The privacy and security risks of biometric IDs demand builders consider modular privacy applications or face real-world vulnerabilities. Opinion by Ankur Rakhi Sinha, co-founder and CEO of Airchains. Having faced fines and lawsuits worldwide, the charges against Worldcoin (which became known as “World” in late October 2024) are all the same: a systemic failure to...Continue Reading

Jeffrey Zirlin says the election of Donald Trump will take regulatory pressure off the “token design” and allow for radical new kinds of innovation.  Blockchain gaming, along with decentralized finance (DeFi), will likely benefit most from Donald Trump’s presidency, said Jeffrey Zirlin, the co-founder of crypto gaming platform Sky Mavis.  Speaking to Cointelegraph at the...Continue Reading

“We’re hitting CEOs, CFOs, software engineers,” the brazen scammer told Casa CEO Nick Neuman: “We don’t call poor people.”  Crypto phishing scammers are apparently earning a five-figure weekly income by impersonating Coinbase support and have been using leaked data to target high-ranking crypto executives and software engineers. CEO and co-founder of Bitcoin self-custody solutions provider...Continue Reading

The artwork consists of a regular store-bought banana stuck to a wall with duct tape which sold in New York for four times the estimated sales price.  Tron founder Justin Sun paid $6.2 million at a New York auction for an art piece consisting of a banana taped to a wall. Now, he plans to...Continue Reading

The world’s most valuable company is focusing on AI systems or agents designed to exhibit autonomous decision-making. Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang says his firm will be focused on being at the forefront of agentic (autonomous) artificial intelligence, as it delivered record revenue in the third quarter.  “The age of AI is in full steam, propelling...Continue Reading

The US has laid charges against a group accused of a hacking spree, with one alleged victim being robbed of over $6.3 million worth of crypto. United States prosecutors have charged five people accused of being part of a group that allegedly hacked dozens of businesses and individuals to steal $11 million in crypto and...Continue Reading

Bitwise would be competing with fellow asset managers VanEck and Canary Capital for an SEC-approved spot Solana ETF. Digital asset management firm Bitwise has registered a statutory trust for a proposed spot Solana exchange-traded fund (ETF) in Delaware — indicating that it may soon file for an S-1 registration statement with the United States securities...Continue Reading

The vulnerabilities caught the attention of the former CEO of Binance, Changpeng “CZ” Zhao who advised users to update their operating system immediately. Tech giant Apple has released a patch for two zero-day vulnerabilities that hackers have used to exploit Intel-based Mac computers. According to the Nov. 19 advisory from Apple, both vulnerabilities have been...Continue Reading

Avik Roy, the president of a nonprofit think tank, said Senator Cynthia Lummis’ idea that Bitcoin could eliminate federal debt is an “overselling” of what Bitcoin can do. United States Senator Cynthia Lummis’ plan to set up a strategic Bitcoin reserve won’t be enough to solve the country’s debt crisis, which has now swelled to...Continue Reading

According to Eric Balchunas, the launch of the Bitcoin ETF in the United States was the most successful ETF launch in history. The United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has delayed a decision to approve the Franklin Templeton Crypto Index ETF until early 2025. In a Nov. 20 letter, the regulatory agency explained that...Continue Reading