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Digital Currency Group sues subsidiaries over $1.1B promissory note 2025-08-16 at 01:03 By Cointelegraph by Turner Wright The latest legal battle between Digital Currency Group and Genesis centered on a promissory note issued amid the collapse of Three Arrows Capital in 2022. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source React to…

Trump-linked American Bitcoin seeks Asia acquisitions to boost BTC holdings: Report 2025-08-16 at 01:03 By Cointelegraph by Christopher Tepedino American Bitcoin is reportedly exploring acquisitions in Japan and Hong Kong to expand its Bitcoin stockpile. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source React to this headline:

Typhoon-adjacent Chinese crew broke into Taiwanese web host 2025-08-16 at 01:03 By Jessica Lyons Is that a JuicyPotato on your network? A suspected Chinese-government-backed cyber crew recently broke into a Taiwanese web hosting provider to steal credentials and plant backdoors for long-term access, using a mix of open-source and custom software tools, Cisco Talos reports.……

Wellgistics debuts XRP payments for independent US pharmacies 2025-08-16 at 00:02 By Cointelegraph by Nate Kostar Wellgistics is bringing Ripple’s XRP Ledger to 6,500 US pharmacies, one of the first large-scale blockchain payment systems in healthcare. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source React to this headline:

Crypto Biz: IPO fever, Ether wars and stablecoin showdowns 2025-08-16 at 00:01 By Cointelegraph by Sam Bourgi Bullish’s blockbuster IPO headlines a week of big crypto moves — from Pantera’s $300 million treasury bet to BitMine’s $24.5 billion Ether grab. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source React to this headline:

Here come the chatbot divorces — lovestruck man, 75, tries to leave wife after falling for AI girlfriend 2025-08-15 at 23:37 By Marissa Matozzo Just when you thought love in the digital age couldn’t get weirder. This article is an excerpt from Latest Technology News and Product Reviews | New York Post View Original Source…

Blockwurst ruling: German court says ad blockers’ code-tweaks could pose copyright problem 2025-08-15 at 23:37 By Thomas Claburn Could tinkering with a site’s code to hide ads count as infringement? A recent ruling by the German Federal Court of Justice (BGH) has reopened the possibility that using ad blocking software could violate copyright law in…

US authorities to seize $2.8M in crypto from alleged ransomware operator 2025-08-15 at 23:03 By Cointelegraph by Turner Wright The cryptocurrency, allegedly linked to ransomware proceeds, is expected to be added to the US crypto reserve. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source React to this headline:

Bitcoin traders absorb the dips but ‘ghost month’ could extend woes 2025-08-15 at 23:03 By Cointelegraph by Biraajmaan Tamuly Bitcoin falls below $117,000 again, raising worries about the upcoming “ghost month.” Are traders bracing for more losses or buying the dips? This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source React to this…

Ethernet switch vendors like Cisco are riding high on AI network economics 2025-08-15 at 22:48 By Tobias Mann When one GPU translates into three to five of the fastest switch ports money can buy, can you blame them? Nvidia is expected to ship somewhere north of 5 million Blackwell GPUs in 2025. But before those…

SEC Chair Paul Atkins teases private equity access for retail 2025-08-15 at 22:04 By Cointelegraph by Vince Quill Atkins said the Securities and Exchange Commission would work to broaden access to investments typically reserved for accredited investors. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source React to this headline:

How Bitcoin could hit $400K by year-end, according to Udi Wertheimer 2025-08-15 at 22:04 By Cointelegraph by Marco Castrovilli A new type of buyer who “never sells” is scooping up Bitcoin from long-time holders — a bullish catalyst for BTC, says Bitcoin OG Udi Wertheimer in an exclusive Cointelegraph interview. This article is an excerpt…

Linux is about to lose a feature – over a personality clash 2025-08-15 at 22:04 By Liam Proven A large and unfortunate mistake in the kernel development management process is underway comment  The first release candidate of Linux 6.17 is out, without any bcachefs changes… but not for any technical reasons. This is bad.… This…

Humanoid machine face-plants at China’s inaugural ‘robot Olympics’ 2025-08-15 at 21:47 By Ariel Zilber But the robots had other plans. During soccer matches, four mechanical players crashed into each other and collapsed in a tangled heap of metal limbs. This article is an excerpt from Latest Technology News and Product Reviews | New York Post…

SharpLink shares drop 12% on Q2 crypto impairment loss 2025-08-15 at 21:47 By Cointelegraph by Christopher Tepedino SharpLink now holds $3.5 billion worth of ETH, maintaining its rank as the token’s second-largest corporate holder, according to its Q2 filing. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source React to this headline:

Price predictions 8/15: BTC, ETH, XRP, BNB, SOL, DOGE, ADA, LINK, HYPE, XLM 2025-08-15 at 21:47 By Cointelegraph by Rakesh Upadhyay Bitcoin and Ether’s pullback suggests selling on rallies, but buyers are likely to step in at key support levels. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source React to this headline:

Ether treasuries swell as major firms launch record capital raises: Finance Redefined 2025-08-15 at 21:47 By Cointelegraph by Zoltan Vardai BitMine and SharpLink are raising over $25 billion to expand Ether treasuries as US debt hits $37 trillion, fueling bullish crypto market sentiment. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source React…

Cisco’s Secure Firewall Management Center now not-so secure, springs a CVSS 10 RCE hole 2025-08-15 at 21:47 By Jessica Lyons Switchzilla’s summer of perfect 10s Cisco has issued a patch for a maximum-severity bug in its Secure Firewall Management Center (FMC) software that could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to inject arbitrary shell commands on…

Taiwan Web Servers Breached by UAT-7237 Using Customized Open-Source Hacking Tools 2025-08-15 at 21:47 By A Chinese-speaking advanced persistent threat (APT) actor has been observed targeting web infrastructure entities in Taiwan using customized versions of open-sourced tools with an aim to establish long-term access within high-value victim environments. The activity has been attributed by Cisco…

Hive Digital reports record Q1 revenue, driven by Bitcoin and HPC 2025-08-15 at 19:38 By Cointelegraph by Sam Bourgi Hive Digital’s fiscal Q1 2026 revenue jumped 44.9% in its mining segment and nearly 60% in its HPC unit. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source React to this headline:

Reckon you can put a nuclear reactor on the Moon? 2025-08-15 at 19:38 By Richard Speed You have until Thursday August 21 to respond if you do NASA’s plans to put a nuclear reactor on the Moon have moved on – the agency has now put out a Request For Information (RFI) to gauge industry…

OT Disruptions Could Cost $330B Globally 2025-08-15 at 19:38 By Cyber incidents disrupting OT could have a global financial impact of approximately $330 billion. This article is an excerpt from Subscribe to Security Magazine’s RSS Feed View Original Source React to this headline:

Taiwan’s first Bitcoin treasury Top Win raises $10M for BTC purchases 2025-08-15 at 18:02 By Cointelegraph by Adrian Zmudzinski Top Win International, Taiwan’s first publicly traded corporate Bitcoin treasury, raised $10 million to kick off its BTC purchases. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source React to this headline:

Boy riding bubble realizes what he’s on, asks for more air 2025-08-15 at 18:02 By Brandon Vigliarolo Sam Altman, busily planning to spend “trillions” more on datacenters, admitted yesterday that AI is a bit inflated Sam Altman admitted we’re in the midst of an AI bubble Thursday, but don’t let that fool you: He still…

The average American scrolls 86 miles a year on their phones — these are the states going furthest 2025-08-15 at 17:47 By Asia Grace Constant task-switching can slash productivity by as much as 40%, say the analysts, who created a unique formula to determine just how far phone junkies are scrolling nationwide.  This article is…

Asmi Linux 13 Debian Edition debuts: Xfce desktop never looked so good 2025-08-15 at 17:47 By Liam Proven TeejeeTech takes Trixie, adds considerably more polish, yet comes in lighter Teejeetech turns its attention from Ubuntu to its progenitor. The result is a refined and attractive spin of Debian with Xfce.… This article is an excerpt…

Analysts see Bitcoin buyer exhaustion as retail shifts to altcoins 2025-08-15 at 17:03 By Cointelegraph by Zoltan Vardai Buyer exhaustion may set the stage for a correction in August before investor capital surges into altcoins, as in previous market cycles. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source React to this headline:

Crypto ATM limits and bans sweep across US: Here’s why 2025-08-15 at 17:03 By Cointelegraph by Aaron Wood Crypto ATMs are facing increasing pressure from regulators, including bans at the municipal level. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source React to this headline:

You’re wrong about the GENIUS Act 2025-08-15 at 17:03 By Cointelegraph by Zachary Kelman Critics misunderstand the GENIUS Act’s actual influence. It doesn’t free Bitcoin from taxes but breaks Wall Street’s stranglehold on dollar clearing. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source React to this headline:

Microsoft kills volume rebates in name of ‘transparency’ 2025-08-15 at 16:42 By Richard Speed Online Services price changes start November 1, aligning with Microsoft.com rates and eliminating programmatic discounts Microsoft is updating its pricing approach for Online Services in Enterprise Agreements in the name of consistency and transparency, but could leave some customers paying more.……

BlackRock Bitcoin, Ether ETFs buy $1B as BTC price mostly fills CME gap 2025-08-15 at 16:11 By Cointelegraph by William Suberg Bitcoin and Ether are firm “buy the dip” targets for ETF investors, with reactions celebrating continued institutional demand despite a BTC and ETH price correction. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View…

New BIS plan could make ‘dirty’ crypto harder to cash out 2025-08-15 at 16:11 By Cointelegraph by Adrian Zmudzinski The Bank for International Settlements floated a compliance score for crypto-to-fiat off-ramps, using transaction history to flag and potentially freeze “tainted” assets. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source React to this…

How would peace in Ukraine affect Bitcoin’s price? 2025-08-15 at 16:11 By Cointelegraph by Bradley Peak Discover how Ukraine peace talks could impact Bitcoin’s price in 2025. Explore three scenarios (ceasefire, shaky deal or escalation) and their effects on BTC. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source React to this headline:

Little LLM on the RAM: Google’s Gemma 270M hits the scene 2025-08-15 at 15:51 By Gareth Halfacree A tiny model trained on trillions of tokens, ready for specialized tasks Google has unveiled a pint-sized new addition to its “open” large language model lineup: Gemma 3 270M.… This article is an excerpt from The Register View…

OT Networks Targeted in Vulnerability Exploitation 2025-08-15 at 15:15 By An Erlang/OTP vulnerability has been exploited in the wild, with a majority of attempts targeting OT environments.  This article is an excerpt from Subscribe to Security Magazine’s RSS Feed View Original Source React to this headline:

Bitcoin miners and AI firms compete for cheap sustainable energy 2025-08-15 at 15:03 By Cointelegraph by Zoltan Vardai Bitcoin miners face rising competition from AI data centers for cheap energy, potentially driving a new wave of institutional investment, according to GoMining exec Jeremy Dreier. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source…

Cyberattack on Dutch prosecution service is keeping speed cameras offline 2025-08-15 at 14:59 By Connor Jones Who knew zero-days could be so useful to highway speedsters? The lingering effects of a cyberattack on the Public Prosecution Service of the Netherlands are preventing it from reactivating speed cameras across the country.… This article is an excerpt…

U.S. Sanctions Garantex and Grinex Over $100M in Ransomware-Linked Illicit Crypto Transactions 2025-08-15 at 14:58 By The U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) on Thursday renewed sanctions against Russian cryptocurrency exchange platform Garantex for facilitating ransomware actors and other cybercriminals by processing more than $100 million in transactions linked to…

Zero Trust + AI: Privacy in the Age of Agentic AI 2025-08-15 at 14:58 By We used to think of privacy as a perimeter problem: about walls and locks, permissions, and policies. But in a world where artificial agents are becoming autonomous actors — interacting with data, systems, and humans without constant oversight — privacy…

Are you willing to pay $100k a year per developer on AI? 2025-08-15 at 14:18 By Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols Or, more? Eventually, AI companies will stop selling their services as a loss leader, and then the AI “cost-savings” will disappear like dew on a hot summer morning Bosses throughout the world love the idea of…

Telco giant Colt suffers attack, takes systems offline 2025-08-15 at 13:31 By Connor Jones London-based multinational takes customer portal and Voice API platform offline as ‘protective measure’ following breach Multinational telco Colt Technology Services says a “cyber incident” is to blame for its customer portal and other services being down for a number of days.……

Hong Kong issues strict new crypto custody rules for cold wallets 2025-08-15 at 13:07 By Cointelegraph by Adrian Zmudzinski Hong Kong has introduced strict crypto custody rules, banning smart contracts for cold wallets and tightening security standards for custodians. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source React to this headline:

Spot Ether ETFs rack up $3B in August as ETH hits yearly high 2025-08-15 at 13:07 By Cointelegraph by Ezra Reguerra Spot Ether ETFs are set to record their strongest weekly performance ever, with inflows already surpassing $2.9 billion. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source React to this headline: