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Xapo Bank sees Bitcoin trading surge as wealthy investors bought the dip 2025-04-15 at 07:05 By Cointelegraph by Jody McDonald Gibraltar-based Xapo Bank, a private bank and Bitcoin custodian, reported a surge in Bitcoin trading volumes in the first quarter as its high-net-worth members scooped up Bitcoin amid market turbulence.  Xapo Bank said that Q1…

Bitcoin held by publicly listed firms climbs 16% in Q1: Bitwise 2025-04-15 at 06:18 By Cointelegraph by Jesse Coghlan The amount of Bitcoin held on the books of publicly traded companies rose by 16.1% in the first quarter of 2025, according to crypto fund issuer Bitwise. Total company Bitcoin (BTC) holdings rose to around 688,000…

Nvidia joins made-in-America party, hopes to flog $500B in homegrown AI supers by 2029 2025-04-15 at 05:52 By Tobias Mann Blackwell production already underway in Arizona with server manufacturing coming to Texas within 15 months Nvidia wants to build and sell up to half a trillion US dollars of American-made AI supercomputer equipment over the…

Decentralized exchange KiloEx says $7.5M exploit has been contained 2025-04-15 at 05:01 By Cointelegraph by Stephen Katte Decentralized exchange KiloEX has confirmed it has suspended usage of its platform and is tracing stolen funds after suffering a $7.5 million exploit.  The exploit has been contained, with use of the platform suspended and an investigation underway,…

Tether partners with OCEAN mining pool to decentralize Bitcoin block-building 2025-04-15 at 05:01 By Cointelegraph by Brayden Lindrea Stablecoin issuer Tether has announced it intends to deploy its existing and future Bitcoin hashrate to OCEAN’s Bitcoin mining pool in an effort to strengthen the network’s decentralization. “Deploying hashrate to OCEAN aligns with both our mining…

Don’t delete that mystery empty folder. Windows put it there as a security fix 2025-04-15 at 02:31 By Iain Thomson Copilot vibe coding for OS development? Why not Canny Windows users who’ve spotted a mysterious folder on hard drives after applying last week’s security patches for the operating system can rest assured – it’s perfectly…

Bitcoin takes back seat as Trump, Bukele focus on trade and immigration 2025-04-15 at 02:02 By Cointelegraph by Ana Paula Pereira US President Donald Trump hosted El Salvador’s President Nayib Bukele at the White House on April 14, with talks centered on trade and immigration, excluding Bitcoin from the public agenda. Pressing issues of migration…

Microsoft OneDrive file sync apps for Windows, Mac broken for 10 months 2025-04-15 at 01:16 By Brandon Vigliarolo Users, unsurprisingly, are not pleased and feel forgotten amid Redmond’s Copilot frenzy In June 2024, users of the OneDrive sync client for macOS and Windows began reporting that shared folders had vanished from their local drives, replaced…

Trade wars could spur governments to embrace Web3 — Truebit 2025-04-15 at 01:01 By Cointelegraph by Alex O’Donnell Escalating trade wars are rattling cryptocurrency markets — but they are also creating new use cases for blockchain networks, Truebit executives told Cointelegraph.  On April 2, President Donald Trump announced plans to charge sweeping tariffs on US…

New SSL/TLS cert to live no longer than 47 days by 2029 2025-04-15 at 00:46 By Iain Thomson IT admins, get ready to grumble CA/Browser Forum – a central body of web browser makers, security certificate issuers, and friends – has voted to cut the maximum lifespan of new SSL/TLS certs to just 47 days…

South Korea blocks 14 crypto exchanges on Apple Store — Report 2025-04-15 at 00:01 By Cointelegraph by Christopher Tepedino South Korea is expanding a ban on digital asset firms’ applications servicing its citizens. On April 11, the country’s Financial Services Commission (FSC) announced that 14 crypto exchanges were blocked on the Apple store. Among the…

Bitcoin bucks downtrend with rally to $85.8K — Are BTC bulls really back? 2025-04-15 at 00:01 By Cointelegraph by Marcel Pechman Bitcoin (BTC) reclaimed the $84,500 level on April 14, and the recovery appears partially fueled by the announcement of partial import tariff relief by US President Donald Trump. However, traders’ optimism faded on April…

Spot Solana ETFs to launch in Canada this week 2025-04-15 at 00:01 By Cointelegraph by Alex O’Donnell Spot Solana exchange-traded funds (ETFs) are set to launch in Canada on April 16, according to Bloomberg analyst Eric Balchunas.  In an X post on April 14, the analyst shared a private client note from TD Bank, a…

Anchorage Digital faces scrutiny from US Homeland Security — Report 2025-04-14 at 23:02 By Cointelegraph by Ana Paula Pereira The US Department of Homeland Security’s El Dorado Task Force has reportedly launched an investigation into Anchorage Digital Bank, a Wall Street-backed cryptocurrency firm.  According to an April 14 Barron’s report, members of the task force…

Bitcoin surge to $137K by Q3 possible if US Treasury continues liquidity injections — Analysts 2025-04-14 at 23:02 By Cointelegraph by Biraajmaan Tamuly The US Treasury has injected $500 billion into financial markets since February by drawing liquidity from its Treasury General Account (TGA), funding government operations after a $36 trillion debt ceiling was hit…

Intel flogs off majority stake in Altera to private equity for $4B 2025-04-14 at 22:49 By Tobias Mann Buy high, sell low: FPGA biz cost x86 giant $16B decade ago A decade after gobbling up Altera, Intel is loosening its grip. On Monday, the x86 giant said it’s flogging a 51 percent stake in the…

Price analysis 4/14: SPX, DXY, BTC, ETH, XRP, BNB, SOL, DOGE, ADA, LEO 2025-04-14 at 22:06 By Cointelegraph by Rakesh Upadhyay Bitcoin (BTC) bulls are trying to start the week on a positive note by pushing the price above $85,000. Michael Saylor’s Strategy has used the recent dip to buy 3,459 Bitcoin for $285.5 million…

SEC delays staking decision for Grayscale ETH ETFs 2025-04-14 at 22:06 By Cointelegraph by Christopher Tepedino The United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has delayed a decision on whether to approve Ether staking in two Grayscale funds. The decision on Grayscale Ethereum Trust ETF and Grayscale Ethereum Mini Trust ETF has been postponed until…

Cyber congressman demands answers before CISA gets cut down to size 2025-04-14 at 22:06 By Jessica Lyons What’s the goal here, Homeland Insecurity or something? As drastic cuts to the US govt’s Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency loom, Rep Eric Swalwell (D-CA), the ranking member of the House’s cybersecurity subcommittee, has demanded that CISA brief…

Resellers may be sitting on costly pile of regret after US smartphone shopping spree 2025-04-14 at 21:46 By Lindsay Clark Q1 sector growth unlikely to survive current trade policy Profiteering resellers stateside filled up on smartphone inventory in calendar Q1 before the scheduled imposition of US tariffs, which have rocked global stock prices and US…

Fast SSE? We’re Delivering It In Partnership With Google Cloud 2025-04-14 at 20:53 By Nate Fitzgerald Symantec’s integration with Google’s Cloud WAN delivers up to 100X the bandwidth of competing solutions by eliminating complexity and scalability concerns of traditional GRE VPN connections This article is an excerpt from Broadcom Software Blogs View Original Source React…

Avnet accuses Arm chip slinger Ampere of screwing it over on server deal 2025-04-14 at 20:37 By Thomas Claburn Sales backstop deal? More like … Sales? Back, stop! Deal! Arizona electronics supplier Avnet has accused California semiconductor design firm Ampere Computing of going against its word and backing out of a server purchasing deal.… This…

Bitcoin traders target $90K as apparent tariff exemptions ease US Treasury yields 2025-04-14 at 20:02 By Cointelegraph by Biraajmaan Tamuly The 2-year and 10-year US Treasury yields dipped on Monday, April 14, after Bitcoin (BTC) closed its best weekly performance since the second week of January. Bitcoin gained 6.79% over the past week, but are enough…

Ireland opens probe into Musk’s X over Grok’s AI data slurp 2025-04-14 at 20:02 By Brandon Vigliarolo Watchdog wants to know whether EU posts were used without consent under GDPR Elon Musk’s social media outfit X is again under the regulatory microscope in Europe – this time for allegedly using EU users’ public posts to…

Nvidia vows to spend up to $500B to build AI servers in US amid Trump pressure 2025-04-14 at 19:48 By Reuters Nvidia’s announcement comes after the US exempted electronics such as smartphones and chips from its reciprocal tariffs on China. This article is an excerpt from Latest Technology News and Product Reviews | New York…

ResolverRAT Campaign Targets Healthcare, Pharma via Phishing and DLL Side-Loading 2025-04-14 at 19:16 By Cybersecurity researchers have discovered a new, sophisticated remote access trojan called ResolverRAT that has been observed in attacks targeting healthcare and pharmaceutical sectors. “The threat actor leverages fear-based lures delivered via phishing emails, designed to pressure recipients into clicking a malicious…

Mantra CEO says OM token recovery ‘primary concern’ but in early stages 2025-04-14 at 19:02 By Cointelegraph by Helen Partz Mantra CEO John Mullin addressed key concerns from the community following the sharp decline in the OM token during an Ask Me Anything (AMA) session hosted by Cointelegraph on April 14. Mullin reassured users that…

Bots are killing social media, but decentralization can save it 2025-04-14 at 19:02 By Cointelegraph by Leroy Hofer Opinion by: Leroy Hofer, co-founder and CEO at Teneo Protocol As the old wisdom goes, nobody knows you’re a dog on the internet. Often enough, nobody knows if you’re a bot either, to the point where the…

White House budget proposal could beam NASA science back decades 2025-04-14 at 18:48 By Richard Speed Houston, we have a funding problem The US administration appears set to slash NASA’s science budget with cuts to spending in the order of almost 50 percent, according to a draft of the White House’s proposal.… This article is…

Zuckerberg, Sandberg in hot seat as FTC trial seeking Meta breakup kicks off 2025-04-14 at 18:32 By Thomas Barrabi Top Meta executives including Mark Zuckerberg and ex-operating chief Sheryl Sandberg will be in the hot seat as the Federal Trade Commission’s landmark antitrust trial seeking a breakup of Meta kicked off on Monday. This article…

Trump announces semiconductor chip tariffs on foreign electronics 2025-04-14 at 18:02 By Reuters President Donald Trump on Sunday said he would be announcing the tariff rate on imported semiconductors over the next week, adding that there would be flexibility with some companies in the sector. This article is an excerpt from Latest Technology News and…

Bybit denies $1.4M listing fee, school promo accusations on X 2025-04-14 at 18:02 By Cointelegraph by Ezra Reguerra Crypto exchange Bybit has denied claims that it charges $1.4 million to list a token on its platform, following allegations made by a social media user with over 100,000 followers. On April 14, X user “silverfang88” accused…

Solana rallies 20% against Ethereum, but is $300 SOL price within reach? 2025-04-14 at 18:02 By Cointelegraph by Nancy Lubale Solana’s SOL has rallied more than 20% against Ether (ETH) over the last seven days, and a trader is eyeing a potential breakout to $300, which would mark new all-time highs. SOL/ETH ratio hits highest…

Circle’s EURC grows as trade war pushes euro higher — Analyst 2025-04-14 at 18:02 By Cointelegraph by Adrian Zmudzinski The market cap of Circle’s Euro Coin (EURC), a euro-pegged stablecoin, is growing quickly as the ongoing trade war pushes the US dollar price lower. “In recent weeks, interest in the euro has grown tremendously” and…

Phishing Campaigns Use Real-Time Checks to Validate Victim Emails Before Credential Theft 2025-04-14 at 17:46 By Cybersecurity researchers are calling attention to a new type of credential phishing scheme that ensures that the stolen information is associated with valid online accounts. The technique has been codenamed precision-validating phishing by Cofense, which it said employs real-time…

Windows 11 stops freaking out over wallpaper customization 2025-04-14 at 17:31 By Richard Speed Safeguard hold finally lifted as Microsoft realizes animated backgrounds aren’t the end of the world The day before the release of Windows 11 24H2, Microsoft slapped a compatibility hold on devices using wallpaper customization applications. More than six months later, it…

Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin: ‘privacy is freedom’ 2025-04-14 at 17:00 By Cointelegraph by Adrian Zmudzinski Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin said privacy should be a top priority for developers, warning that assumptions about transparency and good intentions in global politics are overly optimistic. In an April 14 blog post, Buterin argued that privacy is essential to…

Crypto lending down 43% from 2021 highs, DeFi borrowing surges 959% 2025-04-14 at 17:00 By Cointelegraph by Zoltan Vardai The crypto lending market’s size remains significantly down from its $64 billion high, but decentralized finance (DeFi) borrowing has made a more than 900% recovery from bear market lows. Crypto lending enables borrowers to use their…

Trump’s tariff turmoil leaves IT projects in deep freeze 2025-04-14 at 17:00 By Dan Robinson Investment delays are inevitable as uncertainty clouds US trade policy, warns investment bank World War Fee  Trump administration tariffs are leaving the IT industry in “limbo”, with CIOs hitting the pause button on new projects as they’re unsure whether budgets…

Tech stocks surge after Trump pauses tariffs on phones, electronics 2025-04-14 at 16:50 By Ariel Zilber Dow Jones Industrial Average rose by 500 points but retreated somewhat. It was up by more than 300, or around 1%, as of 9:40 a.m. Eastern Time. This article is an excerpt from Latest Technology News and Product Reviews…

Michael Saylor’s Strategy buys $285M Bitcoin amid market uncertainty 2025-04-14 at 16:08 By Cointelegraph by Zoltan Vardai Michael Saylor’s digital asset firm, Strategy, has purchased an additional 3,459 Bitcoin for $285.5 million, signaling continued confidence in Bitcoin even as global markets face trade-related headwinds. Strategy has acquired 3,459 Bitcoin (BTC) for $285.5 million at an…

Bybit integrates Avalon through CeFi to DeFi bridge for Bitcoin yield 2025-04-14 at 16:08 By Cointelegraph by Adrian Zmudzinski Crypto exchange Bybit has partnered with lending protocol Avalon to offer Bitcoin yield to its users. According to an April 14 Avalon Labs X announcement, the centralized decentralized finance (CeDeFi) protocol will now be a part…