Tesla and SpaceX have formally committed $16.8 billion to break ground on Terafab, Elon Musk’s giant AI chip factory, after moving the project’s planned site from Austin to a rural county outside Houston. A Site Change for the Largest Building on Earth Musk first unveiled Terafab in March at Austin’s Seaholm Historic Power Plant, pitching […]
MARA Holdings posted a $611 million net loss in the second quarter as its bitcoin treasury shrank 29% year-over-year to 35,577 BTC. The report landed the same week rival Riot Platforms and MARA itself sent a combined 581 BTC to custodian NYDIG. A Rough Quarter by the Numbers MARA Holdings, the largest publicly traded bitcoin […]
The hacker behind the Coldcard wallet exploit, believed to hold 2,055 BTC (about $130 million) in stolen bitcoin, moved funds for the first time in weeks, sending 30.185 BTC (about $1.94 million) to a new wallet. The Hacker Goes Quiet, Then Moves Again Just hours ago, the hacker behind the largest share of the theft, […]
Malta has joined Italy, Portugal, and Spain to block a possible EU-wide online gambling levy, four diplomats told Politico, in a budget fight any one of the 27 governments can veto. Commission modeling would bill Malta about $190 million (€165 million) a year, more than Italy’s share, despite a population just over half a million. […]
In response to recent events where AI agents escaped their sandboxes and attacked real-world targets, Kaijern Lau, Senior Director of Engineering at CertiK, believes the industry must prepare by increasing its investment in AI security as the blockchain industry becomes intertwined with AI. CertiK’s Kaijern Lau: AI Will Be Positive For Web3 Security, But Also […]
Google pulled a newly launched AI-generated satellite imagery feature from Google Earth less than 24 hours after release, after experts warned it could be used to create realistic fake scenes and fuel misinformation. The tool let users generate satellite-style images from data for uses like historical visualization and real estate, and Google says it plans […]
The decision comes after Majority Leader John Thune stressed that Democrats insisted on no vote as they still consider that the CLARITY Act needs work regarding the ethics provision. Thune ensured that the crypto bill would be on the agenda after the August recess. Broken Promises: No CLARITY for Now The window for the Digital […]
For anyone who stores cryptocurrency in a hardware wallet, one tiny computer chip quietly performs one of the most important security jobs in the entire device. Most people never see it, never interact with it and rarely hear it mentioned. Yet this specialized chip is responsible for protecting the private keys that give owners control […]
European financial watchdogs warn that criminals are exploiting this market transition to steal funds. Fraudsters are impersonating official regulators or licensed exchanges to trick users into sending assets to fraudulent websites. Hundreds of Firms Forced to Close European regulators say criminals are taking advantage of the disruption caused by the EU’s new crypto rules, impersonating […]
Fake XRP airdrops, reward scanners, and phishing campaigns are targeting investors, prompting the XRP Ledger Foundation and RippleX to issue security warnings on X. The alerts highlight impersonation accounts, fraudulent promotions, and wallet traps designed to obtain sensitive information or trick investors into unsafe actions. XRP Ledger Foundation Warns Investors About Fake Rewards The XRP […]