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Tether CEO Paolo Ardoino unveils PearPass as response to record 16 billion password leak

Tether CEO Paolo Ardoino unveils PearPass as response to record 16 billion password leak

Tether CEO Paolo Ardoino announced a new open-source password manager, PearPass, after an unprecedented 16 billion passwords were leaked in what experts now call the largest credential breach ever recorded. Ardoino wrote: “The cloud has failed us. Again. 16 billion passwords just leaked. It’s time to ditch the cloud.” He pledged that PearPass will work […]

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Open AI might kill us. Closed AI might enslave us. Choose your future.

Open AI might kill us. Closed AI might enslave us. Choose your future.

There’s a familiar discomfort creeping in again, something I felt in the early 2010s as I watched social media’s promises of connection and community unravel into mass manipulation. Facebook and propaganda bots were the first dominoes. Cambridge Analytica, Brexit, global elections, it all felt like a betrayal of the internet’s original dream. Now, in the

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Donald Trump wants immediate action on GENIUS Act

Donald Trump wants immediate action on GENIUS Act

President Donald Trump, who has interests in the stablecoin USD1 via his involvement in World Liberty Financial, has called on the US House of Representatives to move quickly on the GENIUS Act, a new bill aimed at regulating stablecoins and boosting America’s role in the digital asset economy. In a June 19 post shared on

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3 XRP ETFs Debut in Canada in a Single Day—Regulated Crypto Access Accelerates

3 XRP ETFs Debut in Canada in a Single Day—Regulated Crypto Access Accelerates

XRP surges into the spotlight as Canada’s stock exchange TSX welcomes three groundbreaking ETFs in one day, unleashing massive institutional demand and reshaping the regulated digital asset investment landscape. Canada Lights up TSX With 3 XRP ETFs in One Day—Wall Street Left Frozen More companies are increasingly launching XRP exchange-traded funds (ETFs), reflecting surging institutional

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North Korean dev hijacks dormant Waves repositories, slips credential-stealing code in wallet updates

North Korean dev hijacks dormant Waves repositories, slips credential-stealing code in wallet updates

A North Korean developer gained elevated privileges inside Waves Protocol’s Keeper-Wallet codebase, according to a June 18 report by Ketman. The report highlighted routine scans for Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) activity on GitHub, which uncovered the account “AhegaoXXX” pushing updates to Keeper-Wallet.  The wallet’s repositories showed no legitimate commits after August 2023, yet

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10-year Bitcoin holdings grow faster than daily issuance, marking scarcity signal after 2024 halving

10-year Bitcoin holdings grow faster than daily issuance, marking scarcity signal after 2024 halving

On-chain data shows that Bitcoin’s (BTC) “ancient supply” is increasing faster than new BTC daily issuance, according to a June 18 research by Fidelity Digital Assets. The report treats ancient supply as Bitcoins that have remained unmoved for at least a decade, and it counted an average of 566 BTC entering the 10-year-plus cohort daily

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Coinbase launches stablecoin payment stack with USDC checkout targeting commerce giants

Coinbase launches stablecoin payment stack with USDC checkout targeting commerce giants

Coinbase officially launched Coinbase Payments on June 18, a three-layer platform that enables commerce providers to add USDC checkout without running their blockchain infrastructure. The stack begins with Stablecoin Checkout, a wallet-native interface that supports hundreds of wallets, delivers gas-free transactions, and records payments in USDC.  Beneath it, an E-commerce Engine exposes application programming interfaces

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Arthur Hayes says only exchange-backed or bank-linked stablecoins can thrive

Arthur Hayes says only exchange-backed or bank-linked stablecoins can thrive

Arthur Hayes said that stablecoin issuers who cannot immediately tap a large exchange, a Web2 platform, or a legacy bank will struggle to survive. In a June 16 blog post, the BitMEX co-founder recounted how the banking shutdowns in the 2010s in Hong Kong and Mainland China drove traders toward Tether.  Bitfinex and Tether allowed

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Bitcoin holds ground as Fed leaves interest rates unchanged

Bitcoin holds ground as Fed leaves interest rates unchanged

The Federal Reserve left its key interest rate steady on June 18, choosing caution as it monitors persistent inflation and global uncertainties. Bitcoin (BTC) remained largely stable, continuing to hold recent gains despite broader market jitters.  The flagship crypto was trading at $104,110 as of press time, down 0.66% over the past 24 hours. Rates

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The Trolls Are Coming: Defending Bitcoin Mining from Patent Trolls

The Trolls Are Coming: Defending Bitcoin Mining from Patent Trolls

Bitcoin Magazine The Trolls Are Coming: Defending Bitcoin Mining from Patent Trolls Introduction: Patent Trolls Targeting Bitcoin Mining Bitcoin’s use of elliptic curve cryptography (ECC), which is essential for generating key pairs and validating digital signatures, has drawn the attention of a nonpracticing entity (NPE), more commonly known as a patent troll. In May 2025,

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