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North Carolina bills would add crypto to state’s retirement system 2025-03-26 at 08:05 By Cointelegraph by Brayden Lindrea North Carolina lawmakers have introduced bills in the House and Senate that could see the state’s treasurer allocate up to 5% of various state retirement funds into cryptocurrencies such as Bitcoin. The Investment Modernization Act (House Bill…

SEC plans 4 more crypto roundtables on trading, custody, tokenization, DeFi 2025-03-26 at 08:05 By Cointelegraph by Stephen Katte The US Securities and Exchange Commission will host four more crypto roundtables — focusing on crypto trading, custody, tokenization and decentralized finance (DeFi) — after hosting its first crypto roundtable on March 21. The series of…

Custodia and Vantage Bank partner for ‘first bank-issued stablecoin’ 2025-03-26 at 08:05 By Cointelegraph by Brayden Lindrea The crypto-friendly Custodia Bank has worked with Vantage Bank to complete what the two firms say is “America’s first-ever bank-issued stablecoin” on a permissionless blockchain. Custodia said on March 25 that it tokenized US dollar demand deposits and…

ChatGPT won’t generate images of ‘sexy women’ — but will make images of ‘sexy men’ due to apparent ‘bug’ 2025-03-26 at 07:47 By Shane Galvin When pressed for a reason, ChatGPT gave a long-winded answer on the basis of objectification of women, but it seemingly had no problem crafting up a sexualized man. This article…

VMware sues Siemens for allegedly using unlicensed software 2025-03-26 at 07:47 By Simon Sharwood As rumors swirl about a new 72-core minimum vSphere license requirement VMware has sued industrial giant AG Siemens’s US operations for alleged use of unlicensed software and accused it of changing its story negotiations.… This article is an excerpt from The…

Bitcoin, Ethereum to end Q1 in the red, ‘vertical swing up’ unlikely 2025-03-26 at 07:01 By Cointelegraph by Ciaran Lyons Bitcoin and Ethereum are poised to suffer their worst first quarter in years unless they can pull off a huge rally in the next few days. Ether (ETH) has dropped 37.98% so far over the…

Crusoe to sell Bitcoin mining business to NYDIG to focus on AI 2025-03-26 at 07:01 By Cointelegraph by Felix Ng Crusoe Energy, a company that captures waste gas from oil to power high-performance compute, is selling its Bitcoin mining business to New York Digital Investment Group (NYDIG) to focus on artificial intelligence.  In a March…

Zero-Day Alert: Google Releases Chrome Patch for Exploit Used in Russian Espionage Attacks 2025-03-26 at 07:01 By Google has released out-of-band fixes to address a high-severity security flaw in its Chrome browser for Windows that it said has been exploited in the wild as part of attacks targeting organizations in Russia.  The vulnerability, tracked as…

New Security Flaws Found in VMware Tools and CrushFTP — High Risk, No Workaround 2025-03-26 at 07:01 By Broadcom has issued security patches to address a high-severity security flaw in VMware Tools for Windows that could lead to an authentication bypass. Tracked as CVE-2025-22230, the vulnerability is rated 7.8 on the ten-point Common Vulnerability Scoring…

Crypto influencer Ben ‘Bitboy’ Armstrong arrested in Florida 2025-03-26 at 06:02 By Cointelegraph by Stephen Katte Crypto influencer Ben Armstrong, also known as “BitBoy,” has been arrested in Florida after disclosing on social media just days ago that a warrant was out for his arrest. Florida’s Volusia County Division of Corrections listed Armstrong as a…

Pirating pioneer Napster sells for $207M with plans for music metaverse 2025-03-26 at 05:02 By Cointelegraph by Stephen Katte Artificial intelligence startup Infinite Reality has acquired the music-pirating app turned music streaming service Napster in a $207 million deal and plans to add a music-focused metaverse.  Infinite Reality said in a March 25 statement that…

India ditches its ‘Google Tax’, perhaps to tickle Trump and dodge tariffs 2025-03-26 at 05:02 By Simon Sharwood Binned an e-commerce tax last year so this may not be complete capitulation India again ditches a tech tax, perhaps to tickle Trump and dodge tariffs Already binned an e-commerce tax last year The lower house of…

Revenge of the nerds: Boffins sue to undo Trump science funding cuts 2025-03-26 at 02:10 By Thomas Claburn Who needs studies into diseases, virus infections, US mortality rates … right? Two academic organizations sued the Trump administration Tuesday for the allegedly unlawful withdrawal of $400 million in federal funding from Columbia University and associated demands…

God didn’t have a plan for Gelsinger at Intel. Maybe there is one for his new gig, Gloo 2025-03-26 at 01:17 By Iain Thomson Chip guru preaches virtues of ‘values-aligned’ pray-I, sorry, AI Pat Gelsinger, once CEO of VMware and later Intel, has announced he’s taken a new job as executive chair and head of…

GameStop shares surge after firm pledges to buy bitcoin, close physical stores 2025-03-26 at 01:04 By Reuters The move comes shortly after President Trump’s executive order, signed earlier this month, to establish a strategic reserve of cryptocurrencies. This article is an excerpt from Latest Technology News and Product Reviews | New York Post View Original Source…

FDIC moves to eradicate ‘reputational risk’ category from bank exams 2025-03-26 at 00:06 By Cointelegraph by Christopher Tepedino The US Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, an independent agency of the federal government, is reportedly moving to stop using the “reputational risk” category as a way to supervise banks. According to a letter sent by the agency’s…

Bitcoin price has 75% chance of hitting new highs in 2025 — Analyst 2025-03-26 at 00:06 By Cointelegraph by Biraajmaan Tamuly Bitcoin network economist Timothy Peterson maintains his optimistic outlook for BTC (BTC), suggesting that there is a 75% chance that the asset will hit new highs in the next nine months. In a March…

Bitcoin sellers lurk in $88K to $90K zone — Is this week’s BTC rally losing steam? 2025-03-25 at 23:07 By Cointelegraph by Biraajmaan Tamuly Many Bitcoin (BTC) traders became bullish this week as prices rallied deep into the $88,000 level, but failure to overcome this level in the short term could be a take-profit signal. Alphractal, a…

Judge halts DOGE’s union personal data grab at OPM, Treasury, Education 2025-03-25 at 22:43 By Brandon Vigliarolo Officials likely violated Privacy Act by handing out info without consent A Maryland judge has dealt another blow to Elon Musk’s cost-trimming DOGE unit, temporarily blocking the US Treasury, Dept of Education, and Office of Personnel Management from…

SEC closes investigation into Immutable nearly 5 months after Wells notice 2025-03-25 at 22:14 By Cointelegraph by Jesse Coghlan Web3 gaming platform Immutable says the US Securities and Exchange Commission has closed its investigation into the company, clearing it of any further action.  Immutable — the firm behind the Ethereum layer-2 ImmutableX — said in…

3 reasons why Cardano (ADA) price could be on the path to new highs 2025-03-25 at 22:14 By Cointelegraph by Marcel Pechman Cardano (ADA) gained 8% between March 23 and March 25, once again testing the $0.76 resistance level, which has held for over two weeks. Although still far from its March 3 high of…

Bitcoin miners’ income stabilizes post-halving: Coin Metrics 2025-03-25 at 22:14 By Cointelegraph by Alex O’Donnell Bitcoin (BTC) mining revenues hit $3.7 billion in the fourth quarter of 2024, a 42% increase from the prior quarter, and are approaching similar levels of around $3.6 billion in Q1 2025, according to data from Coin Metrics.  The revenue…

Samsung co-CEO Han Jong-hee dies of heart attack at 63 2025-03-25 at 22:14 By Iain Thomson The man who helped make Sammy the biggest name in modern tellies Samsung co-CEO Han Jong-hee died this week in the Samsung Medical Center in southern Seoul after a cardiac arrest. He was 63.… This article is an excerpt…

Berkshire-backed Nubank adds ADA, NEAR, ATOM to crypto offerings 2025-03-25 at 21:08 By Cointelegraph by Christopher Tepedino Nubank, a Latin American financial bank backed by Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway, has expanded its crypto offerings by adding four altcoins to its portfolio. The bank is adding Cardano (ADA), Near Protocol (NEAR), Cosmos (ATOM), and Algorand (ALGO)…

Ripple will drop cross-appeal in SEC case, get refund from lower court ruling 2025-03-25 at 21:08 By Cointelegraph by Turner Wright Blockchain firm Ripple Labs’ case with the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) may be officially wrapped up after more than four years, subject to court approval. According to a March 25 X post…

Waiting for altcoin season? Data suggests it’s already here 2025-03-25 at 21:08 By Cointelegraph by Marie Poteriaieva Few things in crypto are as elusive and misunderstood as the concept of an “altcoin season.” Traditionally, this term referred to a brief window — usually 2–3 months — following a Bitcoin (BTC) price rally, where altcoins outperform…

ReactOS drops release 0.4.15 – its first since 2021 2025-03-25 at 20:15 By Liam Proven An impressive recreation of the Windows golden age The ReactOS project is putting out a point-release for the first time in a few years, and this insanely optimistic effort is making progress.… This article is an excerpt from The Register…

Cboe seeks approval for Fidelity’s Solana ETF 2025-03-25 at 20:01 By Cointelegraph by Alex O’Donnell Cboe BZX Exchange, a US securities exchange, has requested permission to list a proposed Fidelity exchange-traded fund (ETF) holding Solana (SOL), according to March 25 filings.  The request now sits with the US Securities and Exchange Commission, which must approve…

Brazil’s data watchdog upholds ban on World crypto payments 2025-03-25 at 20:01 By Cointelegraph by Sam Bourgi Brazil’s data protection agency has upheld its decision to restrict cryptocurrency compensation tied to the World ID project, citing user privacy concerns.  The National Data Protection Authority (ANDP) rejected a petition by World ID developer Tools For Humanity…

Bitcoin holds gains amid rising BTC ETF net flows, Coinbase premium and Trump tariff rollback 2025-03-25 at 20:01 By Cointelegraph by Big Smokey Bitcoin (BTC) price opened the week with strength, rallying to a daily high at $88,804, which was met by praise from analysts who have identified the $90,000 to $92,000 zone as the…

There are perhaps 10,000 reasons to doubt Oracle Cloud’s security breach denial 2025-03-25 at 19:52 By Connor Jones Customers come forward claiming info was swiped from prod Oracle Cloud’s denial of a digital break-in is now in clear dispute. A infosec researcher working on validating claims that the cloud provider’s login servers were compromised earlier…

Signal head defends messaging app’s security after Houthi attack text leak: ‘Gold standard in private comms’ 2025-03-25 at 19:32 By Reuters Signal has been growing in popularity in Europe and the US as an alternative to WhatsApp because it collects very little data about its users. This article is an excerpt from Latest Technology News and…

Tax season vs tax year: What’s the difference? 2025-03-25 at 18:06 By Cointelegraph by Onkar Singh What is the tax year? When filing taxes, understanding the tax season and year is crucial for staying compliant and avoiding penalties. A tax year is the 12-month period in which your income, deductions and credits are recorded for…

US Army’s laser obsession continues with yet another drone-zapper deal 2025-03-25 at 18:06 By Brandon Vigliarolo We have one, yes – but what about a second death ray? Still shopping for the perfect death ray, the US Army has tapped Huntington Ingalls to build and test a prototype laser weapon designed to fry drones in…

Security leaders discuss new phishing campaign targeting Mac users 2025-03-25 at 18:06 By Research has identified a new phishing campaign targeting Mac users.  This article is an excerpt from Subscribe to Security Magazine’s RSS Feed View Original Source React to this headline:

Samsung co-CEO Jong-Hee Han dead at 63 from heart attack 2025-03-25 at 17:33 By Thomas Barrabi “Our deepest condolences are with his family and loved ones during this difficult time,” Samsung said. This article is an excerpt from Latest Technology News and Product Reviews | New York Post View Original Source React to this headline:

Here’s the new surprising sex trend on the rise: ‘Helpful tool’ 2025-03-25 at 17:18 By News.com.au The days of Doctor Google might soon be behind us, but there’s another spot ask about health, sex, and pleasure goings. This article is an excerpt from Latest Technology News and Product Reviews | New York Post View Original…

History suggests that digital gold can rush in an economic revolution 2025-03-25 at 17:08 By Cointelegraph by Michael Amar Opinion by: Michael Amar, co-founder of Chain of Events and general partner at v3nture Once upon a time, in 1848, a man could walk into the wilderness on the brink of poverty and emerge, caked in…

Bitcoin sets sights on ‘spoofy’ $90K resistance in new BTC price boost 2025-03-25 at 17:08 By Cointelegraph by William Suberg Bitcoin (BTC) passed $88,000 after the March 25 Wall Street open as risk assets stayed highly sensitive to US trade tariffs. BTC/USD 1-hour chart. Source: Cointelegraph/TradingView BTC price gains anticipate classic April comeback Data from…

Timeline: How Trump tariffs dragged Bitcoin below $80K 2025-03-25 at 17:08 By Cointelegraph by Yohan Yun Since US President Donald Trump’s inauguration on Jan. 20, Bitcoin (BTC) has swung from a record high of $109,000 to below $78,000 as major tariff announcements from the US and retaliatory moves from trade partners shaved off chunks of…