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Wisconsin senators file companion bill aiming to curb crypto ATM scams 2025-08-13 at 10:01 By Cointelegraph by Tarang Khaitan Senators in the state of Wisconsin have filed an identical bill to accompany earlier legislation filed in the state’s lower house that aims to closely regulate crypto ATMs. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News…

Ransomware crew spills Saint Paul’s 43GB of secrets after city refuses to cough up cash 2025-08-13 at 09:23 By Carly Page Minnesota’s capital is the latest to feature on Interlock’s leak blog after late-July cyberattack The Interlock ransomware gang has flaunted a 43GB haul of files allegedly stolen from the city of Saint Paul, following…

Charon Ransomware Hits Middle East Sectors Using APT-Level Evasion Tactics 2025-08-13 at 09:22 By Cybersecurity researchers have discovered a new campaign that employs a previously undocumented ransomware family called Charon to target the Middle East’s public sector and aviation industry. The threat actor behind the activity, according to Trend Micro, exhibited tactics mirroring those of…

Pantera bets $300M on crypto treasury firms, says gains could outpace ETFs 2025-08-13 at 09:01 By Cointelegraph by Martin Young Pantera Capital has invested $300 million into crypto treasury companies and put forward its thesis that such firms could offer better returns than crypto ETFs. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original…

Ethereum could reach $8.5K if Bitcoin taps $150K, trader says 2025-08-13 at 09:01 By Cointelegraph by Ciaran Lyons Ether’s market capitalization has typically reached up to 35% of Bitcoin’s in past cycles, and its price could reach $8,500 if the pattern repeats and Bitcoin hits $150,000. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View…

Chap found chunks of an asteroid older than Earth in his suburban living room 2025-08-13 at 08:46 By Simon Sharwood First came the fireball, then a hole in the roof and a dent in the floor In late June media speculated that a meteor entering Earth’s atmosphere caused widespread sightings of a celestial fireball during…

28K Exchange Servers Remain Unpatched 2025-08-13 at 08:21 By CISA has issued an emergency directive in response to a vulnerability affecting hybrid Microsoft Exchange users. This article is an excerpt from Subscribe to Security Magazine’s RSS Feed View Original Source React to this headline:

US bank groups ask to close GENIUS Act’s stablecoin yield ‘loophole’ 2025-08-13 at 08:03 By Cointelegraph by Brayden Lindrea US banking groups have urged Congress to close a so-called loophole letting stablecoin issuers offer yields through affiliate firms, fearing it undermines the banking system. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source…

US takes down sites, seizes $1M from crypto ransomware gang BlackSuit 2025-08-13 at 08:03 By Cointelegraph by Martin Young US and international law enforcement agencies have taken down servers and websites linked to the BlackSuit ransomware group and seized $1 million in crypto. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source React…

Epic Games has another win over Apple and Google, this time in Australia 2025-08-13 at 07:36 By Simon Sharwood Federal Court finds Big Tech players abused their market power Australia’s Federal Court has given Epic Games another win in its global fight against the way Apple and Google run their app stores.… This article is…

Adobe Patches Over 60 Vulnerabilities Across 13 Products 2025-08-13 at 07:36 By Eduard Kovacs Adobe’s security updates fix vulnerabilities in Commerce, Substance, InDesign, FrameMaker, Dimension and other products. The post Adobe Patches Over 60 Vulnerabilities Across 13 Products appeared first on SecurityWeek. This article is an excerpt from SecurityWeek View Original Source React to this…

Ethereum whales scoop sales by traders in ‘disbelief’ of rally: Santiment 2025-08-13 at 07:03 By Cointelegraph by Ciaran Lyons Despite Ether finally edging back toward its all-time high of $4,878, chatter on social media shows retail traders remain skeptical and in disbelief, according to Santiment. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original…

Bad Bots Made Up 31% of Holiday 2024 Traffic 2025-08-13 at 07:02 By Nearly a third of holiday traffic was made up of bots. This article is an excerpt from Subscribe to Security Magazine’s RSS Feed View Original Source React to this headline:

83% of Security Leaders Surveyed Claim Link Between Fraud and Other Crimes 2025-08-13 at 07:02 By Security leaders link fraud to other crimes. This article is an excerpt from Subscribe to Security Magazine’s RSS Feed View Original Source React to this headline:

HashFlare founders given time served for $577M crypto Ponzi 2025-08-13 at 06:01 By Cointelegraph by Brayden Lindrea HashFlare co-founders Sergei Potapenko and Ivan Turõgin were given time served for copping to their roles in a $577 million scheme, with prosecutors saying they’re weighing an appeal. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original…

Crypto crasher Do Kwon admits guilt over failed not-so-stablecoin that erased $41 billion 2025-08-13 at 05:35 By Simon Sharwood Tells court ‘What I did was wrong and I want to apologize for my conduct’ Terraform Labs founder Do Kwon has pled guilty to committing fraud when promoting the so-called “stablecoin” Terra USD and now faces…

OpenEden taps BNY Mellon to manage tokenized US Treasury assets 2025-08-13 at 05:06 By Cointelegraph by Ezra Reguerra BNY Mellon will manage and custody the assets backing OpenEden’s Moody’s “A”-rated tokenized US Treasury fund, expanding the bank’s presence in blockchain-based finance. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source React to this…

Coinbase revives stablecoin bootstrap fund to boost USDC in DeFi 2025-08-13 at 04:01 By Cointelegraph by Brayden Lindrea Coinbase has revived its fund to boost USDC liquidity in DeFi, starting with supporting the stablecoin on Aave, Morpho, Kamino, and Jupiter. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source React to this headline:

Bitcoin traders target $137K as US CPI print raises Fed rate cut odds to 94% 2025-08-13 at 02:01 By Cointelegraph by Biraajmaan Tamuly Bitcoin bulls lift their price target to $137,000 as odds of a Federal Reserve rate cut increase. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source React to this headline:

Crypto crime unit with $250M in seizures expands with Binance 2025-08-13 at 02:01 By Cointelegraph by Nate Kostar Tron, Tether, and TRM Labs expand their crime-fighting unit with Binance as the first T3+ partner, as industry data shows crypto hacks are getting faster and harder to stop. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News…

Ethereum dev detained in Turkey donates to Roman Storm’s defense fund 2025-08-13 at 01:02 By Cointelegraph by Turner Wright Federico Carrone, an Ethereum core developer, pledged $500,000 to the Tornado Cash co-founder’s legal fund after being detained in Turkey over alleged links to a privacy protocol. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View…

Grayscale launches two trusts linked to Sui ecosystem protocols 2025-08-13 at 01:02 By Cointelegraph by Christopher Tepedino DeepBook and Walrus’s “Winter Walrus” are ranked outside of the top 10 Sui ecosystem protocols, according to DefiLlama. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source React to this headline:

US prosecutors double down on 10-year sentence for HashFlare co-founders 2025-08-13 at 00:06 By Cointelegraph by Turner Wright The two men pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit wire fraud in February and later received a letter directing them to “self-deport” from the United States. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source…

Bitcoin holds $118K while ETH, BNB, LINK, UNI aim to extend the altcoin rally 2025-08-13 at 00:06 By Cointelegraph by Rakesh Upadhyay Bitcoin could pick up momentum above $120,000, with ETH, BNB, LINK, and UNI following suit. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source React to this headline:

Pantera’s bear market Bitcoin call nails 2025 price, silencing cycle skeptics 2025-08-13 at 00:06 By Cointelegraph by Sam Bourgi Pantera’s Dan Morehead nailed his prediction for Bitcoin’s Aug. 11, 2025 price, made in November 2022 as BTC was nearing its bottom. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source React to this…

Perplexity takes a shine to Chrome, offers Google $34.5 billion 2025-08-12 at 23:35 By Thomas Claburn Could the most popular browser change hands? AI search biz Perplexity has offered to pay about twice as much as it is worth to acquire Chrome from Google.… This article is an excerpt from The Register View Original Source…

Ether futures open interest hits all-time high as ETH price tops $4.5K — Will it last? 2025-08-12 at 23:01 By Cointelegraph by Marcel Pechman ETH open interest soared to a record high as Ether price rallied through $4,500. Is the rally sustainable? This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source React to…

YouTube to test AI-powered age verification system for US users 2025-08-12 at 22:53 By Associated Press The tests initially will only affect a sliver of YouTube’s audience in the U.S., but it will likely become more pervasive if the system works as well at guessing viewers’ ages as it does in other parts of the…

Manpower franchise discloses data theft after RansomHub posts alleged stolen data 2025-08-12 at 22:53 By Jessica Lyons And yes, there’s the usual credit monitoring Global staffing firm Manpower confirmed ransomware criminals broke into its Lansing, Michigan franchise’s network and stole personal information belonging to 144,189 people, months after the extortionists claimed that they pilfered “all…

Ex-Binance dealmaker joins Hilbert Group to launch tokenized funds platform 2025-08-12 at 22:26 By Cointelegraph by Nate Kostar Former Binance executive Ryan Horn joins Hilbert Group to advise on Syntetika, an onchain platform for tokenized funds, as global finance races to bring traditional assets to blockchain. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View…

Roman Storm’s potential retrial pushed back following court extension 2025-08-12 at 22:26 By Cointelegraph by Turner Wright After a New York jury found the Tornado Cash co-founder guilty of one of three charges he had been facing, US authorities still have the option of filing for a retrial. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com…

You’ve got drought: UK gov suggests you save water by . . . deleting old emails 2025-08-12 at 22:17 By Tobias Mann Keep calm and clear out that inbox. Also maybe lay off the GenAI With many parts of England grappling with a water shortage, the UK’s National Drought Group (NDG), which includes both government…

Researchers Spot XZ Utils Backdoor in Dozens of Docker Hub Images, Fueling Supply Chain Risks 2025-08-12 at 22:05 By New research has uncovered Docker images on Docker Hub that contain the infamous XZ Utils backdoor, more than a year after the discovery of the incident. More troubling is the fact that other images have been…

Beijing doesn’t want Nvidia’s H20s anywhere near sensitive government workloads 2025-08-12 at 21:46 By Tobias Mann Don’t need to give Uncle Sam any more reason to think kill switches are a good idea Nvidia may have the Trump administration’s blessing to resume shipments of its H20 AI accelerators to China, but in Beijing, government officials…

IBM, Google claim quantum computers are almost here after major breakthroughs: ‘It doesn’t feel like a dream anymore’ 2025-08-12 at 21:22 By Ariel Zilber IBM laid out a detailed plan for a large-scale machine in June, declaring it was on track to build one by the end of the decade. This article is an excerpt…

Trump’s crypto ventures yield $2.4B since 2022: Report 2025-08-12 at 21:22 By Cointelegraph by Christopher Tepedino The $2.4 billion represents roughly 43.5% of the known money Donald Trump has gained from “personal enrichment” during his political career. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source React to this headline:

US lawmakers introduce bill to update ancient export control IT systems 2025-08-12 at 21:22 By Brandon Vigliarolo Last year’s attempt failed, but increased concern over the state of the BIS might make the second time the charm The US government agency in charge of keeping advanced technology out of the hands of America’s enemies desperately…

GSA inks another $1 OneGov vendor deal, this time with Anthropic 2025-08-12 at 20:52 By Brandon Vigliarolo Deal could give legislative and judicial agencies access to AI that hallucinated legal citations in a court filing Anthropic has become the latest company to benefit from the US government’s frenetic AI adoption pace, inking a deal to…

Fortinet SSL VPNs Hit by Global Brute-Force Wave Before Attackers Shift to FortiManager 2025-08-12 at 20:52 By Cybersecurity researchers are warning of a “significant spike” in brute-force traffic aimed at Fortinet SSL VPN devices. The coordinated activity, per threat intelligence firm GreyNoise, was observed on August 3, 2025, with over 780 unique IP addresses participating…

Suetopia: Generative AI is a lawsuit waiting to happen to your business 2025-08-12 at 20:20 By Avram Piltch Enter a prompt and get back a copyright infringement More and more US companies are using generative AI as a way to save money they might otherwise pay creative professionals. But they’re not thinking about the legal…

Ethereum hits new multiyear high as Tom Lee’s BitMine plans $20B ETH raise 2025-08-12 at 20:03 By Cointelegraph by William Suberg Ether price action targets all-time highs amid excitement over BitMine’s giant accumulation plan, shifting the focus away from rangebound Bitcoin. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source React to this…

Major outage at Pennsylvania Attorney General’s Office blamed on ‘cyber incident’ 2025-08-12 at 19:52 By Connor Jones Website, emails, and phones are down for a second day The Pennsylvania’s Office of Attorney General (OAG) is blaming a digital blackout of its services on a “cyber incident.”… This article is an excerpt from The Register View…

Cybercrime Groups ShinyHunters, Scattered Spider Join Forces in Extortion Attacks on Businesses 2025-08-12 at 19:32 By An ongoing data extortion campaign targeting Salesforce customers may soon turn its attention to financial services and technology service providers, as ShinyHunters and Scattered Spider appear to be working hand in hand, new findings show. “This latest wave of…