May 2025

Trump-linked miner American Bitcoin going public via Gryphon merger 2025-05-12 at 18:01 By Cointelegraph by Adrian Zmudzinski Bitcoin mining firm American Bitcoin is going public through a merger with crypto mining company Gryphon Digital Mining, the companies announced on May 12. Under the terms of the deal, Gryphon Digital Mining will acquire American Bitcoin in […]

US, China agree to roll back tariffs to 10% – but only for 90 days 2025-05-12 at 17:19 By Brandon Vigliarolo IT projects may remain in limbo due to deal being far from final, but markets are up, so Trump’ll declare a win world war fee  The impending disaster of trade-freezing tariffs on Chinese imports

OS-busting bug so bad that Microsoft blocks Windows Insider release 2025-05-12 at 16:18 By Richard Speed Canary fans told it hurts functionality to the point that it makes ‘using your PC to do even basic things difficult’ The Windows team has come up with a bug so bad that Microsoft has had to postpone some

Strategy added 13,390 Bitcoin for $1.34B as price topped $100K 2025-05-12 at 16:07 By Cointelegraph by Helen Partz Michael Saylor’s Strategy purchased a fresh batch of Bitcoin as the cryptocurrency pushed above $100,000 last week. Strategy acquired 13,390 Bitcoin (BTC) for $1.34 billion between May 5 and May 11, the firm announced in its filing

Nakamoto Holdings merges with KindlyMD to build Bitcoin treasury 2025-05-12 at 16:07 By Cointelegraph by Adrian Zmudzinski Healthcare services provider KindlyMD merged with Bitcoin-native holding company Nakamoto Holdings to build a BTC treasury. According to a May 12 announcement, Nakamoto Holdings — a new company founded by David Bailey, a crypto adviser to US President

DeGods NFT founder steps down as collection gains traction 2025-05-12 at 16:07 By Cointelegraph by Ezra Reguerra The creator of the non-fungible token (NFT) collection DeGods announced that he has stepped down as the CEO of the project amid an uptick in sales.  Rohun Vora, known online as “Frank DeGods” on X, said he has

⚡ Weekly Recap: Zero-Day Exploits, Developer Malware, IoT Botnets, and AI-Powered Scams 2025-05-12 at 15:48 By What do a source code editor, a smart billboard, and a web server have in common? They’ve all become launchpads for attacks—because cybercriminals are rethinking what counts as “infrastructure.” Instead of chasing high-value targets directly, threat actors are now

Paul McCartney, Elton John and other creatives demand AI comes clean on scraping 2025-05-12 at 15:31 By Lindsay Clark Musicians, artists, writers, and actors urge government to protect copyright More than 400 of the UK’s leading media and arts professionals have written to the prime minister to back an amendment to the Data (Use and

Crypto speculation dominates $600B cross-border payments: BIS report 2025-05-12 at 15:02 By Cointelegraph by Zoltan Vardai Hundreds of billions of dollars in cross-border cryptocurrency payments flow globally, driven primarily by speculative investment, according to a recent report by the Bank for International Settlements (BIS). The BIS study, published May 8, found cross-border payments using the

The Persistence Problem: Why Exposed Credentials Remain Unfixed—and How to Change That 2025-05-12 at 14:47 By Detecting leaked credentials is only half the battle. The real challenge—and often the neglected half of the equation—is what happens after detection. New research from GitGuardian’s State of Secrets Sprawl 2025 report reveals a disturbing trend: the vast majority

US crypto ETFs smash new record amid 4-week inflow streak 2025-05-12 at 14:04 By Cointelegraph by Helen Partz Cryptocurrency investment products continued receiving healthy inflows last week, attracting $882 million as global crypto funds approached all-time high asset levels. Global crypto exchange-traded products (ETPs) recorded $6.3 billion of inflows in the past four weeks, accounting

LegoGPT is here to make your blocky dreams come true 2025-05-12 at 13:50 By Richard Speed As long as those fit into a 20 x 20 x 20 grid and can be built from 8 basic bricks At last, an AI model we can really get behind: LegoGPT takes a text prompt and spits out