March 2025

California introduces ’Bitcoin rights’ in amended digital assets bill 2025-03-31 at 08:02 By Cointelegraph by Brayden Lindrea A Californian lawmaker has just added Bitcoin and crypto investor protections to a February-introduced money transmission bill aimed at securing crypto self-custody rights for the US state’s nearly 40 million residents. California’s Assembly Bill 1052 was introduced as […]

Intel and Microsoft staff allegedly lured to work for fake Chinese company in Taiwan 2025-03-31 at 07:51 By Simon Sharwood 11 companies, including SMIC, accused of disguising outposts so they can illicitly serve Beijing Chinese tech companies created entities in Taiwan and disguised them so they had no connections to China, so they could lure

AI overhaul at McDonald’s needs a super-sized security approach 2025-03-31 at 07:03 By Introducing new technology at the many customer interfaces in quick service restaurants opens up fresh attack surfaces for threat actors. This article is an excerpt from Subscribe to Security Magazine’s RSS Feed View Original Source

DeFi protocol SIR.trading loses entire $355K TVL in ‘worst news’ possible 2025-03-31 at 06:43 By Cointelegraph by Jody McDonald Ethereum-based DeFi protocol SIR.trading, also known as Synthetics Implemented Right, has been hacked, resulting in the loss of its entire total value locked (TVL) — $355,000 at the time of the attack.  The March 30 hack

MARA Holdings plans huge $2B stock offering to buy more Bitcoin 2025-03-31 at 06:43 By Cointelegraph by Jesse Coghlan Bitcoin miner MARA Holdings Inc (MARA) is looking to sell up to $2 billion in stock to buy more Bitcoin as part of a plan that bears a resemblance to Michael Saylor’s Strategy. MARA Holdings, formerly

Android malware ‘Crocodilus’ can take over phones to steal crypto 2025-03-31 at 06:43 By Cointelegraph by Stephen Katte Cybersecurity firm Threat Fabric says it has found a new family of mobile-device malware that can launch a fake overlay for certain apps to trick Android users into providing their crypto seed phrases as it takes over

One in four S&P 500 firms will hold Bitcoin by 2030: Crypto advisory 2025-03-31 at 04:03 By Cointelegraph by Brayden Lindrea Around a quarter of firms listed on the S&P 500 would have invested in Bitcoin by 2030, with treasury managers fearing they could lose their jobs if they missed out on potential Bitcoin gains,

Bitcoin falls to $81.5K as US stock futures sell-off in advance of Trump’s ‘Liberation Day’ tariffs 2025-03-31 at 03:10 By Cointelegraph by Big Smokey Bitcoin looks set for a bearish open to mark the last trading day of March and possibly the weakest Q1 performance since 2018.  Crypto and stock traders’ anxiety over US President

Centralization and the dark side of asset tokenization — MEXC exec 2025-03-30 at 23:05 By Cointelegraph by Vince Quill Tracy Jin, the chief operating officer at the MEXC crypto exchange, warns that tokenizing real-world assets (RWAs) carries a substantial amount of centralized risks that can lead to censorship, liquidity issues, legal uncertainty, cybersecurity problems, and

Bitcoin bottom ‘likely’ at $80K, opening door for TON, CRO, MNT and RENDER to rally 2025-03-30 at 23:05 By Cointelegraph by Rakesh Upadhyay Bitcoin (BTC) bulls are trying to start a recovery but selling at higher levels continues to disarm each attack of the range highs. Veteran trader Peter Brandt said in a post on

Binance debuts centralized exchange to decentralized exchange trades 2025-03-30 at 20:02 By Cointelegraph by Vince Quill Crypto exchange Binance has debuted centralized exchange (CEX) to decentralized exchange trades (DEX), allowing customers to use funds from their Binance wallets to execute DEX trades — eliminating the need for asset bridging or manual transfers. According to the

Stablecoins are powering deobanks 2025-03-30 at 19:03 By Cointelegraph by Maksym Sakharov Opinion by: Maksym Sakharov, co-founder and group CEO of WeFi  The current markets are experiencing tailwinds as a result of the tariffs imposed by the US administration and retaliatory measures from trading partners. So far, however, market proponents say that Trump’s tariffs are

Trump’s trade war pressures crypto market as April 2 tariffs loom 2025-03-30 at 17:03 By Cointelegraph by Zoltan Vardai Concerns over a global trade war continue to pressure traditional and cryptocurrency markets as investors brace for a potential tariff announcement from US President Donald Trump on April 2 — a move that could set the

$65K Bitcoin price targets pile up as ‘Spoofy the Whale’ buys the dip 2025-03-30 at 17:03 By Cointelegraph by William Suberg Bitcoin (BTC) circled $83,000 on March 30 after weekend volatility brought new ten-day lows. BTC/USD 4-hour chart. Source: Cointelegraph/TradingView BTC price action deals snap weekend downside Data from Cointelegraph Markets Pro and TradingView showed

Is XRP price around $2 an opportunity or the bull market’s end? Analysts weigh in 2025-03-30 at 14:03 By Cointelegraph by Yashu Gola XRP (XRP) has dropped nearly 40% to around $2.19, two months after hitting a multi-year high of $3.40. The cryptocurrency is tracking a broader market sell-off driven by President Donald Trump’s trade