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Kazakhstan to become ‘Central Asia’s crypto hub’ with reforms: Minister (Wed, 14 May 2025)
Kazakhstan has the potential to become a leading crypto hub in Central Asia if regulatory restrictions are eased, according to Kanysh Tuleushin, the country’s first vice minister of digital development, innovation, and aerospace industry. In a recent op-ed for the Kazakhstanskaya Pravda newspaper, Tuleushin said digital mining and smart policy shifts could position Kazakhstan as a regional leader in blockchain innovation. “If all restrictions were lifted and digital asset trading was allowed across Kazakhstan, the impact could be significant,” he wrote.   “Kazakhstan might become Central Asia’s crypto hub,” Tuleushin added, suggesting that broader legalization and taxation could add hundreds of billions of tenge to the national budget. He called for nationwide crypto rules, transparent exchanges and legal crypto ATMs. Binance’s CZ signed an MOU with Kazakhstan in 2023. Source: CZ Related: Kazakhstan mulls Binance, Bybit for digital asset trading  Crypto miners could modernize Kazakhstan Tuleushin said crypto mining firms could play a key role in modernizing the nation’s energy infrastructure. He noted that, similar to the United States, miners in Kazakhstan could help balance the power grid by consuming surplus energy. Through the 70/30 energy initiative, foreign investors fund thermal power upgrades, with 70% of the generated capacity going to the national grid and 30% allocated to miners. He also proposed utilizing associated petroleum gas from oil fields to power data centers, reducing emissions while generating revenue for oil producers. Kazakhstan’s crypto mining sector has already contributed $34.6 million in taxes over the past three years. As of 2023, the government registered 415,000 mining machines, issued 84 licenses, and accredited five mining pools, Tuleushin said. Crypto trading on the Astana International Financial Centre (AIFC) exchange surged from $324 million in 2023 to $1.4 billion in 2024. From 2025, miners will be required to sell 75% of their mined assets via AIFC platforms. Related: Kazakhstan CBDC pilot drastically reduces VAT refund wait Kazakhstan struggles with unregulated crypto trades Despite progress, crypto transactions remain largely unregulated outside the AIFC, with an estimated $4.1 billion in turnover in 2023, 91.5% of which took place beyond government oversight. Authorities shut down 36 illegal exchanges in 2024, freezing $4.8 million in assets and disrupting two Ponzi schemes. The country is also building an in-house central bank digital currency (CBDC), the digital tenge. Development began in February 2023, with an initial launch deadline set for 2025. Aside from Kazakhstan, other Central Asian countries like Uzbekistan and Kyrgyzstan have also taken a friendly approach toward the digital asset industry. On May 7, Binance signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with Kyrgyzstan’s National Agency for Investments to introduce crypto payment infrastructure and blockchain education in the country. Magazine: Metric signals $250K Bitcoin is ‘best case,’ SOL, HYPE tipped for gains: Trade Secrets
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SEC delays Solana ETF as decisions for Polkadot, XRP loom (Mi, 14 Mai 2025)
The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has pushed back its decision on a proposed spot Solana exchange-traded fund (ETF), with the cryptocurrency industry now looking to the deadlines for the Polkadot and XRP-based ETFs in June. The SEC pushed its decision on listing Grayscale’s spot Solana (SOL) Trust ETF on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) to October 2025, according to a May 13 filing by the securities regulator. Delay on Grayscale’s Solana ETF. Source: SEC The decision came the week after the SEC delayed its ruling on Canary Capital’s Litecoin (LTC) ETF, Bloomberg Intelligence analyst James Seyffart wrote in a May 5 X post. Source: James Seyffart Spot ETFs are viewed as key drivers of liquidity and institutional adoption for digital assets. For Bitcoin (BTC), the US spot Bitcoin ETFs accounted for an estimated 75% of new investment after launching, which helped BTC recapture the $50,000 mark in February 2024, a month after the ETFs debuted for trading. While a Solana ETF may generate only a fraction of the inflows of Bitcoin ETFs, it could increase Solana’s institutional adoption in the long term by offering investors a “regulated investment vehicle” that may still attract billions of dollars in capital, Ryan Lee, chief analyst at Bitget Research, told Cointelegraph. Related: Solana co-founder proposes meta chain to fix blockchain fragmentation Despite the latest delay by the SEC, the majority of investors are optimistic about the approval of a SOL ETF before the end of 2025. Odds of a Solana ETF approved by Dec. 31, 2025. Source: Polymarket Investors are predicting an 82% chance for a SOL ETF approval and an 80% chance for a Litecoin ETF approval before the end of the year, according to data from Polymarket, the largest decentralized betting platform. Related: $1B Bitcoin exits Coinbase in a day as analysts warn of supply shock Polkadot, XRP, DOGE ETFs await SEC decision in June Several other crypto ETF applications are approaching SEC deadlines in June. The SEC will decide on Grayscale’s Polkadot (DOT) ETF by June 11, and 21Shares’ Polkadot ETF on June 24, according to a court filing from the SEC. On June 17, the SEC is set to make a decision on Franklin Templeton’s spot XRP (XRP) ETF and Bitwise’s spot Dogecoin (DOGE) ETF, official filings show. However, those decisions may also be delayed. The SEC typically takes full advantage of its 240-day review period when evaluating crypto-related financial products, as seen in its handling of the Bitcoin and Ether (ETH) ETF applications in 2023 and 2024. Magazine: Metric signals $250K Bitcoin is ‘best case,’ SOL, HYPE tipped for gains: Trade Secrets
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Asia’s wealthy shifting from US dollar to crypto, gold, China: UBS (Mi, 14 Mai 2025)
High-net-worth clients across Asia are gradually pivoting away from US dollar-based investments, favoring gold, cryptocurrencies and Chinese assets instead, according to financial services giant UBS Group. “Gold is getting very popular,” Amy Lo, the Swiss bank’s co-head of wealth management for Asia, said during Bloomberg’s New Voices event held in Hong Kong on May 13. She cited rising geopolitical uncertainty and persistent market volatility as primary factors behind the shift. Investors, traditionally concentrated in US-centric assets, are now seeking broader exposure across alternative asset classes, including crypto, commodities and other currencies. Lo said “volatility is definitely here to stay,” prompting clients to rebalance toward perceived safe havens and growth opportunities in new regions. China, after years of muted interest, is also regaining traction among the ultra-wealthy. Lo noted that clients who previously avoided exposure to China are now proactively asking about investment opportunities. Hong Kong’s benchmark index, heavily composed of Chinese companies, has emerged as one of the world’s top performers in 2024, further fueling interest. Hong Kong Stock Market Index. Source: Trading Economics Bank of America’s latest fund manager survey also shows that global fund managers significantly reduced their exposure to the US dollar in May, marking the largest underweight position in 19 years. Related: US Bitcoin reserve vs. gold and oil reserves: How do they compare? US-China tariff truce sparks investor optimism Christina Au-Yeung, head of Investment Management Services at Morgan Stanley Private Wealth Management Asia, told Bloomberg that a recent tariff truce between the US and China has created renewed investor optimism. “We are seeing an emergence of really interesting themes coming back out in China,” she said. Au-Yeung also pointed to a growing risk-aware mindset among Asia’s wealthiest clients. The firm now recommends a balanced portfolio allocation, including 40% fixed income, 40% equities, 15% alternatives and the remainder in cash or equivalents. On May 11, the US and China announced an agreement to temporarily reduce tariffs on each other’s goods. As per the deal, the US will lower tariffs on Chinese imports from 145% to 30%, while China will reduce duties on American goods from 125% to 10%. Related: Bitcoin acts like ‘store of value that it is’ amid Trump policy chaos: NYDIG Bitcoin viewed as a store of value In a recent note, Galaxy Digital analysts said Bitcoin is increasingly being viewed as a digital store of value, noting growing interest from institutions, exchange-traded funds (ETFs) and even governments. “Bitcoin’s supply and demand dynamics are solidifying its place as a mature digital store of value,” said Ian Kolman, co-portfolio manager at Galaxy. Supporting this view, BlackRock’s head of thematics and active ETFs, Jay Jacobs, noted on April 25 that nations are increasingly diversifying away from US dollar reserves, turning instead to assets like gold — and now, Bitcoin (BTC) — as part of a broader shift in reserve strategy. Magazine: Metric signals $250K Bitcoin is ‘best case,’ SOL, HYPE tipped for gains: Trade Secrets
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Bitcoin miners halt sales as BTC gains 20% since hash ribbon 'buy' signal (Mi, 14 Mai 2025)
Key points: Bitcoin miners have stopped selling their BTC in what may signal the end of a lengthy distribution streak. Over the past month, miner wallet balances have increased by around 2,700 BTC. Hash Ribbons data shows good times continuing for both miners and BTC price strength. Bitcoin (BTC) accumulation by miners is back as network participants swap selling for hodling at $75,000 lows. Data from onchain analytics firm Glassnode shows that miners are now actively adding to their BTC reserves. Bitcoin miners buck months of selling Bitcoin hitting multimonth lows in April sparked a sea change in miner behavior, with a lengthy selling streak reversing into significant accumulation. Glassnode shows that shortly after BTC/USD bottomed just below $75,000, the balance in miner wallets itself found a floor, only to then start increasing along with price. Miner wallets held 1,794,622 BTC on April 12, while as of May 13, they had reached 1,797,330 BTC — an increase of 2,708 BTC or 0.15%. BTC balance in miner wallets. Source: Glassnode While minimal in terms of total miner holdings, the turnaround is conspicuous as it follows a run of selling that initially gained momentum in late 2023. This, in turn, has led to optimism over the BTC price trajectory.  “Extremely bullish for Bitcoin!” trader and investor Mister Crypto summarized in a reaction on X, referencing similar data from onchain analytics platform CryptoQuant. Miners have stopped selling. Extremely bullish for Bitcoin! pic.twitter.com/bLuCM5GMgL — Mister Crypto (@misterrcrypto) May 14, 2025 Earlier, Cointelegraph reported on decreasing miner sell-side pressure helping contribute to price trend, with institutional buy volumes dwarfing the amount of mined BTC per day. Hash Ribbons deliver classic BTC bull signal A classic metric covering miner behavior continues to display classic performance since its latest “buy” signal. Related: Bitcoin illiquid supply hits 14M BTC as hodlers set bull market record Hash Ribbons, created by quantitative Bitcoin and digital asset fund Capriole Investments, uses two moving averages of hashrate to delineate periods of “capitulation” among miners. BTC/USD 1-day chart with Hash Ribbons data. Source: Capriole Investments Since offering its last market entry tip in late March, BTC/USD has gained around 20%. “The hash ribbons are still flashing a buy signal here,” Mister Crypto commented in a post on the phenomenon this week, predicting BTC price to “go much higher in May.” Bitcoin Hash Ribbons data. Source: Mister Crypto/X This article does not contain investment advice or recommendations. Every investment and trading move involves risk, and readers should conduct their own research when making a decision.
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Standard Chartered scales institutional crypto banking with FalconX (Mi, 14 Mai 2025)
Global bank Standard Chartered has beefed up its banking support to the cryptocurrency industry by inking a new partnership with the crypto prime broker FalconX. Standard Chartered will provide a comprehensive suite of banking services to FalconX’s global institutional clients following the strategic partnership announced on May 14. As part of the collaboration, FalconX will initially integrate Standard Chartered’s banking infrastructure and access to a range of diverse currency pairs for its institutional clients. The partnership ultimately aims to include a broader range of offerings and mutual opportunities, the announcement noted. Crypto support beyond banking The partnership is expected to “expand beyond banking” into additional products and services designed to meet evolving crypto demand from both FalconX and Standard Chartered’s institutional clients. The joint services will target a broad range of clients, including asset managers, hedge funds, token issuers and payment platforms, the companies said. Matt Long, FalconX’s general manager of APAC and Middle East, referred to Standard Chartered as “one of the most forward-thinking global banks in digital asset adoption.” “At FalconX, we support trading and financing for some of the world’s largest institutions in digital asset markets, and this relationship strengthens our ability to deliver robust banking and FX solutions to clients who rely on us to operate in crypto markets,” he said. Standard Chartered proud to provide banking services to crypto firms Standard Chartered’s collaboration with FalconX underscores the bank’s dedication to improving the digital asset ecosystem, said Luke Boland, the bank’s South Asia head of fintech. “As institutional demand for digital assets continues to grow, we’re proud to provide the banking infrastructure that enables firms like FalconX to deliver world-class trading and financing solutions to institutional clients,” Boland stated in the announcement. Standard Chartered’s latest crypto move comes as yet another effort by the bank to provide banking services to the crypto industry. Related: Bunq, Europe’s second-largest neobank, expands into crypto In April, Standard Chartered partnered with major crypto exchange OKX to pilot cryptocurrency and tokenized fund collateral to institutional investors. The bank’s involvement in the cryptocurrency industry dates back to 2016, when Standard Chartered made a strategic investment in Ripple, the company behind the XRP (XRP) cryptocurrency. The growing banking commitment to crypto comes in line with expectations of executives at industry firms including Messari and Sygnum Bank, who predicted a global banking push into Bitcoin (BTC) in the second half of 2025 amid favorable regulatory developments. Magazine: Crypto wanted to overthrow banks, now it’s becoming them in stablecoin fight
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Ex-SEC Chair Gary Gensler privately supported crypto — McHenry (Mi, 14 Mai 2025)
Former US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Chair Gary Gensler may not have been as hostile to crypto behind closed doors as he appeared to be in public, according to former US Representative Patrick McHenry. In a May 13 appearance on the Crypto in America podcast, McHenry revealed that during private meetings with Gensler, the former regulator expressed a far more nuanced view of digital assets. “Did he come across, or was he as anti-crypto in private as he did in public?” McHenry was asked. His response: “No… Nope.” McHenry noted that Gensler “saw the value of digital assets” and acknowledged the potential of blockchain technology during his time at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Gerald Gallagher, general counsel at Sei Labs, also noted that Gensler played a role in developing the concept of the airdrop during his academic work, calling it a largely forgotten chapter in his background. However, once Gensler became SEC chair, McHenry said, his stance shifted dramatically. “I had this weird, mistaken, stupid belief that he wouldn’t be that bad as SEC chair,” McHenry admitted. “And I mean, just the level of dismay.” Source: Crypto in America Related: SEC chair suggests ‘huge benefits’ in agency’s third crypto roundtable Gensler’s crypto stance was “confusing” McHenry said discussions with Gensler on crypto regulation were often confusing. McHenry said conversations with Gensler about legal frameworks and content structures often started off as reasonable, but quickly became contradictory. He described how Gensler would initially agree with certain points, only to later reject the same facts he had acknowledged moments earlier. According to McHenry, Gensler’s public opposition may have been shaped more by “Senate politics and confirmation politics than anything else.” After departing the SEC on Jan. 20, Gensler returned to the Massachusetts Institute of Technology to teach fintech and AI. Under Gensler’s tenure, which started in 2021, the SEC took an aggressive regulatory stance toward crypto, bringing upward of 100 regulatory actions against industry companies. The regulatory hostility caused Gensler and his team much scrutiny and backlash from industry leaders. In December 2024, Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong announced that the crypto exchange would sever ties with law firms employing former SEC officials involved in what he said was an effort to “unlawfully kill” the crypto industry. Source: Brian Armstrong In January 2025, Gemini said it wouldn’t hire any MIT graduates unless the university dropped Gensler from his teaching role. Magazine: Metric signals $250K Bitcoin is ‘best case,’ SOL, HYPE tipped for gains: Trade Secrets
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The Q-Day Prize challenge, explained: Can quantum computers really break Bitcoin? (Mi, 14 Mai 2025)
What is the Q-Day prize? The Q-Day Prize is a challenge to make the Bitcoin network quantum resistant. On April 16, 2025, quantum computing-focused company Project 11 announced the “Q-Day Prize,” a competition to break a “toy version” of Bitcoin’s cryptography with a quantum computer. Contestants must complete the Q-Day Prize challenge by April 5, 2026. Their reward? 1 Bitcoin (BTC). The “Q” in Q-Day refers to quantum computing, the potential threat to many existing cryptographic security measures.  But can quantum computers break Bitcoin? Let’s find out. Quantum computing and the threat to Bitcoin Bitcoin utilizes the SHA-256 hashing algorithm, a National Security Agency (NSA)-developed encryption algorithm. SHA-256 prevents brute force attacks against the Bitcoin network, as decrypting it with current hardware can take decades. However, the emerging threat to SHA-256 is quantum computing, a method of computing that harnesses quantum physics and is much faster than traditional computing. At a fundamental level, quantum computing utilizes quantum bits (qubits), which can exist in multiple states. This contradicts binary (traditional) computing, which uses binary bits (1s and 0s). In 1994, mathematician Peter Shor presented an algorithm for quantum computers to solve complex algorithms in seconds, rather than the decades it can take for conventional hardware. At the time, no hardware could effectively run it, but recent advances like Google Willow are nearing that capability. Quantum computing, when paired with Shor’s algorithm, can disrupt Bitcoin cryptographic systems as we know them. Shor’s algorithm allows quantum computers to solve complex math super fast, potentially threatening Bitcoin’s safety. Did you know? If quantum tech gets strong enough, Bitcoin’s current security could become obsolete, so developers are racing to create “quantum-proof” shields using new math that even Shor’s algorithm can’t break. Quantum threat to Bitcoin: How real is the danger? Bitcoin is vulnerable to quantum computing, but how serious is the risk? When you create a crypto wallet, it generates two important things: a private key and a public key. The private key is a secret code, like a password, that you must keep safe. The public key is created from your private key, and your wallet address (like a bank account number) is made from the public key. You share your wallet address with others so they can send you cryptocurrency, just like you share your email address for someone to contact you. However, you never share your private key. It’s like the password to your email — only you need it to access and spend the money in your wallet. Your private key is like a master password that controls your crypto wallet. From this private key, your wallet can create many public keys, and each public key generates a wallet address.  For example, if you use a hardware wallet, it has one private key but can create unlimited public keys (wallet addresses). This means you can have different addresses for each cryptocurrency supported by the wallet or even multiple addresses for the same cryptocurrency, all managed by a single private key. While generating a public key from a private key is straightforward, figuring out a private key from a public key is extremely hard — almost impossible — which keeps your wallet secure. Every time you send cryptocurrency, your private key creates a special code called a signature. This signature proves you own the funds and want to send them. The system that uses your private key, public key and signature to secure transactions is called the Elliptic Curve Digital Signature Algorithm (ECDSA). It is believed that quantum computing could reverse the process and generate private keys out of public ones. It is feared that this could cause many Bitcoin holders (especially whales and Satoshi-era wallets) to lose their funds.  Bitcoin address types and quantum risks When you send Bitcoin, you use a specific address type to direct the payment. Each address type has unique features, affecting security, privacy and vulnerability to quantum computing attacks like Shor’s algorithm. P2PK address types When you pay someone with Bitcoin, the transaction is typically considered a “pay-to-public-key” (P2PK). This was the most common payment method in 2009, according to a report from consulting firm Deloitte.  Much of the original Bitcoin released at the network’s launch is held in wallets with the P2PK address type, primarily due to the fact that they’ve sent transactions since Bitcoin’s 2009 launch. These addresses are long (up to 130 characters), making them less user-friendly. Wallets with the P2PK address type are most susceptible to Shor’s algorithm, as it can brute force the private key from a P2PK wallet address.  P2PKH address types There’s a second address type that’s more resistant to Shor’s algorithm: the pay-to-public-key-hash (P2PKH). P2PKH addresses are shorter and are generated from the hash (a unique, hexadecimal value) of a public key created using SHA-256 and RIPEMD-160 algorithms instead of displaying the full key itself. These addresses are shorter (33-34 characters), start with “1,” and are encoded in Base58 format. Such addresses are widely used and include a checksum to prevent typos, making them more reliable. P2PKH addresses are more resistant to Shor’s algorithm than P2PK because the public key is hashed. The public key is only revealed when you spend from the address (not when receiving). If a P2PKH address never sends Bitcoin, its public key stays hidden, offering better protection against quantum attacks.  However, reusing a P2PKH address (sending from it multiple times) exposes the public key, increasing vulnerability. Also, when you spend from a P2PKH address, the public key becomes visible on the blockchain, making transactions trackable. Taproot addresses Taproot is the newest address type, introduced in November 2021 via the Taproot soft fork. It uses Schnorr signatures instead of the ECDSA signatures used by P2PK and P2PKH. These addresses start with “bc1p,” use Bech32m encoding, and are 62 characters long. They offer better privacy. Multisignature (multisig) transactions look like single-signature ones, hiding complex spending conditions. However, Taproot addresses expose the public key (or a tweaked version), making them vulnerable to Shor’s algorithm, similar to P2PK.  Did you know? Google’s “Willow” computer chip is capable of solving a complex problem in just five minutes. The same task would take a classical supercomputer 10 septillion (!) years. The race toward quantum-proofing Bitcoin Quantum resistance is a real challenge, but not an impossible one. Quantum computers, still in early development, could one day use Shor’s algorithm to break Bitcoin’s cryptography by deriving private keys from public keys. This would threaten Bitcoin and other systems using SHA-256 or ECDSA (the algorithms securing Bitcoin transactions). However, this threat is not imminent, and solutions are already in progress. While some believe that Project 11 presented the Q-Day Prize to take down Bitcoin, the company claims this initiative is aimed at “quantum-proofing” the network. In July 2022, the US Department of Commerce’s National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) announced four quantum-resistant cryptographic algorithms resulting from a six-year challenge to develop such solutions. Quantum computing won’t develop in isolation, and centralized systems like government and financial networks could be bigger targets than Bitcoin’s decentralized blockchain. These systems use outdated cryptography, like RSA, vulnerable to Shor’s algorithm, and store sensitive data (e.g., banking records). Their single points of failure make breaches easier than attacking Bitcoin’s distributed nodes.  The International Monetary Fund warns quantum computers could disrupt mobile banking, while Dr. Michele Mosca from the Institute for Quantum Computing highlights “harvest-now, decrypt-later” risks for centralized data (where attackers store encrypted data today to decrypt with future quantum computers). In 2024, the G7 Cyber Expert Group urged financial institutions to assess quantum risks, noting that centralized systems’ data could be exposed if intercepted now and decrypted later. Did you know? Many blockchain networks are exploring quantum-resistant algorithms, such as Quantum Resistant Ledger or Algorand. These quantum computing blockchain security methods present a few different approaches. How to increase your security against quantum threats While the quantum computing cryptocurrency risk is less of a threat than one might think, it’s still best to stay prepared. Still, if you’re worried about Bitcoin quantum vulnerability, there are a few precautions you can take to secure your crypto finances. Avoid reusing public addresses: Most crypto wallets allow you to generate a new public address for every transaction. This practice will make it much harder to track your spending habits. Move funds to a private wallet: If you’ve been using the same public wallet address for some time, consider moving your funds to a new wallet with no history. This will help keep your spending habits private.  Use a different blockchain network: Legacy networks like Bitcoin and Ethereum are considered less quantum resistant than newer networks with more modern security algorithms. Consider alternative networks with quantum resistance in mind. Stay informed: Pay attention to the results of the Q-Day Prize challenge, and stay up to date with quantum computing news so you can react accordingly. The best defense is an informed one. While quantum risk is not immediate, developers and cybersecurity experts are actively working on solutions to ensure long-term security. In the meantime, users should stay updated about Bitcoin protocol updates and best practices, such as avoiding address reuse, as the network gradually moves toward quantum resistance.
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Kima joins Mastercard sandbox to enable stablecoin card top-ups (Mi, 14 Mai 2025)
Decentralized settlement protocol Kima has integrated into Mastercard’s sandbox program, enabling stablecoin-powered top-ups for prepaid cards directly from self-custody wallets. According to an announcement shared with Cointelegraph, Mastercard partners can now rely on Kima’s settlement infrastructure to enable their prepaid cards to be topped up with stablecoins, including USDC (USDC) and Tether’s USDt (USDT), from self-custody wallets across more than 10 blockchains. Kima CEO Eitan Katz said the integration shows that stablecoins can be practical for everyday use, removing friction and intermediaries from crypto-to-fiat conversions while expanding crypto usability. “Our goal at Kima is to eliminate barriers between digital assets and traditional finance,” Katz said. Related: Mastercard tokenized 30% of its transactions in 2024 Infrastructure designed for interoperability Katz described Kima’s settlement system as asset-agnostic and designed to simplify cross-ecosystem payments, supporting public blockchains, private ledgers and traditional banking rails: “Kima’s asset-agnostic settlement layer is designed to abstract the complexity of transferring value across disparate ecosystems, whether that’s public blockchains, private ledgers, or even traditional banking systems.” According to the announcement, Kima’s infrastructure is aligned with Mastercard’s aim to bring stablecoins into mainstream financial usage. Katz rejects the Bitcoin and crypto hardliner vision of digital assets being contraposed to fiat currency, claiming that “crypto and fiat must coexist seamlessly to reach their full potential.” Katz explained that Kima’s solution allows easy crosschain interoperability and eliminates reliance on intermediaries, custodians or complex smart contracts. This, in turn, reportedly enhances security and efficiency for all parties involved. Related: Mastercard links with Circle, Paxos for merchant stablecoin payments ECB includes Kima in digital euro initiative Earlier in May, the European Central Bank (ECB) included Kima in a list of 70 private sector partners tasked with helping in digital euro innovation. The firms on the list have signed up to work with the ECB to explore digital euro payment functionalities and use cases. “The breadth and creativity of the proposals highlights the digital euro’s potential as a catalyst for financial innovation in Europe,” ECB executive board member Piero Cipollone said at the time. Source: Kima Despite Kima’s institutional partnerships, Katz told Cointelegraph that “compliance shouldn’t mean giving up control of your funds or your data.” He said that know-your-client and Anti-Money Laundering checks are handled by third-party banks and virtual asset service providers at onboarding, and Kima never has access to the data. Katz added that “once a user is cleared, every transaction carries immutable metadata tags that our protocol-level engine checks against local rules.” This, he said, covers compliance “from the European Union’s Markets in Crypto-Assets Regulation to Singapore’s regulatory guidelines — before settlement.” Katz said that “keys are kept entirely under the users’ control,” while cryptographic proofs still allow for compliance. “Institutions get a plug-and-play control layer and users enjoy true self-custody,” Katz added. Magazine: Crypto wanted to overthrow banks, now it’s becoming them in stablecoin fight
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Alarm bells ring in US over OpenAI’s crypto project World (Mi, 14 Mai 2025)
World Network, the digital identity and crypto project of Sam Altman’s OpenAI, has alarmed privacy activists ahead of its United States launch, with observers concerned over its data collection and protection practices. World “is the opposite of privacy. It’s a trap,” said Nick Almond, CEO of FactoryDAO, on X. While the project claims to protect user privacy in the age of proliferating AI, it’s faced a slew of regulatory concerns across the globe. Formerly known as “Worldcoin,” the iris-scanning technology and its crypto token payout scheme are being probed by authorities in India, South Korea, Italy, Colombia, Argentina, Portugal, Kenya and Indonesia. In Spain, Hong Kong and Brazil, it’s outright banned. World’s latest foray into the US could prove to be CEO Sam Altman’s biggest challenge yet, where privacy concerns are heightened by a patchwork of enforcement that differs state by state. Varying privacy laws could leave World users open to discrimination On April 30, Altman announced that World would set up in “key innovation hubs” in five states in the US: Atlanta, Austin, Los Angeles, Miami, Nashville and San Francisco. Would-be verified humans can scan their irises at these hubs, giving World unique biomedical markers.  These markers, per World, can be used to prove one’s humanness when interacting with others on digital platforms.  But as World expands into the US, an uncertain regulatory landscape could put people off and make it difficult for the platform to build user trust.  Andrew Rossow, a cyber and public affairs attorney at Rossow Law, told Cointelegraph, “There is no comprehensive federal law specifically regulating biometric data (such as iris scans) in the US.” Indeed, laws differ state by state. Two states in which World will operate, Texas and California, have some form of legal protections on the books for biometric data. Users in the remaining three states, Georgia, Tennessee and Florida, must rely on federal law, which requires that “companies must be transparent and fair, but there are no special state rules for iris scans.” But even the existence of state law is no guarantee of protection. In Texas, there is no private right of action for biometric data — only the state attorney general (AG) can enforce the state’s Capture or Use of Biometric Identifier law.  Altman announced World’s foray into the US market at a company event two weeks ago. Source: World “The effectiveness of user data protections, as it pertains to World, hinges almost entirely on the Texas AG’s priorities, resources and willingness to act,” said Rossow.  A more aggressive AG could mean more robust protections, while “a less aggressive administration could deprioritize enforcement, which leaves consumers open and vulnerable to exploitation.” The potential for exploitation is one of the key factors driving activist efforts against systems like World.  Privacy International, a privacy protection group that supported legal action in Kenya against World, states that in “the absence of strong legal frameworks and strict safeguards, biometric technologies pose grave threats to privacy and personal security, as their application can be broadened to facilitate discrimination, profiling and mass surveillance.” Related: Over 70 crypto firms join forces to tackle Big Tech’s AI monopoly As far back as 2021, Amnesty International had raised concerns over discrimination and biometric systems’ applications of dubious methodologies. Such systems, they said, can “make inferences and predictions about things such as people’s gender, emotions, or other personal attributes, suffer from serious, fundamental flaws in their scientific underpinnings.” “This means that the inferences they make about us are often invalid, in some cases even operationalizing eugenicist theories of phrenology and physiognomy.” Not everyone is convinced of privacy watchdogs’ concerns. Tomasz Stańczak, co-executive director at the Ethereum Foundation, said that he has spent “over 100 hours” analyzing World, which is building on the Ethereum network. He added that it “looked very promising and much more robust and privacy-focused than my initial intuition.” Paul Dylan-Ennis, an Ethereum researcher and academic, said that he believes World’s tech “is likely strong in privacy terms” but admitted that the aesthetic could be putting people off: “Just some intangible Black Mirror-ness to it all.” Worldcoin faces mounting bans worldwide OpenAI may be doubling down on an American strategy, but other jurisdictions around the world are increasingly investigating, limiting or outright banning the firm’s activities.  In 2023, regulators in India, South Korea, Kenya, Germany and Brazil began investigating the firm’s data collection practices. Spain became the first country to ban World data collection outright in March 2024.  Related: North Korean spy slips up, reveals ties in fake job interview The Spanish Data Protection Agency previously told Cointelegraph that its course of action was based on reports from Spanish citizens. It claimed that Orb operators provided “insufficient information, collected data from minors and even failed to allow withdrawal of consent.” Following the ban, World published a blog post stating that it operates “lawfully in all of the locations in which it is available.”  World has recently made its iris-scanning orbs more compact and transportable. Source: World Global regulators disagreed. Hong Kong followed Spain in May 2024 and ordered World to cease operations as it was allegedly violating the city-state’s Personal Data Privacy Ordinance. Further accusations of improper data collection practices followed, and a number of countries like Germany and, more recently, Kenya, have ordered World to delete the data of thousands of users, while Colombia and Argentina have issued hefty fines. In January 2025, Brazil’s National Data Protection Authority banned World outright, citing concern over the irreversible nature of data collection and the potential for World to influence economically disadvantaged people with the promise of crypto for their data.  Opportunities in Japan and the US Despite protestations in various countries, the ID system is making inroads. In Japan, World is now a part of dating online.  Spencer Rascoff, CEO of Match Group, which includes dating app Tinder in its portfolio, announced on May 1 that Tinder would be trialing World’s ID system on Tinder in Japan, “giving users a privacy-first way to prove they’re real humans.” Tinder users in Japan can swipe right with World ID-verified users. Source: World The integration in Japan is yet to take off, but as Tinder is the most popular dating app in Japan, it provides a major use case for the World identity platform. In 2024 alone, it had some 1.38 million downloads. If World could score a Tinder partnership in the US, it would acquire 7.8 million monthly active members overnight. If it expanded to similar services like Bumble or Hinge — the next two most popular dating apps in the country — World will have captured 67% of the US online dating market, comprising the personal, unique identities of tens of millions of users.  But privacy rights in the US are far from settled. In Texas, one of the states where World plans to operate, Google recently settled to the tune of $1.4 billion. The company paid the eye-watering sum to the state of Texas after settling two lawsuits alleging the firm of tracking user search and location data, as well as collecting facial recognition information.  Elsewhere, in Illinois and New York, biometrics firms face court proceedings, while lawmakers take measures to curtail the collection of biometric data. Magazine: ChatGPT a ‘schizophrenia-seeking missile,’ AI scientists prep for 50% deaths: AI Eye
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Crypto VC deals drop in Q1, but funding more than doubles: PitchBook (Mi, 14 Mai 2025)
Crypto venture capital deals in the first quarter of 2025 saw deal values jump even as the number of deals sank from the same quarter a year ago, says PitchBook. The venture research firm said in its May 14 Crypto VC Trends report for Q1 that 405 deals were made in the quarter, down 39.5% from the 670 deals made in Q1 2024, but slightly up from the 372 made in Q4 last year. However, the total value of deals in Q1 more than doubled from a year ago, jumping to $6 billion compared to $2.6 billion in the first quarter of 2024 and doubling from $3 billion in Q4 2024. PitchBook's senior crypto research analyst Robert Le said that despite macroeconomic turmoil over the quarter, “capital continued to seek crypto’s core utility rails.” VCs poured nearly $2.55 billion across 16 deals into businesses like crypto asset managers, exchanges, and financial services at a rate that far surpassed any other segment. Crypto infrastructure and development firms saw the next largest venture funding, fetching nearly $955 million across 30 deals. Web3-focused companies saw the third-most deals and funding, at 23 and $231.2 million, respectively. Source: PitchBook. Looking ahead, PitchBook’s Le said Circle’s pending initial public offering (IPO) “represents the most important price-discovery event for crypto equity since Coinbase listed in 2021.” If Circle is valued above the rumored $4 billion to $5 billion range, it could show venture investors that business models similar to Circle’s are profitable and sustainable while also providing a clearer benchmark for future exits. “A strong roadshow could therefore crowd in new late-stage capital and reset valuation expectations upward across the payments and infrastructure stack.” Circle has raised $1.18 billion in VC funding to date, according to PitchBook, which estimates a 64% chance that it will go public in the future. “Dollar-denominated settlement remains crypto’s killer application” Le noted that the market value of stablecoins grew 12% over the first quarter, from $202.3 billion to $227.1 billion, even as other cryptocurrencies saw their values fall or stagnate. “In our view, this divergence underscores a growing consensus: Dollar-denominated settlement remains crypto’s killer application, insulated—at least partially— from broader risk-off moves.” Le said PitchBook expected that near-term venture investments could increase, “especially in payment, remittance, and treasury-management startups that directly monetize stablecoin velocity.” Related: Bitcoin builders defend venture capital's role in layer-2 growth Le added that the $1.4 billion Bybit exploit in February — the largest in crypto history — may accelerate institutional demand for real-time proof-of-reserve tooling, improved custody solutions and middleware that simplifies key management. “Startups addressing those vectors should find a more receptive funding environment despite the broader valuation reset,” he added. Notable crypto venture-backed or growth-stage companies that received investment in Q4 2024. Source: PitchBook Magazine: Crypto wanted to overthrow banks, now it’s becoming them in stablecoin fight
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Crypto swapper eXch shows signs of life after post-Bybit shutdown (Mi, 14 Mai 2025)
Once a go-to swapper for hackers and drainers, eXch was shut down by German police in April — but continued activity suggests the story isn’t over. Without Know Your Customer (KYC) checks, eXch wasn’t your typical crypto exchange. It acted more like an instant swapper, allowing bad actors and cybercriminals to fly under the radar for years. Among its clients was the Lazarus Group. The North Korean state-backed hacking unit thrust eXch into the spotlight back in February, when it used the platform to funnel some of the $1.4 billion it stole from Bybit. When Bybit traced its stolen funds to eXch, it requested assistance — but the platform refused. This led to a fierce discussion over privacy versus security, but ultimately, eXch announced it would close its doors on April 17; on April 30, German authorities made it official. But according to security firm TRM Labs, the platform may have continued operating in stealth mode after the takedown. Here’s the rise, fall and afterlife of alleged crypto laundromat eXch. eXch shuts front door, keeps back door unlocked Alongside its shutdown announcement, eXch posted a message claiming it would not facilitate criminal proceeds. The post was removed within hours, and operations quietly resumed — signs of an internal disagreement or perhaps even a calculated attempt to lower visibility, according to TRM. CSAM-related fund flows traced to eXch. Source: TRM Labs German authorities seized eXch’s servers and confiscated 34 million euros ($38 million) in crypto, along with more than eight terabytes of data, effectively dismantling its public-facing infrastructure. Related: North Korean spy slips up, reveals ties in fake job interview “Just like we saw with Garantex rebranding as Grinex, eXch didn’t fully die after the shutdown. It quietly kept servicing a handful of partners via API, which meant laundering activity continued even after the public takedown,” said Jeremiah O’Connor, co-founder and chief technology officer of security firm Trugard. O’Connor added that it’s not unlikely for such platforms to serve loyal customers even after seizures. EXch website visited on May 13. Source: eXch “The people behind eXch.ch took full advantage of operating across multiple countries. The domain was registered through a UK-based provider, listed Switzerland as an admin location, hosted infrastructure in France, and had servers seized in Germany,” O’Connor said. It’s still unclear if eXch will kill its API or come back under a new name. TRM said in the May 2 blog post that the platform’s remaining back-end access continued to provide anonymization infrastructure for threat actors. No KYC, pooled liquidity draws illicit funds to eXch EXch’s origins trace back to 2014, according to “Fantasy,” lead investigator at crypto insurance firm Fairside Network. In an October 2024 investigation, Fantasy identified the platform’s first public appearance as a BitcoinTalk forum account promoting automatic swaps between Bitcoin (BTC), Perfect Money and BTC-e vouchers — payment methods commonly associated with high-risk transactions. Fantasy also traced the original Bitcoin wallet tied to eXch and found it was likely funded via BTC-e, the now-defunct crypto exchange shuttered by US authorities in 2017 for its role in laundering criminal proceeds. Fantasy’s forensic research found that the modernized form of eXch emerged in 2022, when its Ethereum hot wallet was first funded. Not long after, it became a hub for prominent crypto drainers. Monkey Drainer — the first known large-scale drainer-as-a-service operator — used eXch before its retirement. Other draining service providers like Pink Drainer and Inferno Drainer also passed funds through the platform, along with several major exploiters. EXch’s modern wallets traced to accounts held at Binance and OKX. Source: Fantasy/MetaSleuth EXch required no identity verification, allowing users to move funds with anonymity. That made it an attractive tool for cybercriminals looking to clean stolen assets. “EXch managed to stay active for years — despite facilitating obvious illicit activity — because there’s still a big gap between what regulators ‘can’ do and how fast technology is moving,” Amit Levin, former investigator at Binance, told Cointelegraph. “In today’s world, anyone can launch a smart contract or run a crypto service from anywhere, often without revealing who they are. And if there’s no registration, no KYC and no one to hold accountable, enforcement becomes close to impossible.” The platform also drew confidence from threat actors by using a pooled liquidity system that blended user deposits and withdrawals, making it difficult for investigators and law enforcement to trace the flow of funds. When eXch knew and did nothing EXch denied laundering funds for North Korean crypto hackers, and in its shutdown notice, it framed the project as an attempt by privacy enthusiasts to “restore balance” in the industry. It criticized Anti-Money Laundering enforcement and condemned companies offering address risk scoring APIs as “parasites” profiting off government fear. “Service providers in the crypto space are, for the most part, not decentralized; that is, they retain control over or access to customers’ assets, as demonstrated in the case of eXch,” Gal Arad Cohen, partner at S. Horowitz & Co, told Cointelegraph. “A financial intermediary operating in the crypto sector faces risks similar to those of traditional financial service providers and should, therefore, be held to equivalent standards and regulatory requirements,” she said. The closure of eXch is a “huge win” for crypto, according to Alex Katz, CEO of security firm Kerberus. However, Katz warned that bad actors can migrate to alternative projects, like THORChain, which received a shoutout in eXch’s unapologetic farewell manifesto. In the Bybit hack, decentralized swap protocol THORChain was used as the main bridge to swap around 500,000 Ether (ETH) to Bitcoin. EXch operators also used THORChain to allegedly obfuscate trails. Source: Tanuki42 EXch stated that its partners would retain access to its API for a limited time, but future operations would depend on the “new management team.” The old team recommended setting up new liquidity pools to maintain seamless functionality and said it would provide consultations. It signed off with a defiant message: “Privacy is not a crime.” German authorities reported that $1.9 billion in crypto flowed into eXch since its inception. Its operators are suspected of commercial money laundering and running a criminal trading platform. Magazine: ChatGPT a ‘schizophrenia-seeking missile,’ AI scientists prep for 50% deaths: AI Eye
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Ex-Cred execs plead guilty to wire fraud over $150M crypto collapse (Mi, 14 Mai 2025)
Two former executives of the bankrupt crypto lending service Cred have pleaded guilty to wire fraud connected to the company’s collapse. Former Cred CEO Daniel Schatt and chief financial officer Joseph Podulka admitted to wire fraud as part of a plea deal with prosecutors, according to a May 13 text filing in a California District Court. District Judge William Alsup accepted the plea deals and set a sentencing hearing for Aug. 26. Wire fraud can carry up to 20 years in prison and $250,000 in fines for individuals and $500,00 for businesses. After accepting the defendant's guilty plea, Judge William Alsup set a sentencing hearing for August. Source: PACER Law360 reported that as part of the plea agreement, Schatt and Podulka admitted to selectively presenting positive “information [while] failing to disclose negative news” as part of a plan to “induce customers to lend their US currency and digital currencies to Cred.” Federal prosecutors have reportedly submitted a possible sentence range of up to 72 months for Schatt and up to 62 months for Podulka. Schatt and Podulka were facing 13 charges of wire fraud and money laundering. Cred customer losses exceed $150 million  When Cred collapsed and filed for bankruptcy, its customers suffered losses of up to $150 million, but the US Department of Justice said in May 2024 that the assets had since climbed to a market value exceeding $783 million. In the plea agreement, the defendants agreed that their actions led to losses of between $65 million and $150 million for users. Former Cred chief commercial officer James Alexander was also hit with wire fraud and money laundering charges. Prosecutors alleged that the Cred executives misled customers about Cred’s lending and investment practices and didn’t disclose that its loan book relied heavily on the Chinese firm MoKredit, which made unsecured microloans to Chinese gamers. Cred also allegedly claimed to only engage in collateralized lending, and all its crypto investments were hedged, which prosecutors say was false. After the price of Bitcoin (BTC) dropped by 40% on March 11, 2020, Cred could not meet its margin calls and neared insolvency, and the three executives sought out new customers while downplaying the risks, prosecutors claimed.  When Cred declared bankruptcy in November 2020, numerous users turned to social media to voice concerns and ask if their funds were safe. Related: Uphold exchange denies owing millions to failed crypto lender Cred Other crypto founders have also faced legal consequences this year. Alex Mashinsky, the founder and former CEO of bankrupt crypto lending platform Celsius, was sentenced to 12 years in prison for fraud on May 8. Meanwhile, Wolf Capital co-founder and head trader Travis Ford pleaded guilty on Jan. 10 to wire fraud conspiracy charges for his role in raising over $9 million from investors with false promises of high returns. Magazine: ChatGPT a ‘schizophrenia-seeking missile,’ AI scientists prep for 50% deaths: AI Eye
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Semler Scientific sees after-hours stock slump as Q1 revenue plunges (Mi, 14 Mai 2025)
Bitcoin-buying medical device firm Semler Scientific has seen its share price drop after the bell as its first-quarter revenues fell and losses deepened from the year-ago quarter. In its Q1 earnings report released May 13, Semler reported its total revenues fell 44% from the year-ago quarter to $8.8 million, with its net losses hitting $64.7 million compared to a net income of $6.1 million in the first quarter of 2024. Shares in Semler Scientific (SMLR) closed the May 13 trading session up over 5% but fell 1.91% to $36 after the bell with its earnings announcement, according to Google Finance. Semler’s stock is down over 32% so far this year. Semler fell nearly 2% after announcing its Q1 results on May 13. Source: Google Finance The company said it purchased 894 Bitcoin (BTC) over Q1 and held 3,192 BTC at a fair value of $263.5 million at the end of the quarter, which reflected a cumulative decrease of $16.9 million. Semler added that between the end of Q1 and May 12, it purchased 616 BTC for a total cost of $59.6 million, increasing its holdings to 3,808 BTC at a fair value of $387.9 million at a purchase cost of $340 million. Semler said that it made an unrealized gain of $41.6 million on its Bitcoin holdings over Q1, and its paper gains have continued to climb to $52 million so far this year, as of May 12. Currently, Semler’s Debt to Bitcoin net asset value stands at 25.3%, according to its Bitcoin dashboard. Semler has been aggressively ramping up its Bitcoin holdings. In an April 15 SEC filing, the company laid out its plans to sell $500 million of its own shares, with part of the proceeds being used to bolster its Bitcoin treasury. Bitcoin buying firms on the rise Bitcoin investment firm River reported that corporations and businesses have been the largest net buyers of Bitcoin so far this year, outpacing exchange-traded funds and retail investors. Nearly 787,000 BTC is held by a total of 104 public companies, according to Bitcointreasuries.net data. Strategy, formerly MicroStrategy, has been the largest Bitcoin buyer and currently holds more than 568,000 BTC, or nearly 2.7% of Bitcoin’s total supply. Related: Semler Scientific buys another $10M worth of BTC Analysts have stated that Bitcoin is now deflationary, as Strategy has claimed it has no plans to sell its Bitcoin holdings. Meanwhile, on May 13, stablecoin issuer Tether bought $459 million worth of Bitcoin for Twenty One Capital, a Bitcoin investment company it has backed that is set to merge with Cantor Equity Partners. Twenty One Capital is currently the third-largest Bitcoin holder after Strategy and MARA Holdings. Blockstream CEO Adam Back said in April that demand from institutions will likely lead to “hyperbitcoinization,” which could see the asset’s market capitalization soar past $200 trillion. Magazine: Adam Back says Bitcoin price cycle ’10x bigger’ but will still decisively break above $100K
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Synthetix makes $27M bid to re-acquire crypto options platform Derive (Mi, 14 Mai 2025)
Decentralized finance platform Synthetix is planning to venture further into crypto derivatives with plans to re-acquire the crypto options platform Derive. Synthetix said in a May 14 blog post that it plans to acquire Derive in a token exchange deal, pricing 1 SNX token to 27 DRV tokens, which would value Derive at around $27 million.  The transaction is subject to approval from both the Synthetix and Derive communities, which will take a vote on the proposal, called SIP-415, next week. If approved, the acquisition will combine Derive’s front-end and real-world asset (RWA) expertise with Synthetix’s derivatives infrastructure. Derive originally launched as Lyra in 2021, having spun out from the Synthetix ecosystem. Synthetix said the acquisition is part of a broader strategy that includes recent acquisitions of Kwenta and TLX, reflecting ecosystem consolidation. “Reuniting under one banner simplifies our architecture and governance and unlocks the next phase,” Synthetix founder Kain Warwick said. “This is the kids going out to build their own successful startups, and coming back to join the family business.” “This re-acquisition marks the next chapter of vertical reintegration with direct protocol ownership of perps, options, and app chains: all of which already have SNX in their DNA,” Synthetix added on X. Source: Synthetix The announcement names Hyperliquid, Binance, dYdX, and Deribit, which will be acquired by Coinbase, as competitors, underlining Synthetix’s ambitions to rival major crypto derivatives platforms. SNX token mint and lockup To facilitate the acquisition, Ethereum-based Synthetix will issue up to 29.3 million of its self-titled Synthetix (SNX) token with a three-month lock-up followed by a nine-month linear vesting. SNX has gained 11.5% on the day to reach $0.94 at the time of writing. Related: Upbit and Bithumb suspend Synthetix token deposits, citing sUSD risks  However, like most altcoins, it is massively down from its peak and is down almost 97% from its all-time high of $28.53 in February 2021, according to CoinGecko.  Synthetix has also suffered recently as its native stablecoin, sUSD, depegged and fell to a low of $0.68 on April 18. The dollar-pegged asset remains below its peg at $0.93 at the time of writing.   Magazine: Metric signals $250K Bitcoin is ‘best case,’ SOL, HYPE tipped for gains: Trade Secrets
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Thailand to tokenize $150M government bonds for retail investors: Report (Mi, 14 Mai 2025)
Thailand’s Ministry of Finance reportedly plans to issue $150 million worth of digital investment tokens, allowing retail investors to buy government bonds. The Bangkok Post reported on May 13 that Finance Minister Pichai Chunhavajira announced the initiative at a briefing after the cabinet endorsed the plan. He added that the tokens will be launched within the next two months. The so-called “G-tokens” will be used to raise funds from the public under the current budget borrowing plan, said Patchara Anuntasilpa, director-general of the Public Debt Management Office. He added that these were not debt instruments. “One big selling point of the token is that it allows more retail investors to become part of the digital economy,” he said, adding that for as little as $3, “they can invest in government bonds.”  Until recently, retail investors have been limited or excluded from large investment product offerings in Thailand, which are predominantly aimed at institutional and wealthy investors. Finance Minister Pichai said the initial token mint is designed to “test the market” and investors will earn higher returns than bank deposits, but did not specify yields. Commercial banks in Thailand offer very low interest rates to savers, currently just 1.25% for a 12-month fixed deposit, which is much lower than rates set by its central bank, which has kept rates elevated until recently despite increasing economic woes.  Related: Tether Gold enters Thailand with listing on Maxbit exchange The report noted that the asset was not a cryptocurrency. It would be tradable on licensed digital asset exchanges, which are not accessible to non-Thai citizens residing in the country. Government bonds are debt securities issued by the state to fund public spending. When investors buy them, they are essentially lending money to the government for a specified period in exchange for regular interest payments and the return of their principal at maturity. In February, Thailand’s securities regulator revealed plans to launch a tokenized securities trading system for institutional investors.  Global bond value onchain doubles in 2025 The value of tokenized bonds globally has surged recently and is currently $225 million, according to real-world asset tokenization analytics platform RWA.xyz.  Global bond value onchain. Source: RWA.xyz The onchain value has doubled since the beginning of this year, and could be much higher since the platform only tracks a limited number of issuers, primarily in Europe. However, the value of tokenized US treasuries has grown to $6.9 billion, up 73% this year, according to the analytics platform. Magazine: Metric signals $250K Bitcoin is ‘best case,’ SOL, HYPE tipped for gains: Trade Secrets
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eToro IPO raises $620M after pricing shares above range at $52 (Mi, 14 Mai 2025)
Crypto and stock trading platform eToro has boosted the size of its initial public offering to $620 million by pricing its shares above its previously suggested range. The platform and its backers sold over 11.92 million shares for $52 each, which are slated to start trading on the Nasdaq Global Select Market on May 14 under the ticker symbol ETOR, eToro said in a May 13 press release. Initially, the firm aimed to raise $500 million by offering 10 million shares priced between $46 to $50 each. The share offering will remain open until at least May 15 and consists of more than 5.9 million shares sold by eToro and 5.9 million shares sold by specific existing shareholders. The Israel-based eToro will go public as a rival to Robinhood Markets Inc. (HOOD), which went public in July 2021 and whose shares are up over 67% year to date, according to Google Finance.  Robinhood closed May 13 trading up over 67% at $62 per share, nearing its all-time high of $65, which it hit in February. Source: Google Finance Initially, eToro made confidential filings with the SEC in January for a public offering before publicly announcing the plans on March 24. Digital banking fintech firm Chime has also applied to list its stock on the Nasdaq Global Select Market under the ticker symbol CHY. However, the number of shares and price range are still to be determined. Investment advisory firm Renaissance Capital speculated in a May 13 note to its clients that Chime’s IPO could raise up to $1 billion. Crypto IPOs in the works Other crypto companies are also mulling plans to go public. Crypto exchange Kraken is reportedly considering a public offering this year. Stablecoin issuer Circle filed with the SEC on April 1, then paused its plans after President Donald Trump’s April 2 tariff announcements tanked global markets and stopped many in-the-works public offerings. Crypto custody services firm BitGo launched a global over-the-counter trading desk for digital assets in February, after it was reported to be gearing up for an initial public offering slated for later this year. Related: eToro US to cease nearly all crypto trading following SEC settlement In December last year, crypto exchange-traded fund issuer Bitwise predicted that at least five crypto unicorns would go public in 2025: stablecoin issuer Circle, crypto exchanges Kraken and Figure, and crypto bank Anchorage Digital and blockchain analytics firm Chainalysis. In 2021, Coinbase was the first major crypto firm to go public in the US, listing its shares on the Nasdaq.  Magazine: Crypto wanted to overthrow banks, now it’s becoming them in stablecoin fight
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Illicit $8B crypto market Xinbi incorporated in Colorado: Elliptic (Mi, 14 Mai 2025)
A Colorado-incorporated firm has been linked to a Chinese illicit marketplace that has served scammers in Southeast Asia and has been used to channel billions of dollars worth of crypto. The marketplace, called Xinbi Guarantee, has received $8.4 billion, primarily in Tether (USDT) stablecoin transactions to date, blockchain security firm Elliptic reported on May 13.  Merchants on the Chinese-language, Telegram-based marketplace sell technology, personal data, and money laundering services to Southeast Asian scammers who target victims using pig butchering scams.  On its website, Xinbi describes itself as an “investment and capital guarantee group company” and claims to operate through Xinbi Co. Ltd, a Colorado-incorporated company incorporated in 2022.  Screenshots showing Xinbi Co. Ltd’s incorporation in the US state of Colorado. Source: Elliptic  “In January 2025, the corporation was updated to ‘Delinquent’ for failing to file a periodic report,” Elliptic reported. Key services offered on the black marketplace are money laundering services, which are the largest category, as well as technology such as Starlink equipment for scammers, stolen personal data for targeting victims and fake IDs and other fraudulent documents. Xinbi is the second-largest illicit online marketplace discovered so far, with transaction volume growing rapidly. Q4 2024 saw over $1 billion transacted, and evidence links the platform to North Korean hackers laundering stolen funds, the Elliptic researchers said.  Related: Largest ‘illicit online marketplace’ has grown 51% in 6 months: Elliptic Elliptic identified thousands of crypto addresses used by Xinbi Guarantee and the merchants on it, and stated that the $8.4 billion in transactions “should be considered as lower bounds of the true volume of transactions on the platform.” The platform, which has 233,000 users, operates on a “guarantee model,” requiring vendor deposits to prevent fraud.  Second to Huione Guarantee In July 2024, Elliptic exposed a similar Telegram-based Chinese marketplace known as Huione Guarantee. The firm found that the wider Huione Group of companies had facilitated over $98 billion in crypto transactions. In early May, it was designated by the US Treasury as a money-laundering operation and was to be severed from the US banking system.  Illicit marketplace crypto transaction volumes. Source: Elliptic These platforms also provide a window into a “China-based underground banking system,” based around stablecoins and other digital payments, “which is being leveraged for money laundering on a significant scale,” Elliptic concluded.  Magazine: Metric signals $250K Bitcoin is ‘best case,’ SOL, HYPE tipped for gains: Trade Secrets
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Crypto exchange CEO’s daughter fights off brazen kidnappers in Paris (Mi, 14 Mai 2025)
Disclaimer: This article contains a video that may be disturbing for some readers. A brazen attempt to kidnap the daughter and grandson of Pierre Noizat, the co-founder and CEO of French crypto exchange Paymium, was foiled after the daughter and passersby reportedly fought off the kidnappers. Three masked men attacked Noizat’s daughter and a male partner on May 13 while she was walking with her son in Paris’ 11th district. The assailants tried to force Noizat’s daughter and her son into a waiting van, the French state-owned media outlet France24 reported on May 13. The accompanying male partner was assaulted when he tried to intervene, but Noizat’s daughter resisted and managed to take one of the guns off an assailant in a scuffle and throw it away, police said. En plein Paris, un homme a été violenté par des individus cagoulés, habillés tout en noir. Ils tentaient de l'enlever. Un homme a surgi, extincteur à la main, pour les faire fuir. →https://t.co/P0qV6PR40v pic.twitter.com/9f4r2Gi7ho — Le Figaro (@Le_Figaro) May 13, 2025 Eventually, people passing by intervened, and the masked assailants fled in the van, which was found nearby. All three victims suffered injuries and were taken to a local hospital. Local outlet Le Parisien reported that the botched daylight kidnapping is being investigated by the Brigade for the Suppression of Banditry, a special police unit of the French Ministry of the Interior. Michael Englander, co-founder and CEO of Polish crypto exchange Plasbit, says this incident should serve as a wake-up call for the rest of the industry. “If you’re in crypto and still flaunting it online, you’re not just stupid, you’re putting your family in danger,” he said in a May 13 post to X. Offline crypto-linked attacks grow Crypto-focused lawyer Sasha Hodder said on X that “crypto theft is evolving. It’s not just social engineering or SIM swaps anymore.” In May, Las Vegas police said three teenagers had allegedly kidnapped a man at gunpoint who was returning from a local crypto event and robbed him of $4 million in crypto and non-fungible tokens (NFTs). On May 3, Paris police freed the father of a crypto entrepreneur who was held for several days in connection with a 7 million euro ($7.8 million) kidnapping plot. At the start of the year, David Balland, co-founder of crypto hardware wallet manufacturer Ledger, was abducted from his home in central France during the early hours of Jan. 21. He was held captive until a police operation on the night of Jan. 22 secured his release.  Related: Crypto broker breaks ankles while fleeing kidnappers in Spain Jameson Lopp, a cypherpunk and co-founder of self-custodial firm Casa, has created a list on GitHub recording dozens of offline crypto robberies, with 22 incidents of in-person crypto-related theft so far this year. A University of Cambridge study in September found these so-called “wrench attacks” are often underreported due to revictimization fears and involve a diverse group of attackers ranging from organized crime groups to friends and family. Magazine: Bitcoiner sex trap extortion? BTS firm’s blockchain disaster: Asia Express
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Tether buys $459M Bitcoin for Twenty One Capital (Mi, 14 Mai 2025)
Stablecoin issuer Tether bought $458.7 million worth of Bitcoin for Twenty One Capital, a Bitcoin investment firm it backed that’s awaiting the completion of a Special Purpose Acquisition Company (SPAC) merger with Cantor Equity Partners. Tether snapped up 4,812.2 Bitcoin (BTC) at $95,319 each and transferred it to an escrow wallet on May 9, Cantor Equity Partners disclosed in a May 13 filing with the US Securities and Exchange Commission. It brings Twenty One’s total Bitcoin holdings to 36,312 BTC, as Cantor Equity Partners holds 31,500 BTC on behalf of the firm, which will trade under the ticker XXI once the SPAC merger is complete. Twenty One’s CEO, Jack Mallers, said on May 13 that they’re already in the approval process of the merger, but didn’t give an exact estimate on when the transaction would be complete. Twenty One is already the third largest corporate Bitcoin holder, trailing only Strategy and Bitcoin mining firm MARA Holdings at 568,840 Bitcoin and 48,237 Bitcoin, respectively, BitcoinTreasuries.net data shows. Tether is a majority stakeholder in Twenty One alongside crypto exchange Bitfinex. The Wall Street heavyweight Cantor Fitzgerald is sponsoring the merger, providing financial advisory services and securing $585 million in funding to support Twenty One’s Bitcoin investments. Japanese investment holding firm SoftBank also invested $900 million into Twenty One, which is led by Strike CEO Jack Mallers. Strategy may have a legitimate competitor Twenty One said in an April presentation to the SEC that is looking to supplant Michael Saylor’s Strategy, formerly MicroStrategy, to become the “superior vehicle” for investors seeking “capital-efficient Bitcoin exposure.” The company is among many Bitcoin buying firms, but promises to be a “pure play” for investors seeking Bitcoin exposure with Bitcoin-native operations and more flexibility for strategic capital raises.  Twenty One Capital’s comparison of its Bitcoin treasury plan to that of Strategy’s. Source: SEC Twenty One said its key success metric will be Bitcoin per share and not the traditional earnings per share metric, as it will prioritize buying up Bitcoin over making a profit. Related: Nakamoto Holdings merges with KindlyMD to build Bitcoin treasury Twenty One is aiming to reach 42,000 Bitcoin by the time it launches. Earlier filings showed that 23,950 Bitcoin is expected to come from Tether, 10,500 Bitcoin from Softbank and about 7,000  Bitcoin from Bitfinex, which will be converted into equity at $10 per share. Cantor Equity Partners’ (CEP) share price soared from $10.65 to $59.73 on May 2 but has since fallen back to $29.84, Google Finance data shows. CEP rose another 5.2% in after-hours following the recent purchase. Magazine: Crypto wanted to overthrow banks, now it’s becoming them in stablecoin fight
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Market volatility indicator still points to $135K Bitcoin within 100 days — Analyst (Mi, 14 Mai 2025)
Key Takeaways: Bitcoin price holds above $100,000, driven by "risk-on" sentiment after the CBOE Volatility Index (VIX) dropped to 20. The Bitcoin Bull Score Index surged to 80, and the Fear & Greed Index suggests growing optimism, with historical patterns indicating potential for further price gains. Bitcoin (BTC) price continues to consolidate higher above $100,000 after the CBOE Volatility Index (VIX) dropped to its 30-year average of 20, down from a peak of 60 earlier in 2025. This decline follows a US-China trade deal on May 12, which introduced a 90-day tariff pause and a 115% reduction on both sides. CBOE Volatility Index chart. Source: X.com The agreement has fueled a "risk-on" sentiment, boosting Bitcoin and equities as investors lean into higher-risk assets, according to Bitcoin network economist Timothy Peterson. The analyst said,  “$VIX dropped substantially yesterday on news of a potential China trade deal. It is now at 'normal' levels. This will be a 'risk on' environment for the foreseeable future.” Adding to the bullish sentiment, the US Consumer Price Index (CPI) inflation rate dropped to 2.3% year-over-year in April 2025, the lowest since February 2021, down from 2.4% in March and below consensus forecasts of 2.4%. This softer-than-expected CPI reading signals easing inflationary pressure, potentially increasing the likelihood of Federal Reserve interest rate cuts in 2025, assuming other economic indicators align. With respect to the current macroeconomic dynamics—lower volatility, cooling inflation, and a trade war truce- it creates favorable market conditions for Bitcoin. Earlier this month, Peterson noted that BTC could reach $135,000 within 100 days, citing a drop in the CBOE Volatility Index (VIX) from 55 to 25, signaling a "risk-on" environment. With 95% accuracy, his model links low VIX levels to increased investor confidence in riskier assets like Bitcoin. Related: Bitcoin shrugs off US CPI win as Binance CEO says BTC 'leading pack' Bitcoin bull score index reaches yearly high After posting one of its least bullish phases in two years during April, Bitcoin sentiment flipped drastically to its highest reading in 2025. Data from CryptoQuant indicated a dramatic rise in the Bitcoin Bull Score Index, soaring from 20 to 80, a level historically associated with significant price surges. Bitcoin: bull score index. Source: CryptoQuant This shift, driven by rising spot demand outpacing supply, reflects patterns observed after the April 2024 halving, suggesting Bitcoin could be poised for further gains. Likewise, Bitcoin researcher Axel Adler Jr noted that while the Bitcoin Fear & Greed Index is climbing, currently at 53.3%, it remains below the "overloaded" zone above 80%. The analyst discussed the possibility of a market “upswing,” expressing hope for a successful test and surpassing Bitcoin’s all-time high near $110,000. Bitcoin’s Fear & Greed Index. Source: X.com Related: Bitcoin profit taking at $106K the first stop before new all-time BTC price highs This article does not contain investment advice or recommendations. Every investment and trading move involves risk, and readers should conduct their own research when making a decision.
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US lawmakers call for change in corporate digital asset taxes (Mi, 14 Mai 2025)
Two US senators are calling on Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent to “exercise [the department’s] authority” and change a provision affecting taxes on corporate holdings of digital assets. In a May 12 letter, Senators Cynthia Lummis and Bernie Moreno suggested Bessent had the authority to change the definition of “adjusted financial statement income” under existing US law in a way that could reduce what digital asset companies pay in taxes. The proposed adjustment was suggested as a way to modify a provision of the Inflation Reduction Act, signed into law in 2022. “Our edge in digital finance is at risk if US companies are taxed more than foreign competitors,” said Lummis in a May 13 X post. May 12 letter to Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent. Source: Cynthia Lummis According to the two senators, the proposed modification would provide “relief to corporations that invest in digital assets.” Lummis has been one of the most outspoken digital asset advocates in Congress, while Moreno took office in January after crypto-backed political action committees spent roughly $40 million to support his 2024 Senate race. Related: Arizona governor kills two crypto bills, cracks down on Bitcoin ATMs The Inflation Reduction Act, which went into effect in 2023, imposes a 15% minimum tax on companies that report more than $1 billion in profits for three consecutive years. The measure would seemingly include unrealized crypto gains and losses, leading to Lummis’ and Moreno’s calls for the Treasury Department to “act swiftly.” Senate awaiting second vote on stablecoin bill The call from the two senators came as lawmakers in the Senate are expected to consider another vote on the Guiding and Establishing National Innovation for US Stablecoins, or GENIUS Act — legislation to regulate payment stablecoins in the US. A motion for consideration failed to move forward in the Senate on May 8 due to Democratic lawmakers pushing back on Donald Trump’s ties to the crypto industry. Lummis, one of the bill’s co-sponsors, suggested that she would continue to support digital asset regulation. The Senate could take up another vote in a matter of days. Magazine: Best and worst countries for crypto taxes — plus crypto tax tips
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Here’s what happened in crypto today (Mi, 14 Mai 2025)
Today in crypto, Twenty One Capital had a $458.7 million worth of Bitcoin injection from Tether, VanEck is launching its first tokenized fund backed by US Treasurys, and Arizona Governor Katie Hobbs has vetoed bills aimed at creating a state Bitcoin reserve and enabling crypto payments. Tether injects $459M Bitcoin into Twenty One Capital Stablecoin issuer Tether bought $458.7 million worth of Bitcoin for Twenty One Capital on May 13, a Bitcoin investment firm it backed that’s working on a Special Purpose Acquisition Company (SPAC) merger with Cantor Equity Partners. Cantor Equity Partners said in a regulatory filing that Tether scooped 4,812.2 Bitcoin (BTC) at $95,319 each and put it in an escrow wallet on May 9. Twenty One’s total Bitcoin holdings have now swollen to 36,312 BTC, as Cantor Equity Partners holds 31,500 BTC for the firm, which will trade under the ticker XXI once the SPAC merger is complete. Twenty One Capital’s comparison of its Bitcoin treasury plan to that of Strategy’s. Source: SEC Its Bitcoin holdings are the third-largest among public companies, trailing only Strategy, formerly MicroStrategy and Bitcoin mining firm MARA Holdings at 568,840 Bitcoin and 48,237 Bitcoin, respectively. VanEck to launch its first RWA tokenization fund Investment firm VanEck is launching a tokenized real-world asset (RWA) fund that offers exposure to US Treasury bills, developed in partnership with tokenization platform Securitize. The initiative places VanEck among a growing number of traditional finance firms entering the RWA tokenization space. The fund, called VBILL, will be initially available on Avalanche, BNB Chain, Ethereum and Solana blockchains, VanEck said in a May 13 statement. The fund's minimum subscriptions start at $100,000 for investments running on Avalanche, BNB Chain, and Solana, while the minimum subscription on Ethereum is $1 million. VanEck joins a burgeoning field of traditional financial firms that have launched RWA tokenized funds, with competitors including BlackRock and Franklin Templeton. In January, Apollo, an investment firm with $751 billion in assets under management, also launched a private credit tokenized fund. With a market capitalization of $6.9 billion, US Treasurys are among the largest asset classes in tokenized funds, second only to private credit, according to data from RWA.xyz. VanEck’s partner, Securitize, has tokenized over $3.9 billion in assets. In May 2024, it raised $47 million in a strategic funding round led by BlackRock. US Treasury tokenized market over time. Source: RWA.xyz Arizona governor kills two crypto bills, cracks down on Bitcoin ATMs Arizona Governor Katie Hobbs vetoed two key cryptocurrency-related bills that aimed to expand the state’s involvement in digital assets while signing a strict regulatory measure targeting Bitcoin ATMs. On May 12, Hobbs rejected Senate Bill 1373, which sought to establish a Digital Assets Strategic Reserve Fund. The fund would have allowed Arizona to hold crypto assets obtained through seizures or legislative allocations. “Current volatility in cryptocurrency markets does not make a prudent fit for general fund dollars,” she stated in her veto letter. “I have already signed legislation this session which allows the state to utilize cryptocurrency without placing general fund dollars at risk,” she added. That decision followed her veto of Senate Bill 1025 — the more ambitious “Arizona Strategic Bitcoin Reserve Act” — on May 3. It would have authorized up to 10% of the state’s treasury and retirement funds to be invested in Bitcoin and other digital assets. According to data from bitcoinlaws.io, 26 US states have introduced strategic crypto reserve bills, with 18 of them currently active. Hobbs also vetoed Senate Bill 1024, which would have permitted state agencies to accept cryptocurrency payments for taxes, fines and fees via approved service providers.
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French IT group Atos says it will simplify its organization, cut expenses, and focus on AI, aiming to reach €9B to €10B in 2028 sales, after years of setbacks (Benoit Berthelot/Bloomberg) (Mi, 14 Mai 2025)
Benoit Berthelot / Bloomberg: French IT group Atos says it will simplify its organization, cut expenses, and focus on AI, aiming to reach €9B to €10B in 2028 sales, after years of setbacks  —  Under the plan, Atos aims to reach €9 billion ($10.1 billion) to €10 billion in sales in 2028 …
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FTC v. Meta: Meta's lawyer disparaged tech journalists Kara Swisher and Om Malik, calling Malik a "failed blogger", showing Meta's long-simmering media tensions (Lauren Feiner/The Verge) (Mi, 14 Mai 2025)
Lauren Feiner / The Verge: FTC v. Meta: Meta's lawyer disparaged tech journalists Kara Swisher and Om Malik, calling Malik a “failed blogger”, showing Meta's long-simmering media tensions  —  Meta's lead attorney called a once-prominent tech journalist a “failed blogger.”
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Filing: GD Culture Group, a struggling China-linked company that has only eight staff, plans to buy $300M in BTC and $TRUMP, creating clear ethical conflicts (New York Times) (Mi, 14 Mai 2025)
New York Times: Filing: GD Culture Group, a struggling China-linked company that has only eight staff, plans to buy $300M in BTC and $TRUMP, creating clear ethical conflicts  —  The firm, which produces content for TikTok, recorded no revenue last year, but it announced this week that a mysterious stock sale …
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Sources: Shenzhen government-owned chip equipment maker SiCarrier, a key Huawei supplier, is seeking ~$2.8B at an $11B valuation in its first fundraising round (Reuters) (Mi, 14 Mai 2025)
Reuters: Sources: Shenzhen government-owned chip equipment maker SiCarrier, a key Huawei supplier, is seeking ~$2.8B at an $11B valuation in its first fundraising round  —  SiCarrier, a Chinese chip equipment maker with close links to Huawei, is seeking $2.8 billion in its maiden fundraising round …
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Tencent reports Q1 revenue up 13% YoY to ~$25B, above ~$24.3B est., net profit up 14% YoY to ~$6.6B, below ~$7.3B est., driven by gaming business growth (Arjun Kharpal/CNBC) (Mi, 14 Mai 2025)
Arjun Kharpal / CNBC: Tencent reports Q1 revenue up 13% YoY to ~$25B, above ~$24.3B est., net profit up 14% YoY to ~$6.6B, below ~$7.3B est., driven by gaming business growth  —  Tencent on Wednesday reported an annual rise in its top and bottom line in the first quarter fuelled by accelerated growth in its key gaming business.
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Foxconn reports Q1 revenue up 24% YoY to ~$54B, net profit up 91% YoY to ~$1.38B, above est.,; cloud and networking, like AI servers, was 34% of its Q1 revenue (Sherry Qin/Wall Street Journal) (Mi, 14 Mai 2025)
Sherry Qin / Wall Street Journal: Foxconn reports Q1 revenue up 24% YoY to ~$54B, net profit up 91% YoY to ~$1.38B, above est.,; cloud and networking, like AI servers, was 34% of its Q1 revenue  —  The company still expects AI servers to be a growth driver this year  —  Foxconn Technology Group reported strong first-quarter results …
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How Finland's district heating systems are harvesting heat from data centers; Microsoft's project near Helsinki will be the largest of its kind when completed (Bloomberg) (Mi, 14 Mai 2025)
Bloomberg: How Finland's district heating systems are harvesting heat from data centers; Microsoft's project near Helsinki will be the largest of its kind when completed  —  By pairing power-hungry computer processing facilities with district heating systems, Nordic countries are trying to limit their environmental downsides.
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Sony reports Q4 revenue down 24% YoY to $17.7B, 18.5M PlayStation 5 units sold in FY 24, down from 20.8M in FY 23, and expects a $700M US tariff impact in FY 25 (Bloomberg) (Mi, 14 Mai 2025)
Bloomberg: Sony reports Q4 revenue down 24% YoY to $17.7B, 18.5M PlayStation 5 units sold in FY 24, down from 20.8M in FY 23, and expects a $700M US tariff impact in FY 25  —  The entertainment-focused group said on Wednesday that it sees a ¥100 billion ($700 million) impact from US levies in the year …
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Q&A with Marc Benioff on how AI is disrupting work, Salesforce's AI agent platform Agentforce, the Trump administration's tariffs and economic policy, and more (Stephen Morris/Financial Times) (Mi, 14 Mai 2025)
Stephen Morris / Financial Times: Q&A with Marc Benioff on how AI is disrupting work, Salesforce's AI agent platform Agentforce, the Trump administration's tariffs and economic policy, and more  —  Stay informed with free updates  —  Simply sign up to the Artificial intelligence myFT Digest — delivered directly to your inbox.
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Appfigures: mobile gamers spent $65.4B in 2024, up 4% YoY, but less than $4B went to games released in 2024; studios launched 126K games in 2024, down 43% YoY (Vlad Savov/Bloomberg) (Mi, 14 Mai 2025)
Vlad Savov / Bloomberg: Appfigures: mobile gamers spent $65.4B in 2024, up 4% YoY, but less than $4B went to games released in 2024; studios launched 126K games in 2024, down 43% YoY  —  Silicon Valley Is Coming for the Pentagon's $1 Trillion Budget  —  The Trump administration wants startups to remake the US military …
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Sources including former AbleGamers staff detail abuse, financial mismanagement, and other issues at the influential nonprofit promoting gaming accessibility (Grant Stoner/IGN) (Mi, 14 Mai 2025)
Grant Stoner / IGN: Sources including former AbleGamers staff detail abuse, financial mismanagement, and other issues at the influential nonprofit promoting gaming accessibility  —  20 Years after AbleGamers' founding, new reports detail abuse fostered by management, mismanaged funds, and leadership that failed to protect employees.
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A profile of Tether Chief Investment Officer Richard Heathcote, who manages a $150B asset portfolio and has helped deepen Tether's ties with Cantor Fitzgerald (Ryan Weeks/Bloomberg) (Mi, 14 Mai 2025)
Ryan Weeks / Bloomberg: A profile of Tether Chief Investment Officer Richard Heathcote, who manages a $150B asset portfolio and has helped deepen Tether's ties with Cantor Fitzgerald  —  For years, crypto's most-influential players have tended to be idiosyncratic and outspoken founders: Changpeng Zhao …
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The US Commerce Department issues guidance stating that "using Huawei Ascend chips anywhere in the world violates US export controls" due to the use of US tech (Financial Times) (Mi, 14 Mai 2025)
Financial Times: The US Commerce Department issues guidance stating that “using Huawei Ascend chips anywhere in the world violates US export controls” due to the use of US tech  —  Commerce department guidance aims to toughen export controls on tech used by China to make AI processors
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Microsoft extends support for Microsoft 365 apps on Windows 10 until October 10, 2028, after previously announcing plans to end support by October 14, 2025 (Tom Warren/The Verge) (Mi, 14 Mai 2025)
Tom Warren / The Verge: Microsoft extends support for Microsoft 365 apps on Windows 10 until October 10, 2028, after previously announcing plans to end support by October 14, 2025  —  Microsoft 365 apps will continue to get security updates on Windows 10 for another three years.
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Source: Arista plans to acquire Broadcom's VeloCloud, which provides SD-WAN tech to telecoms, for less than $1B; VMware bought VeloCloud for ~$450M in 2017 (Kevin McLaughlin/The Information) (Mi, 14 Mai 2025)
Kevin McLaughlin / The Information: Source: Arista plans to acquire Broadcom's VeloCloud, which provides SD-WAN tech to telecoms, for less than $1B; VMware bought VeloCloud for ~$450M in 2017  —  Arista Networks is in the process of acquiring VeloCloud, a Broadcom business unit that sells networking software and hardware …
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Фейковая биржа, реальные слёзы: 1 пробный депозит — и ты уже не инвестор, а жертва гениальной аферы (Wed, 14 May 2025)
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Миллиарды наркодолларов идут через WeChat — прокуратура вскрыла схему картелей и китайских банков (Mi, 14 Mai 2025)
Через мессенджер уходит больше денег, чем через банки.
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Самодельный робот победил: 4×4 кубик сдался за рекордные 45 секунд (Mi, 14 Mai 2025)
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Google настроила смартфоны наблюдать за вами — чтобы успеть спасти от тех, кто делает это раньше (Mi, 14 Mai 2025)
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SAP недооценила последствия Visual Composer.
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Киев читает почту — Пхеньян собирает данные. КНДР прочно обосновалась в госсетях Украины (Mi, 14 Mai 2025)
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Хакеры выставили на продажу 89 млн профилей Steam. Есть ли среди них ваш? (Mi, 14 Mai 2025)
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CVE-2025-4427 + CVE-2025-4428 = вход без логина, RCE в подарок (Mi, 14 Mai 2025)
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Опубликована полная программа «БеКон‑2025» (Mi, 14 Mai 2025)
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Последний гвоздь в крышку Intel — даже свежие процессоры сливают данные на любой ОС (Mi, 14 Mai 2025)
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Google прокачал Android до состояния паранойи (Mi, 14 Mai 2025)
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Patch Tuesday устраняет 72 уязвимости, но zero-day уже гуляют по Сети — особенно опасен баг в ядре Windows (Mi, 14 Mai 2025)
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Что если законы физики — лишь видимая часть более глубокой реальности?
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Да, бомбу из чёрной дыры можно собрать в лаборатории. Нет, бояться пока не стоит (но стоит прочитать) (Di, 13 Mai 2025)
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Аэропорт стал полем боя графов, теории информации и неожиданного математического прорыва (Di, 13 Mai 2025)
Один алгоритм сохранит миллионы жизней.
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Охота за новой физикой продолжается, но Вселенная отвечает одним и тем же — «читайте Эйнштейна, неучи!» (Di, 13 Mai 2025)
50 лет, миллиарды долларов, сотни гипотез… Почему реальность не хочет быть фантастической?
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Скатертью по коду: Telegram вычищает казино, будто уже под прицелом SEC (Di, 13 Mai 2025)
Самые крупные боты ушли без финального спина.
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Они не нашли аксионы — но впервые почти услышали их шёпот сквозь шум космоса (Di, 13 Mai 2025)
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КоАПнул не туда — готовь зарплату: обновлённые штрафы делают IT-безопасность делом денежным (Di, 13 Mai 2025)
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Мозги — от Huawei, тело — от UBTech: Китай выпустит тысячную армию супер-гуманоидов к концу года (Di, 13 Mai 2025)
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“А вдруг повезёт”: половина россиян ставит софт из Интернета на удачу (Di, 13 Mai 2025)
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Nissan сдался без боя: хакеры взяли руль, микрофон и даже музыку (Di, 13 Mai 2025)
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ToyBox Story: злая версия «Истории игрушек» от северокорейских хакеров (Di, 13 Mai 2025)
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Ваш следующий Windows — это ИИ, который знает вас лучше вас самих (Di, 13 Mai 2025)
Альтман хочет запихнуть всю вашу жизнь в ИИ — без плана, но с API.
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Удалёнка как трамплин — как домашний уют превратился в бизнес-инкубатор (Di, 13 Mai 2025)
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ИИ строит Lego, как будто прошёл физфак: учитывает устойчивость, анализирует риски и даёт инструкцию (Di, 13 Mai 2025)
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Кибератака превратила супермаркеты в пустыни — Co-op не может пополнить запасы (Di, 13 Mai 2025)
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Уязвимости в e-mail, сайт — только для паники. CISA решила всё упростить... настолько, что стало сложно (Di, 13 Mai 2025)
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ИИ прочитал классику и выдал фанфик — Coca-Cola сделала из него рекламу (Di, 13 Mai 2025)
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Чипы есть, покупатели на месте, здравый смысл покинул чат — Америка снова душит сама себя (Di, 13 Mai 2025)
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Отправил дикпик — едешь в тюрьму: власти решили переписать «непристойность» (Di, 13 Mai 2025)
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Проверяй, прежде чем говорить. Подтверждай, прежде чем верить. Устраивайся, только если выжил в проверке на реальность (Di, 13 Mai 2025)
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Apple сделала ультратонкий iPhone, а теперь срочно учит ИИ спасать его батарею (Di, 13 Mai 2025)
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Модерация на онлайн-платформах становится всё умнее.
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Один клик по сайту — и ASUS запускает чужой код с привилегиями (Mo, 12 Mai 2025)
ASUS активирует Wi-Fi и админ-доступ для хакера.
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Искали джависта на удалёнку, а нашли шантажиста с миссией финансирования КНДР (Mo, 12 Mai 2025)
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20 компаний из Fortune 500 уже пали. Остальные просто ещё не проверяли логи.
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Роутер раздавал Wi-Fi и чуть-чуть преступлений. Каждую секунду. 20 лет (So, 11 Mai 2025)
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Удалите все приложения на вашем телефоне, которые есть в этом списке (So, 11 Mai 2025)
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Фонд опасается давления на конфиденциальность волонтёров Википедии.
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Одно уравнение смогло объяснить то, над чем суперкомпьютеры ломали голову десятилетиями (Sa, 10 Mai 2025)
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Вы думали, что Open Source — это свобода? Oracle уже едет, чтобы объяснить, почему нет (Sa, 10 Mai 2025)
У кого нет плана B по Java — у тех скоро будет план переговоров с юристами Oracle.
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ИИ прошёл Тьюринга, а ты — нет. Добро пожаловать в XXI век (Sa, 10 Mai 2025)
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ИИ уже сжёг полпланеты — Microsoft хочет прикрутить к нему звезду, чтобы стало ещё жарче (Sa, 10 Mai 2025)
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Masteriyo Joins Themeisle — A New Era for WordPress Course Creation 🚀 (Fr, 25 Apr 2025)
We’re thrilled to share something exciting — Masteriyo, the modern and user-friendly LMS plugin from ThemeGrill, is now officially part of the Themeisle product suite! This partnership brings together two experienced WordPress teams. We’re united by a shared vision: to make course creation and selling effortless, accessible, and enjoyable for every WordPress user. 🎁 A... The post Masteriyo Joins Themeisle — A New Era for WordPress Course Creation 🚀 appeared first on Themeisle Blog.
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In this post, I'll show you not only how to create a great-looking donations form on WordPress, but also how to set up the backend - how to collect donations and have them deposited to an account of your choosing. The post How to Accept Donations on WordPress: For Non-Profits or Anyone Else appeared first on Themeisle Blog.
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If you're like many WordPress users then you've probably installed a security plugin to help keep your website safe. This is an excellent first step. It will handle much of your protection, but if you truly care about your site's security then you need to implement some manual changes at the server level. In this tutorial I'll show you how (don't worry, it's not as difficult as it may sound). The post 7 Vulnerabilities Your WordPress Security Plugins Can’t Protect You From (And How to Fix Them Manually) appeared first on Themeisle Blog.
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As we kick off the 22nd year of WordPress, many people are anxious about the ongoing #wpdrama. But it's important to remember that there were almost ten months of exciting things happening in WordPress before Matt fired shots at WP Engine. In an effort to provide some counterbalance, I present to you a recap of what happened in the world of WordPress throughout 2024. The post 2024 WordPress Recap: A Lot More Happened Than Just #WPDrama appeared first on Themeisle Blog.
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