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Worldcoin Price Tumbles After $52.5M Funding Deal—Here’s What Happened
Worldcoin price tumbled nearly 10% after the World Foundation closed a $52.5 million institutional funding round, shifting investor attention from long-term expansion to near-term token supply. While the Pantera Capital led-investment is set to accelerate the rollout of the project’s AI-powered World ID ecosystem, traders reacted to the accompanying WLD token sale and renewed supply
$9.7M Drained Across Ethereum, Solana, TRON, and TON in Triple-A Exploit
Triple-A, a global fiat-to-crypto payment gateway, has become the latest victim of a multimillion-dollar hack. Blockchain security firm Peckshield reports that more than $9.7 million was drained after attackers drained its hot wallets across Ethereum, Solana, TRON, and TON. Here’s how the attack happened. Triple-A Hot Wallets Drained Across Multiple Networks Peckshield reported that the
Bitcoin’s Nine Biggest Institutional Holders Unite to Fund Network Security
Nine major Bitcoin institutions have now joined forces to protect the infrastructure behind the asset they collectively depend on. Anchorage Digital, ARK Invest, BlackRock, Block, Blockstream, Coinbase, Fidelity Digital Assets, Galaxy and Strategy have launched the Bitcoin Security Consortium with combined funding commitments of $15 million over the next three years. The initiative is being
Netflix: The 49 Absolute Best Movies to Watch – CNET
Another evening, another scroll through a "best movies on Netflix" list.But this isn't just any best movies on Netflix list. Oh no. This list has slightly more to offer: a rundown of what's new each week, whether they're watch-worthy or not. Plus, the list itself is confined to movies that have scored a lucrative 70
Apple aiming to unveil its mixed-reality headset this spring
Digital Trends may earn a commission when you buy through links on our site. Why trust us? Apple’s highly anticipated mixed-reality headset could be unveiled just ahead of the company’s Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC). Apple’s headset, expected to be called “Reality Pro,” will likely offer virtual reality (VR) and augmented reality (AR) capabilities so wearers
Where to watch the 2023 Golden Globes
The Golden Globes are back on television for the first time since 2021. Last year, the ceremony did not air on TV due to criticism from prominent figures in entertainment over the Hollywood Foreign Press Association’s (HFPA) lack of diversity within its organization. After the HFPA reformed its policies and membership requirements, the Globes will
How to watch a SpaceX Dragon depart the ISS on Monday
This week will see a SpaceX Dragon spacecraft depart from the International Space Station (ISS) and head back to Earth. Though the craft will be uncrewed, it will be packed with the results of scientific experiments performed on the space station. NASA Live: Official Stream of NASA TV The departure, scheduled for Monday, January 9
Perseverance rover celebrates its first Martian birthday
The Perseverance rover currently exploring Mars recently celebrated a milestone: its first Martian year since landing. Though the rover landed in the Jezero Crater in February 2021, making it almost two Earth years old, NASA measures its Mars missions in Martian years. As Mars orbits further from the sun than the Earth does, it has
Hubble snaps a cluster in our galaxy bursting with stars
Within galaxies, stars aren’t evenly spaced out. Instead, stars tend to cluster into groups which can be as many as tens of thousands or even millions of stars strong. These groups of stars, called globular clusters, are tightly bound together by gravity and form a spherical shape with a dense core of stars in the
How to Deep Clean Your Keyboard
One of the values my parents instilled in me at a young age was to take pride in my possessions. "You can't have nice things until you learn to take care of them," my mom used to tell me. The message stuck to the point where I'm semi-obsessed with keeping things in tip-top shape to
January tech layoffs top December’s total in less than a week
The big picture: We are less than a week into the new year and the tech sector is already feeling the squeeze. According to Layoffs Tracker, a whopping 29,686 tech employees across 27 companies have been let go globally so far this month. For comparison, 17,074 tech workers lost their jobs in December 2022. Put
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Worldcoin Price Tumbles After $52.5M Funding Deal—Here’s What Happened
Worldcoin price tumbled nearly 10% after the World Foundation closed a $52.5 million institutional funding round, shifting investor attention from long-term expansion to near-term token supply. While the Pantera Capital led-investment is set to accelerate the rollout of the project’s AI-powered World ID ecosystem, traders reacted to the accompanying WLD token sale and renewed supply
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$9.7M Drained Across Ethereum, Solana, TRON, and TON in Triple-A Exploit
Triple-A, a global fiat-to-crypto payment gateway, has become the latest victim of a multimillion-dollar hack. Blockchain security firm Peckshield reports that more than $9.7 million was drained after attackers drained its hot wallets across Ethereum, Solana, TRON, and TON. Here’s how the attack happened. Triple-A Hot Wallets Drained Across Multiple Networks Peckshield reported that the
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Bitcoin’s Nine Biggest Institutional Holders Unite to Fund Network Security
Nine major Bitcoin institutions have now joined forces to protect the infrastructure behind the asset they collectively depend on. Anchorage Digital, ARK Invest, BlackRock, Block, Blockstream, Coinbase, Fidelity Digital Assets, Galaxy and Strategy have launched the Bitcoin Security Consortium with combined funding commitments of $15 million over the next three years. The initiative is being
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The Secret Service is investigating a member of JD Vance’s detail over a suspected news leak
A member of Vice President JD Vance ’s security detail is being investigated over allegations tied to a suspected news leak, the U.S. Secret Service said Thursday. Anthony Guglielmi, a Secret Service spokesperson, said the security-team member faces an internal investigation and potential criminal inquiry over allegations involving compromised “operational and information security.” “While we will not
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Police Union Endorses Clarity Act as Three Crypto Backers Lobby Hits Senate
America’s largest police union, the National Fraternal Order of Police (FOP), and a trio of crypto organizations have openly supported the Digital Asset Market Clarity Act. In a July 24 letter, the FOP’s National President Patrick Yoes attributed the organization’s new stance to the revision of Section 10604 of the Blockchain Regulatory Certainty Act (BRCA).