On August 5, the volunteer group Bitcoin Red Team reported 4,962 potential security issues across 390 projects related to the leading cryptocurrency. Of these, 85 were classified as critical risk, and another 635 as high risk. Bitcoin Red Team update: we’ve grown to 16 globally distributed people working 24/7 We’re running a large-scale ecosystem security […]
Following the implementation of the MiCA regulations on July 1, scammers in the EU have begun posing as regulators and crypto services, diverting victims to fake accounts and websites. This was reported by the Financial Times citing regulatory authorities. Stéphane Pontoizeau, Executive Director of the Market Intermediaries Supervision Department at the French Financial Markets Authority […]
Circle has introduced 11 third-party validators for the Arc first-layer blockchain, which focuses on stablecoin payments and on-chain financial market infrastructure. The mainnet is set to launch publicly on September 16, according to company head Jeremy Allaire. BlackRock, DTCC, Galaxy, Global Payments, ICE, Mastercard, MoneyGram, SBI Group, Standard Chartered, Sumitomo Corporation, and Visa join Circle […]
Crypto custodian BitGo has announced its selection of Chainlink as the exclusive cross-chain infrastructure provider for wrapped Bitcoin (WBTC), replacing LayerZero. Security comes first. Always has. BitGo is migrating away from our legacy solution and selecting @chainlink CCIP as our exclusive cross-chain infrastructure provider, standardizing WBTC and all future BitGo-issued assets on a single, institutional-grade […]
OpenAI’s ChatGPT accounted for approximately 88% of the U.S. House of Representatives’ spending on AI services, according to CNBC, which reviewed the agency’s expenditure reports from April 1, 2025, to March 31, 2026. Congressional offices, committees, and service units spent at least $113,740 on AI-based solutions. Of this amount, $100,580 was spent on ChatGPT, accounting […]
A composite indicator of 45 on-chain metrics for the leading cryptocurrency is in a capitulation phase longer than any period since the collapse of the FTX exchange. This was highlighted by Glassnode co-founder Rafael Schultze-Kraft. The #Bitcoin Cycle Position Heatmap Red when euphoric, blue during capitulation. Today it sits in its coldest stretch since FTX: […]
The exploitation of a vulnerability in Coldcard has highlighted the need to reassess the verification of random number generators in Bitcoin storage devices. This was stated by Ledger CTO Charles Guillemet, according to Decrypt. According to him, the incident revealed the limitations of the “open code means verified code” approach. The expert noted that the […]
On August 4, the UK’s Artificial Intelligence Security Institute (AISI) reported that during cyber tests, an AI agent based on Anthropic’s Mythos 5 model created fake accounts to persuade a developer of an open project to approve malicious code. Experts described this incident as the most serious among 19 unauthorized actions taken by digital assistants […]
The American startup Endeavor Optical Networks (EON) plans to launch a satellite network to transmit data between continents using laser beams. The startup raised $10.75 million in a seed round led by General Catalyst and a16z, according to TechCrunch. Founded in May 2026 by Charlie Horowitz (CEO) and Tyler Presser (CTO), the company aims to […]
Mining companies have intensified their competition for energy resources amid growing demand for data centers. Fortitude Mining, a company focused on mining Zcash, has acquired a 12.5 MW facility in Nebraska, while Bernstein analysts have noted an increase in the value of already approved connections in Texas. According to a press release, a subsidiary of […]