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Top cybersecurity boffin, wife vanish as FBI raids homes 2025-04-01 at 02:32 By Iain Thomson Indiana Uni rm -rf online profile while agents haul boxes of evidence A tenured computer security professor at Indiana University and his university-employed wife have not been seen publicly since federal agents raided their homes late last week.… This article…

North Korean crypto attacks rising in sophistication, actors — Paradigm 2025-04-01 at 02:01 By Cointelegraph by Christopher Tepedino North Korean cyberwarfare attacks on the cryptocurrency industry are growing in sophistication and in the number of groups involved in such criminal activity, crypto firm Paradigm warns in report titled “Demystifying the North Korean Threat.” North Korea-originated…

Oracle Cloud security SNAFU latest: IT giant accused of pedantry as evidence vanishes 2025-04-01 at 00:49 By Thomas Claburn 1990s incident response in 2025 Two Oracle data security breaches have been reported in the past week, and the database goliath not only remains reluctant to acknowledge the disasters publicly – it may be scrubbing the…

Alphabet’s Isomorphic Labs raises $600M in first funding round for AI drug business 2025-04-01 at 00:14 By Taylor Herzlich The London-based business – which launched in 2021 – will use the funds to further its research, expand its team and continue on its mission to create new drugs and medicines using AI. This article is…

Crypto PAC-supported candidates make a final push to Florida voters 2025-04-01 at 00:14 By Cointelegraph by Turner Wright Two Republican candidates supported by at least a combined $1.5 million in media spending from a cryptocurrency-backed political action committee (PAC) are making final pleas to voters turning out for special elections in Florida congressional districts. On…

4 key Bitcoin metrics suggest $80K BTC price is a discount 2025-04-01 at 00:14 By Cointelegraph by Marcel Pechman Bitcoin (BTC) price dropped from $87,241 to $81,331 between March 28 and March 31, erasing gains from the previous 17 days. The 6.8% correction liquidated $230 million in bullish BTC futures positions and largely followed the…

VC Roundup: 8-figure funding deals suggest crypto bull market far from over 2025-04-01 at 00:14 By Cointelegraph by Sam Bourgi Venture capital funding continued to pour into the blockchain and cryptocurrency industry in March, even as market commentators sensationalized the end of the bull market amid Bitcoin’s 30% retracement.  VC flows are considered a vital…

Nvidia challenger Cerebras says it’s leaped Mid-East funding hurdle on way to IPO 2025-03-31 at 23:28 By Tobias Mann Wafer-scale AI chip startup apparently smoothed over American concerns around UAE’s G42 planned stake AI chip startup Cerebras Systems says it has cleared a key hurdle ahead of its planned initial public offering (IPO), claiming it…

APX Lending gains exemptive relief from Canadian Securities Administration 2025-03-31 at 23:09 By Cointelegraph by Vince Quill APX Lending, a crypto-backed loan company, has gained exemptive relief from the Canadian Securities Administration (CSA) to offer crypto-backed loans without requiring traditional dealer registration or prospectus filings. “Over the last 2 years, APX developed a […] regulatory…

Bitcoin whale accumulation trend mirrors 2020-era bullish activity after BTC price bounces off $81K 2025-03-31 at 23:09 By Cointelegraph by Biraajmaan Tamuly Bitcoin (BTC) price dipped below its ascending channel pattern over the weekend, dropping to $81,222 on March 31. The top cryptocurrency is set to register its worst quarterly return since 2018, but a…

‘Dire consequences’ if Musk accesses SEC — US lawmaker 2025-03-31 at 23:09 By Cointelegraph by Turner Wright The top Democrat on the US House Financial Services Committee issued a warning after reports suggested that Tesla CEO Elon Musk’s “government efficiency” team would be given access to data and systems at the Securities and Exchange Commission…

Price analysis 3/31: SPX, DXY, BTC, ETH, XRP, BNB, SOL, DOGE, ADA, TON 2025-03-31 at 22:03 By Cointelegraph by Rakesh Upadhyay Bitcoin (BTC) fell 4.29% last week, but the bulls started a recovery by pushing the price back above $83,500 on March 31. However, traders are likely to remain on edge until April 2, when…

Bitcoin could reduce dominance of US dollar — BlackRock 2025-03-31 at 22:03 By Cointelegraph by Christopher Tepedino The US dollar could lose its status as the world’s reserve currency to Bitcoin or other digital assets if the United States does not get its debt under control, according to BlackRock CEO Larry Fink. Fink wrote in…

XRP funding rate flips negative — Will smart traders flip long or short? 2025-03-31 at 22:03 By Cointelegraph by Marcel Pechman On March 19, Ripple CEO Brad Garlinghouse announced that the company had been cleared by the US Securities and Exchange Commission regarding an alleged $1.3 billion unregistered securities offering. Following the news, XRP (XRP)…

Bitcoin’s ‘digital gold’ claim challenged as traders move into bonds and gold hits new highs 2025-03-31 at 21:02 By Cointelegraph by Marie Poteriaieva April 2 is shaping up to be a pivotal moment in global trade policy. US President Donald Trump has dubbed it “Liberation Day,” in reference to when new tariffs—exceeding 20%—will hit imports…

Russian Hackers Exploit CVE-2025-26633 via MSC EvilTwin to Deploy SilentPrism and DarkWisp 2025-03-31 at 20:35 By The threat actors behind the zero-day exploitation of a recently-patched security vulnerability in Microsoft Windows have been found to deliver two new backdoors called SilentPrism and DarkWisp. The activity has been attributed to a suspected Russian hacking group called…

‘Contrary to popular belief,’ regulation isn’t slowing tokenization — Prometheum CEO 2025-03-31 at 20:00 By Cointelegraph by Sam Bourgi The market for tokenized real-world assets (RWAs) is growing by the day, but contrary to belief, the biggest hurdle to broader adoption isn’t regulation, but a lack of dedicated secondary markets for buying and selling tokenized…

Bitcoin trader issues ‘overbought’ warning as BTC price eyes $84K 2025-03-31 at 20:00 By Cointelegraph by William Suberg Bitcoin (BTC) ticked higher at the March 31 Wall Street open as traders stayed risk-averse on the short-term BTC price outlook. BTC/USD 1-hour chart. Source: Cointelegraph/TradingView Bitcoin RSI teases bearish continuation Data from Cointelegraph Markets Pro and…

Check Point confirms breach, but says it was ‘old’ data and crook made ‘false’ claims 2025-03-31 at 19:47 By Connor Jones Explanation leaves a ‘lot of questions unanswered,’ says infosec researcher A digital burglar is claiming to have nabbed a trove of “highly sensitive” data from Check Point – something the American-Israeli security biz claims…

Trump says TikTok sale deal to be announced before Saturday deadline 2025-03-31 at 19:14 By Thomas Barrabi President Trump said he expects to announce terms on a deal with TikTok’s China-based parent company ByteDance to sell the popular video-sharing app before a looming deadline takes effect this Saturday. This article is an excerpt from Latest…

Memecoins 2.0: The market crashed, but the billion-dollar circus rolls on 2025-03-31 at 19:14 By Cointelegraph by Igor Zemtsov Opinion by: Igor Zemtsov, chief technology officer at TBCC Following “Libragate,” memecoin prices crashed, with their market cap falling nearly 60% from 2025’s highs. But meme tokens, dead? They’ve got more lives than a cat on…

March 2025 in charts: Trump trade war hits Bitcoin, $22M in DeFi hacks 2025-03-31 at 19:14 By Cointelegraph by Aaron Wood March was a rough month for markets — US President Donald Trump’s uncertain tariff policies created volatility in Bitcoin and crypto markets; meanwhile, decentralized finance (DeFi) struggled with security concerns. Retaliatory tariffs on US…

AI datacenters want to go nuclear. Too bad they needed it yesterday 2025-03-31 at 18:52 By Dan Robinson Silicon Valley’s latest energy fixation won’t stop the coming power panic Analysis  Atomic energy is becoming the preferred solution to address the projected bump in megawatts needed to charge AI in the future, but it simply won’t…

LLM providers on the cusp of an ‘extinction’ phase as capex realities bite 2025-03-31 at 17:40 By Lindsay Clark Only the strong will survive, but analyst says cull will not be as rapid as during dotcom era Gartner says the market for large language model (LLM) providers is on the cusp of an extinction phase…

BNB Chain catches memecoin wave as Solana wipes out 2025-03-31 at 17:07 By Cointelegraph by Yohan Yun BNB Chain, the EVM-compatible network tied to cryptocurrency exchange Binance, is experiencing a resurgence in the decentralized finance (DeFi) and memecoin spaces just as some of its rivals face an identity crisis. For most of 2024 and into…

XRP bulls in ‘denial’ as price trend mirrors previous 75-90% crashes 2025-03-31 at 17:07 By Cointelegraph by Yashu Gola XRP (XRP) has lost more than 40% since hitting a multi-year high near $3.40 in January, and onchain data suggests the downtrend could deepen in the weeks ahead. “Denial” preceding past 75-90% XRP crashes is back…

NFT marketplace X2Y2 shuts down after 3 years, pivots to AI 2025-03-31 at 17:07 By Cointelegraph by Adrian Zmudzinski Non-fungible token (NFT) marketplace X2Y2 announced it is shutting down after three years of operation. According to a March 31 announcement, X2Y2 will shut down on April 30, with the team switching its focus to an…

Windows 11 adds auto-recovery, kills offline setup loophole 2025-03-31 at 16:49 By Richard Speed Microsoft giveth with one hand but taketh away with the other Windows Insiders will soon get their hands on Microsoft’s attempt to ward off another CrowdStrike incident, and the company is also closing a loophole for users who don’t want a…

Hackers Exploit WordPress mu-Plugins to Inject Spam and Hijack Site Images 2025-03-31 at 16:49 By Threat actors are using the “mu-plugins” directory in WordPress sites to conceal malicious code with the goal of maintaining persistent remote access and redirecting site visitors to bogus sites. mu-plugins, short for must-use plugins, refers to plugins in a special…

Ethereum price down almost 50% since Eric Trump’s ‘add ETH’ endorsement 2025-03-31 at 16:12 By Cointelegraph by Yashu Gola Ethereum’s native token, Ether (ETH) has lost almost half its value two months after Eric Trump, son of US President Donald Trump, told his 5.7 million followers that it was a “great time” to add the…

Nvidia’s latest AI PC boxes sound great – if you’re a data scientist with $3,000 to spare 2025-03-31 at 16:12 By Dan Robinson But will they really upend the enterprise PC market? How about software? Networking, anyone? Analysis  Disrupt? It’s an awful hackneyed term that some analysts, consultants and technologists like to use.… This article…

Privacy died last century, the only way to go is off-grid 2025-03-31 at 15:18 By Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols From smartphones to surveillance cameras to security snafus, there’s no escape Opinion  I was going to write a story about how Amazon is no longer even pretending to respect your privacy. But, really, why bother?… This article…

Stablecoins, tokenized assets gain as Trump tariffs loom 2025-03-31 at 15:07 By Cointelegraph by Zoltan Vardai Cryptocurrency investors are increasingly moving capital into stablecoins and tokenized real-world assets (RWAs) in a bid to avoid volatility ahead of US President Donald Trump’s widely anticipated tariff announcement on April 2. Increasingly more capital is flowing into stablecoins…

⚡ Weekly Recap: Chrome 0-Day, IngressNightmare, Solar Bugs, DNS Tactics, and More 2025-03-31 at 15:07 By Every week, someone somewhere slips up—and threat actors slip in. A misconfigured setting, an overlooked vulnerability, or a too-convenient cloud tool becomes the perfect entry point. But what happens when the hunters become the hunted? Or when old malware…

5 Impactful AWS Vulnerabilities You’re Responsible For 2025-03-31 at 15:07 By If you’re using AWS, it’s easy to assume your cloud security is handled – but that’s a dangerous misconception. AWS secures its own infrastructure, but security within a cloud environment remains the customer’s responsibility. Think of AWS security like protecting a building: AWS provides…

Musk’s xAI swallows Musk’s X in ego-friendly, all-stock deal 2025-03-31 at 14:36 By Richard Speed Social media platform magically worth a billion more than what he bought it for Comment  Billionaire Elon Musk’s xAI is to acquire billionaire Elon Musk’s X in a deal that values the former at $80 billion and the latter at…

Crypto funds see $226M of inflows, but asset values slump — CoinShares 2025-03-31 at 14:06 By Cointelegraph by Helen Partz Cryptocurrency exchange-traded products (ETPs) continued to see modest inflows last week, extending a reversal from a record-breaking streak of outflows. Global crypto ETPs posted $226 million in inflows in the last trading week, adding to…

Trump sons back new Bitcoin mining venture with Hut 8 2025-03-31 at 14:06 By Cointelegraph by Adrian Zmudzinski Several members of US President Donald Trump’s family are backing a new venture to launch what aims to become the world’s largest Bitcoin mining firm. Hut 8, a digital asset mining and infrastructure company, announced on March…

How to file crypto taxes in the US (2024–2025 tax season) 2025-03-31 at 14:06 By Cointelegraph by Dilip Kumar Patairya Key takeaways US crypto investors must file their 2024 tax returns by April 15, 2025, ensuring all crypto transactions are accurately reported to the IRS. Crypto held for less than a year is taxed as…

European Gaia mapping satellite is retired but proves very tough to kill 2025-03-31 at 13:51 By Iain Thomson I’m sorry Dave, I can’t do that The last commands have been sent to the ESA’s Gaia satellite and, after a dozen years scanning the galaxy, the spacecraft is shutting down its computers and boosting out into…