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In a tale straight out of a Dickensian crypto noir, Delhi Police have corralled four merry bandits accused of swindling folks with counterfeit USDT schemes. These enterprising fraudsters, who apparently thought “policeman” was a convincing costume for a heist, left victims trembling and penniless.

The kerfuffle between the U.S., Israel, and Iran has shone a lantern on them prediction markets, where folks wager on calamity like it’s a horse race. Murphy’s now hell-bent on regulatin’ these platforms, after hearin’ tales of insider tradin’ that’d make a riverboat gambler blush.

Midnight ($NIGHT) is weeks away from its Kukolu mainnet. And the A-list celebrities throwing confetti at its launch party? Not your average crypto groupies.

From the dusty ledgers of CryptoRank, March has danced as one of the strongest-upward movers in record. Since 2015, only January and May dared to outshine that marching month in mean gains.

The initiative aims to build “blockchain rails” between Hong Kong and Shanghai, where trade data, eBLs, and financing systems will dance in a tango of efficiency. Officials call it a “modernization” of a system still stuck in the age of quills and parchment. Bold move, or a fool’s errand dressed in tech jargon? You decide.

Japan’s mobile payments giant PayPay has filed to go public in the United States, seeking to raise up to $1.1 billion in an offering that could value the company at approximately $13.4B at the top end of its proposed price range.

It’s a time of uncertainty, and lo and behold, Iran’s largest crypto exchange, Nobitex, has witnessed a curious surge in withdrawals. The world’s greatest minds-er, the crypto investors-are moving their funds swiftly, as geopolitical tension starts sending ripples through their digital wallets. Nobitex, which proudly handles over 87% of Iran’s crypto activities (because, who doesn’t like dominance?), is the center of this exciting, if not entirely reassuring, wave of capital flight.

But, as with all things Bitcoin, the joy was short-lived. By Tuesday morning, in the glamorous world of Asian trading, the price had pulled back a tad to a respectable $68,000. It seems the digital gold rush hit a bit of a speed bump-because, naturally, markets love a good dramatic pause.

The culprit? Wallet 0x744b0b1c4132d79ec106cb62c630d961c4a0d849-a patron of the arts, collector of ETH, and now, proud owner of 358.49 XAUT. Two years ago, they bought low(ish) at $3.26M. Today, they hold 645 ETH ($1.25M) and a cautionary tale.