Bitcoin’s market price has experienced renewed downward pressure, falling to just under $106,000 in the last 24 hours. This marks a 1.8% dip over the past day and places the asset approximately 6% below its all-time high of over $111,000 reached last month. While the correction is not severe compared to historical volatility, it highlights…
JERUSALEM: Israel’s firefighting service said its teams were responding to several “major” incidents resulting from an Iranian missile attack, including efforts to rescue people trapped in a high-rise building. “Firefighting crews are handling several major incidents, mainly in the Dan region” around Tel Aviv, a statement said, adding that “firefighters are working in a high-rise…
KIGALI: At least 52 people have been confirmed dead, and dozens remain missing after two passenger boats capsized on Lake Tumba in the western Democratic Republic of the Congo, officials said on Friday, Anadolu Ajansi reported. The boats sank overnight between Wednesday and Thursday near Bikoro, about 128 kilometres (79 miles) from Mbandaka in Equateur…
TEHRAN: Israel began feeling Iran’s wrath on Friday evening as the Islamic Republic of Iran Armed Forces launched a wave of strikes on Israel. According to the Islamic Republic News Agency (IRNA), the strikes came hours after the Israeli regime, in what Iran described as unprovoked aggression, targeted locations inside Iranian territory, including residential buildings….
HAMILTON: The United Nations (UN) on Friday warned of serious regional and global consequences following Israel and Iran’s exchange of airstrikes, urging restraint and renewed diplomatic efforts, Anadolu Ajansi reported. “The impact of these attacks has already been felt throughout the region, with neighbouring countries closing their airspace and putting their security forces on high…
A fresh XRP/BTC chart released on 12 June by the market technician known as Dr. Cat has injected new controversy into one of crypto’s most stubborn trading pairs. The analyst, posting to X, argues that despite a bruising six-week slide, conditions still favour an eventual breakout for XRP that would leave Bitcoin lagging. He assigns…
The Shiba Inu development crew has rolled out a new tech layer that could shift how people use SHIB. According to reports, the beta version of Shib Alpha Layer went live on June 12, 2025. It’s made in partnership with ElderLabs, and it got built without any VC backing. Now users can test it before…
Bitcoin Magazine Bitcoin Layer 2: Statechains Statechains are an original second layer protocol originally developed by Ruben Somsen in 2018, depending on the eltoo (or LN Symmetry) proposal. In 2021 a variation of the original proposal, Mercury, was built by CommerceBlock. In 2024, a further iteration of the original Mercury scheme was built, Mercury Layer. …
Iran is reeling from Israel’s unprecedented attack – and it is only the start Israel’s “Operation Rising Lion”, as it calls its attack on Iran, is unprecedented. It is vastly more extensive and ambitious than anything that has come before, including the two missile and drone exchanges it had with Iran last year. For Iran,…
Israel says it has launched a fresh wave of air strikes on Iran, after hitting nuclear and military sites overnight. On Friday evening the Israeli Air Force said it was continuing “to attack missile launchers and infrastructure” in Iran. There are reports of explosions across the country. The BBC has verified at least one evening…
