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How to build a personalized crypto portfolio tracker using ChatGPT 2025-04-10 at 15:09 By Cointelegraph by Jules Winnfield Key takeaways AI tools like ChatGPT can help both experienced and new crypto investors track portfolios with ease, freeing up time for other investment activities and making the process more accessible. Defining specific requirements, such as which…

Tokenized gold volume hits $1B first time since 2023 US banking crisis 2025-04-10 at 15:03 By Cointelegraph by Zoltan Vardai Tokenized gold trading volume surged to a two-year high this week, topping $1 billion as investors pivoted toward safe-haven assets amid global uncertainty triggered by US President Donald Trump’s import tariffs. The weekly trading volume…

Crypto’s growing footprint: UK regulator sounds alarm over stablecoin risks 2025-04-10 at 15:03 By Cointelegraph by Adrian Zmudzinski United Kingdom regulators are increasingly concerned about the impact of stablecoins and the broader crypto industry on the country’s financial system and monetary stability. During Financial Policy Committee meetings held on April 4 and 8, regulators noted…

Tech CEO: 4-day work week didn’t hurt or help productivity 2025-04-10 at 15:03 By Paul Kunert ‘There are challenges’ but staff recruitment and retention isn’t one of them Interview  Civo shifted its workforce to a four-day working week and while it hasn’t changed productivity much at the cloud biz, it has helped attract “new talent”…

PlayPraetor Reloaded: CTM360 Uncovers a Play Masquerading Party 2025-04-10 at 15:03 By Overview of the PlayPraetor Masquerading Party Variants CTM360 has now identified a much larger extent of the ongoing Play Praetor campaign. What started with 6000+ URLs of a very specific banking attack has now grown to 16,000+ with multiple variants. This research is…

The Identities Behind AI Agents: A Deep Dive Into AI & NHI 2025-04-10 at 15:03 By AI agents have rapidly evolved from experimental technology to essential business tools. The OWASP framework explicitly recognizes that Non-Human Identities play a key role in agentic AI security. Their analysis highlights how these autonomous software entities can make decisions,…

Gamaredon Uses Infected Removable Drives to Breach Western Military Mission in Ukraine 2025-04-10 at 15:03 By The Russia-linked threat actor known as Gamaredon (aka Shuckworm) has been attributed to a cyber attack targeting a foreign military mission based in Ukraine with an aim to deliver an updated version of a known malware called GammaSteel. The…

Crypto trading firm warns of ‘classic bull trap’ as Bitcoin tags $82.7K 2025-04-10 at 14:09 By Cointelegraph by William Suberg Bitcoin (BTC) risks becoming part of a “classic bull trap” when the US-China trade war takes its next step, analysis warns. In its latest bulletin to Telegram channel subscribers on April 10, trading firm QCP…

How USDT mints and burns move with Bitcoin price cycles 2025-04-10 at 14:09 By Cointelegraph by Yohan Yun Over the past decade, issuance of Tether’s USDt (USDT) has consistently mirrored Bitcoin (BTC) price cycles, with mints often clustering around bull runs and burns following corrections. Data from Whale Alert shows the relation between USDT issuance…

Infosec experts fear China could retaliate against tariffs with a Typhoon attack 2025-04-10 at 14:09 By Jessica Lyons Scammers are already cashing in with fake invoices for import costs World War Fee  As the trade war between America and China escalates, some infosec and policy experts fear Beijing will strike back in cyberspace.… This article…

Europol Arrests Five SmokeLoader Clients Linked by Seized Database Evidence 2025-04-10 at 14:02 By Law enforcement authorities have announced that they tracked down the customers of the SmokeLoader malware and detained at least five individuals. “In a coordinated series of actions, customers of the Smokeloader pay-per-install botnet, operated by the actor known as ‘Superstar,’ faced…

OK great, UK is building loads of AI datacenters. How are we going to power that? 2025-04-10 at 13:34 By Dan Robinson Practical matters like being 1 of most expensive energy regions in Europe focuses minds at AI Energy Council meeting The UK government’s AI Energy Council held its first meeting this week, in an…

Shuckworm Targets Foreign Military Mission Based in Ukraine 2025-04-10 at 13:18 By Threat Hunter Team Group uses updated PowerShell version of its GammaSteel malware in attack. This article is an excerpt from Broadcom Software Blogs View Original Source React to this headline:

Shuckworm Targets Foreign Military Mission Based in Ukraine 2025-04-10 at 13:18 By Threat Hunter Team Group uses updated PowerShell version of its GammaSteel malware in attack. This article is an excerpt from Broadcom Software Blogs View Original Source React to this headline:

Shuckworm Targets Foreign Military Mission Based in Ukraine 2025-04-10 at 13:18 By Threat Hunter Team Group uses updated PowerShell version of its GammaSteel malware in attack. This article is an excerpt from Broadcom Software Blogs View Original Source React to this headline:

Jack Dorsey pushes Signal to adopt Bitcoin payments 2025-04-10 at 13:02 By Cointelegraph by Helen Partz Jack Dorsey, a cryptocurrency entrepreneur and former Twitter CEO, is encouraging Signal Messenger to integrate Bitcoin for peer-to-peer (P2P) payments, a move that could shift the platform’s crypto strategy away from altcoins. “Signal should use Bitcoin for P2P payments,”…

Synthetix USD stablecoin loses dollar peg, drops to 5-year low of $0.83 2025-04-10 at 13:02 By Cointelegraph by Ezra Reguerra The Synthetix protocol’s native stablecoin, Synthetix USD (sUSD), fell to its lowest value in five years, extending a months-long struggle to maintain its $1 peg. The asset has faced persistent instability since the start of…

Bybit recovers market share to 7% after $1.4B hack 2025-04-10 at 13:02 By Cointelegraph by Zoltan Vardai Bybit’s market share has rebounded to pre-hack levels following a $1.4 billion exploit in February, as the crypto exchange implements tighter security and improves liquidity options for retail traders. The crypto industry was rocked by its largest hack…

Staff at UK’s massive health service still have interoperability issues with electronic records 2025-04-10 at 12:51 By Lindsay Clark Government plans to boost efficiency with IT need to get people onside UK health professionals remain “skeptical” about electronic patient records, despite the NHS in England achieving more than 90 percent coverage.… This article is an…

Europol: Five pay-per-infect suspects cuffed, some spill secrets to cops 2025-04-10 at 11:49 By Connor Jones Officials teased more details to come later this year Following the 2024 takedown of several major malware operations under Operation Endgame, law enforcement has continued its crackdown into 2025, detaining five individuals linked to the Smokeloader botnet.… This article…

Meta’s AI, built on ill-gotten content, can probably build a digital you 2025-04-10 at 10:32 By Mark Pesce Llama 4 Scout is just the right size to ingest a lifetime of Facebook and Insta posts In the last twelve months generative AI has transformed from a helpful and cheeky tool into something more worrying.… This…

AkiraBot Targets 420,000 Sites with OpenAI-Generated Spam, Bypassing CAPTCHA Protections 2025-04-10 at 10:30 By Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed details of an artificial intelligence (AI) powered platform called AkiraBot that’s used to spam website chats, comment sections, and contact forms to promote dubious search engine optimization (SEO) services such as Akira and ServicewrapGO. “AkiraBot has targeted…

Crypto stocks see big gains alongside US stock market rebound 2025-04-10 at 10:01 By Cointelegraph by Ciaran Lyons Crypto stocks have surged as part of a broader recovery in the US stock market on April 9 following President Donald Trump’s 90-day pause on sweeping global tariffs. The Wednesday, April 9 trading day closed with Michael…

OpenSea urges SEC to exclude NFT marketplaces from regulator’s remit 2025-04-10 at 10:01 By Cointelegraph by Stephen Katte Non-fungible token marketplace OpenSea has urged the US Securities and Exchange Commission to exclude NFT marketplaces from regulation under federal securities laws. The SEC needs to “clearly state that NFT marketplaces like OpenSea do not qualify as…

The Reg translates the letter in which Oracle kinda-sorta tells customers it was pwned 2025-04-10 at 09:19 By Iain Thomson TL;DR: Move along, still nothing to see here – an idea that leaves infosec pros aghast Oracle’s letter to customers about an intrusion into part of its public cloud empire – while insisting Oracle Cloud…

81.6% of XRP supply is in profit, but traders in Korea are turning bearish — Here is why 2025-04-10 at 09:01 By Cointelegraph by Biraajmaan Tamuly XRP has struggled to find sustained bullish momentum since reaching its cycle peak at $3.40 on Jan. 16, 2025. XRP (XRP) dropped as much as 46% over the past…

Bitwise doubles down on $200K Bitcoin price prediction amid trade tension 2025-04-10 at 09:01 By Cointelegraph by Martin Young Institutional crypto investment firm Bitwise has doubled down on its big Bitcoin price prediction for this year despite escalating global trade tensions. “In December, Bitwise predicted that Bitcoin would end the year at $200,000. I still…

3 reasons why Ethereum price keeps falling 2025-04-10 at 09:01 By Cointelegraph by Nancy Lubale Ether’s (ETH) most recent sell-off saw it lose the crucial $1,500 support level, and a number of technical indicators suggest that ETH may witness a deeper correction before embarking on a sustained recovery. Data shows Ether’s price dropped below its…

Security leaders respond to the dismissal of NSA director 2025-04-10 at 08:20 By Security leaders share their thoughts on the NSA director dismissal, providing insights as to why it may have occurred. This article is an excerpt from Subscribe to Security Magazine’s RSS Feed View Original Source React to this headline:

Magic Eden acquires crypto trading app Slingshot to move beyond NFTs 2025-04-10 at 08:07 By Cointelegraph by Brayden Lindrea Solana non-fungible token (NFT) marketplace Magic Eden has acquired crypto trading app Slingshot as part of a strategy to expand beyond NFTs as other marketplaces fold amid a prolonged market downturn. The move expands Magic Eden’s…

SafeMoon boss cites DOJ’s nixed crypto unit in latest bid to toss suit 2025-04-10 at 08:07 By Cointelegraph by Martin Young Braden John Karony, the CEO of crypto firm SafeMoon, has cited the US Department of Justice’s directive to no longer pursue some crypto charges in an effort to get the case against him and…

Fear of tariffs made the PC market great again in Q1 as vendors emptied factories to dodge price hikes 2025-04-10 at 07:56 By Simon Sharwood Expected sales surge sparked by Windows 10 support ending could yet be trumped, analysts suggest The first quarter of 2025 saw shipments of new PCs surge, as vendors and buyers…

Recognizing and Relying on Assets: Security in Higher Education 2025-04-10 at 07:16 By Ensuring campus safety is a complex effort, and security leaders can’t carry it all on their shoulders. This article is an excerpt from Subscribe to Security Magazine’s RSS Feed View Original Source React to this headline:

Level Up Your Security Career 2025-04-10 at 07:16 By Knowing where jobs are leveled within an organization is a critical career data point for security professionals. This article is an excerpt from Subscribe to Security Magazine’s RSS Feed View Original Source React to this headline:

Bitcoin inflows to Binance see ‘strong acceleration’ ahead of March CPI print 2025-04-10 at 07:02 By Cointelegraph by Ciaran Lyons Bitcoin inflows into crypto exchange Binance have surged over the past two weeks amid uncertainty over US President Donald Trump’s tariffs and the upcoming US Consumer Price Index (CPI) results, says an analyst. However, another…

Did someone say AI agents, Google asks, bursting in 2025-04-10 at 06:18 By Lindsay Clark Customers aren’t sure, economy isn’t great, tech looks cute, though Cloud Next  This week Google joined a throng of tech vendors pushing the concept of “agentic AI” on an unsuspecting and perhaps unreceptive collection of enterprise users. Questions remain about…

Ukraine floats 23% tax on some crypto income, exemptions for stablecoins 2025-04-10 at 06:02 By Cointelegraph by Stephen Katte Ukraine’s financial regulator has proposed taxing certain crypto transactions as personal income at a rate of up to 23% but excluding crypto-to-crypto transactions and stablecoins.   Crypto transactions would be taxed at 18% with a 5% military…

Google offers 7th-gen Ironwood TPUs for AI, with AI-inspired comparisons 2025-04-10 at 05:01 By Tobias Mann Sure, we’re doing FP8 versus a supercomputer’s FP64. What of it? Cloud Next  Google’s seventh-generation Tensor Processing Units (TPU), announced Wednesday, will soon be available to cloud customers to rent in pods of 256 or 9,216 chips.… This article…