Cryptocurrency

Beware of Fake John McAfee and Tesla Cryptocurrency Giveaways

A resurgence of scam campaigns that pretend to be Bitcoin and Ethereum giveaways from Tesla, Elon Musk, and John McAfee are underway. These scams rise...

Firefox 0-day Used in Targeted Attacks Against Cryptocurrency Firms

The employees of Coinbase and other cryptocurrency firms were the target of an attack utilizing a recent Firefox zero-day and malware payloads in order...

Sen. Sherrod Brown calls to regulate Facebook cryptocurrency Libra

Facebook's plans for a new cryptocurrency, Libra, must be closely scrutinized, Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, said Thursday.Brown, the ranking Democratic member of the Senate...

Congress will move ‘aggressively’ to examine Facebook’s cryptocurrency, Rep. Maxine Waters says

Rep. Maxine Waters, a Democrat from California and chair of the House Financial Services Committee, at a congressional hearing.Andrew Harrer | Bloomberg | Getty...

Facebook discussed launch of cryptocurrency Libra with the Fed

Facebook founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg arrives to testify following a break during a Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee and Senate Judiciary Committee...

Facebook Libra cryptocurrency faces political pushback in Europe

In this photo illustration, a visual representation of a cryptocurrency sits on display in front of a Facebook logo.Chesnot | Getty ImagesFacebook unveiled its...

The Ambitious Plan Behind Facebook’s Cryptocurrency, Libra

Near the end of 2017, on a Dominican Republic beach with his family, Facebook executive David Marcus wrestled with a question he’d been pondering...

Investors Are Limiting the Growth of Cryptocurrency. Here’s Why.

Several years ago, Bitcoin was a relatively unknown phenomenon and only people ahead of the tech curve were mining and exchanging it on a...

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Musk Admits He Was Wrong About Anthropic, Calls It AI Leader

Elon Musk admitted he was "clearly wrong" about Anthropic, calling the AI company the current industry leader.Musk pledged not...

Coinbase CLO Paul Grewal steps down, names successors

Coinbase Chief Legal Officer Paul Grewal will step down on July 31 and move to an advisory role.Legal vice...

npm 12 disables install scripts, phases out 2FA bypass tokens

GitHub released npm version 12 with install scripts disabled by default, making previously automatic behaviors like dependency lifecycle scripts...