear price impact warnings" were given.

When someone in crypto loses millions of dollars in an instant, it's usually due to a hack or an exploit. But, on Thursday, one crypto whale appears to have lost nearly $50 million simply trying to swap USDT for AAVE.

"Earlier today, a user attempted to buy AAVE using $50 million USDT through the Aave interface. Given the unusually large size of the single order, the Aave interface, like most trading interfaces, warned the user about extraordinary slippage and required confirmation via a checkbox," Aave Labs founder and CEO Stani Kulechov said in a post to X.

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