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May 12, 2026
Protect your enterprise now from the Shai-Hulud worm and npm vulnerability in 6 actionable steps — venturebeat.com
Any development environment that installed or imported one of the 172 compromised npm or PyPI packages published since May 11 should be treated as potentially compromised. On affected developer workstations, the worm harvests credentials from over 100 file
Will Lower Crypto Fees Help Morgan Stanley Win Retail Investors? — qz.com
MS is launching low-fee crypto trading, offering Bitcoin, Ether and Solana at prices below major rivals to attract retail investors.
AirBit crypto Ponzi victims can now claim slice of $400M asset haul — theregister.com
The US Department of Justice has begun accepting applications from victims of the AirBit Club crypto Ponzi scheme for a slice of more than $400 million in forfeited assets tied to the fraud. The compensation fund currently lists about $150 million as
Michigan House Candidate Says She Would Ban Stock Trading Among US Officials To 'Fight Corruption.' As Biden's Ukraine Ambassador, She Made 179 Stock Trades Worth Up to $4M. — freebeacon.com
As U.S. ambassador to Ukraine, House candidate Bridget Brink was an energetic stock trader, making 179 individual stock trades worth between $754,000 and $4 million while in office, according to more than two dozen ethics disclosures filed with the State
Third Way or the Highway — prospect.org
The Revolving Door Project, a Prospect partner, scrutinizes the executive branch and presidential power. Follow them at therevolvingdoorproject.org. With right-wing courts tearing up American democracy, the Strait of Hormuz blocked for two months and
Crypto Firm Backed by French NBA Star Halts Plan to Buy Bitcoin — bloomberg.com
The Bitcoin Society, a start-up backed by French NBA star Tony Parker and entrepreneur Éric Larchevêque, has ditched plans to build a crypto treasury, months after announcing the strategy.
A Familiar Name in Crypto: What Investors Should Know About Litecoin — dailycaller.com
Litecoin has been around since 2011, which, in crypto terms, makes it almost old guard. It was built as a faster, cheaper alternative to Bitcoin, giving people a way to move money without long wait times or high fees. That core idea still holds up. You can
Finding Satoshi: A Four-Year Investigation Into Bitcoin’s Founder — villagevoice.com
Here’s a fuller, more sophisticated opening: Bitcoin turned seventeen this year. It remains, by any reasonable measure, one of the most consequential financial inventions in modern history. It also remains, uniquely among inventions of its scale and
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