TL;DR: Get the iPhone 17 for free from T-Mobile when you trade in your eligible phone on an Experience More or Experience Beyond plan. Alternatively, the Apple iPhone 17 Pro is free when you switch to T-Mobile and bring your number on an Experience Beyond plan (no trade-in needed). Samsung is still the center of…
Key Takeaways Chainalysis logged $3.4B stolen in 2025, with Bybit’s $1.5B hack alone accounting for 44% of that total. H1 2026 set a record 212 incidents per Blockaid, with Lazarus-linked crews behind about 55% of these losses. KelpDAO’s $293M April exploit was 2026’s largest single hit. Six Years, More Than $16 Billion Gone Crypto theft…
A company with staff in four or five countries and customers in over twenty has a payments problem its bank was never built to solve. It can be messy, with factors like wire transfers clearing in several days, or maybe the correspondent bank taking a cut at every hop. Or a contractor in Buenos Aires,…
When a loved one dies, who downloads their important files from their cloud storage account? Who monitors their email inbox? Who decides what happens to the photos and videos on their social media accounts? And what if those tasks fall to you? Everyone will die, but not everyone has planned what they want to happen…
MARA Holdings secured $600 million of new borrowing on Aug. 4 after pledging 18,750 BTC worth about $1.2 billion as initial collateral, according to its Aug. 6 quarterly filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. Summary 18,750 BTC worth about $1.2 billion initially secured MARA’s two new Bitcoin backed lending facilities. Coinbase provided $300…
For more than a decade, the cybersecurity industry has been assigning names to different hacking groups. Some of them, like Fancy Bear, have crossed over into the mainstream because of their prominent hacks and memorable names. Others are only known within the cybersecurity industry. Oftentimes, even industry insiders can’t keep track. In part, that’s because…
Key Takeaways National Treasury and SARB release draft rules governing cross-border crypto transfers. VALR CEO Farzam Ehsani warned that banning corporate crypto flows could push market volume offshore. Stakeholders and interested industry parties have until September 30 to submit public feedback. Corporate Limits and Illicit Flow Risks South Africa’s new proposed cross-border cryptocurrency framework risks…
Gold continues to perform a lot better on a YTD scale than BTC. China made its largest monthly gold purchase in nearly three years and continues a massive accumulation streak, while other central banks have refocused on the precious metal. This is among the reasons behind the asset’s price resurgence over the past week,…
A critical vulnerability in BTCPay Server is being actively exploited, allowing attackers to drain Bitcoin from Lightning Network nodes used by merchants and other businesses. BTCPay Server confirmed the attacks late Friday, warning operators running LND, the most widely used software for operating Lightning nodes, to immediately update to version 2.4.2 or take vulnerable servers…
OpenAI’s next big bet could sit on your table and look suspiciously like a doughnut. The AI company is reportedly developing a compact, battery-powered, displayless smart speaker expected to cost somewhere between $300 and $400. Bloomberg reports that the device could cost more than $300, while TechCrunch puts the expected price between $300 and $400….
