Armstrong’s poll shows how uncertain traders are, with the Bitcoin community offering no clear consensus on whether the bottom is in or not. Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong sparked debate over Bitcoin’s direction on July 14 after asking X users whether the OG cryptocurrency has already reached its market bottom. The poll quickly drew thousands…
While many top-tier venture firms keep raising massively larger funds, Greylock Ventures, one of the oldest and most prestigious venture firms in Silicon Valley, is intentionally resisting the trend of ballooning fund sizes. On Tuesday, the 61-year-old firm announced that it had raised a $1.5 billion 18th fund. The number is 50% higher than its…
A new academic study has found that Polymarket’s five-minute Bitcoin prediction contracts have created incentives for sophisticated traders to manipulate spot prices and profit at the expense of ordinary participants. Summary Stanford researchers link Polymarket’s five-minute Bitcoin markets to settlement-price manipulation. The study estimates about $1.28 million shifted from retail traders to sophisticated participants. Researchers…
New Jalisco and OmegaLord phishing kits target Microsoft 365 accounts by abusing device code flows, OAuth tokens, and MFA prompts to maintain access. The post Jalisco, OmegaLord Phishing Kits Target Microsoft 365 Accounts appeared first on TechRepublic. Source link
Key Takeaways Quickswap approved Orbs with 81.8% support, unifying perps across supported blockchains. Orbs’ Layer 3 stack boosts dex execution, aiming to rival centralized exchanges from 2026 onward. Orbs secures 1.12B+ ORBS staked as Quickswap expands on-chain perpetual futures infrastructure. A New Era for Decentralized Derivatives Quickswap has adopted Orbs’ Perpetual Hub Ultra 2.0 as…
Close to a year after the enactment of the UK’s age assurance law, the Online Safety Act, Ofcom, the UK’s communications regulator, has released a report on its progress. The Online Safety Act requires robust age checks for sites that have content “restricted to adults,” which extends from pornography to non-explicit content like the r/stopsmoking…
Senate Democrats have intensified scrutiny of Acting U.S. Attorney General Todd Blanche during his confirmation hearing, accusing him of weakening crypto enforcement while President Donald Trump’s digital asset businesses have expanded. Summary Dick Durbin accused Todd Blanche of dismantling DOJ crypto enforcement to benefit Trump’s crypto businesses. Senate Democrats linked Blanche’s nomination to demands for…
President Donald Trump restarted the Iran conflict with days of missile strikes, and US intelligence officials now estimate the total military cost of the war for the Pentagon could exceed $100 billion, according to two people directly familiar with the matter. The officials were tracking the total cost of Operation Epic Fury to be in…
Key Takeaways More than 30 traditional finance and digital market firms joined live trades using tokenized securities. Participants tested collateral, lending, Treasury, repo, equity, settlement, transfer, and margin workflows across two blockchain networks. DTCC plans an October 2026 launch, leaving adoption, transaction volume, and sustained performance as the next tests. Why Did More Than 30…
US authorities froze over $130 million, while renewed strikes and a naval blockade intensified regional tensions. The United States has frozen more than $130 million in crypto assets linked to Iran as hostilities in the Middle East continue to intensify. US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent took to X to confirm that the Treasury Department’s…
