South Korea said North Korean hackers Lazarus and Andariel were behind the $50 million Upbit hack in 2019, with the stolen crypto now valued at over $1 billion. Read More at https://cointelegraph.com/news/upbit-hack-lazarus-south-korea-police?utm_source=rss_feed&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss_partner_inbound
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Worldcoin’s biometric gamble is a privacy time bomb
The privacy and security risks of biometric IDs demand builders consider modular privacy applications or face real-world vulnerabilities. Read More at https://cointelegraph.com/news/worldcoin-s-biometric-gamble-is-a-privacy-time-bomb?utm_source=rss_feed&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss_partner_inbound
Justin Sun paid $6M for a banana taped to a wall and now plans to eat it
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. Read More at https://cointelegraph.com/news/justin-sun-paid-6m-for-banana-art-eat-it?utm_source=rss_feed&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss_partner_inbound
Coinbase scammer claims earning 5 figures a week targeting crypto CEOs
“We’re hitting CEOs, CFOs, software engineers,” the brazen scammer told Casa CEO Nick Neuman: “We don’t call poor people.” Read More at https://cointelegraph.com/news/coinbase-support-scammer-boasts-earning-5-figures-a-week-phishing-crypto-ceos?utm_source=rss_feed&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss_partner_inbound
DeFi, gaming will be ‘most positively affected’ by Trump: Sky Mavis
Jeffrey Zirlin says the election of Donald Trump will take regulatory pressure off the “token design” and allow for radical new kinds of innovation and experimentation. Read More at https://cointelegraph.com/news/defi-gaming-most-positively-affected-industry-trump-sky-mavis-co-founder?utm_source=rss_feed&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss_partner_inbound
US charges 5 crypto hackers in $11M scheme linked to ‘Scattered Spider’
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. Read More at https://cointelegraph.com/news/us-charges-crypto-hackers-linked-scattered-spider?utm_source=rss_feed&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss_partner_inbound
Nvidia sees bright future in agentic AI amid record Q3 revenue
The world’s most valuable company is focusing on AI systems or agents designed to exhibit autonomous decision-making. Read More at https://cointelegraph.com/news/nvidia-touts-bright-future-agentic-ai-amid-record-q3-revenue?utm_source=rss_feed&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss_partner_inbound
Apple rushes out patch fixing zero-day attacks on macOS systems
The vulnerabilities caught the attention of the former CEO of Binance, Changpeng “CZ” Zhao who advised users to update their operating system immediately. Read More at https://cointelegraph.com/news/apple-rushes-out-patch-fixing-zero-day-attacks-macos-systems?utm_source=rss_feed&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss_partner_inbound
Bitwise registers Solana ETF in US state Delaware
Bitwise would be competing with fellow asset managers VanEck and Canary Capital for an SEC-approved spot Solana ETF. Read More at https://cointelegraph.com/news/bitwise-registers-solana-etf-delaware?utm_source=rss_feed&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss_partner_inbound
Bitcoin reserve won’t solve US debt crisis: Think tank co-founder
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. Read More at https://cointelegraph.com/news/bitcoin-cannot-solve-americas-debt-problem-on-its-own?utm_source=rss_feed&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss_partner_inbound