Ex-Paxful CEO’s Bitcoin marketplace Noones exploited for nearly $8m, ZachXBT says

Peer-to-peer marketplace Noones may have been exploited for $7.9 million, with stolen funds routed through Tornado Cash. Noones, a Bitcoin (BTC) peer-to-peer marketplace founded by Paxful’s ex-CEO Ray Youssef, appears to have suffered a big hack. In early January, suspicious outflows drained around $7.9 million from the platform’s hot wallets on Ethereum (ETH), TRON (TRX), […]

P2P.org joins Northstake’s ETH validator marketplace

Staking platform P2P.org is teaming up with Northstake, a tokenized Ethereum validator marketplace, to bolster institutional participation in the staking market. P2P.org, which offers non-custodial staking services, has joined Northstake’s ETH validator marketplace as an infrastructure provider, the two platforms announced in a press release on Jan. 23. Through this collaboration, P2P.org will provide institutions […]

Huione, company behind largest illicit online marketplace, launches stablecoin: report

Huione Group, a Cambodian conglomerate linked to the largest illicit online marketplace, has launched its own stablecoin, USDH. The news comes via an Elliptic report and comes despite ongoing scrutiny of its subsidiary, Huione Guarantee, a Telegram-based platform serving cybercriminals in Southeast Asia Elliptic’s research revealed that Huione Guarantee has facilitated at least $24 billion […]

Telegram introduces NFT collectible gifts, enables third-party marketplace trading

Telegram’s first update of 2025 introduces collectible gifts, enabling users to transfer or trade upgraded gifts on NFT marketplaces. Telegram, a multi-platform messaging service, has kicked off 2025 with a major update, introducing collectible gifts that can be traded as non-fungible tokens on third-party marketplaces. In a blog post dated Jan. 1, Telegram announced that […]

Aethir and Injective launch the first tokenized GPU marketplace to democratize AI computing

Aethir and Injective’s partnership makes high-performance GPU resources more accessible, fueling innovation in AI and blockchain. Aethir (ATH), a leader in high-performance computing infrastructure, and Injective (INJ), a prominent decentralized exchange platform, have teamed up to launch the world’s first tokenized GPU marketplace. HPC refers to the use of powerful computer systems and networks to […]