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Bitcoin Up 2 Weeks: Beginning or End?HTX Community Spring Creation Contest Blockchain Forum 2026, Moscow Fake Ledger Wallet Exposed With Hidden Chip Stealing Seed Phrases and PIN A cybersecurity resea

Fake Ledger Wallet Exposed With Hidden Chip Stealing Seed Phrases and PIN

A cybersecurity researcher from Brazil exposed a large-scale scam operation after buying a “Ledger” hardware wallet from a Chinese marketplace listing that looked legitimate and was priced the same as the official store. The packaging appeared original from a distance, but the device was counterfeit.

When the researcher connected it to Ledger Live installed from ledger.com, it failed the Genuine Check, confirming it was not a real Ledger device. This failure led the researcher to open the device and examine its internal hardware and firmware.

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Inside the shell, the researcher found a completely different chip, not the type used in a hardware wallet. The chip markings had been physically scraped off to hide identification. As per the researcher’s Reddit post, the device also contained a WiFi and Bluetooth antenna, which is not present in a real Ledger Nano S+. By analyzing the chip layout, they identified it as an ESP32-S3 with internal flash memory.

When the device booted, it initially masked itself as a Ledger Nano S+ 7704 with serial numbers and Ledger factory identity, but later revealed its true manufacturer as Espressif Systems.

After dumping the firmware and reverse engineering it, the researcher found that the PIN created on the device was stored in plaintext. The seed phrases from wallets generated on the device were also stored in plaintext. The firmware also contained multiple hardcoded domain references pointing to external command-and-control servers. These findings revealed that the device was designed to collect sensitive wallet data, with links to external servers.

The researcher also examined how the attack might work in practice. Although the hardware contained a WiFi and Bluetooth antenna, the firmware did not show evidence of 

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Весенний конкурс HTX Community Creation Contest: получите 1200 USDT в ежемесячном конкурсе Creation Challenge. Наблюдался всплеск фиксации прибыли крупными игроками, что может сорвать попытку быков преодолеть отметку в 75 000 долларов. Правительство США перевело 606 000 долларов в биткоинах на Coinbase Prime в четверг, 16 апреля.

Хотя неясно, предназначался ли перевод для распродажи или для хранения, аналогичные действия в прошлом были связаны с распространением дезинформации и медвежьими настроениями.

Согласно данным Arkham, это было частью 94 643 BTC, изъятых в результате взлома Bitfinex в 2016 году.

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Bitcoin Up 2 Weeks: Beginning or End?HTX Community Spring Creation ContestMarket Rally! Claim Your AirdropTrusted Editorial content, reviewed by leading industry experts and seasoned editors. Ad Discl

Trusted Editorial content, reviewed by leading industry experts and seasoned editors. Ad Disclosure After a sudden upward move earlier this week, the Bitcoin price appears to be stabilizing near the $74,000 mark as bullish sentiment persists. With bullish momentum gaining traction, investors are now shifting into accumulation mode across the market, which has led to a notable withdrawal of the flagship asset from cryptocurrency exchanges.Growing Accumulation Drives Bitcoin Off ExchangesCurrently, a notable shift is unfolding in the supply dynamics of Bitcoin. While Bitcoin’s price is showing upward momentum following a broader market recovery, investor demand for the leading crypto asset has reportedly been returning beneath the surface.  Related Reading: Bitcoin Supply In Profit Drops Sharply, Echoing Previous Bear Market Levels, Downtrend To Continue?Bitcoin continues to flow off cryptocurrency exchanges at an accelerating pace during this brief price rebound. As stated by Darkfost, a market expert and verified author at the CryptoQuant platform, this has been ongoing for the past two months, during which Bitcoin was withdrawn from exchanges nearly every day.This consistent withdrawal indicates a significant wave of accumulation as investors are shifting their holdings into long-term storage. When exchange reserves dry up, it implies that the number of coins readily for sale is decreasing, a trend that could often precede upward price movements.Source: Chart from Darkfost on XAfter his examination of the Bitcoin Exchange Netflow metric, Darkfost found that the monthly average has also turned negative, which is currently positioned at -1,640 BTC. What this simply means is a clear accumulation trend that has been building over the past few months. Darkfost has highlighted that, in particular, when Bitcoin departs from exchanges like this, it is usually wit

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Claim1,200 USDT in the Monthly Creation ChallengeHTX Community Spring Creation ContestVote to help HTX win & share 300 USDT!XRP is entering a more revealing phase of the cycle. The token’s core pitch 

XRP is entering a more revealing phase of the cycle. The token’s core pitch is that global payment stress should make its cross-border use case more valuable, yet the latest oil shock and dollar rebound are still pushing it to trade like a conventional risk asset.Oil, dollar strength, and inflation fears are exposing XRP’s biggest market contradictions 

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Bitcoin Up 2 Weeks: Beginning or End?HTX Community Spring Creation ContestMarket Rally! Claim Your AirdropThe UK’s FCA has opened a fresh consultation on how stablecoins, trading, custody and staking 

The UK’s FCA has opened a fresh consultation on how stablecoins, trading, custody and staking will be regulated before a full crypto regime goes live in 2027. Summary The UK Financial Conduct Authority has launched a fresh consultation on how stablecoin issuance, trading platforms, custody and staking will be brought inside regulation. Industry feedback is open until June 3, 2026, with crypto firms able to apply for full FCA authorization from September 30, 2026, before the new regime starts in October 2027. The FCA says its crypto rulebook is “substantively complete” and aims to create a “competitive and sustainable” market, while warning that, for now, most crypto remains unregulated beyond promotions and financial crime. The UK’s Financial Conduct Authority is asking crypto firms and stakeholders to weigh in on the final pieces of its digital asset framework, opening a consultation on how specific activities such as stablecoin issuance, trading platforms, custody and staking will be treated under upcoming rules. The regulator said the guidance is designed to clarify the “regulatory perimeter” for crypto assets and help businesses understand how the future regime will affect their operations and compliance obligations. In a statement, the FCA said this round of feedback will run until June 3, 2026, after which it plans to publish a policy statement in the autumn that will sit alongside previously consulted rulebooks. “We want to develop a competitive and sustainable cryptoasset sector where UK consumers are served by authorised cryptoasset firms and can make informed decisions,” the watchdog said, adding that its consultations on the core rules are now “substantively complete.” Stablecoins, staking and a 2027 deadline The guidance documents outline how activities ranging from issuing UK‑regulated stablecoins to operating spot and derivatives venues, safe

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Trusted Editorial content, reviewed by leading industry experts and seasoned editors. Ad Disclosure Bitcoin is pushing higher after months of consolidation, with buyers gradually reasserting control and the market beginning to feel like it might have found its footing. The strength is real — but a report from XWIN Research Japan is adding important context to what that strength actually means in the broader picture.Related Reading: Ethereum Exchange Supply Is Back to 2021 Levels: Learn What Happens When Demand ReturnsAccording to the analysis, global markets are not recovering evenly. The S&P 500 and Nasdaq have returned to all-time highs, which on the surface reads as a healthy, risk-on environment. But a closer look at the data tells a more selective story. Bitcoin remains approximately 40% below its own all-time high. Ethereum is sitting about 52% off its peak. Gold is down 12% and silver 34%. The assets that are leading this rally are very specific — and crypto is not among them yet. What the divergence reveals is that this is not a broad wave of capital flooding back into risk assets. It is a targeted repricing in equities, driven by specific catalysts rather than a general improvement in financial conditions. Bitcoin and most crypto assets are sitting in the waiting room while that repricing plays out upstream.For Bitcoin holders watching the price strengthen, that context matters. The recovery is showing early signs of life. But the macro picture suggests the bigger move may still be ahead rather than already underway.Bitcoin Is Not Late — It Is Next in LineThe XWIN Research Japan report makes a point worth understanding before drawing conclusions about Bitcoin’s relative weakness. The equity rally that has pushed the S&P 500 and Nasdaq to all-time highs is not the product of solved inflation or aggressive rate cuts. It is a repricing of tail risks 

Tough sell’ – Bloomberg analyst casts doubt on Charles Schwab’s crypto push $12 trillion brokerage and commercial bank Charles Schwab has launched a phased roll-out for its Spot crypto trading divisio

Tough sell’ – Bloomberg analyst casts doubt on Charles Schwab’s crypto push

$12 trillion brokerage and commercial bank Charles Schwab has launched a phased roll-out for its Spot crypto trading division.

Dubbed Schwab Crypto, the platform will be live in the upcoming weeks and will offer direct access for retail investors to trade Bitcoin and Ethereum. 

Only the two top crypto assets will be supported for now. Other crypto assets will be added over time.

The platform will allow users to view both their crypto assets and traditional assets, including stock and ETF holdings. The launch comes after recent speculation that the firm was planning a major move into spot crypto support. 

Commenting on the debut, Joe Vietri, head of digital assets at Charles Schwab, said the move was aimed at helping retail investors diversify their portfolio. 

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Blockchain Forum 2026, MoscowChoke Point'—Bitcoin's $77B Coinbase ETF Warning Shocks Markets Bitcoin investors are suddenly confronting an uncomfortable math problem inside the $91.7 billion U.S. spot

Choke Point'—Bitcoin's $77B Coinbase ETF Warning Shocks Markets

Bitcoin investors are suddenly confronting an uncomfortable math problem inside the $91.7 billion U.S. spot bitcoin ETF market.

"Coinbase Custody holds 84% of all US spot Bitcoin ETF assets," Marc Baumann, founder of research firm fiftyonexyz, posted on X on April 14. "That's $77 billion with a single custodian. For an industry built on decentralization, the most important product category has a single point of failure. Regulators will notice."

The warning is landing as bitcoin trades near $77,000, having clawed back from a 40% drawdown since its late-2025 peak around $126,000. It also lands three weeks after the April 2 conditional approval of a national trust charter for Coinbase by the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency. "OCC grants Coinbase conditional approval for a National Trust Bank Charter," Swiss law firm Goldblum & Partners posted on X on April 13, noting that "11 crypto firms now in the federal banking pipeline" and that a new rule, 12 CFR 5.20, "explicitly permits non-fiduciary crypto custody for national trust banks." That regulatory blessing, in a twist, deepens the concentration analysts are now calling out.

The figure itself has become the new rallying cry of bitcoin's structural skeptics. CryptoSlate first framed the dollar number on April 12 as "over 80% of Bitcoin ETF assets hit Coinbase custody choke point with $74B at risk." Within 48 hours, the phrasing was circulating through crypto-media accounts and analyst threads.

"Over 80% of Bitcoin ETF assets now sit inside Coinbase custody. That’s roughly $74B concentrated in one infrastructure layer," wrote crypto-media account W3BCMedia on April 13. Institutional adoption was growing, the account added, "but so is systemic custody risk."

What the data shows

The $91.7 billion pile of U.S. spot bitcoin exchange-traded fund assets, a figure Baumann compiled from issuer prospectus filings, spans

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