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Trump’s use of presidential seal at memecoin event raises legal questions 2025-05-24 at 13:02 By Cointelegraph by Amin Haqshanas President Donald Trump is facing scrutiny after speaking at a private event for top investors in his $TRUMP memecoin while standing behind a lectern emblazoned with the official presidential seal — a move that may violate…

Forgotten Turing treasure trove rescued from attic goes under the hammer 2025-05-24 at 11:38 By Richard Currie Computing pioneer’s personal papers expected to fetch tens of thousands Precious scientific papers once belonging to wartime codebreaking genius Alan Turing – rescued from an attic clear-out where they faced destruction – are set to fetch a fortune…

Bitcoin treasury companies will hold ‘way more’ than Bitcoiners expect: Exec 2025-05-24 at 11:01 By Cointelegraph by Ciaran Lyons Moon Inc. head of Bitcoin strategy Jesse Myers says that Bitcoin holders are underestimating the significant amount of Bitcoin that corporations will accumulate by 2045. “Bitcoin Treasury Companies will hold 50% of all BTC, way more…

Judge overturns fraud convictions in Mango Markets exploit case 2025-05-24 at 10:02 By Cointelegraph by Amin Haqshanas A US federal judge has vacated key fraud and manipulation convictions against Avraham Eisenberg, the trader at the center of the case involving a $110 million exploit of the decentralized exchange Mango Markets. On Friday, US District Judge…

Bitcoin ETFs post $2.75B in weekly inflows as price sits above $108K 2025-05-24 at 09:04 By Cointelegraph by Ciaran Lyons US-based spot Bitcoin exchange-traded-funds (ETFs) have recorded a total of $2.75 billion in inflows this week amid Bitcoin surpassing its January all-time high of $109,000. The $2.75 billion inflow total was nearly 4.5 times larger…

Polygon co-founder steps down, will be ‘cheering from the sidelines’ 2025-05-24 at 06:12 By Cointelegraph by Ciaran Lyons Mihailo Bjelic, co-founder of Ethereum layer-2 scaling solution Polygon, has stepped down from his role at Polygon but suggests he will stay active in the crypto industry in some capacity. His resignation drew reactions across Polygon and…

AI model threatened to blackmail engineer over affair when told it was being replaced: safety report 2025-05-24 at 04:07 By Shane Galvin The alarming behavior prompted Anthropic to deploy a safety feature created to avoid “catastrophic misuse.” This article is an excerpt from Latest Technology News and Product Reviews | New York Post View Original…

Will Bitcoin bulls secure $110K before BTC’s $13.8B options expiry? 2025-05-24 at 04:07 By Cointelegraph by Marcel Pechman Key takeaways: Bitcoin bulls aim to push BTC above $110,000 by May 30 to capitalize on $4.8 billion in call options. Spot BTC ETF inflows and weak put positioning give bulls a strong edge in the monthly…

Solana ‘will make everyone an investor’ — Solana nCMO 2025-05-24 at 03:02 By Cointelegraph by Christopher Tepedino The current structure of capital markets is failing to serve a broad base of investors, according to Akshay BD, non-chief marketing officer at the Solana Foundation. During a panel at the Accelerate 2025 conference, Akshay argued that blockchain…

Sam Altman’s World raises $135M from Andreessen, Bain, to expand network 2025-05-24 at 02:03 By Cointelegraph by Vince Quill Update (May 23 at 10:57 pm UTC): This article has been updated to clarify information regarding World’s operations in Brazil and Indonesia and to include comments from the company. World, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman’s digital identification…

Onchain privacy is a necessity in the age of AI — Shielded CEO 2025-05-24 at 02:03 By Cointelegraph by Vince Quill Blockchain privacy tools such as zero-knowledge (ZK) proofs will become increasingly necessary to protect online user data in the age of artificial intelligence, according to Eran Barak, CEO of Shielded Technologies, the developer behind…

Semler Scientific boosts BTC holdings with $50M purchase 2025-05-24 at 02:03 By Cointelegraph by Christopher Tepedino Semler Scientific, a medical device company, purchased of $50 million worth of Bitcoin between May 13 and May 22, bringing the market value of the company’s Bitcoin (BTC) holdings to $474.4 million, keeping it within the top 13 of…

Scammers are using AI to bilk victims out of millions: Here’s how to protect yourself 2025-05-24 at 01:49 By Brandon Cruz Scammers are robbing Long Island’s elderly out of millions with a new high tech scam that uses AI to impersonate their grandkids. This article is an excerpt from Latest Technology News and Product Reviews…

Texas governor signals support for Bitcoin reserve bill 2025-05-24 at 01:02 By Cointelegraph by Turner Wright Texas Governor Greg Abbott has signaled support for a bill recently passed by the state House of Representatives that would establish a strategic cryptocurrency reserve. In a May 22 X post, Abbott posted a Techstory article about Texas state…

College grads shocked as names are read at commencement — by AI: ‘What a beautiful personal touch!’ 2025-05-24 at 00:47 By Marissa Matozzo These students got a robo-sendoff they won’t forget. This article is an excerpt from Latest Technology News and Product Reviews | New York Post View Original Source React to this headline:

Crypto Biz: From shorting the Venezuelan Bolivar to shorting the US dollar 2025-05-24 at 00:07 By Cointelegraph by Sam Bourgi When Venezuela was experiencing hyperinflation, Ledn co-founder Mauricio di Bartolomeo hedged against the collapsing local currency by shorting it in favor of the more stable US dollar. Today, he’s using a similar strategy — this…

US House members call for investigation into Trump’s memecoin dinner 2025-05-23 at 23:01 By Cointelegraph by Turner Wright Members of the US House of Representatives called for the Justice Department to investigate Donald Trump’s May 22 dinner for his top memecoin investors, citing concerns about “foreign influence over US policy decisions” and “potential corruption and…

Bitcoin price ‘breather’ expected as short-term traders realize $11.6B in profit 2025-05-23 at 23:01 By Cointelegraph by Biraajmaan Tamuly Key takeaways: Short-term Bitcoin holders realized $11.6 billion in profit over the past 30 days, suggesting a potential pause or local top in the market. Technical indicators show cooling momentum as retail investor sentiment falls to…

Oracle to buy $40B of Nvidia chips for OpenAI’s US data center: report 2025-05-23 at 22:31 By Reuters The data center is a part of the US Stargate project, led by top AI firms in the country, to boost America’s heft in the AI industry. This article is an excerpt from Latest Technology News and…

Price predictions 5/23: BTC, ETH, XRP, BNB, SOL, DOGE, ADA, SUI, HYPE, LINK 2025-05-23 at 22:01 By Cointelegraph by Rakesh Upadhyay Key points: Bitcoin slipped below $109,588, but technical charts suggest traders are buying each dip. Excessive leverage in Bitcoin futures increases the risk of a quick correction. Select altcoins have turned down from their…

Microsoft stitches transactional databases to Fabric analytics system 2025-05-23 at 21:46 By Lindsay Clark SQL Server and Cosmos DB added to data lake platform as lure for building AI features into transactional systems Microsoft is throwing more transactional database systems into its Fabric analytics and data lake environment in expectation the proximity will help users…

Apple’s Tim Cook called Texas Gov. Greg Abbott to personally lobby against online child safety bill 2025-05-23 at 21:32 By Thomas Barrabi Apple CEO Tim Cook personally called Republican Texas Gov. Greg Abbott to lobbying against an online child safety bill currently under consideration in the state. This article is an excerpt from Latest Technology…

Hackers Use TikTok Videos to Distribute Vidar and StealC Malware via ClickFix Technique 2025-05-23 at 21:31 By The malware known as Latrodectus has become the latest to embrace the widely-used social engineering technique called ClickFix as a distribution vector. “The ClickFix technique is particularly risky because it allows the malware to execute in memory rather…

Crypto, NFTs are a lifeboat in the sinking fiat system: Finance Redefined 2025-05-23 at 21:02 By Cointelegraph by Zoltan Vardai Risk appetite across traditional and cryptocurrency markets saw a sharp rise this week, helping United States cryptocurrency funds recover the capital lost to the correction of February and March, amassing over $7.5 billion worth of…

‘In ‘93, it became clear to me AI should be decentralized’ — Ben Goertzel 2025-05-23 at 21:02 By Cointelegraph by Sam Bourgi It’s been 30 years since computer scientist Ben Goertzel wrote his first line of AI code, already convinced that artificial intelligence should be decentralized. Today, as the world approaches the dawn of Artificial…

Bitcoin’s bull market will ‘redefine’ BTC’s role in modern portfolios — Fidelity research 2025-05-23 at 21:02 By Cointelegraph by Biraajmaan Tamuly Key takeaways: Bitcoin’s performance in the current bull market and a new cohort of buyers reflect a maturing market and widening adoption. A 50% rise in hashrate and a 63% jump in Realized Cap…

Ransomware scum leaked Nova Scotia Power customers’ info 2025-05-23 at 20:48 By Jessica Lyons Bank accounts, personal details all hoovered up in the attack Nova Scotia Power on Friday confirmed it had been hit by a ransomware attack that began earlier this spring and disrupted certain IT systems, and admitted the crooks leaked data belonging…

Glitch hits kill switch on app web hosting, citing ‘bad actors’ and worse architecture 2025-05-23 at 20:31 By Richard Speed Fastly acquisition asks that redirects be set up before December 31 Three years after confirming its acquisition by Fastly, Glitch is pulling the plug on its app hosting platform.… This article is an excerpt from…

CISA says SaaS providers in firing line after Commvault zero-day Azure attack 2025-05-23 at 19:51 By Connor Jones Cyberbaddies are coming for your M365 creds, US infosec agency warns The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) is warning that SaaS companies are under fire from criminals on the prowl for cloud apps with weak security.……

Microsoft dumps AI into Notepad as ‘Copilot all the things’ mania takes hold in Redmond 2025-05-23 at 19:35 By Richard Speed A simple text editor that dates back to Windows 1.0 is getting smartified Microsoft has continued to shovel AI into its built-in Windows inbox apps, and now it’s rolling out a Notepad update that…

How Organizations Can Stay Secure This Memorial Day Weekend 2025-05-23 at 19:16 By As Memorial Day Weekend approaches, many organizations prepare for a well-deserved break. But while employees take time off, cybercriminals get to work. This article is an excerpt from Subscribe to Security Magazine’s RSS Feed View Original Source React to this headline:

Alchemy acquires no-code NFT launchpad HeyMint for undisclosed amount 2025-05-23 at 19:04 By Cointelegraph by Sam Bourgi Web3 developer platform Alchemy has acquired HeyMint, a California-based non-fungible token (NFT) launchpad, in a move designed to enhance the company’s smart wallet infrastructure.  The undisclosed funding deal will see HeyMint’s infrastructure embedded within Alchemy as it seeks…

Bitcoin price drops 4% as Trump EU tariff talk liquidates over $300M 2025-05-23 at 19:04 By Cointelegraph by William Suberg Key points: Bitcoin joins risk assets in a knee-jerk reaction to the latest instalment of the US trade war, this time focused on the EU. BTC price action dives up to 4% before recovering with…

Spoiler alert: The future of Web3 is not blockchain 2025-05-23 at 19:04 By Cointelegraph by Grigore Roșu Opinion by: Grigore Roșu, founder and chief executive officer of Pi Squared For some, the audacity of questioning the primacy of blockchain in Web3 is borderline heretical. The idea that decentralization and progress could exist without blockchains seems…

How Java changed the development landscape entirely as code turns 30 2025-05-23 at 18:46 By Richard Speed The coffee shows no signs of cooling Feature  It was 30 years ago when the first public release of the Java programming language introduced the world to Write Once, Run Anywhere – and showed devs something cuddlier than…

Datacenter biz wants to turn heat and carbon waste into biomass for sale 2025-05-23 at 18:16 By Dan Robinson From bit barn to algae farm? Euro datacenter operator Data4 is trialling a project to reuse heat from its servers and captured carbon dioxide to grow algae that can then be used in the agri-food or…

Who attended Trump’s controversial memecoin dinner? 2025-05-23 at 18:03 By Cointelegraph by Aaron Wood The top 220 holders of US President Donald Trump’s memecoin met yesterday at the president’s golf course in Virginia for an exclusive dinner and purported meet-and-greet. Attendees spent a grand total of $148 million for an “ultra-exclusive VIP reception with the…

Ethereum price chart targets $4K as transaction fees hit 3-month high 2025-05-23 at 18:03 By Cointelegraph by Nancy Lubale Key takeaways: Ethereum is forming a bull flag on the daily chart, with a potential breakout to $4,000. If Ethereum’s network activity and total value locked continue to grow, ETH price may see further gains. Ether’s…

US DOJ seizes $24M in crypto from accused Qakbot malware developer 2025-05-23 at 18:03 By Cointelegraph by Adrian Zmudzinski The US Department of Justice (DOJ) has filed a civil forfeiture complaint to seize more than $24 million in cryptocurrency from Rustam Rafailevich Gallyamov, a Russian national accused of developing the Qakbot malware. According to a…

Twice lucky? Cetus’ recovery plan on Sui mirrors a Solana blueprint 2025-05-23 at 17:21 By Cointelegraph by Yohan Yun The bounty offer to recover stolen funds from Sui-based decentralized exchange (DEX) Cetus closely resembles a successful strategy used by a Solana project three years ago. It turns out that Cetus shares the same development team…

Washington moves on crypto: Stablecoin and blockchain bills signal regulatory momentum 2025-05-23 at 17:21 By Cointelegraph by Savannah Fortis In this week’s episode of Byte-Sized Insight, on Decentralize with Cointelegraph, we break down a pivotal moment for US crypto legislation.  In a 66–32 procedural vote on May 19, the US Senate advanced the GENIUS Act,…

New home test can detect cancer — thanks to adorable puppies who sniff it out at lab 2025-05-23 at 16:55 By Diana Bruk “Our dogs are natural workers and love being mentally stimulated by their sense of smell,” CEO Shlomi Madar told The Post. This article is an excerpt from Latest Technology News and Product…

FAA gives SpaceX the nod for Starship Flight 9 but doubles the danger zone 2025-05-23 at 16:55 By Richard Speed Aircraft Hazard Area now stretches 1,600 nautical miles The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has given SpaceX the go-ahead to launch Starship Flight 9, but has nearly doubled the size of the vehicle’s Aircraft Hazard Area…

Ledn ditches ETH, shifts to full custody model for Bitcoin loans 2025-05-23 at 16:04 By Cointelegraph by Sam Bourgi Digital asset lender Ledn is transitioning to fully collateralized Bitcoin lending and discontinuing support for Ethereum, in moves designed to consolidate its BTC-focused business and further safeguard client assets against credit risks. In adopting a full…

US Bitcoin ETFs near record month after $1.5B inflows in 2 days 2025-05-23 at 16:04 By Cointelegraph by Zoltan Vardai Spot Bitcoin exchange-traded funds (ETFs) in the United States are heading for a record-breaking month, helping push Bitcoin to new all-time highs amid rising institutional demand. The US-listed spot Bitcoin (BTC) ETFs recorded more than…