2025

Trump says US will be ‘Bitcoin superpower’ as BTC price breaks 4-month downtrend 2025-03-20 at 18:00 By Cointelegraph by William Suberg Bitcoin (BTC) sought to reinforce higher support at the March 20 Wall Street open as bulls broke out of a key downtrend. BTC/USD 1-hour chart. Source: Cointelegraph/TradingView Trump pledges to make US “Bitcoin superpower” […]

TON-based XDAO protocol grants legal status to 367k DAOs 2025-03-20 at 18:00 By Cointelegraph by Ezra Reguerra XDAO, a protocol based on The Open Network (TON), has enabled over 367,000 decentralized autonomous organizations (DAOs) to achieve legal status through its initiative that automates legal recognition for such organizations.  In an announcement, XDAO said it had

YouTube Game Cheats Spread Arcane Stealer Malware to Russian-Speaking Users 2025-03-20 at 17:46 By YouTube videos promoting game cheats are being used to deliver a previously undocumented stealer malware called Arcane likely targeting Russian-speaking users. “What’s intriguing about this malware is how much it collects,” Kaspersky said in an analysis. “It grabs account information from

Photoshop FOSS alternative GIMP wakes up from 7-year coma with version 3.0 2025-03-20 at 17:35 By Liam Proven Meanwhile, open source video codec Ogg Theora stirs in its crypt After a seven-year nap, version 3.0 of FOSS image editor GIMP is arriving with a splash, while a long-dormant open video format wakes from its slumbers

Russia civic chamber proposes dedicated fund for confiscated crypto assets 2025-03-20 at 17:05 By Cointelegraph by Arijit Sarkar Amid the growing adoption of cryptocurrency reserves in countries like the United States, legal activists in Russia are pushing to create a potential crypto fund. Evgeny Masharov, a member of the Russian Civic Chamber, has proposed creating

Boeing’s Starliner future uncertain as NASA weighs next steps 2025-03-20 at 17:05 By Richard Speed Fix testing to stretch into the summer. When will aerospace giant decide enough is enough? Comment  The return of Crew-9 from the International Space Station (ISS) in a Crew Dragon has raised the question of what the future holds for

Euro semi firms push for ‘Chips Act 2.0’ to expand beyond manufacturing 2025-03-20 at 16:17 By Dan Robinson Industry leaders want broader strategy, citing supply chain gaps, investment needs, and global trade uncertainty European chipmakers want local politicians to look beyond the region’s Chips Act and do more to support research and development, materials, and

Solana futures ETF to grow institutional adoption, despite limited inflows 2025-03-20 at 16:03 By Cointelegraph by Zoltan Vardai The crypto industry is set to debut the first Solana futures exchange-traded fund (ETF), a significant development that may pave the way for the first Solana spot ETF, as the “next logical step” for crypto-based trading products,

Ripple celebrates SEC’s dropped appeal, but crypto rules still not set 2025-03-20 at 16:03 By Cointelegraph by Aaron Wood Ripple is celebrating the United States Securities and Exchange Commission’s (SEC) decision not to pursue a court case against the firm, but it provides little legal certainty for the crypto industry.  The US financial regulator has

Veeam and IBM Release Patches for High-Risk Flaws in Backup and AIX Systems 2025-03-20 at 16:02 By Veeam has released security updates to address a critical security flaw impacting its Backup & Replication software that could lead to remote code execution. The vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2025-23120, carries a CVSS score of 9.9 out of 10.0.

Too many software supply chain defense bibles? Boffins distill advice 2025-03-20 at 15:50 By Thomas Claburn How to avoid another SolarWinds, Log4j, and XZ Utils situation Organizations concerned about software supply chain attacks should focus on role-based access control, system monitoring, and boundary protection, according to a new preprint paper on the topic.… This article

Brand impersonation is 51% of browser phishing attempts 2025-03-20 at 15:49 By A recent Menlo Security report identifies key drivers behind the rise in browser-based attacks, including AI, PhaaS and zero-day vulnerabilities. This article is an excerpt from Subscribe to Security Magazine’s RSS Feed View Original Source

Elon Musk ally abruptly quits Fannie Mae board — one day after he was appointed 2025-03-20 at 15:23 By Ariel Zilber Before his brief foray onto Fannie Mae’s board, Christopher Stanley’s name was known in governmental and tech circles. This article is an excerpt from Latest Technology News and Product Reviews | New York Post

The post-quantum cryptography apocalypse will be televised in 10 years, says UK’s NCSC 2025-03-20 at 15:22 By Connor Jones Wow, a government project that could be on time for once … cos it’s gonna be wayyyy more than a decade The UK’s National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) today started the post-quantum cryptography (PQC) countdown clock

Tether’s US treasury holdings surpass Canada, Taiwan, ranks 7th globally 2025-03-20 at 15:12 By Cointelegraph by Zoltan Vardai Tether, the $143 billion stablecoin giant, was the world’s seventh-largest buyer of United States Treasurys, surpassing some of the world’s largest countries. Tether, the issuer of USDt (USDT), the world’s largest stablecoin, was the world’s seventh-largest US