Analysts report record demand from Bitcoin “accumulation” wallets. They also pointed to an open price gap in CME bitcoin futures as a key area traders are watching for where BTC could move next.
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The Pentagon may end its $200M contract with Anthropic after a dispute over how the Claude AI can be used, including strict limits on fully self-running weapons and large-scale domestic surveillance.
Bitcoin slipped below $68,000 on Feb. 16 after briefly touching $70,000, and has been moving sideways between $65,000 and $72,000. A popular market mood tracker showed “extreme fear” as some analysts lowered outlooks.
Dutch telecom Odido reported hackers got into its customer system and stole personal details of 6.2 million customers, including names, addresses, phone numbers, and email addresses.
Metaplanet reported a $605 million loss after spending billions on bitcoin, and said it’s moving toward using preferred shares as part of its Bitcoin strategy.
Dutch police accidentally sent a man a link that let him download confidential files. After he refused to delete them unless he got something in return, officers arrested him and seized storage devices, and reported the leak as a data breach.
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Google released a security fix for Chrome’s first zero-day bug of the year after it was used in attacks. The flaw could let attackers run code through a web page, even within Chrome’s built-in protections.
BTC fell for a second day as traders took profits after it moved above $70,000, following a positive U.S. inflation report.
South Korea fined Dior, Louis Vuitton and Tiffany a combined $25 million after customer data breaches linked to attacks on their Salesforce accounts, part of a wider campaign that hit dozens of companies.
Canada Goose confirmed customer data was leaked, with about 600,000 people thought to be affected. The company says its own systems weren’t hacked and blames a third-party incident.
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MIT Technology Review reports that in April 2024, someone using the names “Waifu” and “Judische” posted death threats on Telegram and Discord targeting a security researcher, sparking efforts to identify who was behind them.
Microsoft warned about a ClickFix attack where hackers use internet address lookups to slip malware called ModeloRAT onto targeted computers, letting attackers control them remotely.
Japan’s Metaplanet said Bitcoin activity made 95% of its sales and helped operating profit reach about $40M, but a fall in BTC prices led to a roughly $619M net loss, mainly from paper write-downs.
MIT Technology Review reports that in April 2024, people using the online names “Waifu” and “Judische” posted death threats on Telegram and Discord aimed at cybersecurity researcher Allison Nixon.
Bitcoin briefly dipped to $59,000 in a sharp move that triggered liquidations. Market watchers are looking at that drop and rebound for clues about BTC’s next direction.
UK driving test agency DVSA is hiring a £95K chief digital and information officer to overhaul its practical test booking system, aiming to cut long waits and stop bots that grab slots for resale.
Android 17 Beta 1 shows the Pixel Launcher search bar is actually the Google Search widget, and it includes hidden settings to choose which search provider it uses.