There have already been 35 reported physical attacks on Bitcoiners in just the first seven months of 2025. Bitcoin “wrench attacks” — a violent form of cryptocurrency theft — could see its worst year in 2025, with criminals spurred on by Bitcoin’s soaring market value, according to Chainalysis. “Wrench attacks” refer to a situation where physical force or intimidation is used to force a victim to give up their crypto holdings, and Chainalysis said that with 35 attacks already recorded as of July, the numbers are on track to “have potentially twice as many physical attacks as the next highest year on record.” The last bull market peak in 2021 was the worst year on record, with a total of 36 recorded attacks against crypto holders, according to a list compiled by Jameson Lopp, a cypherpunk and co-founder of self-custodial firm Casa on GitHub. Read more
Romania's Finance Ministry raised RON424 million from banks on Thursday (July 17), selling benchmark bonds, at an annual average yield of 7.33%.
Filip & Company has assisted Romania's Ministry of Finance, alongside law firm Linklaters, in a new issuance of bonds in three tranches totaling EUR4.7 billion.
BitMEX said the PUMP token defied the odds, with its funding rates trending positively despite a large initial float. Almost 60% of presale participants in Pump.fun’s initial coin offering (ICO) have already sold or transferred their tokens to centralized exchanges (CEXs) or other wallets, according to data shared by BitMEX. Citing onchain data, the crypto exchange said that of the 10,145 ICO participants in the PUMP presale, 6,042 wallets (59.6%) had already sold or transferred their tokens to CEXs. Meanwhile, 3,791 wallets (37.4%) continued to hold their tokens, while a small group of 312 wallets (3%) had increased their holdings a week after the token launch. Read more