May 2025

Dubai regulator clarifies real-world asset tokenization rules: Lawyer 2025-05-22 at 12:02 By Cointelegraph by Ezra Reguerra Newly updated guidelines from Dubai’s crypto regulator include provisions on real-world asset (RWA) tokenization and clarify rules for issuers.  On May 19, Dubai’s Virtual Asset Regulatory Authority (VARA) released its updated Rulebook for virtual asset service providers (VASPs) operating […]

Bitcoin ‘looks exhausted’ as next bear market yields $69K target 2025-05-22 at 12:02 By Cointelegraph by William Suberg Key points: Bitcoin all-time highs matter little to those seeing a BTC price correction as long overdue. Both the latest surge and the bull market itself are on borrowed time, traders say. Comparisons to previous price cycles

VMware price hikes? Between 800 and 1,500%, claim Euro customers 2025-05-22 at 11:44 By Dan Robinson Report slates end of perpetual licenses, death of monthly pay-as-you-go model, and ‘punitive’ changes by Broadcom Broadcom has upped VMware licensing costs by between eight to 15 times since it took over the organization, and a lack of alternatives

Coinbase hacker trolls ZachXBT onchain after $42.5M THORChain swap 2025-05-22 at 11:05 By Cointelegraph by Amin Haqshanas The hacker behind the data breach targeting Coinbase users mocked blockchain investigator ZachXBT with an onchain message following a major crypto swap. On May 21, the hacker used Ethereum transaction input data to write “L bozo,” followed by

Europe is Russian to sanction Putin’s pals over ‘hybrid’ threats 2025-05-22 at 10:39 By Iain Thomson Names spies, web hosts, GPS jammers, fishing (not phishing) biz The European Union has sanctioned Russia-linked entities it says jammed GPS signals, sabotaged undersea cables, and ran a web hosting business that aided “information manipulation interference and cyber-attacks.”… This

Pay Attention to the Intersection of API Security and AI Proliferation 2025-05-22 at 10:23 By Security magazine talks with Rupesh Chokshi, Senior Vice President and General Manager of Akamai’s Application Security portfolio, about the intersection of API security and AI proliferation.  This article is an excerpt from Subscribe to Security Magazine’s RSS Feed View Original Source

Microsoft takes legal action against infostealer Lumma 2025-05-22 at 10:00 By Cointelegraph by Tarang Khaitan Tech giant Microsoft says it has taken legal action against the information-stealing malware Lumma Stealer and has blocked thousands of websites related to the software. Microsoft said in a May 21 blog post that a federal court in Georgia allowed

Pakistan creates Digital Asset Authority to regulate crypto 2025-05-22 at 10:00 By Cointelegraph by Stephen Katte Pakistan’s Ministry of Finance has reportedly endorsed the creation of a dedicated body to regulate blockchain-based financial infrastructure in the country. The Pakistan Digital Assets Authority (PDAA) will serve as a regulatory body to oversee licensing, regulate exchanges, custodians,

China finds a previously unknown microbe on its space station 2025-05-22 at 09:34 By Simon Sharwood Don’t panic! It’s related to an earthly bug, eats gelatin, not astronauts, and may have adapted to life in space Chinse scientists have found a previously unknown species of microbe on the nation’s Tiangong space station, and it may

Feds charge Amalgam founder with stealing $1M via ‘sham’ blockchain 2025-05-22 at 09:06 By Cointelegraph by Martin Young A US grand jury has indicted the founder of blockchain startup Amalgam Capital Ventures over allegations he defrauded investors out of over $1 million with a fake blockchain. Jeremy Jordan-Jones was arrested and indicted on May 21

Hyperliquid sees $1.1B Bitcoin long bet opened at 40x leverage 2025-05-22 at 09:06 By Cointelegraph by Brayden Lindrea A crypto whale has expanded an existing 40x leverage long Bitcoin bet to $1.1 billion on the decentralized exchange Hyperliquid, which has stunned the crypto community and is believed to be the first-ever position exceeding $1 billion

BlackRock’s Bitcoin ETF notches 2-week high inflow as BTC nears $112K 2025-05-22 at 08:03 By Cointelegraph by Martin Young BlackRock’s iShares Bitcoin Trust (IBIT) has seen its largest inflow in the past two weeks as traders allocate to US spot Bitcoin exchange-traded funds (ETFs) to scoop up the rocketing cryptocurrency. IBIT’s May 21 net inflows

Synthetix scuttles $27M Derive deal after community concerns 2025-05-22 at 08:03 By Cointelegraph by Stephen Katte Decentralized finance platform Synthetix has axed its $27 million plan to acquire crypto options platform Derive after negative community feedback. A Synthetix spokesperson told Cointelegraph on May 22 that its acquisition proposal, pitched to its community and to Derive’s,