Hacker News with Generative AI: Crypto

Serbian student activist's phone hacked using Cellebrite zero-day exploit (securityaffairs.com)
U.S. Treasury removed sanctions against the crypto mixer service Tornado Cash

Cybersecurity, Crypto, Government Regulation, Hacking

13 points by botanical 8 days ago | 0 comments

Justice Department disbanding a unit dedicated to crypto-related investigations (fortune.com)

Justice Department, Crypto, Investigations

14 points by speckx 18 days ago | 1 comments

Transcript of leaked call with Meteora's Ben Chow (citationneeded.news)
A transcript of a leaked call between DefiTuna’s Moty Povolotski and Meteora’s Ben Chow

Finance, Crypto, Leaks, Business, Technology

6 points by zaik 44 days ago | 1 comments

Kaspersky exposes hidden malware on GitHub stealing personal data (kaspersky.com)
Kaspersky Global Research & Analysis Team (GReAT) discovered hundreds of open source repositories with multistaged malware targeting gamers and cryptoinvestors within a new campaign that was dubbed by Kaspersky as GitVenom.

Cybersecurity, Malware, GitHub, Open Source, Crypto

175 points by 01-_- 57 days ago | 120 comments

Bringing On-Chain Data to AI Agents with SQD and ElizaOS (sqd.dev)
Agents. At SQD, we believe they will shape the next era of blockchain innovation. If you pause for a moment to imagine the role these autonomous, AI-driven systems will play in the crypto economy over the coming decades, it’s not hard to see where things are headed.

AI, Blockchain, Crypto, Decentralized Applications

6 points by iankguimaraes 66 days ago | 4 comments

El Salvador Ends Bitcoin as Legal Tender (newsroompanama.com)
El Salvador, the first country to adopt Bitcoin as legal tender in 2021, recently reversed its decision after pressure from the IMF. What led to this change, and what were the outcomes of its nearly four-year crypto experiment?

El Salvador, Bitcoin, Crypto, IMF, Economics

12 points by asah 77 days ago | 0 comments

From BigQuery to Lakehouse:How We Built a Petabyte-Scale Data Analytics Platform (trmlabs.com)
At TRM Labs, we provide blockchain intelligence tools to help financial institutions, crypto businesses, and government agencies detect and investigate crypto-related financial crime and fraud.

Data Analytics, Big Data, Blockchain, Financial Crime, Crypto

26 points by Vijayshekhawat 81 days ago | 4 comments

Creem: The payment platform that calls BS on hidden fees (shipandsip.substack.com)
Co-founders Gabriel and Alec are two builders from the blockchain & crypto space who decided to reshape fintech for small indie entrepreneurs and startups.

Fintech, Startups, Payment Platforms, Blockchain, Crypto

9 points by John_McT 121 days ago | 8 comments

Judge Rules Decentralized Autonomous Organizations Not So Decentralized in Law (gizmodo.com)
Crypto's libertarian dreams continue to be thwarted by legal realities.

Law, Crypto, Legal Issues

37 points by rntn 157 days ago | 23 comments

FBI raids Polymarket CEO's home, seizing phone, electronics (yahoo.com)
Federal law enforcement agents raided the downtown New York home of Polymarket CEO Shayne Coplan on Wednesday, seizing his phone and electronics, the company confirmed.

FBI, Law Enforcement, Crypto, Business, New York

8 points by marban 163 days ago | 1 comments

As Trump Takes a Victory Lap, the Crypto Faithful Kiss the Ring (wired.com)
The denizens of cryptoland have erupted into celebration and gleeful told-you-so's after Donald Trump, the self-styled “crypto president,” was voted back into the White House on Wednesday morning.

Politics, Crypto, Election, Donald Trump

5 points by mindracer 170 days ago | 0 comments

Russia Publishes New Crypto Law Expanding State Control over Digital Assets (scientificamerican.com)
Florida’s Department of Education has approved the classroom use of material from the Prager University Foundation, a conservative group that produces videos that distort science, history, gender and other topics.

Russia, Crypto, Law, Regulation, Government

5 points by stevenjgarner 180 days ago | 1 comments

Stripe in talks to acquire Bridge for $1B (techcrunch.com)
Stripe is in talks to acquire stablecoin platform Bridge for a whopping $1 billion, according to Forbes.

Stripe, Acquisitions, Fintech, Crypto

14 points by pseudolus 190 days ago | 9 comments

North Korea Infiltrated the Crypto Industry (coindesk.com)
More than a dozen blockchain firms inadvertently hired undercover IT workers from the rogue state, incurring cybersecurity and legal risks, a CoinDesk investigation found.

Cybersecurity, North Korea, Crypto, Blockchain

11 points by mkeeter 205 days ago | 0 comments

Original Flappy Bird creator disavows new version – and its possible crypto ties (slashdot.org)

Games, Mobile Games, Crypto, Controversy

5 points by MilnerRoute 222 days ago | 0 comments

Rise and Fall of OpenSea (theverge.com)

NFTs, Crypto, Market Analysis, Business

16 points by kamphey 238 days ago | 0 comments

'Wartime CEO': Urbit's Founder Returns in Shakeup at Moonshot Software Project (coindesk.com)

Software, Leadership, Crypto, Decentralization

12 points by ibobev 246 days ago | 8 comments

US Courts to Decide If NFTs Are Securities as DraftKings Case Goes to Trial (decrypt.co)