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Pershing Square Launches $64 Billion Universal Music Bid Ahead of NYSE Listing
Pershing Square Capital Management has launched a $64 billion bid to acquire Universal Music Group, pushing founder Bill Ackman’s investment…
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Ex-LAPD Officer Sentenced to Life in $350,000 Bitcoin Home Invasion
A Los Angeles judge sentenced former LAPD officer Eric Halem to life plus 15 years in state prison on Tuesday…
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Bitcoin Bridge Boltz Halts Swap Service Indefinitely Over AI-Assisted Attacks
Bitcoin swap service Boltz has indefinitely suspended its exchange operations after a wave of automated, AI-driven cyberattacks exposed vulnerabilities faster…
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$130 Million Coldcard Breach Triggers Security Alarm Over Hardware Wallet Randomness
A $130 million exploit targeting air-gapped Coldcard Bitcoin hardware wallets has exposed structural vulnerabilities in cryptographic entropy generation, forcing manufacturer…
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IBM CEO Warns Quantum Computing Threat to Crypto Lies 3 to 4 Years Away
IBM Chief Executive Officer Arvind Krishna has issued a three-to-four-year timeline warning regarding quantum computing’s ability to compromise cryptocurrency cryptography,…
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Coinkite Coldcard Firmware Bug Triggers $130 Million Bitcoin Theft
Attackers have stolen an estimated 2,055 Bitcoin—valued at roughly $130 million—from Coinkite Coldcard hardware wallets after a long-standing coding error…
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Hashdex to Liquidate Spot Bitcoin ETF as Wall Street Squeezes Smaller Funds
Hashdex is shutting down its U.S. spot Bitcoin exchange-traded fund and liquidating its holdings after accumulating just $14.7 million in…
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Strategy Liquidates $105M in Bitcoin at a Loss to Support STRC Preferred Stock and Fund Dividends
Corporate treasury firm Strategy has sold 1,638 Bitcoin for $104.7 million at a loss to fund preferred share repurchases and…
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Former FBI Counterintelligence Agent Charged in $1M Crypto Theft After Asking ChatGPT How to Flee to Europe
A former supervisory special agent in the FBI’s Counterintelligence and Espionage Division has been arrested after federal prosecutors accused him…
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Coinkite Coldcard Flaw Triggers $114 Million Bitcoin Stolen in Hardware Exploit
A critical firmware vulnerability in Coinkite’s Coldcard hardware wallets has allowed attackers to siphon more than $114 million in Bitcoin,…
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