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Opinion by: Michael RovnerWhen US President Donald Trump called for America to become “the crypto capital of the planet,” he acknowledged a growing sentiment among his supporters. Crypto is no longer simply an asset class or subculture to this group; it’s a parallel financial system being shaped by tech-savvy conservatives for political and economic ends.Political campaigns now use crypto as core fundraising infrastructure. Conservative lawmakers, strategists and donors use it to reshape decisions, particularly in places with fewer regulations. This has created an environment shaped by right-leaning values, with progressives essentially sitting it out.Crypto and US politicsCrypto-aligned political action committees…

Bitcoin continues to trade within a tight range, consolidating above the $115,000 level and just below the key psychological barrier at $120,000. While the price structure remains bullish, market analysts are increasingly divided. Some expect Bitcoin to break higher toward uncharted territory, while others warn of an incoming correction, citing historical patterns and profit-taking behaviors. Related Reading Adding weight to the cautionary outlook, new data from CryptoQuant reveals a significant spike in whale activity. The Whale to Exchange Flow monthly average has surged by nearly $17 billion in just four days. This kind of jump historically coincides with either profit…

Content Warning: This article mentions sexual harassment and assault. If you have suffered from any of the issues discussed in this article and are seeking help, please visit the Survivors Trust website to access the available helplines.  Two additional victims of sexual misconduct have come forward with allegations that they faced sexual harassment and inappropriate behaviour during interactions with a staff member from the League of Legends team Origen. David Primo, a co-founder of Origen, has since been identified as the perpetrator.  These new allegations follow the initial revelation that ex-pro player Neon faced sexual harassment from a then-unidentified member of the…

Millions of images of passports, credit cards, birth certificates, and other documents containing personally identifiable information are likely included in one of the biggest open-source AI training sets, new research has found.Thousands of images—including identifiable faces—were found in a small subset of DataComp CommonPool, a major AI training set for image generation scraped from the web. Because the researchers audited just 0.1% of CommonPool’s data, they estimate that the real number of images containing personally identifiable information, including faces and identity documents, is in the hundreds of millions.  The bottom line? Anything you put online can be and probably has…

The percentage of Bitcoin’s long-term holders’ supply has reached a 15-year high, providing a bullish outlook for the flagship crypto. Asset manager Ark Invest highlighted this development in a recent report and explained what this could mean for BTC going forward.  Bitcoin Long-Term Holders Supply Hit 74% According to the Ark Invest report, the long-term holders’ supply has reached 74% of Bitcoin’s total supply, marking a 15-year high for this metric. The asset manager noted that this trend indicates growing market conviction in BTC’s role as a store of value or “digital gold.” These long-term holders refer to addresses that…

Cryptocurrency custody firm Bitgo Holdings Inc. has confidentially submitted a draft registration statement for a proposed initial public offering (IPO) of its Class A common stock to the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). This move places Bitgo among a growing list of major digital asset service providers, including Circle Internet Financial Ltd., which completed its […]

Can’t travel these days Miss the people, not the planes Spadina, not Spain tl;dr Spadina « dress rehearsal » just around the corner We realize that both the engineers and the community could use one more public testnet launch before mainnet to run through the motions. At the same time, we want to avoid disrupting Medalla’s momentum. We’ve therefore opted for a shortlived dress rehearsal that will run in parallel to Medalla later this month. Welcome Spadina! Spadina will be a (primarily) mainnet configuration testnet with a 3 day end-of-life (EOL). The main objective is to give us all another chance to…

Image credit: Riot Games Riot Games has announced that in-game content celebrating League of Legends esports history will be coming to Wild Rift.  The new content and rewards will be offered during the 2025 League of Legends World Championship, set to take place in China later this year. Keep Reading VALORANT caster babybay confirmed as G2 Esports leaf stand-in Counter-Strike 2 vs. VALORANT: Which esport is ahead in 2025? MLBB Women’s Invitational 2025 records over 450,000 peak viewers Aside from announcing that in-game content is arriving to League of Legends’ mobile variant, few details have been revealed. However, Riot Games…

Indian cryptocurrency exchange CoinDXC announced a recovery effort after falling victim to a $44 million exploit on Friday, with the firm pledging a bounty for ethical hackers who help retrieve the stolen funds.CoinDXC’s internal accounts used for “liquidity provision” were exploited on Friday, leading to $44 million worth of cryptocurrency being stolen, while user funds remained unaffected.In an effort to recover the stolen funds, CoinDCX CEO Sumit Gupta announced a new recovery bounty program that offers white hat hackers up to 25% of any recovered funds they can help trace and retrieve.“The exposure was from our own reserves, and we…

Indian cryptocurrency exchange CoinDXC has announced a recovery effort after falling victim to a $44 million exploit last Friday, with the firm pledging a bounty for white hat hackers who help retrieve the stolen funds.CoinDXC’s internal accounts used for “liquidity provision” were exploited on Friday, leading to $44 million worth of cryptocurrency being stolen, while user funds remained unaffected.In an effort to recover the stolen funds, CoinDCX CEO Sumit Gupta announced a new recovery bounty program that offers white hat or ethical hackers up to 25% of any recovered funds that can help trace and retrieve them.“The exposure was from…