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ScarCruft Uses RokRAT Malware in Operation HanKook Phantom Targeting South Korean Academics 2025-09-01 at 12:16 By Cybersecurity researchers have discovered a new phishing campaign undertaken by the North Korea-linked hacking group called ScarCruft (aka APT37) to deliver a malware known as RokRAT. The activity has been codenamed Operation HanKook Phantom by Seqrite Labs, stating the…

Raoul Pal sees crypto users hitting a whopping 4B by 2030 2025-09-01 at 11:07 By Cointelegraph by Tarang Khaitan Real Vision CEO Raoul Pal also predicted that total crypto market capitalization could reach $100 trillion within the next decade. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source React to this headline:

Trump’s WLFI derivatives near $1B open interest hours before unlock 2025-09-01 at 11:07 By Cointelegraph by Jesse Coghlan Derivative contracts for the Trumps’ World Liberty Financial token have seen spikes in volume and open interest just hours ahead of a partial unlock. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source React to…

Bitcoin’s ‘split personality’ on display as gold hits new record: Analyst 2025-09-01 at 11:07 By Cointelegraph by Martin Young Gold surged to a record high after Donald Trump’s “no inflation” comments, but Bitcoin fell to a two-month low, breaking their correlation pattern. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source React to…

Sonic Labs gets greenlight for its $200M TradFi move 2025-09-01 at 09:22 By Cointelegraph by Brayden Lindrea Sonic Labs has passed the proposal to make a $200 million foray into the TradFi market, with plans to create a US company and launch an exchange-traded product. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original…

Trump mulls post-war Gaza plan featuring tokenized land: Report 2025-09-01 at 09:22 By Cointelegraph by Jesse Coghlan A plan reportedly circulating in the Trump administration would sees the US take over Gaza and give Palestinians a digital token for their land. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source React to this…

Traffic to government domains often crosses national borders, or flows through risky bottlenecks 2025-09-01 at 09:22 By Simon Sharwood Sites at yourcountry.gov may also not bother with HTTPs Internet traffic to government domains often flows across borders, relies on a worryingly small number of network connections, or does not require encryption, according to new research.……

How To Enact Meaningful Change This International Women in Cyber Day 2025-09-01 at 09:21 By September 1st marks International Women in Cyber Day. While notable strides in progress have been made for women in the industry, there are still roadblocks that impede many career journeys.  This article is an excerpt from Subscribe to Security Magazine’s…

Joe Lubin tips 100x Ether as Wall Street adopts decentralized rails 2025-09-01 at 08:04 By Cointelegraph by Martin Young Ethereum co-founder Joseph Lubin says Ether will flip Bitcoin as a “monetary base” as Wall Street adopts staking and DeFi infrastructure into their ecosystems. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source React…

BTC whale now holds $3.8B in ETH, analysts call it maturity 2025-09-01 at 08:04 By Cointelegraph by Stephen Katte During a 12-hour buying spree over the weekend, the “Bitcoin OG” whale gobbled up 96,859 spot Ether after selling 4,000 Bitcoin. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source React to this headline:

Bitcoin at risk of Labor Day crash to $105K as sellers capitalize on OG BTC whale threat 2025-09-01 at 06:02 By Cointelegraph by Big Smokey Bitcoin liquidation heat maps favor sellers, who continue to overpower bulls in spot and futures markets despite the return of dip buyers. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News…

99% favor Solana Alpenglow upgrade for 150ms finality, so far 2025-09-01 at 05:03 By Cointelegraph by Brayden Lindrea Solana’s Alpenglow protocol looks set to pass, with over 99% of cast votes in favor of the proposal that seeks to bring Solana’s transaction finality in line with Google search speeds. This article is an excerpt from…

AI will make stocks obsolete, driving investors to Bitcoin: Analyst 2025-09-01 at 01:04 By Cointelegraph by Vince Quill Artificial intelligence will speed up innovation exponentially, making slow-moving public companies a poor investment vehicle in the future. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source React to this headline:

Ether party won’t stop as RWAs, TradFi cement it as the best institutional play 2025-09-01 at 00:02 By Cointelegraph by Marie Poteriaieva Ethereum’s dominance in stablecoins and real-world assets shifted ETH from a speculative play to a major platform for institutional finance. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source React to…

Venture capital game has changed due to market maturation — VC exec 2025-08-31 at 22:03 By Cointelegraph by Vince Quill Venture capital firms are now investing in established projects with clear and predictable revenue generation models over early-stage tech. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source React to this headline:

Bitcoin bull market will be ‘over’ if $100K BTC price is lost — Trader 2025-08-31 at 21:02 By Cointelegraph by William Suberg Bitcoin faces the support retest that will decide the fate of its latest bull market, analysis says — can bullish RSI divergences save the day? This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View…

Bitcoin no longer plays gold’s game 2025-08-31 at 17:02 By Cointelegraph by Armando Aguilar Bitcoin is evolving from digital gold to productive capital as BTC now earns native yield, while holders maintain custody and decentralization. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source React to this headline:

Metaplanet’s Bitcoin strategy faces fundraising crunch as stock sinks: Report 2025-08-31 at 14:26 By Cointelegraph by Amin Haqshanas Metaplanet’s stock has plunged 54% since mid-June, forcing the Tokyo-listed firm to seek alternative fundraising as its share-based “flywheel” falters. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source React to this headline:

Bring your own brain? Why local LLMs are taking off 2025-08-31 at 14:26 By Danny Bradbury Running AIs on your own machine lets you stick it to the man and save some cash in the process Feature  After a decade or two of the cloud, we’re used to paying for our computing capability by the…

Will Bitcoin price drop in September? 2025-08-31 at 13:11 By Cointelegraph by Yashu Gola Bitcoin is in position for a rebound toward $124,500 in September, even as history brands the month as one of its weakest. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source React to this headline:

AI spies questionable science journals, with some human help 2025-08-31 at 13:10 By Thomas Claburn “Louis, I think this is the beginning of a beautiful friendship” About 1,000 of a set of 15,000 open access scientific journals appear to exist mainly to extract fees from naive academics.… This article is an excerpt from The Register…

California governor teases ‘Trump Corruption Coin’ in jab at MAGA memecoins 2025-08-31 at 12:31 By Cointelegraph by Amin Haqshanas California Governor Gavin Newsom says his planned memecoin is meant to expose the absurdity of Trump’s crypto ventures. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source React to this headline:

Skepticism Bitcoin can go ‘any higher’ will persist at $10M: Analyst 2025-08-31 at 08:21 By Cointelegraph by Ciaran Lyons A Bitcoin adviser says Bitcoin could reach as high as $10 million, and people will still be saying, “it can’t go any higher right?” This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source React…

Crypto treasury firms mirror CDO risks from 2008 financial crisis: Crypto exec 2025-08-31 at 00:07 By Cointelegraph by Vince Quill Crypto treasury firms introduce several layers of risk to an asset class that inherently features reduced or no counterparty risk. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source React to this headline:

DeFi will survive efforts to make it a walled garden — Fold CEO 2025-08-30 at 22:03 By Cointelegraph by Vince Quill Permissionless financial protocols will survive government and corporate efforts to impose traditional financial controls on DeFi. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source React to this headline:

Supreme Court opened crypto wallets to surveillance; privacy must go onchain 2025-08-30 at 16:56 By Cointelegraph by Vikrant Sharma Crypto transactions are vulnerable to warrant-free surveillance, making privacy-enhancing tools essential for blockchain’s future. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source React to this headline:

Attackers Abuse Velociraptor Forensic Tool to Deploy Visual Studio Code for C2 Tunneling 2025-08-30 at 16:56 By Cybersecurity researchers have called attention to a cyber attack in which unknown threat actors deployed an open-source endpoint monitoring and digital forensic tool called Velociraptor, illustrating ongoing abuse of legitimate software for malicious purposes. “In this incident, the…

Indian court sentences 14 to life in Bitcoin extortion case 2025-08-30 at 15:00 By Cointelegraph by Amin Haqshanas A former BJP legislator and 11 police officials have been convicted for the 2018 abduction of a Surat businessman in a plot to seize over 750 Bitcoin. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original…

Programmers: you have to watch your weight, too 2025-08-30 at 15:00 By Liam Proven We are drowning in code, but at least some folks are swimming opinion  To fight the enshittification of software, the first step is to pinpoint why and how it happens. Some observers are trying to do that.… This article is an…

Spot BTC, ETH ETFs see outflows as inflation ticks up under Trump tariffs 2025-08-30 at 11:03 By Cointelegraph by Amin Haqshanas Bitcoin and Ether ETFs saw outflows on Friday after the Fed reported rising core inflation, driven in part by Trump’s tariff policies. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source React…

Kilopixel creator kills livestream switch before woodblock display hits Crysis point 2025-08-30 at 10:48 By Richard Speed All good things must come to an end All good things must come to an end, and so too must the blocky glory of the Kilopixel. As the wood and robotic marvel crested the 200,000-pixel mark, its creator…

WhatsApp Issues Emergency Update for Zero-Click Exploit Targeting iOS and macOS Devices 2025-08-30 at 08:17 By WhatsApp has addressed a security vulnerability in its messaging apps for Apple iOS and macOS that it said may have been exploited in the wild in conjunction with a recently disclosed Apple flaw in targeted zero-day attacks. The vulnerability,…

El Salvador splits $678M Bitcoin across 14 wallets to reduce quantum risk 2025-08-30 at 08:05 By Cointelegraph by Brayden Lindrea El Salvador has transferred its 6,274 Bitcoin into 14 new wallet addresses as part of a security measure to protect against the threat of quantum attacks. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View…

Tether scraps plan to freeze USDT on five blockchains 2025-08-30 at 04:00 By Cointelegraph by Brayden Lindrea Tether has scrapped plans to end USDT on Omni, Bitcoin Cash SLP, Kusama, EOS and Algorand, allowing it to continue in a limited capacity. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source React to this…

Tesla asks court to throw out damages awarded in deadly crash — claim Musk misled jury 2025-08-30 at 02:47 By Associated Press Tesla was asked in federal court on Friday to dismiss massive damages awarded to a 22-year-old student who was flung through the air to death by a Tesla vehicle that had Autopilot features.…

Elon Musk’s lawyer to chair $200M Dogecoin treasury: Report 2025-08-30 at 02:02 By Cointelegraph by Nate Kostar Elon Musk’s lawyer Alex Spiro is set to chair a planned $200 million Dogecoin treasury company backed by House of Doge, as memecoin treasury vehicles begin to emerge. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original…

Meta created flirty chatbots using likeness of Taylor Swift, Selena Gomez, and more without permission 2025-08-30 at 01:49 By Reuters All of the virtual celebrities have been shared on Meta’s Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp platforms. This article is an excerpt from Latest Technology News and Product Reviews | New York Post View Original Source React…

PENGU token loses 20% in August amid Pudgy Party game launch 2025-08-30 at 01:04 By Cointelegraph by Vince Quill The official crypto token of Pudgy Penguins had a tough month, consistent with a broader decline in NFT markets and digital collectibles. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source React to this…

Bitcoin heads toward $100K as US trade deficit, China bank woes raise alarm 2025-08-30 at 01:04 By Cointelegraph by Marcel Pechman Bitcoin’s sell-off accelerates as macroeconomic challenges prompt stock and crypto traders to cut risk. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source React to this headline:

Gryphon approves reverse merger with American Bitcoin, Nasdaq ticker ABTC 2025-08-30 at 01:04 By Cointelegraph by Sam Bourgi Gryphon Digital Mining shareholders approve the merger with Trump family-linked American Bitcoin, paving the way for Nasdaq debut under ticker ABTC. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source React to this headline:

Uncle Sam doesn’t want Samsung, SK Hynix making memories in China 2025-08-30 at 01:04 By Tobias Mann End of verified end user status means South Korean memory vendors will need licenses to bring restricted chipmaking tech into Chinese fabs The US government already has a lot to say about what products chipmakers can and can’t…

ChatGPT gave instructions on how to bomb arenas, make anthrax and illegal drugs, alarmed researchers reveal 2025-08-30 at 00:20 By Ariel Zilber The AI chatbot also detailed how to weaponize anthrax and manufacture two types of illegal drugs during the disturbing experiments, it was reported. This article is an excerpt from Latest Technology News and…