2026

US lawmaker’s bill would ban politically related prediction bets after Maduro wager 2026-01-09 at 22:01 By Cointelegraph by Turner Wright The bill came after a Polymarket user netted more than $400,000 on a contract related to the removal of then-Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro, fueling concerns about insider trading. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com […]

Trading bots gain traction as crypto markets move sideways: HTX 2025 recap 2026-01-09 at 22:01 By Cointelegraph by Nate Kostar The cryptocurrency exchange reported sharp growth in automated trading as volatility narrowed across major crypto assets. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source

Bitcoin holds $90K as ETFs wobble and institutions reposition: Finance Redefined 2026-01-09 at 21:25 By Cointelegraph by Zoltan Vardai Bitcoin steadied near $90,000 as ETF flows turned negative, altcoins continued a valuation reset and DeFi markets showed pockets of renewed activity. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source

Bitcoin’s next super rally could depend on this key data point 2026-01-09 at 21:25 By Cointelegraph by Biraajmaan Tamuly Long-term Bitcoin holders sold nearly $300 billion worth of BTC in 2025, but as this sell pressure declines, a bullish outlook for 2026 has emerged. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source

China-Linked Hackers Exploit VMware ESXi Zero-Days to Escape Virtual Machines 2026-01-09 at 21:25 By Chinese-speaking threat actors are suspected to have leveraged a compromised SonicWall VPN appliance as an initial access vector to deploy a VMware ESXi exploit that may have been developed as far back as February 2024. Cybersecurity firm Huntress, which observed the […]

CES 2026 worst in show: AI girlfriends, a fridge that won’t open unless you talk to it, and more 2026-01-09 at 20:00 By Brandon Vigliarolo There’s a lot of bad ideas set to create literal waste and be a waste of money. CES 2026  From disposable electric candy to voice-activated refrigerators without physical handles, CES […]

Meta reacts to power needs by signing long-term nuke deals 2026-01-09 at 20:00 By Dan Robinson New nuclear capacity won’t show up until around 2030 Meta is writing more checks for nuclear investment, even though the new capacity tied to those deals is unlikely to come online until around 2030. The company says it will […]

Mark Zuckerberg’s Meta makes massive bet on nuclear power to fuel AI ambitions 2026-01-09 at 19:39 By Reuters Meta and other Big Tech companies want to secure long-term electricity supplies as artificial intelligence and data centers increase US power demand for the first time in two decades. This article is an excerpt from Latest Technology News […]

Price predictions 1/9: BTC, ETH, XRP, BNB, SOL, DOGE, ADA, BCH, LINK, HYPE 2026-01-09 at 19:39 By Cointelegraph by Rakesh Upadhyay Buyers are attempting to defend the near-term support in Bitcoin and select major altcoins, but the bears have not given up and continue to exert pressure near the intraday range highs. This article is […]

BNY launches tokenized deposits amid TradFi rush into blockchain and crypto 2026-01-09 at 19:39 By Cointelegraph by Vince Quill The service is available for institutional clients through an in-house permissioned blockchain, BNY said on Friday. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source

Ethereum co-founder reiterates support for Roman Storm, citing privacy 2026-01-09 at 19:39 By Cointelegraph by Turner Wright The Tornado Cash developer was found guilty of operating an unlicensed transmitter business in August and could still be retried on two counts on which a jury deadlocked. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original […]

Debian goes retro with a spatial desktop that time forgot 2026-01-09 at 19:39 By Liam Proven Trixie plus a carefully configured MATE setup, and absolutely nothing else The Desktop Classic System is a rather unusual hand-built flavor of Debian featuring a meticulously configured spatial desktop layout and a pleasingly 20th-century look and feel.… This article […]

Putinswap: France trades alleged ransomware crook for conflict researcher 2026-01-09 at 19:39 By Connor Jones Basketball player accused of aiding cybercrime gang extradition blocked in exchange for Swiss NGO consultant France has released an alleged ransomware crook wanted by the US in exchange for a conflict researcher imprisoned in Russia.… This article is an excerpt […]

QR codes a powerful new phishing weapon in hands of Pyongyang cyberspies 2026-01-09 at 19:39 By Carly Page State-backed attackers are using QR codes to slip past enterprise security and help themselves to cloud logins, the FBI says North Korean government hackers are turning QR codes into credential-stealing weapons, the FBI has warned, as Pyongyang’s […]

Russian APT28 Runs Credential-Stealing Campaign Targeting Energy and Policy Organizations 2026-01-09 at 19:38 By Russian state-sponsored threat actors have been linked to a fresh set of credential harvesting attacks targeting individuals associated with a Turkish energy and nuclear research agency, as well as staff affiliated with a European think tank and organizations in North Macedonia […]

Bitcoin price clings to $90K as traders eye US Supreme Court tariff ruling 2026-01-09 at 17:35 By Cointelegraph by William Suberg Bitcoin traders avoided taking positions amid sideways BTC price action, while markets waited for a decision on US trade tariffs by the Supreme Court. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original […]

Microsoft Windows Media Player stops serving up CD album info 2026-01-09 at 17:35 By Richard Speed No naming that tune and no album covers Microsoft is celebrating the resurgence of interest in physical media in the only way it knows how… by halting the Windows Media Player metadata service.… This article is an excerpt from […]