2025

GameStop officially confirms first Bitcoin purchase of 4,710 BTC 2025-05-28 at 14:36 By Cointelegraph by Helen Partz GameStop, the US video game and consumer electronics retailer, has officially announced its first Bitcoin purchase, confirming multiple reports on kicking off BTC investment. GameStop has purchased 4,710 Bitcoin (BTC), the company announced in its short official statement […]

TON Foundation hires former Visa executive to lead payments strategy 2025-05-28 at 14:36 By Cointelegraph by Amin Haqshanas The Open Network Foundation (TON Foundation) appointed former Visa executive Nikola Plecas as its new vice president of payments. Plecas will be responsible for shaping and executing TON’s payment infrastructure strategy, the company said in a May

Mimo Hackers Exploit CVE-2025-32432 in Craft CMS to Deploy Cryptominer and Proxyware 2025-05-28 at 14:36 By A financially motivated threat actor has been observed exploiting a recently disclosed remote code execution flaw affecting the Craft Content Management System (CMS) to deploy multiple payloads, including a cryptocurrency miner, a loader dubbed Mimo Loader, and residential proxyware.

Three ways to run Windows apps on a Linux box 2025-05-28 at 13:45 By Liam Proven Easy, medium, and the sledgehammer approach – or any combination you fancy hands on  If you’re thinking about switching to Linux but there are a few Windows apps you just can’t do without, you do have options… and some

How ‘Browser-in-the-Middle’ Attacks Steal Sessions in Seconds 2025-05-28 at 13:25 By Would you expect an end user to log on to a cybercriminal’s computer, open their browser, and type in their usernames and passwords? Hopefully not! But that’s essentially what happens if they fall victim to a Browser-in-the-Middle (BitM) attack. Like Man-in-the-Middle (MitM) attacks, BiTM

251 Amazon-Hosted IPs Used in Exploit Scan Targeting ColdFusion, Struts, and Elasticsearch 2025-05-28 at 13:25 By Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed details of a coordinated cloud-based scanning activity that targeted 75 distinct “exposure points” earlier this month. The activity, observed by GreyNoise on May 8, 2025, involved as many as 251 malicious IP addresses that are

BlackRock to join Telegram’s $1.5B bond sale: WSJ 2025-05-28 at 13:13 By Cointelegraph by Helen Partz BlackRock, one of the world’s largest Bitcoin holders, is reportedly participating in a bond raise by crypto-friendly messenger Telegram. Telegram is expected to raise at least $1.5 billion in a bond issue on May 28, with support from existing

Fungible cryptos in secondary sales are not securities, Ripple tells SEC 2025-05-28 at 13:13 By Cointelegraph by Adrian Zmudzinski Ripple, the blockchain company behind XRP, argued that fungible cryptocurrencies are not securities when transferred in secondary transactions in a recent letter sent to the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). In its May 27 letter,

Bitcoin whales keep buying as BTC price dip targets include $94K 2025-05-28 at 13:13 By Cointelegraph by William Suberg Key points: Bitcoin whales are adding to their BTC positions while price ranges below all-time highs. If a new market correction comes, one potential bounce level lies in the mid-$90,000 zone. Hyperliquid trader James Wynn hints

Eviden unveils satellite monitoring tool, as Starlink asks UK for E band access 2025-05-28 at 13:13 By Dan Robinson Space broadband and space-linked phones all very well, but someone’s got to track them Satellites have evolved, thanks to SpaceX’s Starlink and incomer AST SpaceMobile pumping out high-speed broadband and cellular services for everyday phones delivered

Sui validators vote on $162M Cetus recovery plan to restore user funds 2025-05-28 at 12:02 By Cointelegraph by Zoltan Vardai Sui-based decentralized exchange Cetus may be one step closer to recovering funds lost in a recent exploit, pending the outcome of a community governance vote scheduled to end June 3. Cetus was exploited for over

Unhappy with the cloud costs? You’re not alone 2025-05-28 at 11:35 By Dan Robinson And it’s all your fault There is growing dissatisfaction over cloud computing, according to Gartner, and much of this can be put down to unrealistic expectations or customers simply not implementing the tech properly.… This article is an excerpt from The

Metaplanet issues $50M in new debt to buy more Bitcoin 2025-05-28 at 11:02 By Cointelegraph by Ezra Reguerra Japanese investment firm Metaplanet is raising $50 million through a private placement of zero-interest bonds as part of its ongoing strategy to increase its Bitcoin exposure.  In a May 28 announcement, the company that it was raising

German court parks four Volkswagen execs in jail over Dieselgate scandal 2025-05-28 at 10:41 By Simon Sharwood More cases about 2015 software swindle stuck in legal traffic jam Germany’s Braunschweig Regional Court has reportedly sentenced four Volkswagen executives to jail over “Dieselgate” – the 2015 scandal in which the automaker was found to have fudged

Crypto czar Sacks says US could possibly ‘acquire more Bitcoin’ 2025-05-28 at 10:02 By Cointelegraph by Stephen Katte White House AI and crypto czar David Sacks says the US could buy more Bitcoin if the government can fund the purchase in a “budget-neutral” way without a tax or adding to the growing national debt. Sacks

Australian regulator takes former Blockchain Global director to court 2025-05-28 at 10:02 By Cointelegraph by Martin Young Australia’s markets regulator has filed civil proceedings against Liang “Allan” Guo, the former director of Blockchain Global.  Guo will face the court on “allegations relating to multiple breaches of his directors’ duties,” the Australian Securities and Investments Commission