2025

AI chatbots that butter you up make you worse at conflict, study finds 2025-10-05 at 14:52 By Thomas Claburn Top AI models keep saying you’re right, and that’s the problem State-of-the-art AI models tend to flatter users, and that praise makes people more convinced that they’re right and less willing to resolve conflicts, recent research […]

Bitcoin corrects from $125K all-time high: Where will BTC price bottom? 2025-10-05 at 14:06 By Cointelegraph by William Suberg Bitcoin printed a new all-time high, then dropped by over $2,000 as traders considered where the next BTC price bounce zone could be. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source

Crypto trader turns $3K into $2M after CZ post sends memecoin soaring 2025-10-05 at 13:02 By Cointelegraph by Zoltan Vardai The trader bagged nearly $2 million in profit by investing in the “4” memecoin shortly after Zhao’s social media post following the BNB Chain phishing incident. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View

Hacking contest kerfuffle over copied rules pits Wiz against ZDI 2025-10-05 at 11:49 By Jessica Lyons ‘Seems like you should at least run that through ChatGPT to reword it’ A new hacking contest has caused a social media kerfuffle over allegations of rule copying and plagiarism.… This article is an excerpt from The Register View

From Nairobi to Lagos: How Africans are using stablecoins to survive inflation 2025-10-05 at 10:33 By Cointelegraph by Bradley Peak In Nairobi and Lagos, stablecoins like USDT and USDC help people fight inflation, cut costly remittances and move money through mobile wallets such as M-Pesa. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original

Bitcoin powers to $125K peak as balance on exchanges falls to six-year low 2025-10-05 at 08:10 By Cointelegraph by Martin Young Bitcoin exchange balances plunged to six-year lows as over $14 billion left CEX platforms in a fortnight, as the asset powered to a new peak price. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News

Bitwise exec predicts Solana will become Wall Street’s preferred stablecoin network 2025-10-05 at 05:02 By Cointelegraph by Martin Young Bitwise’s Matt Hougan said Solana’s speed and finality make it Wall Street’s top choice for stablecoins and tokenization despite Ethereum’s dominance. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source

Stablecoins will force ‘everyone’ to share yield — Stripe CEO 2025-10-05 at 01:03 By Cointelegraph by Vince Quill Yield-bearing stablecoins will force traditional banks and legacy financial institutions to offer customers real yield on their deposits. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source

Blockchain network revenues declined 16% in September: Report 2025-10-05 at 00:02 By Cointelegraph by Vince Quill Asset manager VanEck attributed the broad decline in blockchain network revenue in September to lower volatility in the crypto markets. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source

Tokenizing stocks of DATs compounds investor risk: Crypto execs 2025-10-04 at 21:02 By Cointelegraph by Vince Quill Crypto treasury companies are already capitalizing on highly volatile digital assets, and tokenizing company shares introduces new risks. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source

XRP slides below $3: How low can the price go next? 2025-10-04 at 18:24 By Cointelegraph by Yashu Gola Over $500 million in short liquidation pools sit between $2.89 and $2.73, putting XRP at risk of a sharp sell-off if the $3 support is not reclaimed. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View

CometJacking: One Click Can Turn Perplexity’s Comet AI Browser Into a Data Thief 2025-10-04 at 18:24 By Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed details of a new attack called CometJacking targeting Perplexity’s agentic AI browser Comet by embedding malicious prompts within a seemingly innocuous link to siphon sensitive data, including from connected services, like email and calendar.

Bankman-Fried says his biggest mistake was handing FTX to new CEO before bankruptcy 2025-10-04 at 15:12 By Cointelegraph by Zoltan Vardai Sam Bankman-Fried claimed that handing over FTX to its current CEO was the “single biggest mistake” that prevented him from saving the exchange. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source

JPMorgan, Citi see Bitcoin Q4 boom: Here are their price targets 2025-10-04 at 15:12 By Cointelegraph by Yashu Gola Many major banks anticipate that Bitcoin will rise to as high as $200,000 by year-end, driven by record ETF inflows and capital rotation from gold markets. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original

Hacked Ford screens put anti-RTO slogan above CEO’s face 2025-10-04 at 14:38 By Iain Thomson Carmaker confirms screen hijack, says probe underway Conference-room screens at Ford’s Dearborn HQ were briefly hijacked on Thursday to display a protest image in an apparent swipe at the carmaker’s return-to-office policy.… This article is an excerpt from The Register

Bitcoin ETFs kickstart ‘Uptober’ with $3.2B in second-best week on record 2025-10-04 at 14:02 By Cointelegraph by Zoltan Vardai Bitcoin ETFs are the market’s “clearest sentiment barometer,” indicating an incoming breakout for “Uptober,” analysts told Cointelegraph. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source

Scanning Activity on Palo Alto Networks Portals Jump 500% in One Day 2025-10-04 at 14:01 By Threat intelligence firm GreyNoise disclosed on Friday that it has observed a spike in scanning activity targeting Palo Alto Networks login portals. The company said it observed a nearly 500% increase in IP addresses scanning Palo Alto Networks login