Shanghai Police Dismantle $2.8B Crypto Underground Bank — The Technical Anatomy of a Digital Money Laundry
Hook: The Block Confirms What the Eyes Missed On August 27, Shanghai police...
Team and early investor shares released
92 million ARB released
Independent validator client goes live on mainnet
Improves data availability sampling efficiency
Circulating supply increases by about 2%
Block reward halving event
Raises validator limit and account abstraction
Block reward reduced to 3.125 BTC
Hook: The Block Confirms What the Eyes Missed On August 27, Shanghai police...
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Extreme Fear
Market Sentiment
Bitcoin Season
| # | Coin | Price |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Bitcoin
BTC
|
$62,822 |
| 1 |
Ethereum
ETH
|
$1,781.79 |
| 1 |
Solana
SOL
|
$81.04 |
| 1 |
BNB Chain
BNB
|
$590.5 |
| 1 |
XRP Ledger
XRP
|
$1.14 |
| 1 |
Dogecoin
DOGE
|
$0.0774 |
| 1 |
Cardano
ADA
|
$0.1892 |
| 1 |
Avalanche
AVAX
|
$6.92 |
| 1 |
Polkadot
DOT
|
$0.8826 |
| 1 |
Chainlink
LINK
|
$8.03 |