Tether’s role in Venezuela, Iran highlights the duality of stablecoins 2026-01-12 at 09:10 By Cointelegraph by Brian Quarmby The dual life of stablecoins: A lifeline for citizens and a tool for sanctioned entities involved in Venezuela and Iran’s economic crises. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source
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Most US debanking cases stem from government pressure, report says 2026-01-12 at 09:10 By Cointelegraph by Stephen Katte Cato Institute analyst Nicholas Anthony argues the US Congress needs to reform the Bank Secrecy Act, repeal confidentiality laws and end reputational risk regulation to address debanking. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original
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Cloudflare CEO threatens to make the Winter Olympics a political football after Italy slugs it with a fine 2026-01-12 at 09:09 By Simon Sharwood Labels Rome’s comms regulator ‘a quasi-judicial body’ that works on behalf of ‘shadowy, European media cabal’ Cloudflare’s CEO has threatened to pull the company out of Italy, and to withdraw free
Rethinking OT security for project heavy shipyards 2026-01-12 at 09:09 By Mirko Zorz In this Help Net Security interview, Hans Quivooij, CISO at Damen Shipyards Group, discusses securing OT and ICS in the shipyard. He outlines how project-based operations, rotating contractors, and temporary systems expand the threat surface and complicate access control. Quivooij also covers
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pfSense: Open-source firewall and routing platform 2026-01-12 at 08:33 By Sinisa Markovic Firewalls, VPN access, and traffic rules need steady attention, often with limited budgets and staff. In that context, the open source pfSense Community Edition (CE) continues to show up in production environments, supported by a long-standing user community. pfSense CE is the free,
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South Korea to lift ban on corporate crypto investment: Report 2026-01-12 at 08:10 By Cointelegraph by Martin Young South Korea’s FSC reportedly shared guidelines allowing listed companies to invest up to 5% of equity in the top 20 cryptocurrencies, ending a 2017 ban. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source
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Top UK lawmakers push to ban political donations made in crypto 2026-01-12 at 08:10 By Cointelegraph by Jesse Coghlan The chairs of seven UK government committees have asked for a ban on crypto donations to be added to an elections bill set to be introduced soon. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View
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Ethereum needs better decentralized stablecoins: Vitalik Buterin 2026-01-12 at 08:10 By Cointelegraph by Brayden Lindrea It isn’t a good idea to fully back a stablecoin with a single fiat currency, because if that nation-state fails, so will the stablecoin, argues Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source
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What security teams can learn from torrent metadata 2026-01-12 at 08:10 By Mirko Zorz Security teams often spend time sorting through logs and alerts that point to activity happening outside corporate networks. Torrent traffic shows up in investigations tied to policy violations, insider risk, and criminal activity. A new research paper looks at that same
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EU’s Chat Control could put government monitoring inside robots 2026-01-12 at 07:40 By Sinisa Markovic Cybersecurity debates around surveillance usually stay inside screens. A new academic study argues that this boundary no longer holds when communication laws extend into robots that speak, listen, and move among people. Researchers Neziha Akalin and Alberto Giaretta examine the
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Downtime pushes resilience planning into security operations 2026-01-12 at 07:18 By Anamarija Pogorelec CISOs describe a shift in how they define success. New research from Absolute Security shows broad agreement that resilience outweighs security goals centered on prevention alone. Security leaders increasingly define their role around keeping the business operating through disruption. The cost of
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India’s government denies it plans to demand smartphone source code 2026-01-12 at 07:00 By Simon Sharwood Says ongoing talks about security are about understanding best practice, not strong-arming vendors India’s government has denied that it is working on rules that would require smartphone manufacturers to provide access to their source code.… This article is an
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Crypto YouTube views sink to 5-year lows, ‘it’s not just X’ 2026-01-12 at 06:16 By Cointelegraph by Martin Young Crypto content viewership on YouTube has plunged over the past three months, signaling bear market conditions as retail interest in crypto continues to decline. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source
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Memecoins hit hardest in rough year that saw 11.6M tokens fail 2026-01-12 at 05:03 By Cointelegraph by Stephen Katte Memecoin launchpads such as pump.fun flooded the market in 2025 with millions of “low effort” coins, leading to a record number of crypto token failures. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source
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Fed’s Powell links DOJ probe to his defiance of Trump on rates 2026-01-12 at 05:03 By Cointelegraph by Jesse Coghlan Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell says his refusal to drop interest rates led to Donald Trump opening a criminal investigation over renovations to the central bank’s headquarters. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News
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Coinbase could pull CLARITY Act support over stablecoin rewards ban 2026-01-12 at 05:03 By Cointelegraph by Brayden Lindrea The crypto-focused markets structure bill is set to be discussed at a markup session on Thursday. On the line is the ability for stablecoin issuers to offer rewards via crypto exchanges. This article is an excerpt from
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Hackers Accessed University of Hawaii Cancer Center Patient Data; They Weren’t Immediately Notified 2026-01-12 at 04:15 By Associated Press UH officials declined an interview request and have refused to provide key information, including which cancer research project had been affected or how much UH paid the hackers to regain access to files. The post Hackers
X to roll out ‘Smart Cashtags’ for crypto, stocks next month 2026-01-12 at 03:13 By Cointelegraph by Brayden Lindrea Smart Cashtags will enable users to track real-time price movements of crypto tokens and stocks, building on X’s long-term vision to become an Everything App. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source
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Ethereum treasury company BitMine crosses 1 million staked ETH milestone 2026-01-11 at 19:27 By Cointelegraph by Vince Quill BitMine Immersion Technologies is the largest Ethereum treasury company by holdings, with over 4 million ETH in its corporate treasury. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source
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Monero’s XMR hits $500 for the first time since 2021 as rival Zcash fumbles 2026-01-11 at 17:59 By Cointelegraph by Yashu Gola History shows XMR has repeatedly failed near record highs, risking another sharp pullback unless it decisively breaks above $500–$520. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source
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