Security and privacy advocates are girding themselves for another uphill battle against Recall, the AI tool rolling out in Windows 11 that will screenshot, index, and store everything a user does every three seconds. When Recall was introduced in May 2024, security practitioners roundly castigated it for creating a gold mine for malicious insiders, criminals,…
Ethena, a synthetic dollar protocol, has partnered with the decentralized reinsurance platform Re to enable users to earn yield by depositing stablecoins into reinsurance risk pools. Synthetic Dollar Protocol Ethena Taps Re for High-Yield Reinsurance Pools The integration allows users to lock USDe and sUSDe stablecoins into Re’s Risk Pools, managed by qualified Cell Managers,…
Bob Bodily, co-founder of the Bitcoin-based trading platform Odin.fun, has revealed that a suspected hack compromised his account on the website, triggering a halt in trading and withdrawals. Following the incident, Odin’s Dog (ODINDOG), a meme coin native to the platform, saw its price crash by over 55% in the last six hours. The Hack…
Standard Chartered also outlined interim price targets of $5.50 by 2025 and $8.00 by 2026, driven by factors such as a potential spot XRP ETF approval and growing use cases in tokenization. Ripple’s acquisition of Hidden Road and its integration into global prime brokerage further strengthen XRP’s institutional appeal. XRP has made headlines again as…
As robotics has advanced, industry has steadily adopted more robots to automate away many kinds of grunt work. More than 540,000 new industrial robots were installed worldwide in 2023, taking the number of total industrial robots active to above 4 million, per IFR. Industrial robots typically excel at repetitive tasks, but they find it challenging…
Because of its method of iris-scanning activities to verify if its user is a true human and not a bot, blockchain project World (formerly Worldcoin) is currently facing privacy concerns. Worldcoin Update in Manila And now, World’s iris-scanning verification process is already in the country, with an official rollout in the National Capital Region. For…
Major U.S. stock indices ended Monday in positive territory, while Bitcoin reclaimed the $85,000 level and is now up 7% over the past week. Investor sentiment improved after President Donald Trump announced exemptions on smartphones, computers, and other components from his “reciprocal” tariffs. Apple (AAPL) shares gained after analysts at KeyBanc Capital Markets upgraded the…
Microsoft AI CEO Mustafa Suleyman. Image: Microsoft At a time when tech giants are racing to build the most powerful AI models on the planet, Microsoft is choosing a different lane — one that’s a little slower but potentially smarter. Mustafa Suleyman, Microsoft’s CEO of AI, says the company isn’t in a rush to lead…
Kraken just shattered the finance status quo, unleashing commission-free trading for 11,000 stocks and ETFs alongside crypto in one seamless, all-access trading platform. Kraken Breaks the Barrier: 11,000 Stocks and ETFs Now Live Alongside Crypto Crypto exchange Kraken announced on Monday that it has entered the equities market, offering commission-free trading for more than 11,000…
Key Takeaways The US Department of Homeland Security is investigating Anchorage Digital Bank for financial practices. Anchorage has expanded its partnership with BlackRock for custodian services in crypto assets. Share this article The US Department of Homeland Security’s El Dorado Task Force has launched an investigation into Anchorage Digital Bank, the first and only chartered…
