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US Senate majority leader expects stablecoin vote before May 26 — Report 2025-04-30 at 02:03 By Cointelegraph by Turner Wright US Senate Majority Leader John Thune reportedly told Republican lawmakers that the chamber would address a bill on stablecoin regulation before the May 26 Memorial Day holiday. According to an April 29 Politico report, Thune […]

Betting markets’ Q1 US GDP forecast flips negative amid tariff turmoil 2025-04-30 at 02:03 By Cointelegraph by Alex O’Donnell Bettors on prediction platforms Polymarket and Kalshi are flipping bearish on the US economy. As of April 29, both platforms are predicting that the US will log an economic contraction during the first quarter of 2025 […]

Growth of crypto poses risks to investors, financial stability — Bank of Italy 2025-04-30 at 01:03 By Cointelegraph by Christopher Tepedino The Bank of Italy identified Bitcoin and other digital assets as emerging risk factors in a recent report, citing concerns for both investors and the financial system. In its April 2025 Financial Stability Report, […]

Indian high court orders steps to block Proton Mail 2025-04-30 at 01:03 By Cointelegraph by Turner Wright A court in India has ordered the encrypted email service Proton Mail blocked in the country for refusing to share information with authorities. In an April 29 hearing of the High Court of Karnataka, Justice M Nagaprasanna ordered […]

Meta bets you want a sprinkle of social in your chatbot 2025-04-30 at 00:53 By Brandon Vigliarolo Sharing is caring when your entire business is built on it Meta is scrambling to grab some of that ChatGPT and Grok buzz with the launch of its own standalone AI app. Built on its Llama 4 LLM, […]

Mark Zuckerberg admits he’s ‘the most awkward person’ — here’s what has hurt his confidence the most 2025-04-30 at 00:30 By Thomas Barrabi, Alexandra Steigrad Meta billionaire Mark Zuckerberg called himself the “most awkward person” – and admitted there’s one name in particular the internet has tagged him with that has hurt his confidence. This […]

SEC punts decisions on XRP, DOGE ETFs 2025-04-30 at 00:08 By Cointelegraph by Alex O’Donnell The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has postponed deciding on whether to greenlight two proposed cryptocurrency exchange-traded funds (ETFs) holding Dogecoin and XRP, filings show.  The US regulator has delayed its deadline for ruling on the proposed ETF listings […]

TAKE IT DOWN Act? Yes, take the act down before it’s too late for online speech 2025-04-29 at 23:21 By Thomas Claburn Good intentions, terrible wording – and Trump can’t wait to use it because ‘nobody gets treated worse than I do’ Federal legislation that would protect people from having explicit images of themselves posted […]

Conservative activist Robby Starbuck sues Meta over AI chatbot claim he participated in Jan. 6 riot 2025-04-29 at 23:02 By Thomas Barrabi Conservative activist Robby Starbuck slapped Mark Zuckerberg’s Meta with a defamation lawsuit over false responses about him generated by its AI chatbot – including claims that he was a Holocaust denier and had […]

Bitcoin price always rallies at least 50% after these two patterns emerge 2025-04-29 at 23:01 By Cointelegraph by Marcel Pechman Key takeaways: Bitcoin tends to rally significantly when low leverage meets stronger-than-expected retail sales and hawkish Federal Reserve signals. In three separate 7-week periods, Bitcoin rose 50% to 84%. Upcoming speeches from Fed Chair Jerome […]

Bitget, Avalanche form crypto partnership in India 2025-04-29 at 23:01 By Cointelegraph by Christopher Tepedino Bitget, a cryptocurrency exchange with 100 million users, has announced a partnership with Avalanche to support community initiatives across India, one of the fastest-growing areas for crypto and Web3 developers. The partnership will see at least $10 million doled out […]

Bunq, Europe’s second-largest neobank, expands into crypto 2025-04-29 at 23:01 By Cointelegraph by Zoltan Vardai Europe’s second-largest neobank, Bunq, is expanding into cryptocurrency, citing growing retail investor demand for digital assets worldwide. The Amsterdam-based neobank announced the launch of Bunq Crypto on April 29, a new offering enabling its users to invest in over 300 […]

Nasdaq files to list 21Shares Dogecoin ETF 2025-04-29 at 22:01 By Cointelegraph by Alex O’Donnell The United States exchange Nasdaq has asked regulators for permission to list a 21Shares exchange-traded fund (ETF) holding the popular memcoin Dogecoin, regulatory filings show.  The move follows 21Shares’ April 10 filing of its initial proposal to launch its Dogecoin […]

Ethereum’s ‘capitulation’ suggests ETH price is undervalued: Fidelity report 2025-04-29 at 22:01 By Cointelegraph by Biraajmaan Tamuly Key Takeaways: Fidelity Digital Assets’ report said that multiple Ethereum onchain metrics suggest ETH trades at a discount. The BTC/ETH market cap ratio is at mid-2020 levels. Ethereum’s layer-2 active addresses hit new highs at 13.6 million. Fresh […]

Watch out for any Linux malware sneakily evading syscall-watching antivirus 2025-04-29 at 22:01 By Iain Thomson Google dumped io_uring after $1M in bug bounties A proof-of-concept program has been released to demonstrate a so-called monitoring “blind spot” in how some Linux antivirus and other endpoint protection tools use the kernel’s io_uring interface.… This article is […]

Duolingo jumps aboard the ‘AI-first’ train, will phase out contractors 2025-04-29 at 20:33 By Brandon Vigliarolo Luis von Ahn says small quality hits are a price worth paying to ride the wave Duolingo has become the latest tech outfit to declare itself ‘AI-first,’ with CEO Luis von Ahn telling staff the biz will gradually phase […]

WhatsApp Launches Private Processing to Enable AI Features While Protecting Message Privacy 2025-04-29 at 20:32 By Popular messaging app WhatsApp on Tuesday unveiled a new technology called Private Processing to enable artificial intelligence (AI) capabilities in a privacy-preserving manner. “Private Processing will allow users to leverage powerful optional AI features – like summarizing unread messages […]

New Reports Uncover Jailbreaks, Unsafe Code, and Data Theft Risks in Leading AI Systems 2025-04-29 at 20:32 By Various generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) services have been found vulnerable to two types of jailbreak attacks that make it possible to produce illicit or dangerous content. The first of the two techniques, codenamed Inception, instructs an AI […]