May 2025

90% of institutions ‘taking action’ on stablecoins: Fireblocks survey 2025-05-16 at 15:01 By Cointelegraph by Ezra Reguerra Update May 16, 11:24 am UTC: This article has been updated to add comments from Ran Goldi, senior vice president of payments and network at Fireblocks. A report from enterprise-grade digital assets platform Fireblocks shows that 90% of […]

New HTTPBot Botnet Launches 200+ Precision DDoS Attacks on Gaming and Tech Sectors 2025-05-16 at 15:01 By Cybersecurity researchers are calling attention to a new botnet malware called HTTPBot that has been used to primarily single out the gaming industry, as well as technology companies and educational institutions in China. “Over the past few months,

Good luck to Atos’ 7th CEO and its latest biz transformation 2025-05-16 at 14:32 By Paul Kunert We suspect Philippe Salle will need it, not to mention staff and customers If at first you don’t succeed, transform, transform, and transform again is the corporate motto at Atos these days. The lumbering French-based megacorp has created

Central banks testing smart contract toolkit under BIS Project Pine 2025-05-16 at 14:02 By Cointelegraph by Zoltan Vardai Central banks are experimenting with smart contracts to implement monetary policy in tokenized environments, signaling a growing interest in integrating blockchain technology into traditional finance (TradFi). According to a joint research study by the Federal Reserve Bank

Top 10 Best Practices for Effective Data Protection 2025-05-16 at 13:47 By Data is the lifeblood of productivity, and protecting sensitive data is more critical than ever. With cyber threats evolving rapidly and data privacy regulations tightening, organizations must stay vigilant and proactive to safeguard their most valuable assets. But how do you build an

How sticky notes saved ‘the single biggest digital program in the world’ 2025-05-16 at 13:37 By Lindsay Clark Success of UK’s Universal Credit has lessons for government IT projects, former minister claims Former UK government minister Sir Iain Duncan Smith has told a committee of MPs that the digitization of Universal Credit is a success

Here is why Bitcoin price is stuck below $105K 2025-05-16 at 13:01 By Cointelegraph by Nancy Lubale Key takeaways: Bitcoin price consolidates as resistance at $105,000 prevents a rally to new all-time highs. Traders are slightly bearish, but historical data suggests a sudden bullish move should not be ruled out. Bitcoin (BTC) price has been

UK government overrules local council’s datacenter refusal on Green Belt land 2025-05-16 at 12:51 By Dan Robinson DPM signs off 96MW bit barn, citing national policy shift The British government has stepped in to overturn a local council’s refusal of a proposed datacenter on green belt land, citing updated national planning policy that urges councils

Researchers Expose New Intel CPU Flaws Enabling Memory Leaks and Spectre v2 Attacks 2025-05-16 at 12:17 By Researchers at ETH Zürich have discovered yet another security flaw that they say impacts all modern Intel CPUs and causes them to leak sensitive data from memory, showing that the vulnerability known as Spectre continues to haunt computer

Animoca’s Yat Siu says student loans can supercharge DeFi growth 2025-05-16 at 12:06 By Cointelegraph by Ezra Reguerra Bringing student loans onchain would increase the total value locked (TVL) in decentralized finance (DeFi) by more than four times, supercharging the industry, according to Yat Siu, chairman of Animoca Brands. Speaking at Consensus 2025 in Toronto,

Fileless Remcos RAT Delivered via LNK Files and MSHTA in PowerShell-Based Attacks 2025-05-16 at 12:06 By Cybersecurity researchers have shed light on a new malware campaign that makes use of a PowerShell-based shellcode loader to deploy a remote access trojan called Remcos RAT. “Threat actors delivered malicious LNK files embedded within ZIP archives, often disguised

Some English hospitals doubt Palantir’s utility: We’d ‘lose functionality rather than gain it’ 2025-05-16 at 11:32 By Lindsay Clark After UK spends hundreds of millions, several say existing systems are better English hospitals are voicing their concern about the functionality provided by Palantir, the US spy-tech firm that won a £330 million ($437 million) deal

Bitcoin hitting $220K ‘reasonable’ in 2025 says gold-based forecast 2025-05-16 at 11:01 By Cointelegraph by William Suberg Key points: New Bitcoin price targets leverage interplay with gold to deliver $200,000 and higher this year. Bitcoin price cycles remain in focus as part of the BTC price “power curve” model. Eating gold’s market cap could propel