January 2026

Ethereum and Solana clash over what blockchain resilience really means 2026-01-07 at 12:04 By Cointelegraph by Ezra Reguerra Vitalik and Solana’s Yakovenko outline competing ideas of resilience, exposing deeper trade-offs between sovereignty, speed, and economic design. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source

UAE’s dirham stablecoin race widens as RAKBank nets in-principle approval 2026-01-07 at 12:04 By Cointelegraph by Christina Comben RAKBank’s in-principle nod from the Central Bank of the UAE to launch a dirham-backed stablecoin adds a homegrown bank to the UAE’s stablecoin race. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source

UK to spend £23M on AI to tell benefit claimants where to go 2026-01-07 at 11:43 By Lindsay Clark Department for Work and Pensions lines up bot bouncers for one of Europe’s largest call-handling systems The UK’s Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) is set to introduce a conversational AI platform it hopes will steer

Google Cloud Service Exploited in New Phishing Campaign 2026-01-07 at 10:23 By A phishing campaign is exploiting this Google service.  This article is an excerpt from Subscribe to Security Magazine’s RSS Feed View Original Source

Crypto adoption inevitable as old money will flow into crypto 2026-01-07 at 08:32 By Cointelegraph by Stephen Katte The younger, tech-savvy generations will soon start to inherit wealth from their parents and relatives — which could bring more money into crypto. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source

Gold, silver briefly reclaim top spot by market cap amid uncertainty 2026-01-07 at 08:32 By Cointelegraph by Brian Quarmby Gold and silver, both seen as “stores of value,” briefly retook their position as the two biggest assets by market cap. Bitcoin sits in the eighth position. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View

The AI Powered Classroom Network of the Future: Because Hackers Never Take Recess 2026-01-07 at 08:32 By Artificial intelligence is reshaping instruction, cybersecurity threats are becoming more advanced, and digital tools are expanding faster than most districts can keep up with. This article is an excerpt from Subscribe to Security Magazine’s RSS Feed View Original

Ongoing Attacks Exploiting Critical RCE Vulnerability in Legacy D-Link DSL Routers 2026-01-07 at 08:31 By A newly discovered critical security flaw in legacy D-Link DSL gateway routers has come under active exploitation in the wild. The vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2026-0625 (CVSS score: 9.3), concerns a case of command injection in the “dnscfg.cgi” endpoint that arises

Trump says he’ll be impeached if Republicans lose midterms 2026-01-07 at 08:26 By Cointelegraph by Jesse Coghlan US President Donald Trump says he will be impeached by the Democrats if the Republicans fail to win the midterms, which could galvanize resistance to his crypto policy agenda. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View

Quantum threat to Bitcoin extends past wallet hacks: Coinbase analyst 2026-01-07 at 06:21 By Cointelegraph by Stephen Katte Cypherpunk Adam Back has frequently shot down claims that quantum computing will be a threat to Bitcoin anytime soon. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source

Bitcoin ETFs come into year ‘like a lion’: 600% surge at current pace 2026-01-07 at 06:21 By Cointelegraph by Martin Young US spot bitcoin ETFs attracted over $1.2 billion in the first two trading days of 2026, with analysts projecting annual inflows could reach $150 billion. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View

CLARITY Act headed for markup next week: Senator Tim Scott 2026-01-07 at 06:21 By Cointelegraph by Ciaran Lyons The Digital Asset Market Clarity Act aims to establish a comprehensive framework for crypto market structure in the United States. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source