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Former SEC Chair Jay Clayton sworn in as interim US attorney for Manhattan 2025-04-23 at 04:01 By Cointelegraph by Brayden Lindrea Former SEC Chair Jay Clayton confirmed that he has been appointed as the interim US Attorney for the Southern District of New York after the Democratic Party’s Senate leader used a “blue slip” to […]

Trump blinks: ‘Substantially’ lower China tariffs promised 2025-04-23 at 03:32 By Simon Sharwood Detail? Rationale? Timeline? Nope! Maybe a struggling stock market and Beijing hinting about ‘countermeasures’ helped? World War Fee  President Donald Trump on Tuesday said his administration plans to lower the 145 percent tariffs it levies on goods imported into America from China, […]

Elon Musk makes another cut – to his time at DOGE 2025-04-23 at 03:09 By Thomas Claburn Not-so-beloved Tesla tycoon promises to ‘significantly’ reduce his scouring of Uncle Sam for contracts and staff to ax, data to peruse Government fixer Elon Musk says his days steering the Trump-blessed cost-trimming, data-scouring DOGE unit are all but […]

Tesla’s net income plunges 71% as Elon Musk confirms ‘major work’ setting up DOGE is done 2025-04-23 at 01:51 By Thomas Barrabi Elon Musk’s Tesla saw its net income plunge 71% in the first quarter as the company contended with public backlash from the billionaire’s work with President Trump and tough overseas competition from the […]

Dental clinics sue former contractor for holding web domains hostage in biz fight 2025-04-23 at 01:51 By Brandon Vigliarolo IT guy says their claims are toothless – and they owe him $400K A group of pediatric dental practices in North Carolina have accused a longtime contractor of refusing to return control of several web domains […]

Chiliz meets with SEC Crypto Task Force amid US market reentry plans 2025-04-23 at 01:02 By Cointelegraph by Christopher Tepedino Chiliz, a SportsFi company, has met with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to discuss an investment and reentry into the US crypto market under the crypto-friendly White House and increased push for […]

Bitcoin breaks downtrend with spike toward $92.6K, but who’s behind the price momentum? 2025-04-23 at 00:04 By Cointelegraph by Marie Poteriaieva Bitcoin (BTC) price surged over the Easter weekend, jumping 9% and crossing the $91,000 threshold on April 22. This strong performance diverged sharply from the stock market’s lukewarm rebound and mirrored gold’s bullish behavior, […]

US to slap up to 3,521% tariffs on SE Asian solar imports – especially you, Cambodia 2025-04-23 at 00:04 By Brandon Vigliarolo Uncle Sam says Chinese factories use proxies to dodge import taxes world war fee  Solar panels made in a number of Southeast Asian countries face massive new import duties into America, some as […]

DeFi Development Corp adds $11.5M SOL, shares jump 12% 2025-04-22 at 23:00 By Cointelegraph by Christopher Tepedino DeFi Development Corporation, formerly known as Janover, is ramping up its Solana treasury strategy following a buyout led by Kraken executives. According to an April 22 announcement, the company added 88,164 Solana (SOL) to its treasury, worth $11.5 […]

Lawyer hopes Hashflare co-founders can ‘self-deport’ after sentencing 2025-04-22 at 23:00 By Cointelegraph by Turner Wright A lawyer representing one of the co-founders of crypto mining service Hashflare has addressed how their criminal case may move forward after the pair received “self-deport” letters from the US Department of Homeland Security (DHS). In an April 11 […]

Two CISA officials jump ship, both proud of pushing for Secure by Design software 2025-04-22 at 22:51 By Jessica Lyons As cyber-agency faces cuts, makes noises about switching up program Two top officials have resigned from Uncle Sam’s Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, aka CISA, furthering fears of a brain drain amid White House cuts […]

Instagram would have succeeded without Facebook’s $1B takeover, co-founder testifies 2025-04-22 at 22:02 By Thomas Barrabi Instagram would have been successful even if Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg had never purchased the photo-sharing app for $1 billion in 2012, co-founder Kevin Systrom said during the FTC’s landmark antitrust trial on Tuesday. This article is an excerpt […]

Bitcoin price prepares for ‘70% to 80%’ gain as onchain metrics and spot BTC ETF inflows spike 2025-04-22 at 22:02 By Cointelegraph by Biraajmaan Tamuly Bitcoin (BTC) price has been in a persistent downtrend since January, but the April 22 surge past $91,000 marks its first higher high breakout of the year and the potential […]

Institutional demand could push BTC past $200k in 2025 — Analysts 2025-04-22 at 22:02 By Cointelegraph by Alex O’Donnell Demand from financial institutions could push the price of Bitcoin (BTC) as high as $200,000 per coin in 2025, according to two research reports reviewed by Cointelegraph.  Analysts from Standard Chartered and Intellectia AI said institutional […]

Fog ransomware channels Musk with demands for work recaps or a trillion bucks 2025-04-22 at 21:29 By Connor Jones In effect: ‘Ha ha – the government is borked and so are you’ Ransomware scumbags – potentially those behind the Fog gang – are channeling their inner Elon Musk with their latest ransom note, spotted by […]

Docker Malware Exploits Teneo Web3 Node to Earn Crypto via Fake Heartbeat Signals 2025-04-22 at 20:31 By Cybersecurity researchers have detailed a malware campaign that’s targeting Docker environments with a previously undocumented technique to mine cryptocurrency. The activity cluster, per Darktrace and Cado Security, represents a shift from other cryptojacking campaigns that directly deploy miners […]

A pot of $250K is now available to ransomware researchers, but it feeds a commercial product 2025-04-22 at 20:15 By Jessica Lyons Security bods can earn up to $10K per report Ransomware threat hunters can now collect rewards of $10,000 for each piece of intel they file under a new bug bounty that aims to […]

This is not just any ‘cyber incident’ … this is an M&S ‘cyber incident’ 2025-04-22 at 19:19 By Connor Jones Retailer tight-lipped on details as digital hiccup disrupts customer orders UK high street mainstay Marks & Spencer told the London Stock Exchange this afternoon it has been managing a “cyber incident” for “the past few […]

University of Michigan faces lawsuit due hacking and privacy breach 2025-04-22 at 19:19 By The University of Michigan is facing a class action lawsuit due to the actions of a former football coach, Matt Weiss, who is accused of exposing the private images and videos of thousands of student-athletes. This article is an excerpt from […]