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Japan's police agency exposes North Korean hackers in joint action with US, Australia and Germany
The National Police Agency of Japan, alongside the FBI and security agencies in Australia and Germany, have put a name to a North Korean group that pretended to be tech recruiters while stealing cryptocurrency from IT professionals globally. They diverted 1.7 billion yen (about $10.71 million) worth of assets to North Korea. The crew is...Cryptopolitan
Fri, Sep 18
Grayscale to split Zcash ETF 3-for-1, tripling ZCSH share count
Grayscale said on September 18 that it plans a 3-for-1 forward split of its Zcash ETF (ZCSH). ZCSH is the first U.S. fund tracking a privacy coin. The move will triple each holder’s share count without changing what their stake is worth. What does Grayscale’s share split mean for its shareholders? Grayscale has said that...Cryptopolitan
Fri, Sep 18
CFTC advances crypto rulemaking proposal for Trump White House review
The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) has sent a proposal on crypto market rules to the White House budget office for review on Thursday, September 17. A day before the commission filed this proposed rule, its chairman, Michael Selig, said that they would use their existing statutory authorities to help the president deliver a future-proof...Cryptopolitan
Fri, Sep 18
Zondacrypto creditors seek to recover money lost to the failed crypto exchange
Creditors of Zondacrypto have met in Estonia as part of a legal bid to recover what’s left of the assets of Poland’s largest coin trading platform, which collapsed earlier this year. Bankruptcy proceedings will take place in the Baltic state, where its operator was based, and the first petition was filed, although the company had...Cryptopolitan
Fri, Sep 18
France launches probe into Meta smart glasses in sexual harassment case
The Paris prosecutor’s office has opened at least one criminal investigation into suspected sexual harassment involving Meta’s camera-equipped smart glasses, according to Reuters. The case could signal that French authorities are prepared to treat covert street filming as a criminal matter, and will not leave it solely to the country’s privacy regulator. The case centers...Cryptopolitan
Fri, Sep 18
Anthropic builds biology lab for AI drug research
Anthropic has opened a physical biology lab in the San Francisco Bay Area, where it will run hands-on experiments as the AI company moves beyond computer-based modeling and deeper into drug research. Its head of life sciences, Eric Kauderer-Abrams, confirmed the lab to Reuters. The research will focus on diseases that the pharmaceutical industry has...Cryptopolitan
Fri, Sep 18
Litecoin Price Forecast: LTC poised for an extended $60-bound breakout
Litecoin (LTC) extends its gains on Friday, exchanging hands at $55.00. The 28th-largest cryptocurrency, with a market capitalization of $4.3 billion, has notched a third straight session of recovery from the critical $50.00 support zone.
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Fri, Sep 18
Investigators credit crypto tracing as UAE arrests Swedish fugitive wanted by Interpol
The UAE has detained a Swedish fugitive accused of running an international money laundering network, as crypto tracing tools were reportedly used to dismantle an operation that spread to organized crime and contract killings. Swedish police simultaneously picked up six other suspected members of the fugitive’s gang. The seven arrests were announced on Thursday by...Cryptopolitan
Fri, Sep 18
Crypto bears retreat as BTC holds, LSK, ARB, NEAR and ZEC lead altcoin bounce
Altcoin holders are having a great day Friday as a market-wide bounce has seen major tokens print green over the last 24 hours. Bitcoin also reclaimed $78,000, as the leading crypto brushed off the letdown from the CLARITY Act stalling and the Federal Reserve’s rate hike. BTC’s return above the $78,000 level capped three straight...Cryptopolitan
Fri, Sep 18
Group earns $6,500 using Anthropic's Claude to hack into OpenAI weeks after Hugging Face incident
A three-person team at security startup Hacktron AI chained two flaws to hijack an OpenAI employee’s ChatGPT account and reach the company’s private code. The whole break-in took less than 72 hours, and the attackers made use of Anthropic’s Claude to build the memory-corruption exploit. How did Hacktron AI access OpenAI’s private code? OpenAI has...Cryptopolitan
Fri, Sep 18
HYPE Hits Record High Above $90 After SEC Exemption and Hyperliquid Borrowing Launch
HYPE has hit a new all-time high, breaching its previous high which was set on September 6. Hyperliquid’s token is now trading above the $90 mark, following a rally of more than 15% in the last two days. Among the ten cryptocurrencies by market cap, HYPE is the best performing asset year to date, with...Cryptopolitan
Fri, Sep 18
Stakeholders debate Zcash Dev Fund as Bitcoin comparison grows
Some of the most active investors and cryptographers have entered the public debate about how Zcash funds its own development, arguing on both sides of a 20% tax on block rewards and a growing push for ZEC to behave more like a typical store of value. The Zcash Dev Fund is a mechanism that routes...Cryptopolitan
Fri, Sep 18
Crypto Today: Bitcoin, Ethereum, XRP eye short-term breakout as bulls return
Bitcoin (BTC) trades higher near $78,000 on Friday as bulls return after early-week macro uncertainty and regulatory headwinds. Ethereum (ETH) aligns with the broader crypto market’s neutral-to-bullish outlook, holding support above $2,400 and gaining momentum for a short-term breakout at $2,500.
BOJ raises rates to a 31-year high as AI demand adds to inflation risks
On Friday, the Bank of Japan(BOJ) raised its benchmark interest rate from 1% to 1.25%, the highest level since 1995, as it moves to combat economic strain and normalize borrowing costs. The increase marks the first rate hike since June and moves the BOJ closer to neutral rates and further away from the yen’s cheap-funding...Cryptopolitan
Fri, Sep 18
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