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Proton Mail Helped FBI Unmask Anonymous ‘Stop Cop City’ Protester — 404media.co
Privacy-focused email provider Proton Mail provided Swiss authorities with payment data that the FBI then used to determine who was allegedly behind an anonymous account affiliated with the Stop Cop City movement in Atlanta, according to a court record
The Coruna exploit: Why iPhone users should be concerned — computerworld.com
A new iPhone-hacking exploit has exposed the uncomfortable truth that when governments build offensive attacks, they eventually come for all of us. Revealed by Google’s Threat Intelligence Group (GTIG) and iVerify, the Coruna exploit can compromise iPhones
John Martinis, winner of 2025 Nobel Prize in Physics: ‘I wouldn’t want quantum computing to be known for breaking the internet’ — elpais.com
Digital security, which underpins everything from the most common bank transaction to conversations on messaging platforms, cryptocurrency and critical infrastructure, is based on cryptographic keys: strings of characters encrypted by an algorithm. The
Ben McKenzie Cryptocurrency Documentary ‘Everyone Is Lying to You for Money’ Acquired by The Forge (EXCLUSIVE) — variety.com
The Forge has acquired North American distribution rights and international sales rights to “Everyone Is Lying to You for Money,” the directorial debut of “The OC,” “Gotham” and “Southland” star Ben McKenzie. The film is based on “Easy Money:
NYSE Owner Invests in Crypto Exchange at $25 Billion Valuation — bloomberg.com
Intercontinental Exchange Inc. is acquiring a stake in OKX in a deal that values the cryptocurrency exchange operator at $25 billion.
Exclusive: NYSE parent company invests in crypto exchange OKX at $25 billion valuation as part of push into blockchain-based stocks — fortune.com
Last summer, Haider Rafique flew out to Atlanta to meet with the chairman of the New York Stock Exchange. What was supposed to be a 30-minute chat turned into a four-hour marathon conversation, recalled Rafique, the global managing partner of corporate
AI Agents Love to Hodl Bitcoin and Spend Stablecoins, Study Finds — gizmodo.com
The preference for bitcoin as a long-term store of value was referred to as the most dominant response in the recent Bitcoin Policy Institute report at 79.1%.
Labour urges probe into Reform UK over cryptocurrency donations — independent.co.uk
The £3m donation comes on top of a record £9m given to the party last year by Brexit backer Christopher Harborne
UK still doodling digital pound while Brussels frets over payment sovereignty — theregister.com
Geopolitical tensions turn up the pressure for European legislators The UK is still in the design phase of digital currency as the EU comes under political pressure to accelerate the development of a digital euro to bolster the bloc's sovereignty and
Why Leopold Aschenbrenner’s AI hedge fund is betting big on power companies and bitcoin miners to fuel the ‘superintelligence’ race — fortune.com
When Fortune profiled Leopold Aschenbrenner in October 2025, the former OpenAI researcher—famously fired after roughly a year at the company—and onetime member of FTX’s Future Fund philanthropy team was best known for a self-published 165-page monograph
Bitcoin Holds Firm Above $70,000 as Global Assets Recover — bloomberg.com
Bitcoin has stabilized above $70,000 as markets recover after being roiled by the war with Iran, which has threatened to disrupt trade and drive up inflation.
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