Winklevoss twins bet on Zcash, privacy to combat AI threat

Winklevoss twins bet on Zcash, privacy to combat AI threat

Cameron and Tyler Winklevoss are betting on privacy protocols gaining major traction as AI continues to grow at an exponential rate. The year 2025 will go down as the year of digital asset treasury companies. Michael Saylor’s Strategy and Tom Lee’s Bitmine have forged ahead with Bitcoin and Ethereum-based strategies, while a handful of alternative…

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Bitcoiners louden call for Signal to adopt BTC in new campaign

Bitcoiners louden call for Signal to adopt BTC in new campaign

Jack Dorsey and Peter Todd are among the Bitcoiners voicing support for privacy messaging app Signal to adopt Bitcoin amid a “Bitcoin for Signal” campaign. Several Bitcoiners, including Jack Dorsey, have reinforced their push for the privacy-focused messaging app Signal to adopt Bitcoin through a new “Bitcoin for Signal” campaign, which aims to integrate Bitcoin…

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Backwards-compatible quantum fix found, but not for Bitcoin and Ethereum

Backwards-compatible quantum fix found, but not for Bitcoin and Ethereum

Sui Research’s new quantum-safe wallet upgrade method offers a hard fork-free solution for EdDSA-based blockchains, but does not apply to Bitcoin or Ethereum. Sui Research has introduced a cryptographic framework that could offer protection against quantum computing threats without requiring hard forks, address changes or key updates. Cryptographer Kostas Chalkias wrote in a Monday X…

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Hacker reconnaissance work continues on TeleMessage app vulnerability — Report

Hacker reconnaissance work continues on TeleMessage app vulnerability — Report

As of Wednesday, at least eleven IP addresses have actively tried to exploit the vulnerability, with thousands more addresses possibly doing reconnaissance work. Hackers are continuing to seek out opportunities to exploit the infamous CVE-2025-48927 vulnerability involved in TeleMessage, according to a new report from threat intelligence company GreyNoise. GreyNoise’s tag, which monitors attempts to…

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X hits pause on its encrypted DMs feature

X hits pause on its encrypted DMs feature

Social network X said on Thursday that it is pausing its encrypted DMs feature as it works to make some improvements. In a post on X, the company’s engineering account said users will be able to access their existing encrypted messages, but they won’t be able to send new ones. It did not mention when…

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#Web3 has a metadata problem, and it’s not going away

#Web3 has a metadata problem, and it’s not going away

As Web3 grows, its metadata problem intensifies, risking a global data security crisis. Can anonymity networks and new technologies protect users from AI-powered surveillance? Opinion by: Casey Ford, PhD, researcher at Nym Technologies Web3 rolled in on the wave of decentralization. Decentralized applications (DApps) grew by 74% in 2024 and individual wallets by 485%, with…

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