Institutional XRP exposure remains steady despite the choppy price action. XRP has shed more than 10% over the past week as its struggle near $1 continues. This downward pressure has pushed the crypto asset’s yearly losses to almost 70%. Despite the negative sentiment, institutional participation appears to be intact, as several firms continue to…
This content originally appeared on Mashable for a US audience and has been adapted for the UK audience. It’s 2026 and times are good for low-effort consumers. Yes, you can get pretty much anything you want by just tapping and swiping of your smartphone: Your shopping, your favourite takeaway, your high-ticket tech, even — our…
Ireland has introduced its first national anti-money laundering strategy through 2030, placing enhanced checks on private-wallet transfers and overseas crypto firms among its main digital-asset controls. Summary Ireland’s first national AML strategy will guide financial crime policy through 2030. Crypto firms must apply enhanced checks to certain transfers involving self-hosted wallets. Ireland ended its 12-month…
When Edward Warchocki speaks with you, he sounds like a regular guy. “Not super intelligent, but very emotional, very easy to make friends with,” says Bartosz Idzik, the person who created him. But when he doesn’t talk, it’s harder to forget what Warchocki really is: a 4-foot-tall humanoid robot that’s wandering the city streets of…
Key Takeaways Arizona’s attorney general assisted 35 crypto ATM scam victims with $171,332 in refunds. Mandatory refunds cover only customers with an operator for fewer than 10 days. Victims must contact the operator and authorities within 30 days. How 35 Victims Obtained Full Refunds Full reimbursement reached 35 scam victims, Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes…
Security expert Nick Neuman warned that leaked home addresses could enable criminals to more easily target people for wrench attacks. On August 13, Trezor disclosed that a data breach at its shipping partner, ShipMonk, exposed the personal information of roughly 13,700 recent customers, including names, phone numbers, and home addresses. Binance founder Changpeng Zhao…
Aurora Innovation and Kodiak AI, two companies developing self-driving trucks, have received permits from the California Department of Motor Vehicles to test their autonomous vehicle technology on public roads. And Kodiak has already started. Kodiak said it is starting with a handful of test trucks in California, primarily around its Mountain View office. Both companies…
BNB Chain has scheduled its Pasteur hard fork for Aug. 25, introducing three changes intended to strengthen cross-chain transfers, tighten validator controls, and raise tested transaction capacity from 1,237 to 2,324 transactions per second. Summary Pasteur will activate on BNB Smart Chain at 2:30 a.m. UTC on Aug. 25. Node operators must install BSC software…
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Massive 678K Taxpayer Data Breach Worries French Crypto Holders A new threat has arisen in France for cryptocurrency holders, as threat actors have accessed personal information of a large number of taxpayers. A pseudonymous hacker identified as Zerobytes managed to steal data from 678,438 contributors extracted from the General Directorate of Public Finances’ (DGFiP) site….
