March 2025

Crypto platform Debiex must pay $2.5M in CFTC ‘pig butchering’ case

Crypto platform Debiex must pay $2.5M in CFTC ‘pig butchering’ case 2025-03-17 at 05:03 By Cointelegraph by Jesse Coghlan Crypto platform Debiex has been ordered to pay around $2.5 million after it failed to respond to a US Commodity Futures Trading Commission suit accusing it of being a romance scam ring. Arizona federal court Judge

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SpaceX Dragon pod arrives at ISS to finally pick up stranded Boeing astronaut pair

SpaceX Dragon pod arrives at ISS to finally pick up stranded Boeing astronaut pair 2025-03-17 at 04:31 By Richard Speed Second time’s a charm SpaceX’s Crew Dragon Endurance capsule successfully launched on Friday, March 14, and docked with the International Space Station (ISS) just over a day later.… This article is an excerpt from The

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Crypto users report new scam emails spoofing Coinbase, Gemini

Crypto users report new scam emails spoofing Coinbase, Gemini 2025-03-17 at 04:02 By Cointelegraph by Stephen Katte Crypto users have reported a rise in scam emails made to look like they’re from crypto exchanges Coinbase and Gemini that attempt to get users to set up a new wallet with pre-generated recovery phrases controlled by scammers.

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Bitcoin landfill man loses appeal, says he has one ‘last legal option’

Bitcoin landfill man loses appeal, says he has one ‘last legal option’ 2025-03-17 at 03:03 By Cointelegraph by Brayden Lindrea A UK man’s bid to obtain a permit to search a landfill for his hard drive — holding private keys to 8,000 Bitcoin — has been rejected by the UK Court of Appeals. “Appeal request

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Four suspects charged in home invasion of streamer Amouranth

Four suspects charged in home invasion of streamer Amouranth 2025-03-17 at 00:01 By Cointelegraph by Vince Quill Four suspects were charged in connection with the home invasion of online streamer Amouranth, whose real name is Kaitlyn Siragusa. The streamer says she was held at gunpoint by several individuals demanding that she hand over the private

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DeepSeek-R1-beating perf in a 32B package? El Reg digs its claws into Alibaba’s QwQ

DeepSeek-R1-beating perf in a 32B package? El Reg digs its claws into Alibaba’s QwQ 2025-03-16 at 22:30 By Tobias Mann How to tame its hypersensitive hyperparameters and get it running on your PC Hands on  How much can reinforcement learning – and a bit of extra verification – improve large language models, aka LLMs? Alibaba’s

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Burning quantum-vulnerable BTC is the best option — Jameson Lopp

Burning quantum-vulnerable BTC is the best option — Jameson Lopp 2025-03-16 at 22:04 By Cointelegraph by Vince Quill Jameson Lopp, the chief security officer at Bitcoin (BTC) custody company Casa, recently argued against allowing quantum recovery of lost BTC and said that burning these coins to protect the integrity of the protocol was the preferable

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Bitcoin reclaims $80K zone as BNB, TON, GT, ATOM hint at altcoin season

Bitcoin reclaims $80K zone as BNB, TON, GT, ATOM hint at altcoin season 2025-03-16 at 21:06 By Cointelegraph by Rakesh Upadhyay Bitcoin (BTC) is struggling to break above the 200-day simple moving average ($84,000), but a positive sign is that the bulls have not ceded much ground to the bears. Bitget Research chief analyst Ryan

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Free speech and online privacy: Pavel Durov’s rise to the top

Free speech and online privacy: Pavel Durov’s rise to the top 2025-03-16 at 20:10 By Cointelegraph by Vince Quill Telegram founder and free speech advocate Pavel Durov was born on Oct. 10, 1984, in St. Petersburg, Russia, and demonstrated an early knack for computer science, culminating in the entrepreneur establishing several successful online social media

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Can AI bots steal your crypto? The rise of digital thieves

Can AI bots steal your crypto? The rise of digital thieves 2025-03-16 at 19:04 By Cointelegraph by Callum Reid What are AI bots? AI bots are self-learning software that automates and continuously refines crypto cyberattacks, making them more dangerous than traditional hacking methods. At the heart of today’s AI-driven cybercrime are AI bots — self-learning

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PowerSchool Was Compromised Months Before Data Breach

PowerSchool Was Compromised Months Before Data Breach 2025-03-16 at 17:46 View original post at vpnMentor PowerSchool, a major provider of education software solutions, was compromised months before its December 2024 data breach, according to a forensic investigation by cybersecurity firm CrowdStrike. The company had initially reported that hackers gained unauthorized access between December 19 and

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Bitcoin whale bets $368M with 40x leverage on BTC decline ahead of FOMC

Bitcoin whale bets $368M with 40x leverage on BTC decline ahead of FOMC 2025-03-16 at 16:09 By Cointelegraph by Zoltan Vardai A Bitcoin whale is wagering hundreds of millions on Bitcoin’s short-term decline, ahead of a week filled with key economic reports that may significantly impact Bitcoin’s price trajectory and risk appetite among investors. A

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Bitcoin gets $126K June target as data predicts bull market comeback

Bitcoin gets $126K June target as data predicts bull market comeback 2025-03-16 at 16:09 By Cointelegraph by William Suberg Bitcoin (BTC) can hit new all-time highs by June this year if historical patterns repeat, network economist Timothy Peterson said. Data uploaded to X on March 15 gives BTC/USD around two-and-a-half months to beat its $109,000

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Libra, Melania creator’s ‘Wolf of Wall Street’ memecoin crashes 99%

Libra, Melania creator’s ‘Wolf of Wall Street’ memecoin crashes 99% 2025-03-16 at 15:02 By Cointelegraph by Zoltan Vardai The creator of the Libra (LIBRA) token has launched another memecoin with some of the same concerning onchain patterns that pointed to significant insider trading activity ahead of the coin’s 99% collapse. Hayden Davis, the co-creator of

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Toncoin in ‘great entry zone’ as Pavel Durov’s France exit fuels TON price rally

Toncoin in ‘great entry zone’ as Pavel Durov’s France exit fuels TON price rally 2025-03-16 at 15:02 By Cointelegraph by Yashu Gola Toncoin (TON) has surged by over 50% in the past week, fueled by news that Telegram founder Pavel Durov has been granted permission to leave France for Dubai. TON/USDT weekly price chart. Source:

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Bitcoin experiencing “shakeout” not end of 4-year cycle: analysts

Bitcoin experiencing “shakeout” not end of 4-year cycle: analysts 2025-03-16 at 13:02 By Cointelegraph by Zoltan Vardai Bitcoin’s historic bull cycle is still intact, despite widespread investor fear over the current correction, which may only be a temporary “shakeout” ahead of the next leg up, according to crypto market analysts. Bitcoin’s (BTC) price is currently

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Week in review: NIST selects HQC for post-quantum encryption, 10 classic cybersecurity books

Week in review: NIST selects HQC for post-quantum encryption, 10 classic cybersecurity books 2025-03-16 at 11:01 By Help Net Security Here’s an overview of some of last week’s most interesting news, articles, interviews and videos: NIST selects HQC as backup algorithm for post-quantum encryption Last year, NIST standardized a set of encryption algorithms that can

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