Two crypto courtroom sagas out of Manhattan delivered a pair of sharply different plot twists this week — one defendant walked away from the SEC’s fraud case for good, while another scheme’s legal fallout hit a wall when a federal judge tossed key racketeering claims tied to a church-linked investment disaster. SEC Dismisses Civil Fraud […]
Authorities pulled the plug on the Socksescort proxy empire, freezing $3.5 million in crypto and exposing a global router botnet. U.S. and European authorities have dismantled Socksescort, a residential proxy network powered by AVRecon malware that quietly hijacked more than 369,000 devices across 163 countries. Operating since 2020, the service sold access to infected home […]
Bonk.fun, the Solana-based meme coin launchpad learned the hard way this week that even decentralized dreams still rely on very centralized web doors — and someone briefly kicked one open. As of this weekend, the domain still remains compromised. Solana Platform Bonk.fun Compromised in Domain Hijack Bonk.fun, a community-driven token launch platform tied to the […]
U.S. regulators are weighing how blockchain-based equities could reshape markets, as SEC leaders signal potential pilot programs and exemptions that may open the door to tokenized stock trading while regulators grapple with settlement rules and investor protections. Wall Street and Blockchain Collide as SEC Explores Tokenized Equity Framework Regulators are evaluating new frameworks for blockchain-based […]
N4P is supposed to be -22% power @ iso-perf relative to base N5. Relative to N5P, however, TSMC’s numbers give something like +4% perf, iso-power, or -7% power, iso-perf. Honestly, kinda marginal gains. Does beg the question, however. With Zen 5 widely expected to bring a much “bigger” core, but only small improvements on the […]
That is the part about energy production argument that I really don’t understand. Nuclear, Solar, Wind, Geo-Thermal, Hydro are part of what I consider “green” sources of energy. Even batteries are another very important piece of that puzzle. There isn’t one single source of power that is perfect in all situations. The grid needs to […]
Bitcoin exchange-traded funds (ETFs) extended their inflow streak to five consecutive days with $180 million in new capital. Ether and solana ETFs also posted gains, while XRP ETFs recorded no trading activity. Inflow Momentum Continues as Bitcoin, Ether ETFs Stay Green The steady march of institutional money into crypto ETFs continued to close out the […]
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President Donald Trump said Saturday that the United States and allied nations are preparing to send warships to the Strait of Hormuz to keep the world’s most critical oil chokepoint open as the Iran conflict threatens roughly 20% of global petroleum flows. Strait of Hormuz Flashpoint: Trump Calls for Warships as Iran Targets Shipping Trump’s […]
Over the past seven days, the stablecoin economy padded its coffers with another $2.983 billion, gliding past the $315 billion threshold this week. Among the ten largest fiat-pegged tokens by market capitalization, Circle’s Treasury-fund stablecoin USYC posted the biggest weekly gain, climbing 13.9% over the same stretch. Top 10 Stablecoins Control 94% of a $315B […]