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Foundation and Citadel21 reported drained Lightning nodes, but the total amount stolen and number of affected operators remain unknown. BTCPay Server has temporarily restricted public remote connections to Lightning Network nodes running Lightning Network Daemon (LND) software after attackers exploited a critical vulnerability to obtain credentials and move funds.  BTCPay said the restriction prevents external …

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The deployment milestone tests whether enforcing nodes can sustain the change amid limited miner signaling and discussion of a hard-fork fallback. Bitcoin Improvement Proposal 110 entered its mandatory-signaling phase at block 961,632 on Saturday, with miners signaling support in just 51 of the preceding 2,016 blocks, or 2.53%, well below the 55% threshold required for …

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A Georgia man has been arrested after allegedly impersonating a bank employee and tricking a Connecticut business into handing over $50,000. Junior Astre, 41, of Loganville, Georgia, faces charges including first-degree identity theft, second-degree money laundering, first-degree larceny, criminal impersonation and second-degree telephone fraud, reports CT Insider. The case began in June 2025 when a …

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Truth Social’s parent firm is terminating a multibillion-dollar cryptocurrency treasury agreement with Crypto.com (CRO) to streamline operations around its main platform and an energy partnership. Trump Media and Technology Group (TMTG), Crypto.com and the special purpose acquisition company Yorkville Acquisition Corp have all agreed to abandon plans for a CRO treasury venture announced in Q2 …

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The procedural move puts crypto market structure legislation back on track as lawmakers continue negotiations over ethics and stablecoin provisions. US Senate Majority Leader John Thune has filed cloture on a motion to take up the Digital Asset Market Clarity Act, also known as the CLARITY Act, setting up a key procedural vote on the …

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Crypto is growing up thanks to trading in real world assets, and Bitcoin will never dip below $60K again, says Nansen founder founder Alex Svanevik. Crypto is finally shaking off the “get rich quick” reputation that has defined the industry for more than a decade according to Nansen founder and CEO Alex Svanevik — and …

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Situational Awareness is pouring $500 million into Source Foundry, a startup developing new equipment to ease bottlenecks in advanced semiconductor manufacturing. The hedge fund injected a fresh $400 million into the company this week, in addition to its prior commitments, reports The Wall Street Journal. A spokesperson for Situational Awareness did not respond to a …

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The drug and vaccine company Pfizer has signed off on a proposed $44 million class action settlement involving its Chantix medication. The resolution addresses claims that Chantix, a prescription aid for quitting smoking, reached consumers without proper disclosure of contamination by a nitrosamine compound widely viewed as a probable human carcinogen. The settlement covers individuals …

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A decade-long international fraud operation has drained more than $9 million from over 200 elderly victims across the United States through promises of fake sweepstakes prizes. The scheme relied on unsolicited calls and texts that told seniors they had won large cash awards and luxury cars but first had to pay taxes or fees, reports …

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IMF first deputy managing director Dan Katz says users may favor digital dollars for their liquidity, network effects and cross-border acceptance. Domestic-currency stablecoins intended to curb reliance on dollar-backed tokens could instead make it easier for users to move funds into digital dollars, according to a senior International Monetary Fund (IMF) official. On Friday, IMF …

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Expedited discovery allows the exchange to seek account identities, balances and transaction histories from platforms with US operations. United States court records unsealed on Thursday show that a federal judge backed crypto exchange Bybit’s effort to trace assets stolen in the $1.5 billion North Korea-linked hack by granting the company expedited discovery.  According to the …

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The US government sanctioned an individual and two crypto exchanges it said facilitated money laundering for a combined $5 million in digital assets linked to Iran. The US Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) announced sanctions against two digital asset exchanges it said that “the Iranian regime relies on to launder billions of …

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The president’s company will unwind an agreement with Crypto.com to create a multibillion-dollar CRO treasury and reportedly not integrate prediction markets onto Truth Social. US President Donald Trump’s company, the Trump Media and Technology Group (TMTG), is pulling back from a deal with the Crypto.com exchange to instead focus on a merger with energy company …

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An artificial intelligence company is preparing to pay $3.2 million to resolve federal allegations of discriminating against American workers during recruitment for certain roles. OpenAI OpCo LLC and its subsidiary Statsig Inc. reached the combined settlement with the Justice Department over claims they violated the Immigration and Nationality Act by preferring temporary visa holders in …

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Flagstar Bank has reached a proposed class action settlement to resolve claims over two separate cyberattacks that compromised customer data. The agreement establishes a $31.5 million fund to compensate affected individuals, reports USA Today. The breaches occurred in January 2021 and December 2021, exposing personal information belonging to approximately 2.19 million people nationwide, including about …

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