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DOJ finalizes $400M crypto forfeiture in Helix Bitcoin mixer case 2026-01-30 at 11:02 By Cointelegraph by Ezra Reguerra A final court order transfers the legal title of seized cryptocurrency and assets to the US government, closing a case tied to Helix’s operations from 2014 to 2017. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View […]

Ex-Google Engineer Convicted for Stealing 2,000 AI Trade Secrets for China Startup 2026-01-30 at 10:03 By A former Google engineer accused of stealing thousands of the company’s confidential documents to build a startup in China has been convicted in the U.S., the Department of Justice (DoJ) announced Thursday. Linwei Ding (aka Leon Ding), 38, was […]

SmarterMail Fixes Critical Unauthenticated RCE Flaw with CVSS 9.3 Score 2026-01-30 at 10:03 By SmarterTools has addressed two more security flaws in SmarterMail email software, including one critical security flaw that could result in arbitrary code execution. The vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2026-24423, carries a CVSS score of 9.3 out of 10.0. “SmarterTools SmarterMail versions prior […]

Deciphering the alphabet soup of agentic AI protocols 2026-01-30 at 09:17 By Tobias Mann Tools, agents, UI, and e-commerce – of course each one needs its own set of competing protocols MCP, A2A, ACP, or UTCP? It seems like every other day, orgs add yet another AI protocol to the agentic alphabet soup, making it […]

Circle targets ‘durable’ infrastructure to drive institutional stablecoin adoption 2026-01-30 at 09:02 By Cointelegraph by Stephen Katte Circle has flagged scaling its payments network and institution-focused blockchain as a 2026 priority as companies look to examine how to use stablecoins. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source

Kevin Warsh set to be nominated by Trump as Fed chair on Friday: Reports 2026-01-30 at 08:08 By Cointelegraph by Brayden Lindrea Kevin Warsh, seen as a more hawkish Federal Reserve chair pick, previously said Bitcoin could serve as a check on fiscal policy decisions. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original […]

Bitcoin ‘to keep bleeding against stock market’ as cycle wraps: Analyst 2026-01-30 at 08:08 By Cointelegraph by Ciaran Lyons Bitcoiners hoping for a big rotation from gold and silver might be chasing the wrong signal, says Benjamin Cowen. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source

Bitcoin falls to $81K, triggering $1.7B in liquidations 2026-01-30 at 08:08 By Cointelegraph by Martin Young Bitcoin plunged to a nine-month low as geopolitical tensions, tariff threats, and tech earnings concerned traders, triggering billions of dollars worth of long liquidations. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source

Securitize says revenues up 840% in filing to go public via Cantor SPAC 2026-01-30 at 07:10 By Cointelegraph by Martin Young Securitize’s latest SEC filing showed that the company’s revenue increased nearly tenfold year-over-year as institutions experiment with tokenization. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source

Securing Trust: Why Crisis Communication is Your First Line of Defense 2026-01-30 at 07:09 By Trust is lost in minutes during a crisis, and clear, human communication is the only way to win it back. This article is an excerpt from Subscribe to Security Magazine’s RSS Feed View Original Source

Two Ivanti EPMM Zero-Day RCE Flaws Actively Exploited, Security Updates Released 2026-01-30 at 07:09 By Ivanti has rolled out security updates to address two security flaws impacting Ivanti Endpoint Manager Mobile (EPMM) that have been exploited in zero-day attacks, one of which has been added by the U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) to […]

Optimism passes buyback proposal to bolster OP token 2026-01-30 at 06:04 By Cointelegraph by Brian Quarmby The Optimism blockchain will begin to sell half of its Superchain revenue to buy back its own token starting next month, with the tokens held for future ecosystem use. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original […]

Unclaimed Ethereum from The DAO hack to fund new security initiative: Griff Green 2026-01-30 at 06:04 By Cointelegraph by Ciaran Lyons While The DAO has an “incredible” team that could build security projects themselves, they would rather focus on security distribution methods, says Griff Green. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original […]

BlackRock’s BUIDL aids Avalanche tokenization value boom in Q4 2026-01-30 at 05:33 By Cointelegraph by Brayden Lindrea Messari reports that institutions put millions of dollars into Avalanche last year, but it didn’t help its token, which fell by nearly 60% in the fourth quarter of 2025. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View […]

Bybit made ‘slow but steady comeback’ in 2025 after massive hack: CoinGecko 2026-01-30 at 05:33 By Cointelegraph by Stephen Katte Bybit‘s market share climbed in 2025, even after it was hacked for $1.5 billion, while trading volumes on the top 10 exchanges rose by 7.6% on average last year. This article is an excerpt from […]

Elon Musk’s SpaceX mulling merger with Tesla or xAI: report 2026-01-30 at 02:42 By Reuters SpaceX and xAI are in discussions to merge, Reuters reported earlier Thursday. This article is an excerpt from Latest Technology News | New York Post View Original Source

Java developers want container security, just not the job that comes with it 2026-01-30 at 02:42 By Thomas Claburn BellSoft survey finds 48% prefer pre‑hardened images over managing vulnerabilities themselves Java developers still struggle to secure containers, with nearly half (48 percent) saying they’d rather delegate security to providers of hardened containers than worry about […]

Amazon could invest up to $50B in OpenAI: report 2026-01-30 at 01:28 By Thomas Barrabi Amazon is reportedly in talks to invest as much as $50 billion into Sam Altman’s OpenAI — in what would be a bombshell bet on the ChatGPT creator. This article is an excerpt from Latest Technology News | New York […]

How one family’s lives were allegedly ruined by social media — the sextortion and self-harm horror claims of KGM 2026-01-30 at 01:28 By Rikki Schlott “Anxiety, depression, self-harm” — and total dependency: Those are the “serious emotional harms” a family claims hurt their daughter, in a lawsuit against Instagram, YouTube, others. This article is an […]

Maybe CISA should take its own advice about insider threats hmmm? 2026-01-30 at 01:28 By Jessica Lyons The call is coming from inside the house opinion  Maybe everything is all about timing, like the time (this week) America’s lead cyber-defense agency sounded the alarm on insider threats after it came to light that its senior […]