2026

Britain courts private cash to fund ‘golden age’ of nuclear-powered AI 2026-02-05 at 11:50 By Dan Robinson Framework aims to lure investors into powering the compute boom The British government today launched the Advanced Nuclear Framework to attract private investment in next-generation nuclear technology for factories and datacenters.… This article is an excerpt from The […]

Bitcoin price erases 15 months of bull market gains with $69K comedown 2026-02-05 at 11:04 By Cointelegraph by William Suberg Bitcoin selling pressure sparked a retreat below the 2021 bull market high, with lower BTC price targets still expected to be hit. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source

Three clues that your LLM may be poisoned with a sleeper-agent back door 2026-02-05 at 10:07 By Jessica Lyons It’s a threat straight out of sci-fi, and fiendishly hard to detect Sleeper agent-style backdoors in AI large language models pose a straight-out-of-sci-fi security threat.… This article is an excerpt from The Register View Original Source

Bitcoin ETFs ‘hanging in there’ despite BTC plunge: Analyst 2026-02-05 at 09:12 By Cointelegraph by Ciaran Lyons Bitcoin ETFs may be sitting on their “biggest losses” since launching in January 2024, but there is a silver lining, according to an ETF analyst. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source

Coinbase premium hits yearly low, hinting at institutional selling 2026-02-05 at 09:12 By Cointelegraph by Martin Young The price difference between Bitcoin on Coinbase and Binance has dropped to its lowest level since December 2024. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source

How crypto made and undid the $100M Incognito dark web market 2026-02-05 at 09:12 By Cointelegraph by Jesse Coghlan The massive dark web drug marketplace used cryptocurrency, the same technology that ultimately allowed FBI agents to locate and arrest its creator, who now faces 30 years in prison. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com […]

Satya Nadella decides Microsoft needs an engineering quality czar 2026-02-05 at 09:12 By Simon Sharwood Picks chap who used to lead Redmond’s security, lures replacement from Google Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella has decided Microsoft needs an engineering quality czar, and shifted Charlie Bell, the company’s executive veep for security, into the new role.… This article […]

Critical n8n Flaw CVE-2026-25049 Enables System Command Execution via Malicious Workflows 2026-02-05 at 09:11 By A new, critical security vulnerability has been disclosed in the n8n workflow automation platform that, if successfully exploited, could result in the execution of arbitrary system commands. The flaw, tracked as CVE-2026-25049 (CVSS score: 9.4), is the result of inadequate […]

Malicious NGINX Configurations Enable Large-Scale Web Traffic Hijacking Campaign 2026-02-05 at 09:11 By Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed details of an active web traffic hijacking campaign that has targeted NGINX installations and management panels like Baota (BT) in an attempt to route it through the attacker’s infrastructure. Datadog Security Labs said it observed threat actors associated […]

Bhutan moves $22M in Bitcoin as crypto slumps, mining conditions toughen 2026-02-05 at 07:00 By Cointelegraph by Brayden Lindrea Bhutan has slipped to the seventh-largest nation-state Bitcoin holder, with its stash falling from 13,295 BTC in October 2024 to 5,700 BTC. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source

Crypto wallet provider Payy launches privacy-focused Ethereum L2 2026-02-05 at 07:00 By Cointelegraph by Brian Quarmby Payy’s new privacy layer 2 makes every ERC-20 transfer private by default without the need for new wallets or tokens. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source

XRP traders more optimistic as BTC, ETH mood turns sour: Santiment 2026-02-05 at 07:00 By Cointelegraph by Ciaran Lyons Social media sentiment has turned “extremely bearish” toward Bitcoin and Ethereum this week, according to analytics platform Santiment. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source