Cryptocurrency

Strike Expands Bitcoin Services to New York with Key Regulatory Licenses Jack Mallers’ Bitcoin payment application, Strike, has achieved a significant regulatory milestone by securing both a virtual currency license and a money transmitter license from the New York Department of Financial Services. This approval grants the company the necessary authorization to offer its suite […]

Solv Protocol Announces 10 Percent Bounty Following 2.7 Million Dollar Exploit Crypto security analysts have identified the root cause of a recent multi-million dollar exploit targeting Solv Protocol. The incident, which resulted in the loss of approximately 2.7 million dollars, involved a bug that allowed the attacker to mint tokens out of thin air before

Tether Makes Strategic Move Into Health Tech with Major Investment in Sleep Company In a significant move that expands its reach beyond digital finance, Tether, the company behind the world’s largest stablecoin, has made a major investment into the consumer health technology sector. The firm has led a substantial $50 million funding round for Eight

Bitcoin Serves as Weekend Sentiment Gauge Amid Iran Tensions While traditional stock markets were silent over the weekend, Bitcoin was anything but. The cryptocurrency’s immediate price reaction to escalating news from the Middle East provided a stark demonstration of its evolving role in global finance. As Iran launched drones and missiles, Bitcoin traded actively, offering

BitGo Expands MiCA-Compliant Crypto Services Across Europe BitGo has significantly expanded the availability of its regulated crypto services across the European Economic Area. This move allows banks, fintech companies, and other financial institutions in 30 European markets to integrate a full suite of digital asset services directly into their own platforms. The expansion is built

OpenZeppelin Discovers Flaws in Key AI Blockchain Security Dataset A recent analysis by smart contract security firm OpenZeppelin has uncovered significant issues within a widely used dataset for training artificial intelligence tools in blockchain security. The findings raise questions about the reliability of AI models that depend on this data for auditing Ethereum smart contracts.

Arthur Hayes Predicts Fed Money Printing Could Fuel US Conflict with Iran BitMEX co founder Arthur Hayes has suggested that a prolonged and costly US military engagement with Iran could force the Federal Reserve to dramatically increase the money supply, a scenario with significant implications for cryptocurrencies. Hayes argues that if former President Donald Trump

OpenAI Secures Key Pentagon Contract as Government Drops Anthropic In a significant shift within the defense technology sector, OpenAI has secured a contract to deploy its artificial intelligence models on the Pentagon’s classified networks. This development follows a directive from the U.S. government instructing agencies to cease using AI models from rival company Anthropic, citing