May 2025

Brazil fintech gets approval to become a Bitcoin treasury company 2025-05-16 at 06:03 By Cointelegraph by Brayden Lindrea Méliuz’s executive chairman says his fintech firm has become Brazil’s first publicly-traded Bitcoin treasury company following shareholder approval, with the firm also announcing it bought $28.4 million worth of Bitcoin to add to its existing stack. “Historic […]

AI scammers are now impersonating US government bigwigs, says FBI 2025-05-16 at 06:03 By Cointelegraph by Stephen Katte Deepfake-assisted hackers are now targeting US federal and state officials by masquerading as senior US officials in the latest brazen phishing campaign to steal sensitive data.  The bad actors have been operating since April, using deepfake voice

Trump says he has a problem if Apple builds iThings in India 2025-05-16 at 05:48 By Simon Sharwood Cupertino’s plan to spend $500bn stateside wasn’t enough to placate the tycoon of tariffs US president Donald Trump has told Apple CEO Tim Cook he has a problem with his plan to manufacture iThings in India.… This

Tornado Cash dev Roman Storm trial goes ahead with slight trim 2025-05-16 at 05:03 By Cointelegraph by Jesse Coghlan US federal prosecutors are pressing ahead with their case against Tornado Cash founder Roman Storm, but will drop a small part of their indictment after the Department of Justice rolled back its crypto enforcement last month.

Scammers are deepfaking voices of senior US government officials, warns FBI 2025-05-16 at 04:33 By Iain Thomson They’re smishing, they’re vishing The FBI has warned that fraudsters are impersonating “senior US officials” using deepfakes as part of a major fraud campaign.… This article is an excerpt from The Register View Original Source

DoorDash scam used fake drivers, phantom deliveries to bilk $2.59M 2025-05-16 at 04:33 By Jessica Lyons Entire process took less than five minutes, prosecutors say A former DoorDash driver has pleaded guilty to participating in a $2.59 million scheme that used fake accounts, insider access to reassign orders, and bogus delivery reports to trigger payouts

NASA keeps ancient Voyager 1 spacecraft alive with Hail Mary thruster fix 2025-05-16 at 04:33 By Brandon Vigliarolo Failure could’ve triggered a small explosion NASA has revived a set of thrusters on the nearly 50-year-old Voyager 1 spacecraft after declaring them inoperable over two decades ago. … This article is an excerpt from The Register View

Wisconsin Investment Board sold off its Bitcoin ETF stash 2025-05-16 at 04:01 By Cointelegraph by Brayden Lindrea The State of Wisconsin Investment Board (SWIB), which oversees the state’s retirement funds, unloaded its shares in BlackRock’s iShares Bitcoin Trust ETF (IBIT) during the first quarter, filings show. The Wisconsin Investment Board reported no spot Bitcoin ETF

Meta delays release of flagship ‘Behemoth’ AI model as engineers struggle: report 2025-05-16 at 02:17 By Reuters Meta had called the Llama 4 Behemoth “one of the smartest LLMs in the world and our most powerful yet to serve as a teacher for our new models.” This article is an excerpt from Latest Technology News

Trump strikes ‘historic’ deal with UAE to build biggest AI campus outside US 2025-05-16 at 02:07 By Reuters The UAE, a major oil producer, has been spending billions of dollars in a push to become a global AI player. This article is an excerpt from Latest Technology News and Product Reviews | New York Post View

Legacy forex, payments platforms ‘hate’ stablecoin adoption — Kevin O’Leary 2025-05-16 at 02:06 By Cointelegraph by Alex O’Donnell Global foreign exchange and payments platforms are lobbying hard against stablecoins, which stand to significantly disrupt their business models, investor Kevin O’Leary said during a keynote address at Consensus 2025. Legacy forex and payments platforms often extract

Trump’s crypto ties ‘add a certain level of challenge’ to passing bills — Coinbase exec 2025-05-16 at 02:06 By Cointelegraph by Turner Wright Coinbase chief legal officer Paul Grewal addressed some of the concerns raised by US lawmakers and industry leaders around President Donald Trump’s crypto ventures, and how they may affect related legislation. Speaking

“The world is trying to hoard Bitcoin right now” — Eric Trump 2025-05-16 at 01:01 By Cointelegraph by Christopher Tepedino There is an ongoing race across the world for Bitcoin accumulation, according to Eric Trump, the second-eldest son of US President Donald Trump. Speaking at a crypto conference in Toronto on May 15, Trump said

Bitcoin traders’ evolving view of BTC’s role in every portfolio bolsters $100K support 2025-05-16 at 01:01 By Cointelegraph by Marcel Pechman Key takeaway: Bitcoin’s struggles to overtake the $105,000 level as US macroeconomic headwinds remain a challenge. Steady inflows from institutional investors and the strength of the $100,000 support point to growing confidence in Bitcoin.

Asset tokenization expected to speed capital flows, says Chainlink’s Nazarov 2025-05-16 at 01:01 By Cointelegraph by Vince Quill Asset tokenization is set to accelerate the movement of capital across traditional markets, according to Chainlink co-founder Sergey Nazarov. Speaking with Cointelegraph at Consensus 2025 in Toronto, Nazarov said the shift will boost capital velocity in asset

Bitdeer Q1 revenue falls more than 40% year-over-year 2025-05-16 at 00:02 By Cointelegraph by Alex O’Donnell Bitdeer Technologies Group reported a 41% year-over-year drop in revenue to $70.1 million for the first quarter of 2025, the Bitcoin miner said on May 15.  The Singaporean company clocked an operating loss of $3.2 million for the quarter,

FTX estate to start distributing more than $5B on May 30 2025-05-16 at 00:02 By Cointelegraph by Turner Wright More than two-and-a-half years after filing for bankruptcy, cryptocurrency exchange FTX is moving forward with repaying users who have not had access to their funds. In a May 15 notice, the FTX Recovery Trust announced that

Stablecoin regulation ‘next catalyst’ for crypto industry — Aptos head 2025-05-16 at 00:02 By Cointelegraph by Christopher Tepedino Stablecoin regulation is “the next catalyst” for the crypto industry and could lead to unprecedented “appetite from institutional investors,” according to Ash Pampati, head of ecosystem at the Aptos Foundation. In an interview with Cointelegraph at Consensus

Anthropic’s law firm throws Claude under the bus over citation errors in court filing 2025-05-16 at 00:02 By Thomas Claburn AI footnote fail triggers legal palmface in music copyright spat An attorney defending AI firm Anthropic in a copyright case brought by music publishers apologized to the court on Thursday for citation errors that slipped