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Someone counter-hacked a North Korean IT worker: Here’s what they found 2025-08-14 at 06:11 By Cointelegraph by Brayden Lindrea A team of North Korean IT operatives behind 31 fake identities has been linked to the $680,000 hack of fan-token marketplace Favrr in June. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source

Trump Jr.-tied firm raises $50M for crypto, mining as Bitcoin peaks 2025-08-14 at 06:11 By Cointelegraph by Jesse Coghlan Thumzup, a social marketing firm boasting Donald Trump Jr. as a shareholder, will spend $50 million to buy crypto and mining rigs. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source

Hungry hyperscalers boosted Cisco’s AI sales by a cool billion bucks 2025-08-14 at 04:19 By Simon Sharwood Big Tech is spending vastly more on AI infrastructure but Switchzilla thinks its piece of the pie will be fat and juicy Cisco sold twice as much AI kit as it forecast during its 2025 fiscal year and

Doctors get dopey if they rely too much on AI, study suggests 2025-08-14 at 02:16 By Thomas Claburn A tool can become a crutch When doctors use AI image recognition technology to spot and remove precancerous growths known as adenomas during colonoscopies, the detection rate is higher. But take the AI away, and their rate

Tsunami forecasting about to get a lot faster thanks to El Capitan super 2025-08-14 at 01:53 By Tobias Mann The world’s most powerful known supercomputer stretches its legs with some life-saving science Eggheads working on El Capitan, the world’s most powerful publicly known supercomputer, have developed a new tsunami forecasting system that could dramatically improve

Bitcoin hits record high as traders expect liquidations to propel BTC above $125K 2025-08-14 at 01:01 By Cointelegraph by Big Smokey Bitcoin set another all-time high at $123,231 after US Consumer Price Index data showed July inflation was unchanged month-on-month and up 2.7% year-on-year. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source

Crypto lawyer signals challenge to NY AG with ‘lawfare’ message 2025-08-14 at 01:01 By Cointelegraph by Turner Wright Letitia James, who holds New York state’s top law enforcement position, has come under scrutiny from some, claiming she was engaging in “lawfare” against the crypto industry. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original

ETH transaction count rising amid $5K push, but competition erodes market share 2025-08-14 at 01:01 By Cointelegraph by Vince Quill The network is facing competition from next-generation layer-1 blockchains and layer-2 networks from within its own ecosystem. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source

Google caught flagging GOP fundraiser emails as ‘suspicious’ –sending them directly to spam: memo 2025-08-14 at 00:23 By Thomas Barrabi Google is flagging Republican fundraising emails as “dangerous” spam while leaving similar Democratic emails untouched, a major GOP consulting firm alleged in a bombshell note to clients on Wednesday. This article is an excerpt from

Google Play sets new licensing rules on crypto wallet developers 2025-08-14 at 00:07 By Cointelegraph by Christopher Tepedino Google Play’s updated policy, effective Oct. 29, will require crypto wallet apps to meet specific licensing rules in certain countries. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source

Altcoin Google searches hit highest since 2021 amid ETF, treasury moves 2025-08-14 at 00:06 By Cointelegraph by Nate Kostar Google searches for “altcoin” and “Ethereum” are surging to multi-year highs, coinciding with a wave of altcoin ETF filings and a shift in corporate treasury strategies beyond Bitcoin. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News

SOL traders expect $250, but Solana data sends mixed signals 2025-08-14 at 00:06 By Cointelegraph by Marcel Pechman SOL price cracked the $200 barrier, but a rally to data suggests the factors needed for new highs are missing. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source

Claude Code’s copious coddling confounds cross customers 2025-08-13 at 23:17 By Thomas Claburn Nevermind the errors, we’ve had it with “You’re absolutely right!” Developers using Anthropic’s Claude Code wish that the AI coding assistant would stop being so effusively supportive.… This article is an excerpt from The Register View Original Source

A16z Crypto and advocacy group call for NFT, DeFi app safe harbor at SEC 2025-08-13 at 23:02 By Cointelegraph by Turner Wright The two entities requested that the financial regulator provide a “safe harbor” for certain applications under the SEC’s broker-dealer registration requirements. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source

Canary Capital registers Trump Coin ETF in Delaware 2025-08-13 at 23:02 By Cointelegraph by Christopher Tepedino The Trump Coin ETF from Canary Capital indicates that traditional finance products containing memecoins may still have demand. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source

Gov’t HR department latest to get nastygram from auditors 2025-08-13 at 22:56 By Brandon Vigliarolo OPM is the fourth federal agency to get a list of outstanding items from GAO in past two weeks Uncle Sam’s HR department has become the latest agency to get a nastygram from federal auditors, who are hoping its recently-appointed

Fortinet discloses critical bug with working exploit code amid surge in brute-force attempts 2025-08-13 at 22:22 By Jessica Lyons If there’s smoke? Fortinet warned customers about a critical FortiSIEM bug that could allow an unauthenticated attacker to execute unauthorized commands, and said working exploit code for the flaw has been found in the wild.… This

Bullish stock surges 218% in NYSE debut as crypto enters Wall Street limelight 2025-08-13 at 22:03 By Cointelegraph by Sam Bourgi From a $37 IPO to $118 intraday, Bullish’s NYSE debut highlights Wall Street’s growing appetite for regulated crypto businesses. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source

Bitcoin growth ‘remains exceptional’ as data shows BTC’s strongest phase just starting 2025-08-13 at 22:03 By Cointelegraph by Biraajmaan Tamuly Bitcoin growth models project $200,000 by 2025 and up to $1.5 million by 2035, outpacing gold and the Nasdaq in long-term returns. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source

OpenAI’s GPT-5 looks less like AI evolution and more like cost cutting 2025-08-13 at 21:53 By Tobias Mann Gotta pay for all those GPUs somehow Comment  For all the superlative-laden claims, OpenAI’s new top model appears to be less of an advancement and more of a way to save compute costs — something that hasn’t