Cryptocurrency exchange Binance has alerted users to a rise in “Clipper malware” attacks that can steal crypto funds. The malware intercepts wallet addresses, replacing them with attackers’. Binance said it has implemented... Read more »
The crypto industry’s monetary involvement in the 2024 US presidential election has exceeded $1.2 billion, with Polymarket accounting for a vast majority of the amount, according to a recent report by Breadcrumbs.... Read more »
China is moving to update its legislation to tackle new money and cryptocurrency money laundering crimes. The Chinese Congress is set to introduce new money laundering concepts in the second review of... Read more »
The U.S. is at a “turning point” in crypto, and about to become “THE decisive leader” in nurturing the technology, Jeremy Allaire, CEO of stablecoin issuer Circle, wrote in an X post... Read more »
Compass Mining has powered up 3,000 bitcoin mining machines at its newly partnered hosting facility in Iowa. The company also plans to install 1,000 more machines in September. Compass Mining Scales Iowa... Read more »
Tether is working to improve its relations with regulators following the recognition of its USDT stablecoin as property in the UK. On Sept. 13, Tether announced that it hired Jesse Spiro to... Read more »
The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) has partnered with several organizations, including the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), to educate the public about cryptocurrency scams, especially those involving fake romantic relationships. These... Read more »
Sam Bankman-Fried (SBF), co-founder of the collapsed crypto exchange FTX, has filed an appeal challenging his fraud conviction on Sept. 13, arguing that the trial was tainted by judicial bias and procedural... Read more »
On Sept. 10, Bitcoin’s mining difficulty rose 3.58% higher bringing the network’s difficulty to a new all-time high of 92.67 trillion. The news follows Bitcoin’s overall hashrate rising near the 700 exahash... Read more »
OpenAI has released a new series of AI models called OpenAI o1, designed to enhance reasoning capabilities for solving complex problems. The o1-preview and o1-mini models aim to spend more time thinking... Read more »
