2025

Russia arrests Blum co-founder Vladimir Smerkis on fraud charges 2025-05-19 at 04:04 By Cointelegraph by Brayden Lindrea Vladimir Smerkis, a co-founder of the Telegram-based crypto project Blum, has reportedly been arrested in Moscow, Russia, on fraud allegations, amid Blum confirming he is no longer affiliated with the project. The Zamoskvoretsky District Court of Moscow approved […]

Bitcoin impulse move toward new highs sets a fire under HYPE, ETH, XMR and AAVE 2025-05-19 at 03:01 By Cointelegraph by Rakesh Upadhyay Key points: Bitcoin’s rally to $105,980 has traders predicting new all-time highs this week. Traders lift their end-of-year Bitcoin price targets to $200,000 based on technical factors and institutional investor adoption.  Bitcoin

Pavel Durov rejects EU pressure to censor Romanian election content 2025-05-18 at 23:01 By Cointelegraph by Vince Quill Telegram founder Pavel Durov said he rejected pressure from a European Union (EU) country to censor political content on the social media platform ahead of the May 18 presidential elections in Romania. According to Durov, a Western

Ex-NSA bad-guy hunter listened to Scattered Spider’s fake help-desk calls: ‘Those guys are good’ 2025-05-18 at 21:47 By Jessica Lyons Plus, Co-op tells The Reg: ‘we took early and decisive action’ to block the crooks INTERVIEW  The call came into the help desk at a large US retailer. An employee had been locked out of

Crypto execs beef up security following string of kidnappings: Report 2025-05-18 at 20:03 By Cointelegraph by Vince Quill Crypto industry executives are beefing up personal security and demanding more bodyguard services in response to a recent string of kidnapping and ransom attempts worldwide — particularly in France — targeting investors and professionals in the sector.

Ethereum back to $3K in May? Latest rebound says ETH price ‘still has more gas’ 2025-05-18 at 19:01 By Cointelegraph by Nancy Lubale Key points: Ether price rose 3% to $2,550 on May 18, triggering $22 million in short ETH liquidations. A bull flag on the chart suggests a $3,700 target, with analysts predicting Bitcoin’s

Don’t believe the noise: There can never be too many L2s 2025-05-18 at 19:01 By Cointelegraph by Igor Mandrigin Opinion by: Igor Mandrigin, co-founder and CTPO of Gateway.fm Every couple of weeks, it seems another layer 2 rolls out, much to the chagrin of some Web3 industry commentators who are concerned about fragmentation. A recent

Internet is baffled by woman’s transparent phone — and the explanation is even wilder 2025-05-18 at 18:35 By Fabiana Buontempo The “phone” she’s holding actually exists. And while people can buy it — it’s not for the reason most would expect. This article is an excerpt from Latest Technology News and Product Reviews | New

To progress as an engineer career-wise, become a great communicator 2025-05-18 at 15:19 By Bruce Davie It’ll even help you develop technical skills Systems Approach  From 2014 to 2020 I had a title of CTO at VMware, first for the networking business and then for the Asia Pacific region as a Field CTO.… This article

BTC price to $116K next? Bitcoin trader sees ‘early week’ all-time high 2025-05-18 at 15:01 By Cointelegraph by William Suberg Key points: Bitcoin is convincing traders that an upside breakout is around the corner, with all-time highs in sight. One target demands $116,000 next week, moving BTC/USD firmly out of its narrow range. A quick

‘Bitcoin Standard’ author backs funding dev to make spamming Bitcoin costly 2025-05-18 at 13:06 By Cointelegraph by Amin Haqshanas Economist and author of The Bitcoin Standard, Saifedean Ammous, has weighed in on the ongoing debate over spam inscriptions on the Bitcoin network, suggesting he would “throw in a few sats” to fund a full-time developer focused

Apple to add fresh accessibility features for 2025 2025-05-18 at 12:26 By Liam Proven It matters for everyone, because we’ll all be disabled one day Global Accessibility Awareness Day  Accessibility matters to everyone. If you think it doesn’t: it will. Apple builds in some pretty good tools, and they’re getting better. Here’s why it’s important.…

Retired artist loses $2M in crypto to Coinbase impersonator 2025-05-18 at 12:00 By Cointelegraph by Amin Haqshanas Retired artist Ed Suman lost over $2 million in cryptocurrency earlier this year after falling victim to a scam involving someone posing as a Coinbase support representative. Suman, 67, spent nearly two decades as a fabricator in the

UK to require crypto firms to report every customer transaction 2025-05-18 at 08:04 By Cointelegraph by Brayden Lindrea United Kingdom crypto companies will need to collect and report data from every customer trade and transfer beginning Jan. 1, 2026 as part of a broader effort to improve crypto tax reporting, the UK government said. Everything