Former IMF Chief Economist Warns About the Next $35 Trillion Financial Crash

Gita Gopinath, former IMF Chief Economist, warns about the sudden rise of the U.S. stock market and the surge of an unavoidable correction, which could have catastrophic effects on the global economy. She estimates that losses could amount to over $35 trillion. Former IMF Chief Gopinath: Next Financial Crash Could Wipe $35T From Global Economies … Read more

Analyst Exposes Stealth $13B Bitcoin Seizure — Feds Took 127,271 BTC Last Year

A new entry on the U.S. government’s forfeiture.gov website shows that officials bagged the headline-grabbing 127,271 BTC on July 23, 2024, from the Lubian wallets. Analyst Emmett Gallic was the first to break the news. U.S. Quietly Bagged 127,000 BTC Stash in 2024 Everyone’s buzzing about the U.S. government’s massive bitcoin haul — 127,271 BTC … Read more

Kraken Acquires CFTC-Licensed Small Exchange for $100 Million

Kraken has acquired Small Exchange, a Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC)-regulated Designated Contract Market, for $100 million, marking a major step in its plan to expand crypto derivatives offerings in the U.S. Small Exchange Deal Expands Kraken U.S. Derivatives Reach Kraken has taken another decisive step in its U.S. expansion by acquiring Small Exchange, a … Read more

US Government May Have Quietly Seized Another $2.4B in Bitcoin Linked to Lubian Mining Pool

Over the past 24 hours, attention has zeroed in on the freshly confiscated bitcoins now in U.S. government custody — and the mining pool allegedly built on dirty money funneled through Chinese fugitive Chen Zhi and his notorious Prince Group scam ring. Another $2.4B in Bitcoin Could Be in U.S. Custody Interestingly, the Department of … Read more

Mystery Deepens Around 16,237 BTC Moved From Lubian Wallets Amid $36B US Bitcoin Cluster

On Tuesday, Bitcoin.com News covered the U.S. government’s move to seize more than 127,000 bitcoins from Chinese national Chen Zhi and an international fraud ring dubbed Prince Group. Our newsroom noted in a follow-up post that the trove was tied to an old mining pool, Lubian.com, which authorities allege was both bankrolled and managed by … Read more

127,000 BTC Under US Seizure Tied to Milky Sad Weak-Key Vulnerability, Onchain Slueth Says

U.S. authorities’ push to seize more than 127,000 bitcoin has revived a key thread: several of the wallets at issue are labeled by Arkham Intelligence as tied to the “Lubian.com Hacker,” a cluster previously connected to the Milky Sad weak-key incident. Wallets With 127K Bitcoin Flagged as Lubian.com Hacker Addresses in Milky Sad Connection Arkham’s … Read more

US Treasury Moves to Seize 127,271 BTC From Chinese National Behind Global Scam Ring

The U.S. Department of the Treasury has announced sweeping sanctions and forfeiture actions targeting transnational criminal organizations tied to large-scale “pig butchering” scams, including an effort to seize 127,271 bitcoin ( BTC) valued at roughly $12 billion linked to Chinese national Chen Zhi and his Cambodia-based Prince Group. U.S. Seeks $12B Bitcoin Forfeiture Linked to … Read more

Government Shutdown? Not for Bitcoin — The Feds Just Moved $73M in BTC

On Tuesday, Oct. 14, 2025, blockchain sleuths using Arkham Intelligence data spotted the U.S. government shuffling 652.62 BTC—worth a cool $73 million—out of its digital piggy bank of seized bitcoin. Government Shifts 652.62 BTC as Shutdown Hits Two Weeks Today marks day 14 of the U.S. government shutdown—two full weeks of political gridlock—and yet Uncle … Read more