2025

Bitcoin privacy tool Payjoin receives $100K grant from Maelstrom 2025-05-20 at 14:05 By Cointelegraph by Adrian Zmudzinski Bitcoin developer Ben Allen has received a $100,000 grant from investment firm Maelstrom to support the development of Payjoin, a privacy-focused tool aimed at improving Bitcoin’s scalability and privacy. According to a May 20 announcement shared with Cointelegraph, […]

Bitcoin is signaling a golden cross — What does it mean for BTC price? 2025-05-20 at 14:05 By Cointelegraph by Yashu Gola Key takeaways: Bitcoin is nearing a golden cross that led to 45–60% price rallies in the recent past. Fundamentals like rising M2 supply and easing trade tensions support a bullish outlook. Bearish divergence and

Coinbase data leak could put users in physical danger: TechCrunch founder 2025-05-20 at 14:05 By Cointelegraph by Zoltan Vardai A recent data breach at crypto exchange Coinbase has raised concerns about user safety after hackers gained access to sensitive information, including home addresses. Coinbase, the world’s third-largest cryptocurrency exchange, confirmed that less than 1% of

Wanted: A handy metric for gauging if GPUs are being used optimally 2025-05-20 at 13:46 By Dan Robinson Even well-optimized models only likely to use 35 to 45% of compute the silicon can deliver GPU accelerators used in AI processing are costly items, so making sure you get the best usage out of them ought

South Korean presidential front-runner proposes won-based stablecoin 2025-05-20 at 13:02 By Cointelegraph by Amin Haqshanas South Korea’s Democratic Party leader Lee Jae-myung proposed creating a stablecoin tied to the Korean won to prevent capital outflows and strengthen national financial sovereignty. Speaking during a recent policy discussion, Lee argued that a won-based stablecoin would allow South

Chinese Hackers Deploy MarsSnake Backdoor in Multi-Year Attack on Saudi Organization 2025-05-20 at 13:02 By Threat hunters have exposed the tactics of a China-aligned threat actor called UnsolicitedBooker that targeted an unnamed international organization in Saudi Arabia with a previously undocumented backdoor dubbed MarsSnake. ESET, which first discovered the hacking group’s intrusions targeting the entity

Torvalds’ typing taste test touches tactile tragedy 2025-05-20 at 12:47 By Rupert Goodwins There’s something wrong with keyboard design, but we can’t put our finger on it Opinion  Linus Torvalds is the global hero most of the world doesn’t even know exists. There are no big movies about him, no best-selling biographies, no ardent Torvaldian

Go-Based Malware Deploys XMRig Miner on Linux Hosts via Redis Configuration Abuse 2025-05-20 at 11:52 By Cybersecurity researchers are calling attention to a new Linux cryptojacking campaign that’s targeting publicly accessible Redis servers. The malicious activity has been codenamed RedisRaider by Datadog Security Labs. “RedisRaider aggressively scans randomized portions of the IPv4 space and uses

Virgin Media O2 patches hole that let callers snoop on your coordinates 2025-05-20 at 11:33 By Connor Jones Researcher finds VoLTE metadata could be used to locate users within 100 meters UK telco Virgin Media O2 has fixed an issue with its 4G Calling feature that allowed users’ general location to be discerned by those

Sorry bears — Bitcoin analysis dismisses $107K BTC price double top 2025-05-20 at 11:02 By Cointelegraph by William Suberg Key points: Bitcoin is not in line to cancel its attack on all-time highs, says the Bitcoin Fundamental Index (BFI). BTC price strength remains “intact,” says Swissblock Technologies, removing the risk of a double top. Historically,

Techies propose the Agent Name Service: It’s like DNS but for AI agents 2025-05-20 at 10:32 By Thomas Claburn Because nobody wants a random and unverified bot tickling their APIs To unify the proliferating set of would-be standards to govern AI agents, researchers have proposed yet another standard.… This article is an excerpt from The

Trump signs bill criminalizing nonsensenual AI deepfake porn 2025-05-20 at 10:04 By Cointelegraph by Stephen Katte US President Donald Trump has signed a bill criminalizing nonconsensual artificial intelligence-generated deepfake porn, which also requires websites to take down any illicit images within 48 hours. Trump signed the bill into law on May 19, known as the