January 2026

US community banks join campaign to shut a GENIUS Act ‘loophole’ 2026-01-07 at 04:02 By Cointelegraph by Jesse Coghlan The Community Bankers Council has asked the Senate for a crypto market structure bill that will ban exchanges and others offering interest on stablecoins. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source

Bitchat dev shrugs off Uganda’s threat to block app: ‘Good luck mate’ 2026-01-07 at 04:02 By Cointelegraph by Brayden Lindrea Bitchat developer Calle boldly said, “You can’t stop us” after Uganda threatened to block Bitchat ahead of elections next week. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source

Lenovo shows off new laptops that twist and roll 2026-01-07 at 03:12 By Avram Piltch The company has also redesigned the X1 Carbon’s internals for easier repairs If there was a kingdom of laptop screen flexibility, Lenovo would take the crown. Last year, the company released the ThinkBook Plus Gen 6, with a mechanical screen

Ring embraces the end of the world, starts using home cameras to track wildfires 2026-01-07 at 03:12 By Thomas Claburn Amazon’s community surveillance biz bets on AI to recognize danger A year after a series of fires obliterated communities in Los Angeles, Amazon’s Ring security service has announced a feature called Fire Watch intended to

HackerOne ‘ghosted’ me for months over $8,500 bug bounty, says researcher 2026-01-07 at 02:43 By Jessica Lyons Long after CVEs issued and open source flaws fixed Last fall, Jakub Ciolek reported two denial-of-service bugs in Argo CD, a popular Kubernetes controller, via HackerOne’s Internet Bug Bounty (IBB) program. Both were assigned CVEs and have since

Snowflake gets frosty with Google Gemini 2026-01-07 at 02:00 By O’Ryan Johnson Munge that corporate data using the LLM of your choice The data platform Snowflake is putting Google’s Gemini to work inside its Cortex AI, aiming to give customers access to a foundational model within the boundaries of their data environment across supported clouds,

Flow details December exploit that led to $3.9M in losses due to counterfeit tokens 2026-01-07 at 01:02 By Cointelegraph by Nate Kostar A protocol-level flaw allowed assets to be duplicated rather than minted, prompting a network halt and a governance-led recovery process. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source

Brave refurbishes Rust adblocking engine for reduced memory footprint 2026-01-07 at 00:37 By Thomas Claburn Have your privacy cake and consume the web too Brave Software has reworked its browser’s Rust-based adblock engine to make it significantly more memory efficient and perhaps more secure. So you get fewer ads now with fewer MB of RAM.…

CES 2026: Laundry-folding robots, singing candy, pet phones and bionic pandas debut at tech fest 2026-01-07 at 00:02 By Taylor Herzlich, Thomas Barrabi From laundry-folding robot butlers to fancy alarm clocks and lollipops that play music in your head, here’s a rundown of some of the top hits from the first two days of the

Bullish for Strategy? MSCI keeps digital asset treasury companies in indexes 2026-01-07 at 00:02 By Cointelegraph by Brayden Lindrea MSCI announced it will keep digital asset treasury companies in its global indexes, citing investor feedback and the need for further study on non-operating firms. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source

Bitcoin miner using compute heat to supplement Canadian greenhouses 2026-01-07 at 00:02 By Cointelegraph by Turner Wright Canaan‘s pilot program will use the miner‘s liquid cooling systems to supplement the power needed to heat intake water for the greenhouses, helping grow tomatoes. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source

Jupiter launches JupUSD stablecoin backed by BlackRock’s BUIDL fund 2026-01-07 at 00:02 By Cointelegraph by Nate Kostar The Solana-native token is backed by USDtb and USDC and is designed to serve as a settlement asset across Jupiter’s DeFi stack. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source

Optimus Schmoptimus – Boston Dynamics’ humanoid robot is already in mass production 2026-01-07 at 00:02 By Brandon Vigliarolo Atlas will be deployed to Hyundai and Google facilities this year CES 2026  Remember when Elon Musk predicted that there would be thousands of Optimus robots at Tesla factories by the end of 2025? Well, that didn’t

Brightspeed investigates breach as crims post stolen data for sale 2026-01-06 at 23:01 By Jessica Lyons Crimson Collective claims ‘sophisticated attack’ that allows them to ‘disconnect every user from their mobile service’ Internet service provider Brightspeed confirmed that it’s investigating criminals’ claims that they stole more than a million customers’ records and have listed them

Gmail users urged to switch off these two main features over privacy concerns 2026-01-06 at 22:02 By Ben Cost Has Google got its AIs on you? This article is an excerpt from Latest Technology News | New York Post View Original Source

Bitcoin liquidation data point to ‘absurd’ potential rally to $100K: Analyst 2026-01-06 at 22:02 By Cointelegraph by Biraajmaan Tamuly Bitcoin’s liquidation map is still heavily biased toward a downside liquidity sweet, but a swift rally to $100,000 could quickly turn the tables in the bulls’ favor. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View

US crypto market structure bill could be delayed until 2027: Report 2026-01-06 at 21:20 By Cointelegraph by Turner Wright The midterm elections in November could cause some Senate Democrats to withhold support for the Responsible Financial Innovation Act due to conflict of interest concerns. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source

ETH price taps $3.3K: Here’s what must happen for another 20% rally 2026-01-06 at 21:20 By Cointelegraph by Biraajmaan Tamuly ETH’s price chart shows a confirmed double bottom pattern with a $3,900 price target. Here are the necessary factors to make it happen. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source

Lego just revealed its ‘most significant evolution’ in 50 years — and it’s going to bring its toys to life 2026-01-06 at 20:54 By Brooke Steinberg Benson also confirmed that the new initiative contains no artificial intelligence at all, as well as no camera. This article is an excerpt from Latest Technology News | New

‘Like sats for Bitcoin’: Tether creates tiny gold unit as onchain demand grows 2026-01-06 at 20:44 By Cointelegraph by Sam Bourgi The stablecoin issuer says its Scudo unit could make gold easier to transact digitally as prices surge and institutional demand accelerates. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source