2026

Strategy kickstarts 2026 with $116M Bitcoin buy as Q4 paper loss hits $17B 2026-01-05 at 17:04 By Cointelegraph by Zoltan Vardai Strategy bought 1,283 BTC for $116 million, lifting holdings above 673,000 BTC, while reporting a $17.4 billion unrealized Q4 loss in an SEC filing Monday. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View […]

Turning Public Cloud Risk Into Resilience 2026-01-05 at 16:19 By Brigid O Gorman Part 2 of 2: While many organizations are migrating to private or hybrid cloud infrastructure, public cloud risk will remain a threat for the foreseeable future This article is an excerpt from SECURITY.COM View Original Source

Gmail preparing to drop POP3 mail fetching 2026-01-05 at 16:19 By Liam Proven It’s January 2026, and Google is finding innovative new ways to make one of its services worse Important news for Gmail power users: Google is dropping the feature whereby Gmail can collect mail from other email accounts over POP3.… This article is […]

⚡ Weekly Recap: IoT Exploits, Wallet Breaches, Rogue Extensions, AI Abuse & More 2026-01-05 at 16:19 By The year opened without a reset. The same pressure carried over, and in some places it tightened. Systems people assume are boring or stable are showing up in the wrong places. Attacks moved quietly, reused familiar paths, and […]

Ledger says Global-e incident did not compromise crypto wallets 2026-01-05 at 16:03 By Cointelegraph by Helen Partz Global-e, a payment platform integrated by Ledger in 2023, suffered a data breach affecting some of the wallet’s customers. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source

How ZachXBT exposed a Coinbase impersonation scam using onchain clues 2026-01-05 at 16:03 By Cointelegraph by Bradley Peak How an onchain investigator linked a Coinbase impersonation scam to $2 million in losses and why social engineering remains the real risk. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source

Three bullish XRP charts to watch as price gains over 18% in 2026 2026-01-05 at 16:03 By Cointelegraph by Yashu Gola XRP price gained in the first five days of 2026 as chart breakouts and steady ETF inflows produced targets near $3, with longer-term projections as high as $7-$8. This article is an excerpt from […]

UK’s long-delayed Emergency Services Network eyes satellites for help 2026-01-05 at 16:03 By Dan Robinson Direct-to-device services from low Earth orbit floated to plug coverage gaps Satellite phone services could play a part in Britain’s troubled Emergency Services Network (ESN) project, including SpaceX’s Starlink platform, to plug gaps in the coverage provided by terrestrial network […]

Starknet mainnet hit by fresh downtime as team probes cause 2026-01-05 at 15:01 By Cointelegraph by Christina Comben Starknet, an Ethereum ZK‑rollup network used for decentralized finance and gaming, is facing fresh mainnet downtime following previous outages in 2025. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source

Capita tells civil servants to wait for chatbots to fix pension portal woes 2026-01-05 at 15:01 By Lindsay Clark Outsourcer promises customers a service with ‘AI at its core.’ They just want a website that works Capita has told users of its ailing UK civil service pension portal to wait until new chatbots go live […]

The State of Cybersecurity in 2025: Key Segments, Insights, and Innovations  2026-01-05 at 14:38 By Featuring: Cybersecurity is being reshaped by forces that extend beyond individual threats or tools. As organizations operate across cloud infrastructure, distributed endpoints, and complex supply chains, security has shifted from a collection of point solutions to a question of architecture, trust, […]

Japan’s finance minister backs exchanges as gateway for digital assets 2026-01-05 at 14:18 By Cointelegraph by Ezra Reguerra Japan’s finance minister signaled that crypto’s future lies inside regulated exchanges as Japan advances tax, disclosure, and market reforms. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source

Fake MetaMask 2FA security checks lure users into sharing recovery phrases 2026-01-05 at 14:18 By Cointelegraph by Zoltan Vardai According to SlowMist, attackers are impersonating Metamask, aiming to steal users’ secret recovery phrases. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source

Bank of America lets wealth advisers recommend Bitcoin ETFs 2026-01-05 at 14:18 By Cointelegraph by Christina Comben Bank of America will enable advisers across Merrill and its private bank to recommend four spot Bitcoin ETFs, expanding beyond client-led access. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source

New Zealand orders review into ManageMyHealth cyberattack 2026-01-05 at 14:18 By Connor Jones Government ‘incredibly’ concerned about breach potentially affecting more than 100,000 patients New Zealand health minister Simeon Brown has ordered a review into the cyberattack at ManageMyHealth, which threatens the data of hundreds of thousands of Kiwis.… This article is an excerpt from […]

Crypto funds pulled $47B inflows in 2025, shy of 2024 record as altcoins led 2026-01-05 at 13:00 By Cointelegraph by Helen Partz Altcoins, led by Ether, XRP and Solana, drove crypto ETP growth in 2025, while Bitcoin fund inflows fell 35%. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source

Can BTC avoid a bull trap at $93K? 5 things to know in Bitcoin this week 2026-01-05 at 12:02 By Cointelegraph by William Suberg Bitcoin hit $93,000 for the first time in nearly a month on Venezuela volatility, but BTC price forecasts include a sweep of $80,000 lows. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com […]