The Walt Disney Company has agreed to settle a class action lawsuit filed by YouTube TV and DirecTV subscribers in 2023. The lawsuit alleges that the entertainment conglomerate inflated the cost of streaming services by requiring streaming live pay television (SLPTV) providers to carry a bundle of Disney Networks including ESPN sports channels as a …
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Hacked crypto tokens drop 61% on average and rarely recover, Immune report says
A new security report from Immunefi finds that crypto hacks continue at a steady pace while losses are becoming more concentrated in a small number of massive exploits. Analyzing 425 publicly known incidents between 2021 and 2025, the report estimates that the average hack now results in about $25 million in stolen funds. In 2024 …
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Apex and Polygon launch compliance chain for tokenized RWAs
Apex Group’s Tokeny and Polygon Labs are launching T-REX Ledger, a compliance-focused blockchain designed to help regulated tokenized assets move across networks without repeating investor checks and transfer restrictions. In a Thursday release shared with Cointelegraph, the project said it targets a key friction point in tokenized markets. ERC-3643 is an Ethereum-based token standard for …
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Crypto.com cuts 12% of staff as it accelerates AI push
Singapore-headquartered cryptocurrency exchange Crypto.com is set to cut up to 12% of its workforce due to company-wide artificial intelligence (AI) integrations, joining a growing list of companies announcing AI-linked mass layoffs, according to the exchange’s founder and CEO, Kris Marszalek. Crypto.com recently expanded its AI offering and launched the AI agent platform ai.com on Feb. …
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Bitcoin tests old 2021 top as gold falls to six-week lows under $4.7K
Bitcoin (BTC) rebounded from weekly lows into Thursday’s Wall Street open as inflation targeted BTC price strength. Key points: Bitcoin price action preserves its new local trading range between 2021 highs and 2025 lows. Gold leads a macro asset sell-off after the Federal Reserve continued a hawkish stance on interest-rate policy. Fed Chair Jerome Powell …
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Fidelity Handing up to $5,000 per Person To Settle Data Breach Incident That Impacted 155,000 People
The asset management giant Fidelity is set to compensate customers that were impacted by a 2024 data breach. According to a pending settlement, Fidelity is set to pay $2.5 million to settle a class action lawsuit that accuses the financial institution of inadequately protecting its computer systems. In August 2024, hackers broke into Fidelity’s computer …
Analyst Who Nailed 2025 Bitcoin Top Says BTC Mirroring 2022 Bottom Pattern – Here’s His Timeline
An analyst known for accurately predicting Bitcoin’s 2025 top believes BTC is not done correcting. In a new strategy session, the pseudonymous analyst Killa says that Bitcoin may be following a similar 2022 pattern that would set BTC up to start forming a market bottom around July. “We are somewhere around this lower end of …
OpenClaw devs targeted by phishing scam promising free ‘CLAW’ tokens
Developers of OpenClaw, a popular open-source AI project, are being targeted by phishing attacks on GitHub with fake token rewards designed to lure users into connecting crypto wallets. Cybersecurity firm OX Security reported the scam on Wednesday and said it had found no victims so far. OpenClaw creator Peter Steinberger separately warned on X that …
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The abundance that AI may promise is not free
Opinion by: Merav Ozair, PhD, blockchain and AI senior advisor. Elon Musk and Peter Diamandis support the idea that “everything will be free.” They purport to believe that AI abundance will end poverty and provide a universal high income. Others in the mega tech ecosystem mention the coming abundance. Demis Hassabis, for example, says AI …
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Canada vows continued crypto crackdown after taking down 47 firms in 2026
Canada’s financial intelligence unit has revoked the registrations of 50 money services businesses (MSBs) so far this year, with 47 related to crypto, and the minister of finance says it will continue cracking down. Canada’s Financial Transactions and Reports Analysis Centre (FINTRAC) said on Monday that it took its most recent action, revoking 23 MSB …
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Visa and Stripe-backed Tempo launch tools for AI agents on same day
Visa’s crypto division has launched a tool to allow artificial intelligence agents to make payments, the same day the Stripe-backed blockchain Tempo launched alongside a protocol for AI agents. “Excited to share Visa CLI, the first experimental product from Visa Crypto Labs,” Cuy Sheffield, the head of Visa Crypto Labs, posted to X on Wednesday. …
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Dorsey’s Block laid off 4K employees last month, some are already back
Block Inc., the firm behind payment platforms Square, Cash App and Afterpay, has quietly brought back a small portion of workers it laid off in late February with its transition to rely more on artificial intelligence. Multiple Block employees posted on LinkedIn this month that they were offered a place to return to the company …
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Retail tripled gold buying in last 6 months as Wall Street sells
Retail gold purchases have tripled over the last six months, while Wall Street selling has accelerated over the past four months, according to data from the Bank for International Settlements (BIS). “Retail-driven exuberance,” increasingly channeled through exchange-traded funds (ETFs), “set the stage for outsize moves,” continuing the precious metal rally from 2025, reported the BIS …
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Polymarket buys DeFi startup Brahma in latest acquisition wave
Blockchain prediction markets platform Polymarket is acquiring Brahma, a crypto startup that provides decentralized finance (DeFi) infrastructure. “As part of this transition, our team will dedicate itself to evolving Polymarket’s stack and product suite,” Brahma stated in an announcement on Wednesday. Brahma, founded in 2021, says it has processed over $1 billion in volume and …
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SEC gives go-ahead to Nasdaq for tokenized trading trial
Nasdaq has been given the regulatory green light to offer some tokenized stocks, which will trade alongside traditional securities on its exchange. The US Securities and Exchange Commission on Wednesday approved Nasdaq’s pilot proposal to support the trading of tokenized versions of stocks and other securities. Nasdaq first filed its proposal in September that sought …
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