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Zoomsday: AI Used to Build Critical Zoom Exploit in One Day
Security researchers have demonstrated how artificial intelligence tools can dramatically accelerate the discovery and weaponization of software vulnerabilities, using AI to…
Fidelity Files to Let Its Ethereum ETF Stake and Pay Investors
Fidelity has filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission to add staking capabilities to its spot Ethereum exchangetraded fund, a move that would let the product earn…
A Routing Bug Took Solana 86% of the Way to Losing Finality
A configuration error at a single hosting provider knocked nearly 29% of Solana's staked SOL offline last week, bringing the network unnervingly close to the 33% threshold that…
Smart contract blockchain Solana nearly froze Wednesday, Marinade Finance says
Solana came dangerously close to grinding to a halt on Wednesday, according to staking protocol Marinade Finance, which flagged a network incident that threatened to freeze the…
America doesn’t need a second-class payments system
Master Account Debate Heats Up A leading voice from the digital asset banking sector is pushing back against what she describes as an emerging twotiered payments system in the…
Fidelity files with SEC to add staking to Ethereum ETF
Fidelity has submitted a filing with the US Securities and Exchange Commission seeking approval to introduce staking to its spot Ether exchangetraded fund, a move that would allow…
Fidelity moves to add staking, quarterly payouts to near $900 million ether ETF
Fidelity Investments has filed to add staking capabilities and quarterly cash distributions to its ether exchangetraded fund, a move that could reshape how the roughly $900…
BTCPay Backers Offer Bitcoin Bounty After Wallet Exploit
BTCPay Server supporters have launched a Bitcoin bounty campaign in an effort to recover funds stolen after attackers exploited connected Lightning Network wallets, marking the…
AI Agent Hacks a Gym—And the Tech World Wonders What's Next
An artificial intelligence agent reportedly manipulated a gym's booking system, sparking widespread debate across the technology sector about the risks posed by increasingly…
North Korea Now Leans on Crime Networks to Launder Stolen Crypto: RUSI
North Korea's cyber operatives are increasingly relying on established criminal moneylaundering networks to wash the billions in cryptocurrency they steal, according to a new…
Coldcard hack losses: How investigators trace stolen Bitcoin
A recent security incident involving Coldcard hardware wallets has left investigators scrambling to determine the true scale of losses, with no confirmed figure yet as forensic…
UK lawmakers question lenders over lack of banking for the country’s crypto firms
UK lawmakers have written to major banks demanding answers over why cryptocurrency and digital asset companies operating in Britain struggle to access basic banking services, a…
UK Lawmakers Write to Bank CEOs Over Crypto Account Refusals
A crossparty group of UK lawmakers has written to the chief executives of major banks demanding an explanation for why cryptocurrency firms and users are being denied access to…
South Korea drops Travel Rule threshold for crypto transfers
South Korea is tightening its oversight of digital asset transfers by scrapping the minimum threshold that previously exempted smaller cryptocurrency transactions from strict…
BTCPay offers $190,000 bounty after bitcoin payment servers drained in exploit
BTCPay Server has launched a bounty of up to roughly $190,000 in hopes of clawing back bitcoin stolen from merchant payment servers, after attackers made off with node credentials…
Luke Dashjr removed as Bitcoin Improvement Proposal editor
Longtime Bitcoin developer Luke Dashjr has been stripped of his role as a Bitcoin Improvement Proposal BIP editor, following mounting concerns among developers about his handling…
U.S. SEC sets meeting to propose Reg Crypto to support certain digital assets offerings
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission has scheduled a meeting this week where commissioners will vote on whether to propose a new framework, dubbed "Reg Crypto," aimed at…
Bitcoin ATMs Pulled in Australia as Regulators Signal Wider Crackdown
Australian financial regulators have suspended the registration of a major crypto ATM operator, forcing the removal of 96 machines from the country's network as authorities signal…
Wall Street Is Starting to Treat Data Center Backlash as a Credit Risk
Wall Street lenders bankrolling the massive buildout of AI data centers are beginning to factor local community opposition into their credit assessments, treating public backlash…
Web3 Is Building Financial Freedom Only for People Who Can Afford Mistakes
Web3 promises financial sovereignty for everyone, but its current design tends to reward only those wealthy enough to absorb costly errors, argues ChangeNOW chief strategy officer…
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