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Sonic Labs ditch algorithmic USD stablecoin for UAE dirham alternative 2025-03-29 at 14:04 By Cointelegraph by Zoltan Vardai Sonic Labs has canceled plans to launch a US dollar-pegged algorithmic stablecoin, opting instead to develop a United Arab Emirates dirham-denominated alternative. On March 22, Sonic Labs co-founder Andre Cronje said the company was working on a…

Malware in Lisp? Now you’re just being cruel 2025-03-29 at 13:02 By Thomas Claburn Miscreants warming to Delphi, Haskell, and the like to evade detection Malware authors looking to evade analysis are turning to less popular programming languages like Delphi or Haskell.… This article is an excerpt from The Register View Original Source React to…

$1T stablecoin supply could drive next crypto rally — CoinFund’s Pakman 2025-03-29 at 12:08 By Cointelegraph by Zoltan Vardai The global stablecoin supply could surge to $1 trillion by the end of 2025, potentially becoming a key catalyst for broader cryptocurrency market growth, according to CoinFund managing partner David Pakman. “We’re in a stablecoin adoption…

Brits to build ExoMars landing gear after Russia sent packing 2025-03-29 at 11:20 By Richard Speed Airbus UK wins £150M contract to revive long-delayed rover project Airbus UK, a wholly-owned subsidairy of US aerospace giant, has won the £150 million contract to complete a landing system for the long-delayed ExoMars rover.… This article is an…

NAYG lawsuit against Galaxy was ‘lawfare, pure and simple’ — Scaramucci 2025-03-29 at 11:02 By Cointelegraph by Ciaran Lyons The New York State Attorney General’s (NAYG) recent legal action against Galaxy Digital over its promotional ties to the now-collapsed cryptocurrency Terra (LUNA) was unfair and an abuse of the legal system, says SkyBridge Capital and…

New Android Trojan Crocodilus Abuses Accessibility to Steal Banking and Crypto Credentials 2025-03-29 at 10:17 By Cybersecurity researchers have discovered a new Android banking malware called Crocodilus that’s primarily designed to target users in Spain and Turkey. “Crocodilus enters the scene not as a simple clone, but as a fully-fledged threat from the outset, equipped…

Greedy L2s are the reason ETH is a ‘completely dead’ investment: VC 2025-03-29 at 08:02 By Cointelegraph by Ciaran Lyons Ether’s (ETH) declining appeal as an investment comes from layer-2’s draining value from the main network and a lack of community pushback on excessive token creation, a crypto venture capitalist says. “The #1 cause of…

BlackLock Ransomware Exposed After Researchers Exploit Leak Site Vulnerability 2025-03-29 at 06:04 By In what’s an instance of hacking the hackers, threat hunters have managed to infiltrate the online infrastructure associated with a ransomware group called BlackLock, uncovering crucial information about their modus operandi in the process. Resecurity said it identified a security vulnerability in…

Elon Musk’s sale of X to xAI just made fraud lawsuit a ‘lot spicer’ 2025-03-29 at 04:04 By Cointelegraph by Ciaran Lyons Billionaire investor Elon Musk has sold his social media platform X to his AI startup xAI, sparking controversy as it coincides with a US judge rejecting his bid to dismiss a lawsuit tied…

Zhao pledges BNB for Thailand, Myanmar disaster relief 2025-03-29 at 01:13 By Cointelegraph by Vince Quill Binance co-founder Changpeng “CZ” Zhao is donating 500 BNB (BNB) each to Thailand and Myanmar following a 7.7 magnitude earthquake that caused severe damage to buildings and widespread flooding. Zhao plans to distribute the funds through Binance and Binance…

Senators press regulators on Trump’s WLFI stablecoin 2025-03-29 at 01:13 By Cointelegraph by Turner Wright Five Democratic lawmakers in the US Senate have called on leadership at regulatory agencies to consider the potential conflicts of interest from a stablecoin launched by World Liberty Financial (WLFI), the crypto firm backed by US President Donald Trump’s family.…

Bitcoin price falls toward range lows, but data shows ‘whales going wild right now’ 2025-03-29 at 00:02 By Cointelegraph by Big Smokey Bitcoin price extended its decline on March 28, falling for a fourth consecutive day to paint an intra-day low of $83,387. BTC’s (BTC) decline mirrored the Wall Street sell-off, where the DOW closed…

Mobile ad world drama: AppLovin not lovin’ short seller assault claiming fraud 2025-03-29 at 00:02 By Thomas Claburn A peek behind the curtain in one corner of online advertising AppLovin, which provides a way for software developers to make money by embedding ads in their mobile apps, has been sued for a third time this…

Elon Musk’s xAI buys social media platform X for $45B: ‘Futures are intertwined’ 2025-03-28 at 23:47 By Reuters The combined company would be valued at $80 billion. This article is an excerpt from Latest Technology News and Product Reviews | New York Post View Original Source React to this headline:

US regulators FDIC and CFTC ease crypto restrictions for banks, derivatives 2025-03-28 at 23:02 By Cointelegraph by Christopher Tepedino The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) said in a March 28 letter that institutions under its oversight, including banks, can now engage in crypto-related activities without prior approval. The announcement comes as the Commodity Futures Trading…

Crypto Biz: GameStop takes the orange pill 2025-03-28 at 22:06 By Cointelegraph by Sam Bourgi It has been a wild few years for GameStop, the video game retailer turned memecoin stock. After being pulled from the edge of bankruptcy in 2021 thanks to a surging stock price, the company has made sensible business decisions over…

Donald Trump pardons three BitMEX co-founders — Report 2025-03-28 at 22:06 By Cointelegraph by Turner Wright US President Donald Trump has reportedly issued pardons to three of the co-founders of the cryptocurrency exchange BitMEX, who had pleaded guilty to felony charges. According to a March 28 CNBC report, Trump granted pardons to Arthur Hayes, Benjamin…

Ethereum futures premium hits 1+ year low — Is it time to buy the ETH bottom? 2025-03-28 at 22:06 By Cointelegraph by Marcel Pechman Ether (ETH) price fell 9.3% between March 26 and March 28, testing the $1,860 level for the first time in two weeks. This correction led to over $114 million in liquidations…

Charlie Javice, founder of fintech startup Frank, convicted of defrauding JPMorgan out of $175M 2025-03-28 at 21:46 By Ariel Zilber Javice, 32, was found guilty on multiple counts after prosecutors successfully argued that she fabricated data to falsely inflate Frank’s user base. This article is an excerpt from Latest Technology News and Product Reviews |…

Congress takes another swing at Uncle Sam’s software licensing mess 2025-03-28 at 21:46 By Brandon Vigliarolo SAMOSA digested by House last year, but choked on in Senate. Second time’s a charm? A bipartisan group of US lawmakers is once again pushing legislation aimed at reining in the federal government’s fragmented and wasteful software licensing practices.……

Anti-L2 push could ‘break the social fabric’ of Ethereum — Sandeep Nailwal 2025-03-28 at 21:05 By Cointelegraph by Vince Quill A portion of the Ethereum community is pressuring the Ethereum Foundation to make decisions that may “break the entire social fabric” of the smart contract network by restricting Ethereum’s layer-2 (L2) networks, Polygon co-founder Sandeep…

Price analysis 3/28: BTC, ETH, XRP, BNB, SOL, DOGE, ADA, TON, LINK, AVAX 2025-03-28 at 21:05 By Cointelegraph by Rakesh Upadhyay Bitcoin (BTC) is moving farther away from the crucial $90,000 mark, indicating that buying dries up at higher levels. Market participants seem nervous about the fresh round of US trade tariffs and the renewed…

CoreWeave cools its jets, downsizing IPO as investor heat fades 2025-03-28 at 20:48 By Dan Robinson That stands for I Probably Overestimated? CoreWeave has pared back the scope of its initial public offering amid growing investor uncertainty in an overheating AI marketplace and risks posed by the GPU cloud specialist’s exposure to a small number…

Terraform Labs to open loss claims portal on March 31 2025-03-28 at 20:02 By Cointelegraph by Christopher Tepedino Terraform Labs — the company behind LUNA (LUNA) and algorithmic stablecoin TerraUSD (UST) — will launch its crypto loss claims portal on March 31. The portal is aimed at reimbursing individuals who lost at least $100 due…

Is Cardano (ADA) a “zombie crypto”? 2025-03-28 at 20:02 By Cointelegraph by Marco Castrovilli For years, Cardano (ADA) has been a cornerstone of the crypto landscape, consistently ranking among the top digital assets by market capitalization. Yet, despite its prominence, ADA’s performance has left many investors questioning its long-term prospects. While it recently made headlines…

Boeing’s Starliner may fly again, pending fixes to literally everything 2025-03-28 at 19:32 By Richard Speed More than 70 percent of anomalies closed out, but those pesky thrusters are still a problem NASA says Boeing’s Starliner – dubbed the Calamity Capsule – could fly again, but not before the end of 2025 or start of…

New Yorkers are paying $1,200 for a better, faster commute — and The Post put the pricey new hack to the test 2025-03-28 at 19:03 By Brooke Kato Let your shoes do the walking. This article is an excerpt from Latest Technology News and Product Reviews | New York Post View Original Source React to…

Bitcoin price drop to $72K possible due to ‘macro liquidity’ conditions — Analyst 2025-03-28 at 19:03 By Cointelegraph by Biraajmaan Tamuly After a positive start to the week, Bitcoin price reverted to negative returns after BTC (BTC) dropped 3.5% to an intraday low of $84,120 on March 28. The price rejection occurred at the cusp…

Coinbase’s Ethereum staking dominance risks overcentralization: Execs 2025-03-28 at 19:03 By Cointelegraph by Alex O’Donnell Coinbase’s emergence as the Ethereum network’s largest node operator raises concerns about network centralization that could worsen as institutional adoption accelerates, industry executives told Cointelegraph.  On March 19, Coinbase published a report disclosing that the US cryptocurrency exchange controlled more…

Both Haiku and Linux get new FOSS Nvidia drivers 2025-03-28 at 18:39 By Liam Proven Thanks to Collabora’s work on Zink and NVK… and indirectly to GPU-maker’s FOSS release, too Not one but two new drivers for some Nvidia GPUs is a promising, if indirect, offshoot of the GPU maker’s open-saucy moves.… This article is…

Elon Musk’s ‘government efficiency’ team turns its sights to SEC: Report 2025-03-28 at 18:02 By Cointelegraph by Turner Wright The Department of Government Efficiency team — or DOGE, which is not an official US government department — led by Tesla CEO Elon Musk is reportedly moving into the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). According to…

Gen Z discovers way to determine co-workers’ ages — and it starts with your email address 2025-03-28 at 17:54 By Brooke Steinberg “It’s a badge of honor at this point. I love that it triggers certain people,” one person quipped. This article is an excerpt from Latest Technology News and Product Reviews | New York…

Meanwhile, in Japan, train stations are being 3D-printed in an afternoon 2025-03-28 at 17:37 By Dan Robinson How’s that for Platform-as-a-Service? You’ve seen small 3D printed models, heard about 3D printers being used to make guns, and even read news about printed food, but a 3D printed train station? Where else could this be but…

Mark Zuckerberg is bringing back this retired Facebook feature 2025-03-28 at 17:27 By Ariel Zilber Initially, the Friends tab will be available only to users in the US and Canada, but broader availability is expected in the future. This article is an excerpt from Latest Technology News and Product Reviews | New York Post View…

Encrypted, Secured and Battle-Tested: Lessons From a Decade in Encryption Trenches 2025-03-28 at 17:27 By Paul Welsh Part 2 of 2: The data at rest edition This article is an excerpt from Broadcom Software Blogs View Original Source React to this headline:

Privacy will unlock blockchain’s business potential 2025-03-28 at 17:04 By Cointelegraph by Eran Barak Opinion by: Eran Barak, CEO at Midnight  It’s been almost 16 years since blockchain emerged from its esoteric fringes to enter global discourse, evidenced most recently by continued backing from Wall Street incumbents. Despite this remarkable ascendancy, the unfortunate truth is…

Bitcoin price drops 3% on hot US PCE data as analyst says $84K must hold 2025-03-28 at 17:04 By Cointelegraph by William Suberg Bitcoin (BTC) sought a local bottom on March 28 while US inflation data came in higher than expected. BTC/USD 1-hour chart. Source: Cointelegraph/TradingView Bitcoin wobbles as PCE comes in hot Data from…

Windows 11 roadmap great for knowing what’s coming next week. Not so good for next year 2025-03-28 at 16:32 By Richard Speed Microsoft promises clarity, gets partway there Microsoft has introduced a roadmap for Windows 11 that takes customers all the way to … April 2025.… This article is an excerpt from The Register View…

Researchers Uncover 46 Critical Flaws in Solar Inverters From Sungrow, Growatt, and SMA 2025-03-28 at 16:18 By Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed 46 new security flaws in products from three solar inverter vendors, Sungrow, Growatt, and SMA, that could be exploited by a bad actor to seize control of devices or execute code remotely, posing severe…

Avalanche, Gelato launch enterprise sovereign chains for institutions 2025-03-28 at 16:08 By Cointelegraph by Zoltan Vardai Blockchain developer platform Gelato is launching a new blockchain-as-a-service solution on Avalanche to meet the growing demand for sovereign blockchain infrastructure during a crucial “tipping point” for institutional adoption. Gelato, which previously developed blockchain solutions for companies such as…

From concept to cosmos: Webb engineers on the telescope that changed everything 2025-03-28 at 15:33 By Richard Speed JWST trio awarded IEEE Simon Ramo medal: ‘I’m proud of the whole damn team’ Interview  The team behind the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) just scored the Simon Ramo Medal, given by the Institute of Electrical and…

XRP price may drop another 40% as Trump tariffs spook risk traders 2025-03-28 at 15:09 By Cointelegraph by Yashu Gola The XRP (XRP) market is flashing warning signs as a bearish technical pattern emerges on its weekly chart, coinciding with macroeconomic pressures from anticipated US tariffs in April. XRP descending triangle pattern hints at 40%…

Galaxy Digital to pay $200M over Terra promotion fallout 2025-03-28 at 15:09 By Cointelegraph by Adrian Zmudzinski Michael Novogratz’s crypto investment firm Galaxy Digital agreed to pay $200 million in a settlement related to its alleged promotion of the now-collapsed cryptocurrency Terra (LUNA) According to New York Attorney General’s Office documents filed on March 24,…