Market
Hacks
Azuki’s Twitter account used to promote fake virtual land mint
The hackers posted two tweets with malicious links to promote a fake virtual land mint.
Analysis
Optimism (OP) hits new ATH despite 70% transaction volume decline
Optimism's (OP) governance token rose to new all-time high of $2.49 on Jan. 25, according to CryptoSlate data.
Legal
Mango Markets exploiter slammed with new lawsuit
Mango Markets hits Eisenberg with a lawsuit to return the $47 million gained following his attack — despite agreement to keep the money.
Analysis
Aptos prints new ATH amid whales movement
Kaikos said the APT token was seeing consistent buy orders larger than $250,000 — all of which were executed on Binance.
Analysis
Crypto market rebound liquidates over $200M
High-flying layer1 blockchain network Aptos (APT) liquidated $31.61 million in short positions against it.
NFTs
Porsche NFTs floor price surges 180%
The NFT collection sales volume rose to 1686 ETH ($2.7 million) and its market cap jumped 247% to $9.4 million.
Regulation
Circle blames SEC for failed plan to go public
Circle said it expected the SEC to have a "thorough, rigorous review process" but the regulator failed to process its S-4 registration before the expiration of its SPAC deal despite ample time.
Exchanges
Digital Surge creditors agree to 5-year repayment plan following FTX exposure
Digital Surge are set to repay customers with a balance of up to $250 AUD in full and balances above that 55% of their balance.
Analysis
Crypto market liquidation tops $200M in 24 hours
Short-term Bitcoin investors appear to be taking profit after the cohort saw a dramatic increase in the number of their coins held in profit.
Bankruptcy
Genesis subsidiary sues ‘Bitcoin Jesus’ for $20.86M
The embattled firm alleged that Ver failed to settle cryptocurrency options trades that expired on Dec. 30, 2022.
Adoption
El Salvador President criticizes ‘legacy’ media outlets’ unfair coverage
Critizing "legacy" media outlets, Bukele said these media outlets go "on silent modes when their lies have been exposed."
Technology
Ethereum developers deploy Shanghai upgrade ‘shadow fork’
The shadow fork for the ETH Shanghai update was successfully launched with some issues later fixed by developers.