2025

Russia allows banks to offer crypto products to accredited investors 2025-05-29 at 14:02 By Cointelegraph by Helen Partz The Bank of Russia has permitted financial institutions to offer certain cryptocurrency-based financial instruments to accredited investors. Russian banks are now free to provide qualified investors with a range of crypto products, including crypto derivatives, securities and […]

OpenAI model modifies shutdown script in apparent sabotage effort 2025-05-29 at 13:48 By Lindsay Clark Even when instructed to allow shutdown, o3 sometimes tries to prevent it, research claims A research organization claims that OpenAI machine learning model o3 might prevent itself from being shut down in some circumstances while completing an unrelated task.… This

Arkham claims to have found 87% of Strategy’s Bitcoin 2025-05-29 at 13:11 By Cointelegraph by Ezra Reguerra Blockchain analysis company Arham Intelligence claims to have uncovered previously undisclosed wallet addresses tied to Strategy (formerly MicroStrategy), potentially exposing billions in Bitcoin holdings.  In a post referencing Strategy co-founder and executive chairman Michael Saylor’s commitment to privacy,

European Commission: Make Europe Great Again… for startups 2025-05-29 at 12:38 By Dan Robinson Sick of paying the US tech tax and relinquishing talent to other continents, politicians finally wake up The European Commission (EC) has kicked off a scheme to make Europe a better place to nurture global technology businesses, providing support throughout their

Sardina throws bait toward SUSE Enterprise Storage users 2025-05-29 at 11:32 By Liam Proven Wiggles tiny price for FishOS Ceph-based wares as deprecation of Ceph continues Sardina hopes to entice anyone still using SUSE Enterprise Storage (SES) over to FishOS instead with a price-based hook: a license fee of €1 per core, regardless of storage

Metaplanet issues $21M in bonds to buy Bitcoin, a day after $50M raise 2025-05-29 at 11:04 By Cointelegraph by Amin Haqshanas Japanese investment company Metaplanet issued $21 million in zero-interest bonds to Evo Fund, a Cayman Islands-based investment firm, just a day after announcing a separate $50 million raise, further accelerating its Bitcoin accumulation strategy.

China to visit Earth’s ‘quasi-moon’ and bring a chunk of it back home 2025-05-29 at 10:31 By Simon Sharwood Tianwen 2 probe launched Thursday and will also get up close with a comet China’s National Space Agency today launched the nation’s first asteroid sample mission.… This article is an excerpt from The Register View Original

Chinese APT41 Exploits Google Calendar for Malware Command-and-Control Operations 2025-05-29 at 10:17 By Google on Wednesday disclosed that the Chinese state-sponsored threat actor known as APT41 leveraged a malware called TOUGHPROGRESS that uses Google Calendar for command-and-control (C2). The tech giant, which discovered the activity in late October 2024, said the malware was hosted on

Crypto lobby group says SEC should back off regulating most DAOs 2025-05-29 at 10:03 By Cointelegraph by Tarang Khaitan Crypto lobby group the DeFi Education Fund and the Uniswap Foundation have said the Securities and Exchange Commission should be hands-off on regulating decentralized autonomous organizations (DAOs). The May 27 letter to SEC Crypto Task Force

Eric Adams calls for Bitcoin bond in NYC, end to state BitLicense 2025-05-29 at 10:03 By Cointelegraph by Stephen Katte New York City Mayor Eric Adams says he will ensure a Bitcoin bond is launched in the city and renewed his call to axe New York’s BitLicense program. Speaking at the Bitcoin 2025 conference, Adams

Bitcoin $120K ‘epic mic drop’ rally set after US court blocks Trump tariffs 2025-05-29 at 10:03 By Cointelegraph by Ciaran Lyons Bitcoin is poised to rally toward $120,000 after a US federal court blocked the majority of President Donald Trump’s tariffs, a crypto analyst says. “The trade court decision was an epic mic drop, and

HP Inc. hastens China exit as tariffs kick a hole in its profits 2025-05-29 at 09:47 By Simon Sharwood Hiked prices and thinks that will make buyers nervous HP Inc. is close to ending production of North-America-bound products in China, after US tariffs kicked a hole in its quarterly profits.… This article is an excerpt

Bitcoin in ‘pivot zone’ as potential consolidation looms: Analyst 2025-05-29 at 09:03 By Cointelegraph by Martin Young Bitcoin markets could be in for another prolonged period of consolidation if there isn’t more buying pressure this week, says analyst Willy Woo.  The strength of Bitcoin’s (BTC) run from $75,000 on April 7 to its all-time high

Elon Musk leaves DOGE as job was ‘uphill battle’ 2025-05-29 at 09:03 By Cointelegraph by Brayden Lindrea Elon Musk confirmed that he’s quitting as the White House’s government cost-cutting czar after admitting it was an “uphill battle” trying to slash federal jobs and programs. Musk’s status as a Special Government Employee leading the Department of