Binance founder Changpeng Zhao has warned that artificial intelligence can harm Bitcoin users through leaked personal data and social engineering without breaking the cryptocurrency’s cryptography, according to posts from CoinMarketCap and Bitcoin Archive. Summary CZ warned that leaked personal data can enable AI phishing without breaking Bitcoin’s cryptography. OWASP’s guidance compares specific algorithms and key
The content of this tutorial is intended to apply to PoC5. Most of the instructions given below will not work in the older PoC4 implementations of AlethZero (C++) and Ethereal (Go) Over the last few weeks, we have made a large number of changes to the Ethereum protocol. POC4, introducing a large body of changes
New York Attorney General Letitia James is trying to secure a $1.37 billion judgment against the operators of NovaTech and its predecessor AWS Mining, two successive cryptocurrency investment schemes that allegedly defrauded hundreds of thousands of investors worldwide out of more than $1 billion. Alleged founders Cynthia and Eddy Petion never appeared in court and,
JPMorgan’s JPM Coin has recorded zero supply and zero transfers on Ethereum in a contract review by Sentora, days after the bank announced the deposit token’s arrival on the network. Summary Sentora reported zero JPM Coin supply and transfers on Ethereum, with one allowlisted address. JPM Coin’s Base supply remained near $1 million across two
Ether (ETH), the cryptofuel that powers distributed applications on the Ethereum platform, will be issued at a constant annual linear rate via the block mining process. This rate is 0.3 times the total amount of ETH that will be purchased in the pre-sale. While the best metaphor for ETH is “fuel for running the contract
Spain’s Bit2Me turned years of police help into a unit that traces, holds, and liquidates seized crypto. Bit2Me Group said on September 8, 2026 that it formed Bit2Me Bit2Shield. The firm is registered as CryptoShield S.L. It will help public bodies and banks with crypto seizures, on-chain tracing, and court-ready forensic work. Seized digital assets
China has set a 2030 target to largely complete a national blockchain network, placing a central backbone, regional hubs, and distributed digital identity services in its latest five-year information technology plan. Summary 2030 is the target for largely completing China’s national blockchain network. Regional programs cover blockchain applications in logistics, finance, manufacturing, agriculture, and trade.
The idea of releasing a new currency as a mechanism for funding protocol development is perhaps one of the most interesting economic innovations to come out of the cryptocurrency space. In the past twenty years, we have seen a growing centralization in the protocols that underlie the internet, with the rise of proprietary chat systems
Tokenised securities are opening up new possibilities for price discovery beyond the trading hours of traditional financial markets. New research from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) found that more than half of trading in tokenised equities takes place outside regular US market hours. Not only that, but between 87 and 99 percent of overnight price
Initia has halted its layer-1 blockchain and rollups after security researcher Spreek reported unauthorized token minting and approximately $2.6 million cashed out by an attacker. Summary Initia suspended its layer-1 network and rollups at 3:41:30 p.m. UTC on Oct. 23. Spreek estimated $2.6 million had been cashed out, with more funds still moving. The Defiant
