China Secretly (and Weirdly) Admits It Hacked US Infrastructure
Plus: The Department of Homeland Security begins surveilling immigrants’ social media, President Donald Trump targets former CISA director who refuted his claims of 2020 election fraud, and more. Powered by...
Ethereum Co-Founder Vitalik Buterin Proposes a ‘Maximally Simple’ L1 Privacy Roadmap
Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin has proposed a “maximally simple” Layer 1 (L1) privacy roadmap aimed at enhancing user privacy on the Ethereum network with minimal changes to its consensus mechanism. The roadmap outlines four key areas of focus: ensuring privacy for onchain payments, achieving partial anonymization of onchain activity within applications, securing privacy for reads […] Powered by...
The Fight for Democratized AI: Tech CEO Calls out Big Tech Tactics
Travis Good, co-founder and CEO of Ambient, warns about the dangers of closed-source artificial intelligence, emphasizing its lack of transparency and auditability as a threat to independent information sources and user autonomy. Closed-Source AI Threatens Independent Content Creators In a stark warning about the future of information access, Travis Good, co-founder and CEO of Ambient, […] Powered by...
SEC’s Stablecoin Clarity Signals a New Era for Global Payments
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission’s clarification about the nonsecurity status of covered stablecoins allows businesses utilizing them to operate without the stringent regulations applied to securities. This is an opinion editorial written by Nathaniel Luz, the co-founder & CEO of Flincap, an African stablecoins-powered payments platform. SEC Clarification: Big Win for Crypto On April […] Powered by...
Scottish School to Accept Bitcoin for Tuition
Lomond School, a Scottish boarding school, will begin accepting bitcoin for tuition payments, up to $49,711 (£38,000) annually, starting this autumn. The school, claiming to be the first United Kingdom private school to do so, will convert the bitcoin to British pounds to manage currency risk. The decision, driven by parent requests, aligns with the […] Powered by...
