RevStealer targets more than 50 crypto wallets alongside browser passwords, cookies, messaging data and selected documents. A fake Claude desktop application is reportedly being used to distribute RevStealer, a Windows malware strain built to steal crypto, password and browser data. According to a Monday report by cybersecurity company Morphisec, RevStealer was previously distributed through GitHub …
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Crypto is showing signs of life again, but its biggest wins look different from what early believers imagined. After a decade of building, has it all been worth it? Sentiment in crypto has dived lower than a snailfish in the Mariana Trench in recent months. Miners are capitulating to AI, cold wallets are getting exploited, …
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Ripple was among the latest blockchain companies to sign a strategic partnership to build more custody and tokenized asset management solutions for Asian institutional participants. Blockchain enterprise solutions provider Ripple has partnered with digital asset infrastructure company SettleMint to offer financial institutions solutions for custody, issuance and management of tokenized assets across their full lifecycle. …
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TLDR Combined leverage on Binance and Bybit fell 90.9%, dropping from $1.12 billion to $102 million between August 22 and August 30. ETH price has stayed near $2,500 despite the sharp drop in derivatives activity. U.S. spot Ethereum ETFs pulled in about $1.5 billion over 10 trading days since August 15. BlackRock’s ETHA fund accounted …
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TLDR Ethereum trades at $2,471.16, up 2.25% in the last 24 hours. ETH gained 32.8% over the month of August. Price sits above the $2,247.57 Bollinger Band mid-line, a bullish sign. Whale address 0xF626 moved 102,913 ETH ($248.6M), sending part of it to exchanges. Open interest topped $30 billion as trading volume crossed $90 billion …
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President Trump is endorsing federal tax credits to support film and television production inside the United States. He reached the position after consulting actor Jon Voight, reports The Wall Street Journal. In a post on Truth Social, Trump says that tax incentives would offset their cost through increased economic activity and he calls for bipartisan …
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A ransomware group is posting files it says it stole from a Justice Department agency that investigates guns, explosives, and arson. The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives says it is aware of claims that records from its CALEA system are online. That system is used to collect phone and other communications records for …
A billionaire hedge fund chief has abruptly dumped the fastest-growing major U.S. stock of the year, while dramatically boosting his fund’s AI exposure. David Tepper’s Appaloosa sold every SanDisk share in the second quarter. At the same time, about 77% of the fund’s invested assets sat in companies where AI is a core growth driver. …
A pharmaceutical distributor is confirming unauthorized access to its cloud systems that resulted in data exfiltration. McKesson says it discovered the incident on August 25th, involving unauthorized access to third-party applications. The company says the affected data relates to a subset of customers in its oncology and multispecialty division as well as its medical-surgical unit. …
Crypto wallets linked to the OFAC-sanctioned Lazarus Group moved $30 million in digital assets through Hyperliquid, weeks after regulators said they were working on a path to introduce the exchange into US markets. Crypto wallet addresses linked to the North Korean state-affiliated hacker collective Lazarus Group moved $30 million in digital assets through the decentralized …
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The London bourse operator is seeking to offer 24/5 exposure to UK-based tokenized equities, as more TradFi institutions explore tokenized equities offerings. The London Stock Exchange (LSE) and cryptocurrency exchange Kraken are reportedly launching tokenized stock trading on the stock market operator’s new night-time trading venue. The LSE has partnered with Kraken’s parent company, Payward, …
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Five equity-backed notes issued through Luxembourg’s ORO II fund will trade against dollars, USDT and Bitcoin for eligible non-US investors. Bitfinex Securities, the tokenized investment platform associated with crypto exchange Bitfinex, has listed five tokenized notes giving eligible investors exposure to Strategy, Metaplanet and other publicly traded Bitcoin treasury companies. The trading platform announced that …
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Singapore is considering allowing jointly issued cross-border stablecoins into its regulatory regime, revisiting its earlier decision to restrict the framework to domestic issuance. The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) is reconsidering its earlier restriction on stablecoins issued across multiple jurisdictions, proposing a route for some jointly issued tokens to qualify under its regulatory framework. MAS …
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Russia’s new digital asset law came into force on September 1, legalizing regulated crypto trading nationwide while capping retail investors at roughly $3,700 a year through licensed intermediaries. A Regulated Lane Opens News of the law’s start spread quickly earlier today. The legislation, formally Bill No. 1194918-8, cleared the State Duma in its second and …
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Binance, the largest exchange by traded volume, received over $15.7 billion in inflows in August, as bitcoin’s price and the crypto market valuations rebounded. The exchange dwarfed its competitors, managing to overshadow them by gathering over 75% of the digital assets ecosystem inflows. Binance Maintains Leadership, Registers Record Inflows In August As one of the …
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