Cantor Fitzgerald cut its 12-month target for major Bitcoin holder Strategy’s stock by 59% but kept a positive rating, saying it sees little risk the firm will have to sell its BTC, even after Bitcoin fell about 30% from its recent record high.
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Europol and national police dismantled a $700M crypto laundering network that used fake trading sites, call centers, and deepfake celebrity ads to scam thousands. Raids in Cyprus, Germany, and Spain seized $1.7M in assets and led to nine arrests.
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The EU fined Elon Musk’s X about $140M for breaking new online rules, saying paid blue checks mislead people because identities aren’t properly verified, and that X also failed to give enough data on ads and blocked researchers from public platform data.
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Cantor cut its 12‑month target for Strategy stock to $229 from $560 after a drop in bitcoin and weaker demand for its bitcoin‑linked shares, but kept a positive rating, saying the firm could benefit again if bitcoin prices and investor interest recover.
The EU has fined Elon Musk’s X about $140M, saying its paid blue check marks mislead users because X doesn’t properly verify identities, and accusing the platform of hiding ad info and blocking researchers under the EU’s Digital Services Act.
Texas became the first U.S. state to officially buy and hold Bitcoin, purchasing $5 million in a BTC fund and approving another $5 million in direct BTC holdings under its new Texas Strategic Bitcoin Reserve Act, even as the market pulls back.
Cloudflare says today’s global website outage was caused by an emergency fix for a serious React software flaw that lets hackers run code on servers. The rushed security update accidentally broke Cloudflare’s web protection system, briefly taking sites offline.
Bitcoin whales and mid-sized holders are now buying heavily, absorbing about 240% of new BTC supply, while realized losses hit about $5.8B in late November, the largest since the FTX collapse, signaling a possible turning point in market sentiment.
Anthropic reports AI tools can now spot and copy flaws in many crypto smart contracts, simulating thefts of over $550M in tests. The cost to fully scan a contract for bugs averaged just $1.22, raising new concerns for blockchain security.
JPMorgan is keeping its long-term Bitcoin price target based on gold comparisons at about $170,000 over the next 6–12 months, even after BTC’s recent drop from above $120,000 to around $91,000.
EU regulators just fined Elon Musk’s X €120M, saying paid blue check marks mislead users because accounts aren’t truly verified, increasing risks like impersonation and scams. The platform was also flagged for weak ad transparency and limiting researcher data access.
Bitcoin fell to about $91,200 after a weekly high near $94,200, as BlackRock’s Bitcoin ETF saw another $113 million in withdrawals and over $2.7 billion in outflows over five weeks, signaling weaker new institutional buying despite BTC’s recent bounce.
China-linked hackers are already exploiting the new React2Shell bug in React and Next.js, letting them run code on servers without a password. AWS says multiple groups began attacks within hours of disclosure, putting many web apps at immediate risk.
Analyst Ran Neuner says Bitcoin’s past booms and busts were driven mainly by global liquidity and central bank policy, not the four-year halving cycle, and argues the current pullback comes before liquidity-driven demand has fully returned.
Google, Amazon, and Elon Musk’s xAI are racing to put AI systems on satellites in orbit, aiming to ease pressure on Earth data centers and improve connectivity for things like remote internet access and disaster response.