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Russian national Alexander Vinnik, previously convicted for running a multi-billion-dollar money-laundering operation through his BTC-e crypto exchange, has been released in a prisoner exchange between Russia and the United States. In return, Moscow freed American schoolteacher Marc Fogel, who had been detained on drug charges. Vinnik’s Role in BTC-e and Legal Troubles Vinnik operated the BTC-e platform from 2011 to 2017 when he was arrested by police in Greece at the request of American law enforcement agencies. According to the U.S. Justice Department, the exchange processed transactions worth more than $9 billion across six years, much of which was allegedly tied to crimes such as ransomware attacks, drug trafficking, and identity theft. Authorities claim that BTC-e’s lack of anti-money laundering (AML) and Know-Your-Customer (KYC) policies made it attractive to cybercriminals. Vinnik was extradited to France in 2020 and sentenced to five years for money laundering. He was later sent back to Greece before finally being handed over to the Americans in 2022. In May 2024, the Russian pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit money laundering and faced up to 20 years in prison. During his trial, prosecutors accused Vinnik of facilitating over $120 million in losses and described BTC-e as a “significant cybercrime and online money laundering entity.” Millions of dollars worth of assets belonging to the platform were seized, including $90 million that authorities bagged in New Zealand. Additionally, the U.S. Treasury Department imposed a $120 million fine on the exchange, with Vinnik personally facing a $12 million penalty. A Long-Running Extradition Battle Before his transfer to the U.S., the 45-year-old had been at the center of an international legal battle involving France, Russia, and the United States. While Russia sought his extradition on lesser fraud charges amounting to just $11,000, France and the U.S. pursued him for broader financial crimes. In 2023, his lawyers tried to include him in a U.S.-Russia prisoner swap involving journalist Evan Gershkovich, but it was unsuccessful. His exchange for Fogel, an American teacher detained in Russia, marks a rare moment of cooperation between the two countries, especially coming against the backdrop of the ongoing Ukraine war. Vinnik will have to forfeit tens of millions of dollars in assets as part of the deal. The post BTC-e Operator Released in US-Russia Prisoner Swap appeared first on CryptoPotato.

The cryptocurrency market is witnessing the delayed arrival of an altcoin boom in the current bull cycle. Crypto exchange and derivatives trading platform Bybit has released a joint report with the market research firm Block Scholes, detailing factors that may have delayed the altcoin season and those that are likely to trigger the boom in the coming months. According to the report, potential catalysts for the next altseason include rising institutional involvement in altcoins, Ethereum outperforming Bitcoin, sustained retail interest in meme coins, and increased profit-taking among Bitcoin holders. A Delayed Altseason During such market periods, altcoins outperform major crypto assets, especially bitcoin (BTC). There is always capital rotation from BTC into smaller and riskier projects, leading to significant rallies in the value of these cryptocurrencies. Bybit said the market has seen this trend in the past three bull runs, especially in 2017 and 2021. In those times, the prices of cryptocurrencies other than BTC hit new all-time highs (ATHs). “However, one must also recognize that altseason often precedes the end of a bull run, as profit taking from large-cap tokens leads to a market correction,” Bybit noted. Investors have been anticipating an altseason in this bull run, but this cycle appears to be different. BTC continues to reach new ATHs and is dominating the market, a dynamic that is contrary to previous patterns where the asset’s dominance declines during altseason. In the past, Bitcoin’s dominance has declined approximately 230 days post-halving; however, the last halving did not trigger the expected plunge, suggesting that market behavior may have experienced a structural change. Bybit says there are several factors contributing to the state of the crypto market, and one of them is the increased institutional adoption of Bitcoin via spot exchange-traded funds (ETFs). Another factor is Ethereum’s underperformance relative to Bitcoin and other major altcoins like Solana. Traders are now doubting ether’s (ETH) capacity to lead the market into an altseason. Wen Altseason? The crypto exchange further outlined factors that could influence the onset and nature of the next altseason. For starters, BTC holders have to increase their profit-taking. This could trigger a market correction that would, in turn, lead to capital rotation into altcoins. Then, Ethereum should experience significant recovery, regain its footing, and reclaim its status as a market leader. In addition, investors need to increasingly engage with meme coins and less mainstream altcoins for the next altseason to emerge. Also, institutional interest in altcoins needs to surge; this will likely happen soon because U.S. regulatory agencies are currently reviewing applications for several altcoin ETFs. The post These Factors Could Trigger the Next Altcoin Season, According to Bybit appeared first on CryptoPotato.

As Bloomberg noted in the press announcement, Bitcoin and Gold have historically had nearly zero correlation with each other. However, as crypto analyst Daink pointed out, Bitcoin tends to eventually follow gold’s movements after periods when they’ve been decoupled or moved in different directions. “Each time Gold displaces away from BTC, BTC plays catch up…,” he said in his recent post on X. Essentially, if gold moves significantly in one direction, Bitcoin may follow suit later on, adjusting its price as if it’s “catching up” to gold’s momentum. So, while the correlation between Bitcoin and gold might fluctuate and often be near-zero (meaning no immediate relationship), it seems that Bitcoin aligns with gold’s movements after a time, showing a latent correlation that doesn’t appear in real-time. $BTC

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