March 2025

Biopharma exec says Bitcoin could help industry through ‘biotech winter’ 2025-03-21 at 05:18 By Cointelegraph by Jesse Coghlan NASDAQ-listed biopharmaceutical firm Atai Life Sciences says cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin could be key to survival for biotech startups as they wade through years of regulatory approvals.  Atai, which is developing mental health treatments using psychedelics like DMT […]

Inside ‘eccentric’ Ripple founder’s multibillion-dollar space station plan 2025-03-21 at 05:18 By Cointelegraph by Brayden Lindrea The serial entrepreneur who founded the Mt. Gox crypto exchange and co-founded Ripple has shared new details about his ambitious space station company Vast, which he hopes will help expand the human race into a multi-planetary species. In a

Eric Trump joins Metaplanet strategic board of advisors 2025-03-21 at 04:02 By Cointelegraph by Brayden Lindrea Bitcoin-stacking firm Metaplanet has appointed US President Donald Trump’s son, Eric Trump, to its newly established Strategic Board of Advisors to further Metaplanet’s mission to become a “global leader in the Bitcoin economy.” ”His business acumen, love of the

Capital One cracker could be sent back to prison after judges rule she got off too lightly 2025-03-21 at 03:18 By Iain Thomson Feds want harsher sentence for Paige Thompson, who pinched 100M customer records Paige Thompson, the perpetrator of the Capital One data theft, may be sent back behind bars after an appeals court

Apple hallucinated Siri’s future AI features, lawsuit claims 2025-03-21 at 02:35 By Thomas Claburn Broken commitment to deliver Apple Intelligence upgrade branded false advertising Apple on Wednesday was sued in a US federal court for allegedly misrepresenting the AI capabilities of its Siri personal digital assistant.… This article is an excerpt from The Register View

Dept of Defense engineer took home top-secret docs, booked a fishing trip to Mexico – then the FBI showed up 2025-03-21 at 01:18 By Jessica Lyons So much for that vacation A US Department of Defense electrical engineer has turned his world upside down after printing 155 pages from 20 documents, all of which were

ChatGPT falsely calls you a child killer and you want it to stop? Come on up, GDPR 2025-03-20 at 23:32 By Brandon Vigliarolo Europe’s hard-line privacy rules include requirement for accurate info, rights warriors point out ​A Norwegian man was shocked when ChatGPT falsely claimed he murdered his two sons and tried to kill a

DTCC to promote ERC3643 token standard 2025-03-20 at 23:02 By Cointelegraph by Alex O’Donnell The Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation (DTCC) — the US’s primary clearinghouse for securities transactions — has committed to promoting Ethereum’s ERC-3643 standard for permissioned securities tokens, according to a March 20 announcement.  DTCC is joining the ERC3643 Association, a nonprofit

Bitcoin volatility hits 3.6% amid heightened market uncertainty 2025-03-20 at 23:02 By Cointelegraph by Christopher Tepedino Bitcoin (BTC) volatility climbed to 3.6% on March 19 — the highest point since August 2024, according to data from CoinGlass. The volatility reflects heightened market uncertainty amid structural unknowns in the US economy, according to Uldis Tearudklans, chief

Bitfinex Bitcoin longs hit 6-month high — Will BTC price follow? 2025-03-20 at 23:02 By Cointelegraph by Marcel Pechman Bullish Bitcoin (BTC) positions using leverage on the Bitfinex exchange surged to their highest level in nearly six months, reaching 80,333 BTC on March 20—equivalent to $6.92 billion. The 27.5% increase in Bitcoin margin longs since

SEC says proof-of-work mining does not constitute securities dealing 2025-03-20 at 22:05 By Cointelegraph by Sam Bourgi The US Securities and Exchange Commission’s Division of Corporation Finance has clarified its views on proof-of-work mining, arguing that such activities do not constitute “the offer and sale of securities” as outlined in the Securities Act of 1933,

Pump.fun launches own DEX, drops Raydium 2025-03-20 at 22:05 By Cointelegraph by Alex O’Donnell Pump.fun has launched its own decentralized exchange (DEX) called PumpSwap, potentially displacing Raydium as the primary trading venue for Solana (SOL) memecoins.  Starting on March 20, memecoins that successfully bootstrap liquidity, or “bond,” on Pump.fun will migrate directly to PumpSwap, Pump.fun

Ethereum co-founder Joe Lubin on the future of Ethereum — DAS 2025-03-20 at 22:05 By Cointelegraph by Vince Quill Ethereum co-founder Joe Lubin discussed the future of the smart contract network at the Digital Asset Summit and said layer-2 (L2) scaling networks would continue to be central to the Ethereum ecosystem. In an exclusive interview

ZachXBT says he unmasked mysterious 50x Hyperliquid whale 2025-03-20 at 21:03 By Cointelegraph by Alex O’Donnell Onchain sleuth ZachXBT said he had identified the mysterious whale who profited $20 million from highly leveraged trades on Hyperliquid and GMX as a British hacker going by the name William Parker.  According to ZachXBT’s March 20 X post,

‘Successful’ ETH ETF less perfect without staking — BlackRock 2025-03-20 at 21:03 By Cointelegraph by Christopher Tepedino BlackRock’s head of digital assets, Robbie Mitchnick, described the firm’s Ether (ETH) exchange-traded fund (ETF) as a “tremendous success” but acknowledged a key limitation. Speaking on March 20 at the Digital Asset Summit, he noted that the ETF

Apple replaces Siri boss in AI shakeup after CEO Tim Cook loses confidence: report 2025-03-20 at 20:47 By Reuters Mike Rockwell, vice president in charge of the Vision Products Group, will now be in charge of the iPhone maker’s Siri virtual assistant. This article is an excerpt from Latest Technology News and Product Reviews |

Infoseccers criticize Veeam over critical RCE vulnerability and a failing blacklist 2025-03-20 at 20:46 By Connor Jones Palming off the blame using an ‘unknown’ best practice didn’t go down well either In patching the latest critical remote code execution (RCE) bug in Backup and Replication, software shop Veeam is attracting criticism from researchers for the