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193 cybercrims arrested, accused of plotting ‘violence-as-a-service’ 2025-12-08 at 21:56 By Jessica Lyons Minors groomed to kill and intimidate victims Nearly 200 people, including minors accused of involvement in murder plots, have been arrested over the last six months as part of Europol’s Operational Taskforce (OTF) GRIMM. The operation targets what cops call “violence-as-a-service” – […]

Experts Confirm JS#SMUGGLER Uses Compromised Sites to Deploy NetSupport RAT 2025-12-08 at 21:55 By Cybersecurity researchers are calling attention to a new campaign dubbed JS#SMUGGLER that has been observed leveraging compromised websites as a distribution vector for a remote access trojan named NetSupport RAT. The attack chain, analyzed by Securonix, involves three main moving parts:

Why Grayscale thinks Bitcoin will ignore the 4-year cycle this time 2025-12-08 at 20:02 By Cointelegraph by Dilip Kumar Patairya Grayscale argues Bitcoin’s market structure has evolved beyond the old four-year rhythm. Institutional flows and macro dynamics have reshaped BTC’s price behavior. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source

Tether’s USDt awarded key regulatory status in Abu Dhabi 2025-12-08 at 20:02 By Cointelegraph by Sam Bourgi ADGM’s recognition of USDT as an accepted fiat-referenced token lets licensed companies offer regulated custody, marking a step for stablecoins in the UAE. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source

Windows Insiders get a glimpse of Microsoft’s agentic future 2025-12-08 at 20:02 By Richard Speed Native MCP support lands in Insider Dev and Beta builds Microsoft has begun rolling out a public preview of native support for the Model Context Protocol (MCP) in the latest Windows 11 Insider builds, edging its much-touted “agentic OS” vision

AI ‘stars’ like Tilly Norwood and Xania Mamet are raking in millions, much to the horror of critics — but their creators are hitting back 2025-12-08 at 19:33 By Asia Grace “This is what we’re going to do — make an AI actress. I think it’d be really fun,” Tilly’s creator, Eline Van der Velden,

Classic MacOS for non-Apple PowerPC kit rediscovered 2025-12-08 at 19:24 By Liam Proven Unreleased variants that Jobs killed off found – 7.6 on a G4, anyone? As well as the Mac clones, there were PC-style PowerPC machines – and a version of classic MacOS for them has just been rediscovered, enabling previously unimagined combinations.… This

The easiest and safest methods for gifting crypto at Christmas in 2025 2025-12-08 at 19:08 By Cointelegraph by Liza Savenko Discover safe ways to give crypto in 2025. Learn about gift cards, exchanges, hardware wallets and essential security and tax guidance. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source

Bitcoin gives up $90K at US open as two-week exchange outflows near 35K BTC 2025-12-08 at 19:08 By Cointelegraph by William Suberg Bitcoin failed to successfully retest the yearly open after US sell-side pressure reentered to start the week, keeping volatility firmly in control. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source

BlackRock files for listing staked Ether ETF 2025-12-08 at 19:08 By Cointelegraph by Turner Wright The fund, if approved by the SEC, would give BlackRock investors indirect exposure to staked Ether — one of the industry’s first following the 2024 approval of spot Ether ETFs. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original

Automakers’ AI dreams may run out of road over the next five years 2025-12-08 at 18:58 By Dan Robinson Analysts reckon only a handful of manufacturers will push ahead as the rest hit the brakes Only five percent of carmakers will sustain heavy AI investments by the end of the decade as most fail to

IBM straps AI to Db2 console in bid to modernize the old warhorse 2025-12-08 at 18:58 By Lindsay Clark Intelligence Center features aim to unify management across on-prem, cloud, and containerized estates IBM has topped an autumn flurry of Db2 updates with new features for its Intelligence Center console, promising to let users manage deployments

New DePIN protocol rolls out ZK-proof processing marketplace 2025-12-08 at 17:02 By Cointelegraph by Adrian Zmudzinski Brevis has launched ProverNet, a ZK-proof marketplace where provers can earn by computing proofs and apps can buy proving capacity. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source

Strategy’s Bitcoin treasury swells past 660,000 BTC after fresh $962M buy 2025-12-08 at 17:02 By Cointelegraph by Ezra Reguerra Michael Saylor said that he pitched Bitcoin as “digital capital” to wealth funds and banks, calling it the foundation for a new yield-bearing credit asset class. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original

XRP bulls grow louder: What will spark the breakout toward $2.65? 2025-12-08 at 17:02 By Cointelegraph by Nancy Lubale XRP analysts highlighted the potential to rebound to $2.65 as institutional demand increased and derivatives traders flipped bullish. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source

IBM drops $11B on Confluent to feed next-gen AI ambitions 2025-12-08 at 17:02 By Paul Kunert Big Blue’s latest mega-buy hands it a real-time data-streaming powerhouse built on Kafka IBM has cracked open its wallet again, agreeing to shell out $11 billion for Confluent in a bid to glue together the data sprawl underpinning the