Michael Saylor’s Strategy Added 4,980 Bitcoin Last Week, Bringing Stack to 597,325 Coins

Strategy (MSTR), the largest publicly traded company holding bitcoin (BTC), boosted its BTC reserves by buying 4,980 BTC for a total of $531.9 million last week. This addition brings Strategy’s total bitcoin holdings to 597,235 BTC purchased for $42.4 billion, or an average price of $70,982 each. At bitcoin’s current price of about $107,500, that … Read more

LLMs are optimizing the adult industry

When Ela Darling began performing in porn at the tail end of the 2000s, tube sites like Pornhub were relatively new, and major studios like Vivid and Digital Playground still dominated the market. For performers, the job was straightforward: show up to set, turn in a good performance, and collect a check. Everything else – … Read more

Bitcoin-Gold Price Ratio’s 10% Surge Greenlights Bullish Flag Pattern: Technical Analysis

This is a daily technical analysis by CoinDesk analyst and Chartered Market Technician Omkar Godbole. The ratio between the per-piece dollar price of bitcoin (BTC) and gold’s (XAU) per-ounce dollar-denominated price rose over 10% to 33.33 last week, registering its best performance in two months, according to data source TradingView. The double-digit gain, representing BTC’s … Read more

Backed Finance Debuts Tokenized Stocks on Bybit, Kraken and Solana DeFi Protocols

Real-world asset tokenization firm Backed Finance is launching its tokenized stock offering on major crypto exchanges, and Solana (SOL)-based decentralized finance (DeFi) protocols, bringing equities like Apple, Amazon, and Microsoft and crypto-native platforms closer. The offering includes some 60 equity and ETF tokens that are available for trading around-the-clock, the company said on Monday. Crypto … Read more

Hundreds of Brother printer models have an unpatchable security flaw

Serious security flaws have been found in hundreds of Brother printer models that could allow attackers to remotely access devices that are still using default passwords. Eight new vulnerabilities, one of which cannot be fixed by patching the firmware, were discovered in 689 kinds of Brother home and enterprise printers by security company Rapid7.  The … Read more

Bank of Korea Halts CBDC Project as Government Submits Stablecoin Bill: Report

The Bank of Korea (BOK) suspended its central bank digital currency project, Singaporean financial newspaper Business Times reported on Monday. The project had reached the stage of developing a pilot program with participating banks. The central bank told the banks it will pause discussions related to the initiative, according to the report, which cited an … Read more