Zcash’s landmark NU7 upgrade goes live, speeding up private payments
NU7 cuts the target time between blocks to 25 seconds, reduces the work wallets must do to find private payments and sets aside fees for future miners.
Hyperliquid treasury firm seeking U.S. regulatory nod as a domestic futures platform
The company said it’s trying to establish a U.S. “futures commission merchant” with full compliance for activity with U.S. clients, though the timing is uncertain.
Bitcoin developer proposes ‘landmines’ to make quantum thieves lose their own BTC
Anyone trying to move vulnerable bitcoin would have to put up matching collateral, giving prepared owners a chance to take both.
U.S. Justice Department assembles force to shield against foreign AI threats
The new DOJ task force will aid the recently designated U.S. “SI Force” by warding off bad actors backed by other nations, criminal groups or corporate fraud.
Bitcoin tumbles to $76,000 as collapsing AI trade drags stocks sharply lower
The post-election rally quickly reversed as AI stocks plunged, but cryptocurrencies held up relatively better despite a $1 billion liquidation wave.
What is TraderTraitor, the hacking squad behind the $6.3 billion Binance heist?
The hacking group has been behind some of the crypto industry’s most recent high-profile thefts.
Standard Chartered and SBI back crypto insurer Soter as funding reaches $23.5 million
Soter also received backing of 500 BTC and 2000 ETH, worth another $43 million at current prices.
Hong Kong passes law requiring crypto exchanges to report customer transactions to tax authorities
Crypto firms must collect customer and transaction data from 2027, with Hong Kong sharing the information with overseas tax authorities from 2028.
OpenAI says its AI can break into Linux at scale. Here’s what it means for crypto
OpenAI says its AI found 948 Linux flaws and wrote a working attack for each one. Crypto security voices say decentralization leaves the industry better placed than most to cope.
Zcash is about to freeze $16 million in its oldest privacy pool
About 12,200 ZEC remains in Sprout, the privacy pool Zcash launched in 2016. Roughly 10,000 coins have left over the past week, but only about 40 moved out Wednesday.