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UK watchdog investigates TikTok and Reddit over child data privacy concerns 2025-03-03 at 14:37 By Lindsay Clark ICO looking at what data is used to serve up recommendations The UK’s data protection watchdog has launched three investigations into certain social media platforms following concerns about the protection of privacy among teenage users.… This article is […]

ADA, SOL, XRP rally after Trump’s crypto reserve announcement 2025-03-03 at 14:05 By Cointelegraph by Zoltan Vardai While the idea of a reserve had been floated before, this marks the first time specific altcoins were highlighted, analysts told Cointelegraph. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source

The New Ransomware Groups Shaking Up 2025 2025-03-03 at 14:04 By In 2024, global ransomware attacks hit 5,414, an 11% increase from 2023.  After a slow start, attacks spiked in Q2 and surged in Q4, with 1,827 incidents (33% of the year’s total). Law enforcement actions against major groups like LockBit caused fragmentation, leading to

Altnets told to stop digging and start stuffing fiber through abandoned pipes 2025-03-03 at 13:27 By Dan Robinson Why churn up roads when there’s thousands of miles of disused infrastructure underfoot? Network operators laying fiber infrastructure could cut their costs by taking advantage of “thousands of miles” of abandoned infrastructure, including gas and water pipes,

Ronaldinho launches token with 35% insider supply, hits $397M market cap 2025-03-03 at 13:04 By Cointelegraph by Zoltan Vardai The new token triggered tokenomics and cybersecurity concerns among industry watchers following the latest celebrity-endorsed memecoin scandals. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source

Crypto ETPs record $2.9B outflows, Bitcoin hit hardest — CoinShares 2025-03-03 at 13:04 By Cointelegraph by Helen Partz CoinShares cited the Bybit hack, more hawkish US Fed rhetoric and a previous $29 billion buying streak as reasons for the record-breaking weekly outflows. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source

How the collapse of local cloud provider caused biz continuity issues in UK government 2025-03-03 at 12:34 By Lindsay Clark And that was on top of a £17.5 million underwriting bill for insolvent UKCloud The collapse of a relatively small “local” cloud hosting service caused “real business continuity issues” in the UK’s central government, according

Binance to delist non-MiCA compliant stablecoins in Europe on March 31 2025-03-03 at 12:04 By Cointelegraph by Helen Partz Binance will delist nine stablecoins, including USDT and DAI, in Europe on March 31 to comply with MiCA regulations, while still allowing custody and conversions. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source

Governments can’t seem to stop asking for secret backdoors 2025-03-03 at 11:32 By Rupert Goodwins Cut off one head and 100 grow back? Decapitation may not be the way to go Opinion  With Apple pulling the plug on at-rest end-to-end encryption (E2EE) for UK users, and Signal threatening to pull out of Sweden if that government

Biggest CME gap ever at $85K: 5 things to know in Bitcoin this week 2025-03-03 at 11:15 By Cointelegraph by William Suberg Bitcoin enjoys a major “Trump pump,” but traders warn that fresh BTC price support retests are still a risk ahead of this week’s key White House crypto summit. This article is an excerpt

Crypto ATM network shrinks as US loses 1,200 machines in days 2025-03-03 at 11:15 By Cointelegraph by Arijit Sarkar The US lost 1,233 cryptocurrency ATMs in early March, just days after a senator proposed a bill to curb fraud in the sector. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source

Crypto lost to exploits, scams, hits $1.5B in February with Bybit hack: CertiK 2025-03-03 at 09:05 By Cointelegraph by Stephen Katte Excluding the $1.4 billion Bybit hack, crypto losses in February amounted to about $126 million. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source

Uphold relaunches crypto staking in the US amid regulatory shifts 2025-03-03 at 09:05 By Cointelegraph by Helen Partz Uphold praised crypto-aware regulators in the US as the company relaunched its staking offering in the country after halting the service in 2023. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source

The Register gets its claws on Huawei’s bonkers tri-fold phone 2025-03-03 at 08:38 By Simon Sharwood It’s well-built and surprisingly easy to handle but let down by Android. And stupidly expensive First Look  Huawei’s triple-fold Mate XT smartphone is a classy creation that’s easy to handle even when fully extended, but disappoints because it’s ridiculously

Japan’s Metaplanet buys more Bitcoin, explores potential US listing 2025-03-03 at 08:09 By Cointelegraph by Brayden Lindrea Bitcoin-stacking Metaplanet has snapped up another 156 Bitcoin as the firm’s CEO says it’s exploring “ways to make its shares more accessible.” This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source

DraftKings settles class-action lawsuit over NFT marketplace for $10M 2025-03-03 at 08:09 By Cointelegraph by Jesse Coghlan Gambling company DraftKings has agreed to pay a $10 million settlement to a group of NFT buyers that accused it of selling unregistered securities. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source

Crypto tsar David Sacks confirms he doesn’t hold any crypto 2025-03-03 at 08:09 By Cointelegraph by Martin Young “I sold all my cryptocurrency, including BTC, ETH, and SOL, prior to the start of the administration,” said Trump’s crypto czar. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source

Vo1d Botnet’s Peak Surpasses 1.59M Infected Android TVs, Spanning 226 Countries 2025-03-03 at 08:08 By Brazil, South Africa, Indonesia, Argentina, and Thailand have become the targets of a campaign that has infected Android TV devices with a botnet malware dubbed Vo1d. The improved variant of Vo1d has been found to encompass 800,000 daily active IP

Jason Lau — Top Cybersecurity Leaders 2025 2025-03-03 at 07:15 By Chief Information Security Officer at Crypto.com, Jason Lau, discusses his cybersecurity career and the role of strategy in the industry. This article is an excerpt from Subscribe to Security Magazine’s RSS Feed View Original Source