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Higher activity, lower fees: Here’s what December’s onchain data shows 2025-12-29 at 13:15 By Cointelegraph by Ezra Reguerra Onchain data shows activity holding up on Ethereum, Polygon, Arbitrum and Avalanche even as fee revenue declines across the crypto sector. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source

Trend Research lifts ETH holdings to $1.8B with $35M buy, is ‘bullish’ on 2026 2025-12-29 at 12:02 By Cointelegraph by Zoltan Vardai Trend Research founder Jack Yi pledged to continue buying Ether, claiming more financial and regulatory tailwinds will drive crypto valuations in 2026. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source

Bitfinex whales go long BTC for 2026: 5 things to know in Bitcoin this week 2025-12-29 at 12:02 By Cointelegraph by William Suberg Bitcoin failed to flip $90,000 to support at the start of the last week of 2025, but Bitfinex whale long positions built on their highest levels in nearly two years. This article

Europe’s cloud challenge: Building an Airbus for the digital age 2025-12-29 at 11:32 By Paul Kunert Countries that banded together to challenge Boeing in the air try to do the same to AWS, Microsoft, and Google on the ground Feature  More than half a century ago, a consortium of European aerospace businesses from the UK,

Traditional Security Frameworks Leave Organizations Exposed to AI-Specific Attack Vectors 2025-12-29 at 10:24 By In December 2024, the popular Ultralytics AI library was compromised, installing malicious code that hijacked system resources for cryptocurrency mining. In August 2025, malicious Nx packages leaked 2,349 GitHub, cloud, and AI credentials. Throughout 2024, ChatGPT vulnerabilities allowed unauthorized extraction of

MongoDB Vulnerability CVE-2025-14847 Under Active Exploitation Worldwide 2025-12-29 at 10:24 By A recently disclosed security vulnerability in MongoDB has come under active exploitation in the wild, with over 87,000 potentially susceptible instances identified across the world. The vulnerability in question is CVE-2025-14847 (CVSS score: 8.7), which allows an unauthenticated attacker to remotely leak sensitive data

Bitcoin helps USD’s reserve status ‘in a strange way’: Coinbase CEO 2025-12-29 at 08:08 By Cointelegraph by Brayden Lindrea Bitcoin is helping reinforce the US dollar’s reserve currency status by acting as a market check on excessive inflation and deficit spending, Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong said. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View

Accused data thief threw MacBook into a river to destroy evidence 2025-12-29 at 08:08 By Simon Sharwood Former staffer of Korean e-tailer Coupang accessed 33 million records but may have done less damage than feared Korean e-tailer Coupang claims a former employee has admitted to improperly accessing data describing 33 million of its customers, but

Former IBM CEO Lou Gerstner passes, aged 83 2025-12-29 at 08:08 By Simon Sharwood Oversaw a significant resurgence in Big Blue’s fortunes during the dotcom era IBM has announced the death of its former CEO Lou Gerstner, who passed away on Saturday, aged 83.… This article is an excerpt from The Register View Original Source

Sizing Up Top Tech Trends and Priorities for 2026 2025-12-29 at 08:08 By A look into areas security professionals and digital trust practitioners should be mindful of in the year to come. This article is an excerpt from Subscribe to Security Magazine’s RSS Feed View Original Source

ETH validator entry queue is suddenly almost double the exit queue 2025-12-29 at 07:58 By Cointelegraph by Stephen Katte Digital Asset Treasuries like Tom Lee’s Bitmine have contributed to the increase in the entry queue, but the network’s Petcra upgrade may have also helped. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source

Silver’s wild 6% price spike and 10% plunge mirrors crypto volatility 2025-12-29 at 07:45 By Cointelegraph by Brian Quarmby Silver’s recent price surge mirrors Bitcoin’s trademark volatility. The precious metal is swinging wildly on rate cut bets and shifting industrial demand. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source

Crypto heavyweights slam proposed 5% wealth tax in California 2025-12-29 at 05:07 By Cointelegraph by Stephen Katte Crypto executives, including Bitwise CEO Hunter Horsley and Castle Island Ventures founding partner Nic Carter, have pushed back against a proposed 5% billionaire tax in California. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source

Ubisoft halts Rainbow Six Seige after hackers give each player $13.3M credits 2025-12-29 at 04:15 By Cointelegraph by Brian Quarmby A server-wide hack flooded Rainbow Six Siege with billions in credits, forcing an emergency shutdown and a major rollback operation. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source

Most crypto treasuries ‘will disappear’ amid bleak 2026 outlook: Execs 2025-12-29 at 03:04 By Cointelegraph by Jesse Coghlan Many crypto and Bitcoin treasury companies may go under in 2026 as the model comes under pressure, industry executives tell Cointelegraph. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source

Flow validators urged to halt work after divisive blockchain rollback 2025-12-29 at 03:04 By Cointelegraph by Brayden Lindrea The Flow Foundation has been slammed for rolling the layer 1 Flow chain back to patch up a $3.9 million exploit, with one partner advising validators to stop processing transactions until further notice. This article is an

BTC mining difficulty records last adjustment in 2025, forecast to rise in Jan 2025-12-28 at 22:17 By Cointelegraph by Vince Quill The rising Bitcoin network mining difficulty ensures the network remains sufficiently decentralized but also makes life harder for miners. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source

Bitcoin outperformed gold and silver over the last 10 years: Analyst 2025-12-28 at 20:10 By Cointelegraph by Vince Quill Bitcoin has outperformed precious metals over the last decade, but critics say the comparison doesn’t hold up under shorter time horizons. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source

Death, torture, and amputation: How cybercrime shook the world in 2025 2025-12-28 at 16:55 By Connor Jones The human harms of cyberattacks piled up this year, and violence expected to increase The knock-on, and often unintentional, impacts of a cyberattack are so rarely discussed. As an industry, the focus is almost always placed on the

Mirae Asset in talks to buy Korean crypto exchange Korbit in $100M deal: Report 2025-12-28 at 14:04 By Cointelegraph by Amin Haqshanas Mirae Asset Group is reportedly in talks to acquire South Korea’s crypto exchange Korbit in a deal valued at up to $100M, according to local media. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com