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Russian Power Company Reports $14 Million Loss Due to Illegal Crypto Mining

Russian power company Rosseti suffered over $14 million in losses in 2024 due to illegal crypto-mining operations, which have led to network congestion, equipment damage, and criminal investigations. Unauthorized Crypto Mining Results in Heavy Losses For Rosseti Russian electricity provider Rosseti has reported $14 million (1.3 billion rubles) in damages from illegal cryptocurrency mining in […]

Libra’s Hayden Davis Says He Sent Money to Javier Milei’s Sister

Reporting from Coindesk has revealed that Hayden Davis, CEO of Kelsier Ventures, one of the entities behind the embattled memecoin Libra, allegedly boasted about sending money to Karina Milei, Argentinian President Javier Milei’s sister, months before the token’s scandalous launch that netted Kelsier $100 million and landed Javier Milei in serious political trouble including a […]

Daily General Discussion – February 19, 2025

Welcome to the Ethereum Daily General Discussion on r/ethereum https://imgur.com/3y7vezP Bookmarking this link will always bring you to the current daily: https://old.reddit.com/r/ethereum/about/sticky/?num=2 Please use this thread to discuss Ethereum topics, news, events, and even price! Price discussion posted elsewhere in the subreddit will continue to be removed. As always, be constructive. – Subreddit Rules Want…
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Vivek Ramaswamy: Post-’Easy Money’ Economy to Drive Corporate Bitcoin Adoption

As global markets grapple with tighter monetary policies, entrepreneur-turned-politician Vivek Ramaswamy predicts a structural shift in corporate finance strategies, with bitcoin poised to become a staple of institutional treasuries. Bitcoin—A ‘More Common Corporate Treasury Holding’ In a statement on X on Feb. 18, 2025, Vivek Ramaswamy—the former 2024 presidential candidate and former DOGE lead—declared that […]

Ethereum To Move Sideways For 2-3 Months? Analyst Says Longer ETH Consolidation Is Needed

Ethereum (ETH) has failed to break from a key level, retracing 4% as most of the market bleeds. Some analysts believe that ETH’s next leg up won’t come in a few months, as the second-largest cryptocurrency could move sideways until May. Related Reading: Bitcoin’s Final Dip Before $273,000? A Market Veteran Thinks So Ethereum To Continue Sideways Move? On Monday, Ethereum swan against the current and registered a 6.3% surge toward the $2,850 support zone, momentarily breaking out of a symmetrical triangle pattern where it has been consolidating for the past 15 days. The cryptocurrency attempted to reclaim the $2,700-$2,800 level but failed to hold the zone in the following hours. On Tuesday, ETH’s short-lived party ended, sending the King of Altcoins on a 4% pullback toward the $2,605 mark. Crypto analyst Ali Martinez noted that Ethereum needed to hold the $2,600 support, a crucial level for the cryptocurrency, to continue within its multi-year ascending channel. To the analyst, failing to hold this level could hinder the long-awaited Altcoin season. Moreover, failing to hold this level could see ETH dropping to the $2,400 mark, as the current level doesn’t have significant demand. According to Martinez, the $2,425 level remains the most critical support zone for the cryptocurrency, as 10.33 million wallets accumulated 63.43 million ETH. Amid its most recent performance, market watcher DocXBT considers that Ethereum needs a re-accumulation period to attempt to reclaim higher levels. The analyst stated, “It needs an extended period of re-accumulation,” as the ones seen during the FTX collapse, 2023’s capitulation, and summer 2024’s capitulation. To DocXBT, “There’s nothing for ETH to do except go sideways for an extended period of time.” He added that it could continue hovering within its current range for two to three months “before we can bring trends down, flip them, and maybe get bullish again.” ETH’s $4,000 Breakout Just ‘A Matter Of Time’ Crypto trader Mikybull pointed out ETH’s bullish pattern in the longer timeframes. Ethereum has been in an ascending triangle since 2022, which suggests it could have a “massive breakout” once the upper resistance, around the $4,000 mark, is broken. The trader asserted that a “longer consolidation leads to a sustainable rally.” Similarly, analyst Ted Pillows stated that Ethereum is holding its uptrend support level, which suggests that the $4,000 breakout is just “a matter of time,” which could lead to a retest of the 2021 all-time high (ATH). The analyst pointed out the sentiment shift toward the Solana memecoin ecosystem, suggesting that rotation to Ethereum is about to happen. “Memecoins chains are dying, and people are flocking to utility chains,” he affirmed on X. Related Reading: SUI Bearish Grip Tightens As Price Eyes $2.8 Retest Amid Market Pressure Other analysts have recently signaled the potential rotation from SOL to ETH, arguing that the SOL/ETH trading pair has topped after the recent events in the Solana network. The most recent incident saw capital rotate toward Ethereum for the first time in a while and suggests the “ETH season” could be near. At the time of writing, Ethereum trades at $2,631, a 1% retrace in the weekly timeframe. Featured Image from Unsplash.com, Chart from TradingView.com

Hong Kong remains an ‘open and vibrant market’ for crypto, says financial secretary

Hong Kong financial secretary Paul Chan Mo-po says an exciting upcoming development is the intersection of AI and blockchain, which he said would create more use cases.

Crypto firms need to go public to ‘address Wall Street’ — BitGo CEO

BitGo boss Mike Belsche has hinted at a potential public offering for his crypto custody firm, and says going public would help to “deliver trust in digital assets.”

Bitcoin vs. the Dollar: Why Trust Matters More Than You Think

Understanding money is hard—especially when we don’t ask how it works. Wait, So What Is the U.S. Dollar Backed By? Alex leaned forward at the coffee shop table. “You criticize bitcoin, but do you know how the U.S. dollar works?” John hesitated. “Gold… right? Or something physical?” “That stopped in 1971,” Alex replied. “The dollar […]