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UK bans game controller exports to Russia in bid to ground drone attacks 2025-04-26 at 13:51 By Dan Robinson Moscow likely to respawn elsewhere The British government is banning the export of video game controllers to Russia, claiming these can be repurposed for piloting drones on the frontline in Ukraine.… This article is an excerpt […]

Crypto banking rule withdrawal by Fed ‘not real progress’ — Senator Lummis 2025-04-26 at 12:20 By Cointelegraph by Ciaran Lyons United States Senator Cynthia Lummis suggests the crypto industry may be celebrating too soon over the US Federal Reserve softening its crypto guidance for banks. “The Fed withdrawing crypto guidance is just noise, not real […]

AI-powered 20 foot robots coming for construction workers’ jobs 2025-04-26 at 11:36 By Dan Robinson Er, are we sure we want to outsource the welding? Rise of the machines  Construction workers could soon find themselves laboring alongside 20-foot (6 meter) tall AI-powered autonomous robots capable of welding, carpentry, and 3D printing buildings. What could possibly […]

Bitcoin ETFs on $3B ‘bender,’ notch first full inflow week in 5 weeks 2025-04-26 at 09:06 By Cointelegraph by Ciaran Lyons Spot Bitcoin exchange-traded funds (ETF) in the United States saw over $3 billion in inflows this week, marking the first full week of consecutive inflows in five weeks. On April 25, the 11 spot […]

Bitcoiner Jack Mallers assures Strike investors, Twenty One won’t distract 2025-04-26 at 06:12 By Cointelegraph by Ciaran Lyons Strike CEO Jack Mallers said his new role as CEO of Bitcoin treasury firm Twenty One Capital won’t distract him from heading Strike, revealing the platform processed over $6 billion in volume in 2024. “This is not […]

Signalgate lessons learned: If creating a culture of security is the goal, America is screwed 2025-04-26 at 03:32 By Jessica Lyons Infosec is a team sport … unless you’re in the White House Opinion  Just when it seems they couldn’t be that careless, US officials tasked with defending the nation go and do something else […]

Price predictions 4/25: BTC, ETH, XRP, BNB, SOL, DOGE, ADA, SUI, LINK, AVAX 2025-04-26 at 02:10 By Cointelegraph by Rakesh Upadhyay Key points: Bitcoin price pushed above $95,000, increasing the chance of a rally to $100,000. Institutional investor demand is back, suggesting that the bearish trend could be over. Select altcoins could break above their […]

Amid CVE funding fumble, ‘we were mushrooms, kept in the dark,’ says board member 2025-04-26 at 01:28 By Jessica Lyons What next for US-bankrolled vulnerability tracker? It’s edging closer to a more independent, global future Kent Landfield, a founding member of the Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE) program and member of the board, learned through […]

SEC chair suggests ‘huge benefits’ in agency’s third crypto roundtable 2025-04-26 at 00:04 By Cointelegraph by Turner Wright In one of his first appearances as the recently sworn-in chair of the US Securities and Exchange Commission, Paul Atkins delivered remarks to the agency’s third roundtable discussion of crypto regulation.  In the “Know Your Custodian” roundtable […]

Semler Scientific buys another $10M worth of BTC 2025-04-26 at 00:04 By Cointelegraph by Alex O’Donnell Semler Scientific has bought approximately $10 million worth of Bitcoin since Feb. 14, the healthcare technology company said in an April 25 statement.  The company purchased 111 Bitcoin (BTC) for $10 million at an average price of roughly $90,000 […]

Nasdaq urges SEC to treat certain digital assets as ‘stocks by any other name’ 2025-04-25 at 23:03 By Cointelegraph by Alex O’Donnell Nasdaq has urged the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to hold digital assets to the same regulatory standards as securities if they constitute “stocks by any other name,” according to an April […]

Crypto Biz: Cantor Fitzgerald crypto play, ETF inflows highlight industry’s big sentiment shift 2025-04-25 at 23:03 By Cointelegraph by Sam Bourgi US President Donald Trump’s first 90 days in office have been miserable for Bitcoin (BTC) and the broader cryptocurrency industry. Despite positive regulatory developments, culminating in the first-ever White House crypto summit on March […]

More Ivanti attacks may be on horizon, say experts who are seeing 9x surge in endpoint scans 2025-04-25 at 22:25 By Connor Jones GreyNoise says it is the kind of activity that typically precedes new vulnerability disclosures Ivanti VPN users should stay alert as IP scanning for the vendor’s Connect Secure and Pulse Secure systems […]

Crypto firms launch Wall Street-style funds: Finance Redefined 2025-04-25 at 22:01 By Cointelegraph by Zoltan Vardai Cryptocurrency firms and centralized exchanges are launching more traditional investment offerings, bridging the divide between traditional financial and digital assets. With investors seeking more flexible product offerings under one platform, the “line is blurring” between traditional finance (TradFi) and […]

BlackRock, five others account for 88% of all tokenized treasury issuance 2025-04-25 at 22:01 By Cointelegraph by Christopher Tepedino New data from RWA.xyz, a platform tracking tokenized real-world assets, shows that six entities are responsible for 88% of all tokenized US Treasurys. The data suggests a concentration among a few funds as the market continues […]

If Trump fired Powell, what would happen to crypto? 2025-04-25 at 21:04 By Cointelegraph by Aaron Brogan Recent months have seen the ebb and flow of a certain pattern: US President Donald Trump will take some objectively harmful action to the US economy, and the markets will crash. Seeing this, Trump has turned to Jerome […]

Oh, cool. Microsoft melts bug that froze Server 2025 Remote Desktop sessions 2025-04-25 at 21:04 By Iain Thomson Where have we heard this before? Feb security update needs its own fix More than one month after complaints starting flying, Microsoft has fixed a Windows bug that caused some Remote Desktop sessions to freeze.… This article […]