Hackers have stolen the personal and health information of hundreds of thousands of patients from a California company that makes wearable heart monitors. iRhythm Technologies says unauthorized individuals accessed and downloaded data from certain third-party-hosted business applications between June 3rd and June 8th. State filings show 298,647 people are impacted in Texas and another 69,526 …
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Bitcoin keeps up pressure on $84K as US stocks skirt Korea tech sell-off
Bitcoin price action preserved overnight gains as US stocks quickly rebounded after opening lower on the back of Korea’s tech-stock rout. Bitcoin (BTC) continued to target $84,000 at Tuesday’s Wall Street open as US stocks attempted to shake off South Korea’s latest tech rout. Key points: Data from TradingView showed BTC/USD returning to near $83,800 …
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Is Bitcoin kidding itself about the Lightning Network?
Bitcoin developer Paul Sztorc says Bitcoiners are lying to themselves about Lightning. Developers claim usability has improved, but questions remain over everyday adoption. Bitcoin developer Paul Sztorc ruffled a few feathers this month with a brutally blunt assessment of the Lightning Network: Bitcoiners are lying to themselves about how well it works. “Most people don’t …
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Anthropic warns ‘AI worms’ may autonomously spread across devices like a virus
Anthropic warned that rogue “AI worms” are months away from the ability to self-replicate and autonomously infect user devices such as home appliances and other internet-connected devices. Artificial intelligence (AI) company Anthropic warned that self-replicating autonomous AI systems may start spreading across user devices without human intervention, akin to computer viruses. Rogue “AI worms” may …
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DOJ Reviewing Whether Binance Broke Its $4,300,000,000 Plea Deal Amid Iran Sanctions Probe: Report
Binance’s $4.3 billion deal with the US government is reportedly under fresh scrutiny from federal prosecutors. The Justice Department is reviewing whether the crypto exchange has lived up to the terms of its 2023 settlement, reports Bloomberg, citing Tyson Duva, head of the department’s Criminal Division. The review comes amid an investigation into whether Binance …
ENS seeks DAO approval to activate upgraded Ethereum naming system
New .eth registrations would pause for hours during the transition, while existing domain holders could renew their names without migrating. Ethereum Name Service (ENS) is seeking approval from its decentralized autonomous organization (DAO) to activate an upgraded naming protocol on the Ethereum mainnet. ENS founder Nick Johnson submitted an executable draft proposal to activate ENSv2, …
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Russia clears Sberbank for crypto trading ahead of December launch
Russia’s largest bank, Sberbank, has secured crypto exchange authorization as it prepares to offer Bitcoin, Ether and Tether USDt trading. Sberbank, Russia’s largest lender, has secured the central bank’s approval to trade cryptocurrencies, including Bitcoin, ahead of a planned December launch. The Bank of Russia’s updated register, dated Tuesday, lists 10 authorized crypto exchange operators …
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Metaplanet to issue $329M convertible bonds to pay debt, fund share buybacks
Metaplanet plans to issue zero-interest bonds with a five-year maturity to improve its debt structure and cut its reliance on Bitcoin-collateralized loans without selling holdings. Metaplanet will issue 52 billion yen ($329 million) in zero-coupon, euro-yen convertible bonds due in 2031. Japanese investment and Bitcoin treasury company plans to use about 23.6 billion yen ($149 …
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MediaMarktSaturn pulls Ledger products amid tampering reports
European retailer MediaMarkt pulled Ledger products as the wallet maker probes tampering reports beyond CryptoBilis in Southeast Asia. MediaMarktSaturn, the parent company of European electronics retailer MediaMarkt, has removed Ledger products from its stores and online platforms amid reports of tampered hardware wallets. “The MediaMarktSaturn Retail Group has removed all of the manufacturer’s products from …
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Morgan Stanley Exec Says Tokenized Asset Market Will Hit Up to $10,000,000,000,000 by 2030 ‘Without Question’
A top Morgan Stanley executive says the market for tokenized real-world assets will reach between $3 trillion and $10 trillion by 2030. Amy Oldenburg, the bank’s head of digital asset strategy, backed that range during an interview at the TOKEN2049 conference, reports crypto.news. Says Oldenburg, “We’ll definitely be within that range without question.” Oldenburg points …
Cheap Android Phones Are Shipping With Malware That Can’t Be Uninstalled, Infecting Thousands Across 150 Countries: Bitdefender
Thousands of budget Android phone owners around the world have been hit with malware that was already on their devices before they ever switched them on. The malware, dubbed Midnight Mimosa, is baked into the firmware of low-cost Android phones built on MediaTek chips, says cybersecurity firm Bitdefender. The highest-volume models are the Doogee S200 …
Under-the-Radar Altcoins Cap, Grass and Starknet Witness Surge in Network Growth, Topping All Crypto Projects: Santiment
Three under-the-radar altcoin projects outpaced the rest of the digital asset sector in terms of recent network growth, according to the crypto analytics firm Santiment. Santiment measures growth by calculating the network’s number of new wallets created. Cap (CAP), a covered credit application, tops the analytics firm’s list, with 800% week-over-week network growth. The decentralized …
Bitcoin hits $84K resistance as Korean tech rout deepens KOSPI losses
Bitcoin’s liquidity kept BTC price below $84,000 amid a mounting South Korean tech and semiconductor stock sell-off. Bitcoin (BTC) rebounded toward $84,000 on Tuesday as crypto markets skirted fresh losses for South Korean stock markets. Key points: Data from TradingView showed BTC/USD up more than 2.5% on Tuesday, reaching $83,944 on Bitstamp to retrace Monday’s …
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Ledger details LTE-enabled spy implants in wallets sold by CryptoBilis
Ledger detailed how LTE-enabled implants exposed wallet recovery phrases as CryptoBilis halted sales and Trezor and OneKey cut ties with the reseller. Malicious implants in Ledger wallets sold by CryptoBilis captured users’ recovery phrases from device screens and transmitted them over cellular networks, the French hardware wallet maker said. Ledger Donjon, the company’s security research …
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Chinese fraud victims lose key court battle over 61,000 Bitcoin
Chinese fraud victims seeking to recover 61,000 seized Bitcoin face a legal setback after a UK court ruled that Chinese law governs their claims. Chinese fraud victims seeking to recover 61,000 Bitcoin seized by the British government have lost a key legal battle after London’s High Court ruled that Chinese law, rather than English law, …
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