2025

Largest NPM attack in crypto history stole less than $50: SEAL 2025-09-09 at 02:14 By Cointelegraph by Brayden Lindrea Hackers broke into the node package manager (NPM) account of a well-known software developer and added malware to popular JavaScript libraries, targeting crypto wallets. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source

Ethereum L2 MegaETH introduces yield-bearing stablecoin to fund protocol 2025-09-09 at 02:14 By Cointelegraph by Christopher Tepedino The USDm stablecoin, built with Ethena and backed by tokenized treasuries, will use its yield to subsidize Ethereum sequencer fees. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source

Chip designer SiFive aims to cram more RISC-V cores into AI chips 2025-09-09 at 02:14 By Tobias Mann Why reinvent the CPU wheel when you can spend your time engineering a way out of your dependence on Nvidia? Every quarter, Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang is asked about the growing number of custom ASICs encroaching on

Linus has had enough of links that point to ‘stupid useless garbage’ 2025-09-09 at 01:17 By Iain Thomson ‘Stop this garbage already!’ The latest release candidate for Linux is out, but before its release, Linus Torvalds had something he wanted to get off his chest in his usual style.… This article is an excerpt from

SwissBorg hacked for $41M SOL after third-party API compromise 2025-09-09 at 01:10 By Cointelegraph by Nate Kostar Hackers drained 193,000 SOL from SwissBorg’s Solana Earn program after a Kiln API was compromised, affecting 1% of users and 2% of assets. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source

HashKey launches $500M digital asset treasury fund in Hong Kong 2025-09-09 at 01:10 By Cointelegraph by Nate Kostar The launch follows Nasdaq’s call for tighter scrutiny of corporate crypto holdings, which HashKey framed as a test for the industry. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source

OpenSea announces NFT reserve with CryptoPunk as first buy 2025-09-09 at 00:44 By Cointelegraph by Christopher Tepedino The NFT sector has yet to recapture the enthusiasm of 2021-2022, forcing many NFT-centric companies like OpenSea to pivot to more in-demand crypto use cases. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source

Bitcoin climbs above $112K, but derivatives data show traders remain cautious 2025-09-09 at 00:44 By Cointelegraph by Marcel Pechman Bitcoin derivatives markets showed persistent caution, with sentiment influenced by BTC spot ETF outflows and Strategy not being included in the S&P 500 index. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source

The US government has no idea how many cybersecurity pros it employs 2025-09-09 at 00:44 By Brandon Vigliarolo Auditors find federal cybersecurity workforce data messy, incomplete, and unreliable The US federal government employs tens of thousands of cybersecurity professionals at a cost of billions per year – or at least it thinks it does, as

Kazakhstan’s president calls for national crypto reserve, digital asset law by 2026 2025-09-08 at 23:06 By Cointelegraph by Turner Wright The president announced his “CryptoCity” plans would be developed in Alatau, while the government would move forward to create a strategic crypto reserve with “promising assets.” This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View

How huge breach started: Drift attackers gained entry via a Salesloft GitHub account 2025-09-08 at 23:06 By Jessica Lyons Meanwhile the victim count grows The Salesloft Drift breach that compromised “hundreds” of companies including Google, Palo Alto Networks, and Cloudflare, all started with miscreants gaining access to the Salesloft GitHub account in March.… This article

Crypto users urged to take extreme care as NPM attack hits core JavaScript libraries 2025-09-08 at 22:33 By Cointelegraph by Nate Kostar The breach hit core JavaScript libraries such as chalk and strip-ansi, downloaded billions of times each week, raising alarms over the security of open-source software. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News

Price predictions 9/8: SPX, DXY, BTC, ETH, XRP, BNB, SOL, DOGE, ADA, HYPE 2025-09-08 at 22:33 By Cointelegraph by Rakesh Upadhyay Buyers are trying to sustain Bitcoin above $112,500, but the upside may remain capped until the whales reduce their selling and treasury companies increase their demand. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News

Dev snared in crypto phishing net, 18 npm packages compromised 2025-09-08 at 22:33 By Thomas Claburn Popular npm packages debug, chalk, and others hijacked in massive supply chain attack Crims have added backdoors to at least 18 npm packages after developer Josh Junon inadvertently authorized a reset of the two-factor authentication protecting his npm account.…

Mark Zuckerberg’s Meta stifled research on sickos using VR to target kids, whistleblowers claim 2025-09-08 at 21:35 By Thomas Barrabi Mark Zuckerberg’s Meta stifled internal research into the alarming safety risks of its “Horizon Worlds” virtual reality app – including a specific claim that sickos had “sexually propositioned” a kid younger than 10. This article

AI chip startup d-Matrix aspires to rack scale with JetStream I/O cards 2025-09-08 at 21:35 By Tobias Mann Who needs HBM when you can juggle SRAM speed and LPDDR bulk across racks AI chip startup d-Matrix is pushing into rack scale with the introduction of its JetStream I/O cards, which are designed to allow larger

Ex-Celsius CEO set to start 12-year prison sentence this week 2025-09-08 at 21:10 By Cointelegraph by Turner Wright Alex Mashinsky pleaded guilty to two felony counts in December, admitting in court to making false statements about the platform’s Earn Program. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source

Why your money buys less every year 2025-09-08 at 21:10 By Cointelegraph by Marco Castrovilli From Bretton Woods to Bitcoin, a new Cointelegraph video unpacks why currencies lose value — and what it means for your savings. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source

Salt Typhoon used dozens of domains, going back five years. Did you visit one? 2025-09-08 at 21:10 By Jessica Lyons Plus ties to the Chinese spies who hacked Barracuda email gateways Security researchers have uncovered dozens of domains used by Chinese espionage crew Salt Typhoon to gain stealthy, long-term access to victim organizations going back

Tesla market share in US drops to lowest since 2017 as Elon Musk pivots to robotaxis 2025-09-08 at 20:41 By Reuters While other automakers are rolling out new EVs, Tesla has turned its focus to building robotaxis and humanoid robots, delaying and canceling plans for cheaper electric vehicle models. This article is an excerpt from Latest Technology