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Richard Heart Reportedly Detained as Starknet Drops Nearly 50%

Edited by Steinar Vigdel Kolnes, Editor, Oslo

Cointelegraph reports Richard Heart was detained in Istanbul, while Starknet fell nearly 50% amid an L1 vote and Bitwise offered an upbeat crypto outlook.

Richard Heart Reportedly Detained as Starknet Drops Nearly 50%

HEX founder Richard Heart was detained during an early-morning raid in Istanbul, according to Cointelegraph’s Hodler’s Digest. The supplied summary did not specify the grounds for his detention.

The roundup also reported a nearly 50% decline in Starknet as a vote addressed its proposed transition to a layer-1 blockchain. It did not establish whether the vote caused the fall.

Separately, Bitwise described market signals as pointing toward a recovery period it called “Crypto Spring.” The summary did not detail the indicators behind that assessment.

Source: Cointelegraph

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