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The current BTC ‘bear market’ will only last 90 days — Analyst 2025-03-22 at 22:20 By Cointelegraph by Vince Quill The current Bitcoin (BTC) bear market, defined as a 20% or more drop from the all-time high, is relatively weak in terms of magnitude and should only last for 90 days, according to market analyst…

Pakistan Crypto Council proposes using excess energy for BTC mining 2025-03-22 at 19:02 By Cointelegraph by Vince Quill Bilal Bin Saqib, the CEO of Pakistan’s Crypto Council, has proposed using the country’s runoff energy to fuel Bitcoin (BTC) mining at the Crypto Council’s inaugural meeting on March 21. According to an article from The Nation,…

Who is bitcoin’s mysterious founder Satoshi Nakamoto? And why he ‘might not exist’ 2025-03-22 at 18:03 By Eric Spitznagel Satoshi Nakamoto, the inventor of bitcoin, and had become an “elusive figure who might or might not exist,” writes Benjamin Wallace in “The Mysterious Mr. Nakamoto.” This article is an excerpt from Latest Technology News and…

Centralized exchanges’ Kodak moment — time to adopt a new model or stay behind 2025-03-22 at 17:04 By Cointelegraph by Ido Ben Natan Opinion by: Ido Ben Natan, co-founder and CEO of Blockaid Centralized exchanges (CEXs) have controlled what people can trade for years. If a token wasn’t listed on major exchanges, it didn’t exist…

Bitcoin sidechains will drive BTCfi growth 2025-03-22 at 17:04 By Cointelegraph by Brendon Sedo Opinion by: Brendon Sedo, Core DAO initial contributor Bitcoin is outgrowing the “digital gold” narrative. The primary driver of this shift is the rise of Bitcoin DeFi (BTCfi), which looks beyond the mere store-of-value use cases.  In 2024, Bitcoin (BTC) became…

Trader nets $480k with 1,500x return before BNB memecoin crashes 50% 2025-03-22 at 16:05 By Cointelegraph by Zoltan Vardai An unknown trader made nearly half a million worth of profit on a recently launched memecoin just before the token lost half of its value, sparking insider trading allegations after the recent wave of memecoin meltdowns.…

Will new US SEC rules bring crypto companies onshore? 2025-03-22 at 15:03 By Cointelegraph by Aaron Brogan and Jon Van Loo Once, long ago, cryptocurrency companies operated comfortably in the US. In that quaint, bygone era, they would often conduct funding events called “initial coin offerings,” and then use those raised funds to try to…

Crypto debanking is not over until Jan 2026: Caitlin Long 2025-03-22 at 12:02 By Cointelegraph by Zoltan Vardai The cryptocurrency industry may still be facing debanking-related issues in the United States, despite the recent wave of positive legislation, according to crypto regulatory experts and industry leaders. The collapse of crypto-friendly banks in early 2023 sparked…

Museum digs up Digital Equipment Corporation’s dusty digital equipment 2025-03-22 at 11:34 By Richard Speed Remembering the fallen giant’s first UK office Reading Museum is hosting an exhibition marking more than 60 years since Digital Equipment Corporation (DEC) opened its first UK office.… This article is an excerpt from The Register View Original Source React…

U.S. Treasury Lifts Tornado Cash Sanctions Amid North Korea Money Laundering Probe 2025-03-22 at 10:16 By The U.S. Treasury Department has announced that it’s removing sanctions against Tornado Cash, a cryptocurrency mixer service that has been accused of aiding the North Korea-linked Lazarus Group to launder their ill-gotten proceeds. “Based on the Administration’s review of…

Tether seeks Big Four firm for its first full financial audit: Report 2025-03-22 at 08:02 By Cointelegraph by Ciaran Lyons Stablecoin issuer Tether is reportedly engaging with a Big Four accounting firm to audit its assets reserve and verify that its USDT (USDT) stablecoin is backed at a 1:1 ratio. Tether CEO Paolo Ardoino reportedly…

Crypto VC giant targets $1B for new funds, expects oversubscription — Report 2025-03-22 at 05:04 By Cointelegraph by Ciaran Lyons Venture capital firm Haun Ventures is reportedly looking to raise $1 billion for two new crypto-related investment funds within the next three months. If successful, $500 million will be allocated to early-stage crypto investments, while…

Encrypted, Secured and Battle-Tested: Lessons From a Decade in Encryption Trenches 2025-03-22 at 01:12 By Paul Welsh Part 1 of 2: The data in motion edition This article is an excerpt from Broadcom Software Blogs View Original Source React to this headline:

Trump orders all government IT contracts consolidated under GSA 2025-03-22 at 01:12 By Brandon Vigliarolo White House touts massive savings, agencies brace for shake-up President Trump’s latest executive order takes aim at federal IT procurement, moving to centralize how Uncle Sam buys tech across agencies.… This article is an excerpt from The Register View Original…

AWS sued by product manager who says she was laid off for being an older woman 2025-03-22 at 00:27 By Thomas Claburn ‘Flawless’ team boss claims she was axed after raising alarm over shrinking female leadership ranks A former senior product manager at Amazon Web Services has sued the cloud colossus in the US, claiming…

Crypto super PAC network to back GOP House candidates in Florida 2025-03-21 at 23:12 By Cointelegraph by Christopher Tepedino A Super PAC network funded by the crypto industry is poised to back two Republican candidates for the United States House of Representatives in Florida’s April 1 special elections, according to a March 21 report by…

Crypto Biz: As crypto booms, recession looms 2025-03-21 at 23:12 By Cointelegraph by Sam Bourgi America’s pro-crypto policy shift has become a bipartisan commitment as Democrats and Republicans look to secure the US dollar’s influence as a global reserve currency. According to US Representative and California Democrat Ro Khanna, at least 70 of his fellow…

Nigeria still open to crypto business despite rocky past: Report 2025-03-21 at 22:06 By Cointelegraph by Vince Quill The government of Nigeria is still open to crypto businesses operating in the country despite the ongoing lawsuit against crypto exchange Binance and the high-profile detention of Binance executive Tigran Gambaryan. Nigerian Information Minister Mohammed Idris told…

Coinbase in talks to buy derivatives exchange Deribit: Report 2025-03-21 at 22:06 By Cointelegraph by Alex O’Donnell Coinbase is in advanced talks to buy Deribit, a cryptocurrency derivatives exchange, according to a March 21 report by Bloomberg. Acquiring Deribit — the world’s largest venue for trading Bitcoin (BTC) and Ether (ETH) options — would bolster…

Ethereum open interest hits new all-time high — Will ETH price follow? 2025-03-21 at 22:06 By Cointelegraph by Marcel Pechman Ether (ETH) price dropped 6% between March 19 and March 21 after failing to break the $2,050 resistance level. More notably, ETH has fallen 28% since Feb. 21, underperforming the broader crypto market, which declined…

SEC’s XRP reversal marks crypto industry victory ahead of SOL futures ETF launch: Finance Redefined 2025-03-21 at 21:03 By Cointelegraph by Zoltan Vardai Crypto investors rejoiced this week after the US Securities and Exchange Commission dismissed one of the crypto industry’s most controversial lawsuits — one that resulted in an over four-year legal battle with…

Existing US-based ByteDance investors want to buy into Trump-backed Oracle deal to spin off TikTok: report 2025-03-21 at 20:34 By Thomas Barrabi Several current US-based investors in TikTok’s Chinese parent ByteDance looking to join Larry Ellison’s Oracle in a potential deal to soothe national security concerns, according to a report Friday. This article is an…

Price analysis 3/21: BTC, ETH, XRP, BNB, SOL, ADA, DOGE, TON, LINK, LEO 2025-03-21 at 20:03 By Cointelegraph by Rakesh Upadhyay Bitcoin’s (BTC) recovery continues to face selling at higher levels, indicating that the bears have not given up. Trading resource Material Indicators said in a post on X that “Spoofy the Whale” has been…

Tesla arsons probed as ‘domestic terrorism’ cheered by ‘anti-capitalist’ group linked to 2020 riots 2025-03-21 at 19:35 By Fox News An “anti-capitalist” group that claimed credit for terrorizing a Philadelphia neighborhood near the University of Pennsylvania in 2020 is now supporting radicals targeting Tesla vehicles. This article is an excerpt from Latest Technology News and…

Rising XRP spot market volumes hint at next stage of a parabolic price rally — Analyst 2025-03-21 at 19:00 By Cointelegraph by Biraajmaan Tamuly XRP (XRP) price rallied 16% less than 24 hours after news that Ripple’s legal dispute with the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) could end made headlines on March 19. However,…

Gov’t can realize gains on gold certificates to buy Bitcoin: Bo Hines 2025-03-21 at 19:00 By Cointelegraph by Sam Bourgi The Trump administration appears poised to grow its Strategic Bitcoin Reserve after the White House’s crypto council head suggested budget-neutral ways for acquiring the digital asset.  “There’s been countless ideas” about how the government can…

Elon Musk tells Tesla employees ‘hang on to your stock’ as vehicle trade-ins hit record levels 2025-03-21 at 18:49 By Thomas Barrabi Tesla CEO Elon Musk urged employees to keep the faith and “hang on to your stock” on Thursday as the embattled automaker contends with vandalism at dealerships and a record surge of vehicle…

Companies flummoxed by Scope 3 emissions 2025-03-21 at 18:49 By Dan Robinson Measuring all the dirty work of the supply chain and other indirect influences? Ugh, just give us the fine Half of European businesses fear they’ll lose customers if they come clean about their greenhouse gas emissions, a third lack confidence in the accuracy…

Strategy announces 10% preferred stock offering to buy more Bitcoin 2025-03-21 at 18:03 By Cointelegraph by Vince Quill Strategy has announced the pricing of its latest round of perpetual preferred stock, which the company does before announcing more Bitcoin (BTC) acquisitions. According to Strategy, the latest round of preferred stock will be sold at $85…

Who’s running in Trump’s race to make US a ‘Bitcoin superpower?’ 2025-03-21 at 18:03 By Cointelegraph by Aaron Wood US President Donald Trump wants to make his country a “Bitcoin superpower,” but the question remains as to who he is competing against.  Speaking at Blockwork’s Digital Asset Summit on March 20 to a crowd of…

Tornado mixer dropped from US blacklist 2025-03-21 at 18:03 By Cointelegraph by Alex O’Donnell The US Treasury Department has dropped cryptocurrency mixer Tornado Cash from its sanctions list, the agency said on March 21.  The removal follows a January ruling by a US appeals court, which said the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC)…

Microsoft ducks politico questions on Copilot bundling and lack of consent 2025-03-21 at 18:03 By Connor Jones Consumer price hikes come amid interrogation of why customers have to opt out of added AI features The UK’s Science, Innovation, and Technology Committee is pressing Microsoft for answers about the recent Microsoft 365 price hikes and why…

Traditional financial markets won’t survive without RWA tokenization 2025-03-21 at 17:02 By Cointelegraph by Abdul Rafay Gadit Opinion by: Abdul Rafay Gadit, co-founder of ZIGChain America’s tariff regime has apparently fueled a global trade war, forcing investors to explore stable, yield-generating alternatives. A closer look reveals that illiquidity, opacity and scalability challenges have plagued global…

UAT-5918 Targets Taiwan’s Critical Infrastructure Using Web Shells and Open-Source Tools 2025-03-21 at 16:47 By Threat hunters have uncovered a new threat actor named UAT-5918 that has been attacking critical infrastructure entities in Taiwan since at least 2023. “UAT-5918, a threat actor believed to be motivated by establishing long-term access for information theft, uses a…

Accenture: DOGE’s Federal procurement review is hurting our sales 2025-03-21 at 16:05 By Paul Kunert Share price list slides for top ten consultant to US government Accenture says Federal procurement projects are continuing to slow since Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency began reviewing ways to cut costs last month, and this is directly impacting…

Why Trump’s TikTok deal is worrying deep-pocketed investors 2025-03-21 at 15:53 By Charles Gasparino TikTok’s emergence, mostly with the youth of America, has been haunting Silicon Valley, Wall Street and Washington for more than five years. This article is an excerpt from Latest Technology News and Product Reviews | New York Post View Original Source…

Medusa Ransomware Uses Malicious Driver to Disable Anti-Malware with Stolen Certificates 2025-03-21 at 15:38 By The threat actors behind the Medusa ransomware-as-a-service (RaaS) operation have been observed using a malicious driver dubbed ABYSSWORKER as part of a bring your own vulnerable driver (BYOVD) attack designed to disable anti-malware tools. Elastic Security Labs said it observed…

NASA’s inbox goes orbital after email mishap spams entire space industry 2025-03-21 at 14:36 By Richard Speed MAPTIS mailing list blunder triggers reply-all chaos Everybody loves a good email storm. However, an insecure email distribution list that results in an accidental spamming of space agencies worldwide is undoubtedly one for the record books.… This article…

Feds charge three over Molotov attacks on Tesla sites in multiple states 2025-03-21 at 13:47 By Connor Jones Attorney General warns people tempted to join ‘wave of domestic terrorism’ Three individuals face federal arson charges labeled as domestic terrorism after a spate of Molotov cocktail attacks on Tesla properties in the US.… This article is…