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North Korea’s Lazarus Group Has Stolen $240M in Crypto in Just 104 Days: Elliptic
Blockchain surveillance firm Elliptic published a report Friday detailing the exploits of notorious North Korean hacking group Lazarus, which has been “ramping up” activity in recent months.The organization has been linked to five major…
‘Cast It Into the Fire’: GOP Moves to Advance Bills That Ban CBDC
Is a central bank digital currency (CBDC) necessary to protect the United States’ financial preeminence or a step towards authoritarianism? Congress returned to these questions again as Republicans move to advance new bills aimed at…
Proposed California Legislation Would Protect Actors From AI Copycats
With no end in sight to the ongoing actors' strike in Hollywood, a California lawmaker introduced legislation Wednesday that, if passed, would give actors a way out of contracts that require the use of their likeness to create digital…
Panerai to Include NFT ‘Digital Passport’ With All Luxury Watches
Italian luxury watch brand Panerai announced Wednesday that it will include an NFT-based “digital passport” with all watches purchased from October 3, expanding an initiative that the firm began in 2022.Each Panerai digital passport will…
People Won’t Use Bitcoin To Buy Things, Says PayPal Co-Founder
Even as he pushes to get the world past "the fax era of global payments," Bitcoin bull David Marcus said he doesn't believe that BTC will ever become a popular or common payment method.“Our view is actually that Bitcoin is not the currency…
Feds Want $5.2 Million in Bitcoin Returned by Teen Hacker—And A Sports Car, Too
The U.S. Department of Justice is moving to seize millions of dollars in Bitcoin that a teenage hacker had stolen from crypto executives four years ago. Prosecutors are also making sure they recover the sports car he bought with the stolen…
Ted Cruz Says He Is a ‘Big Believer’ In Bitcoin Mining
The Texas Bitcoin mining industry is lucky to have the backing of Sen. Ted Cruz.Cruz, who announced his withdrawal from the Republican presidential race in February, was on Fox News Radio this week touting the benefits Bitcoin mining is…
CFTC Targets DeFi Protocols Opyn, ZeroEx, and Deridex in Sweeping Crackdown
Source: AdobeThe U.S. derivatives markets regulator Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) has charged three decentralized finance (DeFi) protocols,…
Drake and The Weeknd AI Song Went Viral—Now It Could Win a Grammy
A pseudonymous TikTok user sparked global controversy in April by releasing an AI-generated, fictional collaboration between Drake and The Weeknd that quickly went viral. Now they’re back with a new song—and trying to take the robot-crafted…
DYDX Token Receives Full Community Support for dYdX Chain Integration
Image Source: dydxPopular decentralized exchange dydx has received unanimous approval from its community to transition to version 4 and adopt the DYDX…