2025

Solana’s 5th birthday: From pandemic origins to US crypto stockpile 2025-03-17 at 08:02 By Cointelegraph by Brayden Lindrea Layer-1 blockchain Solana is celebrating its fifth year since its mainnet launch in 2020 — becoming one of the biggest chains by transaction activity and one of few select cryptocurrencies included in a proposed US digital asset […]

OKX suspends DEX aggregator to stop ‘further misuse’ by Lazarus 2025-03-17 at 08:02 By Cointelegraph by Martin Young Crypto exchange OKX has temporarily paused its decentralized exchange aggregator to prevent “further misuse” by North Korean hacking collective Lazarus Group. “Recently, we detected a coordinated effort by Lazarus group to misuse our defi services,” said OKX

Bank of Korea to take ‘cautious approach’ to Bitcoin reserve 2025-03-17 at 06:05 By Cointelegraph by Martin Young The Bank of Korea says it is taking a “cautious approach” to potentially including Bitcoin as a foreign exchange reserve. Officials from the Korean central bank said in a March 16 response to a written inquiry that

Adjusting your leadership style at a new employer 2025-03-17 at 06:05 By Security leaders share how they modify their leadership styles during career transitions. This article is an excerpt from Subscribe to Security Magazine’s RSS Feed View Original Source

Reflecting on tragedy: What school shootings teach us about safety and prevention 2025-03-17 at 06:05 By Education security expert shares key considerations for schools after a major incident. This article is an excerpt from Subscribe to Security Magazine’s RSS Feed View Original Source

Crypto platform Debiex must pay $2.5M in CFTC ‘pig butchering’ case 2025-03-17 at 05:03 By Cointelegraph by Jesse Coghlan Crypto platform Debiex has been ordered to pay around $2.5 million after it failed to respond to a US Commodity Futures Trading Commission suit accusing it of being a romance scam ring. Arizona federal court Judge

SpaceX Dragon pod arrives at ISS to finally pick up stranded Boeing astronaut pair 2025-03-17 at 04:31 By Richard Speed Second time’s a charm SpaceX’s Crew Dragon Endurance capsule successfully launched on Friday, March 14, and docked with the International Space Station (ISS) just over a day later.… This article is an excerpt from The

Crypto users report new scam emails spoofing Coinbase, Gemini 2025-03-17 at 04:02 By Cointelegraph by Stephen Katte Crypto users have reported a rise in scam emails made to look like they’re from crypto exchanges Coinbase and Gemini that attempt to get users to set up a new wallet with pre-generated recovery phrases controlled by scammers.

Bitcoin landfill man loses appeal, says he has one ‘last legal option’ 2025-03-17 at 03:03 By Cointelegraph by Brayden Lindrea A UK man’s bid to obtain a permit to search a landfill for his hard drive — holding private keys to 8,000 Bitcoin — has been rejected by the UK Court of Appeals. “Appeal request

Four suspects charged in home invasion of streamer Amouranth 2025-03-17 at 00:01 By Cointelegraph by Vince Quill Four suspects were charged in connection with the home invasion of online streamer Amouranth, whose real name is Kaitlyn Siragusa. The streamer says she was held at gunpoint by several individuals demanding that she hand over the private

DeepSeek-R1-beating perf in a 32B package? El Reg digs its claws into Alibaba’s QwQ 2025-03-16 at 22:30 By Tobias Mann How to tame its hypersensitive hyperparameters and get it running on your PC Hands on  How much can reinforcement learning – and a bit of extra verification – improve large language models, aka LLMs? Alibaba’s

Burning quantum-vulnerable BTC is the best option — Jameson Lopp 2025-03-16 at 22:04 By Cointelegraph by Vince Quill Jameson Lopp, the chief security officer at Bitcoin (BTC) custody company Casa, recently argued against allowing quantum recovery of lost BTC and said that burning these coins to protect the integrity of the protocol was the preferable

Bitcoin reclaims $80K zone as BNB, TON, GT, ATOM hint at altcoin season 2025-03-16 at 21:06 By Cointelegraph by Rakesh Upadhyay Bitcoin (BTC) is struggling to break above the 200-day simple moving average ($84,000), but a positive sign is that the bulls have not ceded much ground to the bears. Bitget Research chief analyst Ryan

Free speech and online privacy: Pavel Durov’s rise to the top 2025-03-16 at 20:10 By Cointelegraph by Vince Quill Telegram founder and free speech advocate Pavel Durov was born on Oct. 10, 1984, in St. Petersburg, Russia, and demonstrated an early knack for computer science, culminating in the entrepreneur establishing several successful online social media

Bitcoin whale bets $368M with 40x leverage on BTC decline ahead of FOMC 2025-03-16 at 16:09 By Cointelegraph by Zoltan Vardai A Bitcoin whale is wagering hundreds of millions on Bitcoin’s short-term decline, ahead of a week filled with key economic reports that may significantly impact Bitcoin’s price trajectory and risk appetite among investors. A