In the shadowy corners of the digital world, where the glow of computer screens illuminates faces with eerie light, there exist tales of lost fortunes. These tales act as a terrifying reminder of the unpredictable nature and volatility present in the cryptocurrency markets and the need to adopt stringent security measures. 

1. James Howells and the lost 7,500 BTC

A British man named James Howells unintentionally threw away a hard drive in 2013 that contained 7,500 Bitcoin (BTC), currently valued at over $2.5 billion. The hard disk is still buried; he can’t figure out where it is, even after making several desperate attempts to retrieve it from the landfill in New Port, Wales. Howell’s…

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Supply and demand dynamics could mitigate concerns of a potential Bitcoin market supply shock during the upcoming mining reward halving in 2024, according to Bitvavo CEO Mark Nuvelstijn.

The co-founder of the Netherlands-based cryptocurrency exchange weighed in on Bitcoin-related market movements in conversation with Cointelegraph during the European Blockchain Convention held in Barcelona.

Related: There are now nearly 40M Bitcoin addresses in profit — A new record

Nuvelstijn expressed his belief that exchanges would likely have sufficient Bitcoin supply to meet the demand from users:

“If there’s more demand the price will increase, and it will keep increasing until there’s a match… Read more on Cointelegraph

Unibot, a well-known Telegram bot for Uniswap trading, suffered an approval vulnerability on Tuesday, resulting in a loss of tokens valued above $600,000.

A newly deployed contract was compromised, leading to the loss of several meme coins belonging to users. 

The firm pinpointed the problem as a “token approval exploit” from its new router, which led them to momentarily halt the router to address the issue.

“We experienced a token approval exploit from our new router and have paused our router to contain the issue,” the team said on X.

“Any funds lost due to the bug on our new router will be compensated. Your keys and wallets are safe.”

PeckShield initially detected the…

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Bitcoin (BTC) has netted another adoption goal. Botev Plovdiv FC, Bulgaria’s oldest football club, has adopted Bitcoin and Lightning, as well as joining NOSTR, the decentralized protocol.

Plovdiv’s stadium accommodates 35,00 people. Source: Manolov

Effective immediately, fans can utilize Bitcoin for peer-to-peer payments at Botev Plovdiv FC’s fan shops and stands during matches at the top flight of the Bulgarian League, the Bulgarian Parva Liga. The club also has plans in the pipeline to extend Bitcoin payments for ticketing and its online store.

Anton Zingarevich, the president of the 111-year-old football club, expressed enthusiasm for the move, highlighting the potential of the…

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After months of stagnation and false starts, the crypto market is gaining momentum.

Renewed optimism over the likely approval of a spot US ETF fueled last week’s rally in both bitcoin (BTC) and ether (ETH), kick-starting market volatility once more.

“The markets are constantly fluctuating, influenced largely by the sentiments of investors,” Konstantin Shulga, CEO and co-founder of Finery Markets told Blockworks.

“In recent times, we have observed a squeeze in call options for options sellers, while future indicators are becoming less optimistic as the market adjusts to the sudden rise of bitcoin.”

October was a turbulent month, with bitcoin’s price witnessing a significant…

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The rising M2 money supply could propel crypto into another bull rally and help it outperform the traditional markets, according to Raoul Pal, co-founder and CEO of financial media platform Real Vision. Pal’s X post highlighted the correlation between the rising fiat market supply and the start of the crypto bull run.

Pal, in an X( formerly Twitter) post, shared a graph comparing Bitcoin’s (BTC) yearly performance against the global M2 money supply, indicating the simultaneous rise of Bitcoin and global M2 supply. Historically, the Bitcoin and cryptocurrency market has started outperforming the traditional financial market with a rise in global M2 supply.

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The Kenyan government plans to roll out its digital identification system in December 2023 after the testing period, which will take the next few months. According to the president of Kenya, William Ruto, whose speech at the East Africa Device Assembly Kenya plant in Athi River was cited by local media on Oct.30:

“The digital ID, which has been a major problem to us for a very long time, is now on testing mode for the next two months. I have been assured by all the stakeholders and the ministries concerned that by December we will be able to launch digital IDs.”

Digital IDs will be introduced in the country along with Maisha Namba, a system of lifelong personal identification numbers…

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Bitcoin (BTC) has more wallet addresses in profit than ever before despite BTC price being 50% below all-time highs.

The latest data from on-chain analytics firm Glassnode shows a record number of addresses “in the black.”

$34,000 BTC price returns over 80% of Bitcoin addresses to profit

Bitcoin may be nearing 18-month highs, but its recent gains were already enough to spark significant changes in investor profitability.

Per Glassnode data, the number of addresses in profit as of Oct. 30 was 39.1 million.

This the highest number ever recorded for Bitcoin, and beats the previous peak of 38.1 million seen in November 2021.

At that time, BTC/USD itself traded at all-time highs, and thus 100%…

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Spanish Ministry of Economy and Digital Transformation reported that the first comprehensive European Union crypto framework, the Markets in Crypto Assets (MiCA) Act, will come into force on the national level in December 2025.

As follows from the release published by the Ministry on Oct. 26, the first vice president of Spain, Nadia Calvino, has met with the president of the European Securities and Market Authority (ESMA), Verena Ross, to discuss the government’s intention to advance the implementation of MiCA.

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The general deadline for implementing MiCA for all 27 member-states of the EU is…

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