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Month: February 2025
Following Bybit’s $1.5B Hack: Why Luffa Should Be Your Secure Communication Choice
Recently, the theft of $1.5 billion from Bybit exchange has reignited security concerns among Web3 industry investors. Privacy and communication security form a critical part of overall safety measures and may even threaten asset security. For instance, Telegram is plagued by widespread phishing attacks and account breaches, leading to significant user asset losses. For … Read more
CoinDesk 20 Performance Update: SOL and DOT Drop 6%, Leading Index Lower
CoinDesk Indices presents its daily market update, highlighting the performance of leaders and laggards in the CoinDesk 20 Index. The CoinDesk 20 is currently trading at 3106.99, down 0.8% (-25.47) since last Friday at 4 p.m. ET. 5 of 20 assets are trading higher. Leaders: HBAR (+7.8%) and NEAR (+2.1%). Laggards: SOL (-6.0%) and DOT … Read more
Can Decentralization Tell a Story? dRPC’s Alice in Nodeland to Premiere at ETHDenver 2025
Can the complexities of web3 infrastructure and decentralization be explained through a whimsical short film? Blockchain infrastructure provider dRPC aims to do just that with the premiere of Alice in Nodeland at ETHDenver 2025. This 11-minute AI-enhanced animated short, inspired by Alice in Wonderland, seeks to entertain while sparking conversations about decentralization’s critical role in … Read more
A single default password exposes access to dozens of apartment buildings
An unchanged credential allows anyone to virtually control door locks and elevators at dozens of apartment buildings across North America, a security researcher found. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.
Educational Byte: How the Travel Rule Applies to Crypto (and Who It Affects)
It may sound ominous and it may have its downsides, but the travel rule (in crypto and beyond) isn’t that limiting —at least not for average users. As most rules in the financial world, it applies to businesses, and not directly to customers. This regulation now includes cryptocurrencies, but it has existed long before Bitcoin. … Read more
Patlytics raises $14M for its patent analytics platform
For decades, patents have been a bone of contention in the technology world, seen by some as a way to protect intellectual property, but by critics as a blunt weapon against innovation. In the age of AI, they are once again getting revisited. New York startup Patlytics has developed an AI-enabled patent analytics platform to … Read more
Cambium is building an AI that helps turn waste wood into usable lumber
Cambium uses data on timber and lumber transactions in a bid to make salvage wood appealing to a range of companies. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.
Wall Street-Backed Crypto Exchange EDX Markets Adds 17 New Cryptocurrencies, Including XRP, SOL, Trump Coin
EDX Markets, which is backed by Fidelity Digital Assets, Charles Schwab and Citadel Securities, is adding 17 new cryptocurrencies to its platform, transforming its previously limited selection into a more robust trading platform as it gets ready to absorb growing institutional demand for crypto. “From the outset, we were designed and built for institutions for … Read more
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SEC Ends Robinhood Investigation ‘With No Action’
The trading platform said in a statement that the regulator’s investigation “should never have been opened.”
Bybit hacker swaps $3.64M to DAI via decentralized exchanges
Addresses linked to the Bybit exploit swapped millions worth of ETH for DAI using DEXs, with portions sent to eXch, the exchange at the center of controversy for refusing to freeze funds.
Apple’s iPhone 17 lineup is looking a little Pixelated
In order: The iPhone 17 “Air,” iPhone 17, iPhone 17 Pro Max, and iPhone 17 Pro. | Image: <a href=”https://x.com/MajinBuOfficial/status/1893715103293272506/photo/1″>Majin Bu</a> Apple is several months away from launching the iPhone 17 series but a significant camera redesign may be on the horizon. Leaker Majin Bu has shared CAD renders of what are purported to be … Read more
SEC Enforcement Division closes investigation into Robinhood Crypto
The investigation was dropped more than a month after Robinhood and the SEC reached a $45 million settlement.
Automate AEM Offline Revision Cleanup with This Powerful Bash Script
Adobe Experience Manager’s Oak repository is like a bustling warehouse: over time, unused data (old checkpoints, orphaned nodes) piles up, slowing performance and eating disk space. While Adobe’s official documentation explains the what and why of Offline Revision Cleanup (ORC), the how often leaves DevOps executing repetitive tasks. With this in mind, I’ll share how … Read more
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Meta AI arrives in the Middle East and Africa with support for Arabic
Meta has formally expanded Meta AI to the Middle East and North Africa (MENA), opening the AI-enabled chatbot to millions more people. Back in October, Meta announced it was launching Meta AI in six additional markets, including Brazil and the U.K. At the same time, the company teased gradual rollout plans for additional markets around … Read more
What’s the deal with all these airplane crashes?
Investigators examine the wreckage of a Delta Air Lines plane a day after it crashed upon landing at Toronto Pearson International Airport in Toronto, Ontario. | Image: AFP via Getty Images First, letâs lay out the facts. Four commercial jet crashes have occurred in the last 10 weeks: Azerbaijan Airlines Flight 8243 on Christmas Day; … Read more
Strategy completes $2B convertible note offering to buy more Bitcoin
The $2 billion note offering is part of Strategy’s “21/21 Plan,” targeting $42 billion in capital over the next three years.
USDe Stablecoin Developer Ethena Raises $100M: Bloomberg
Ethena, developer of the synthetic stablecoin USDe, has raised $100 million to finance a similar token targeted at traditional financial (TradFi) institutions, Bloomberg reported on Monday. The funding round was completed in December, with Franklin Templeton and Fidelity Investments-affiliated F-Prime Capital among the backers, the report added, citing a person familiar with the matter. Founder … Read more