coindesk 3 days ago

XRP Ledger developers tighten the rules for who can hold 'restricted' tokens

A set of fixes would tighten who can hold permissioned tokens on the network. The XRP Ledger Foundation says no users were affecte...

coindesk 4 days ago

Chainlink adds weekend pricing for tokenized assets, with Aave as launch partner

The service uses perpetual futures quotes to update reference prices when traditional markets close.

coindesk 4 days ago

New quantum model slashes hardware needed to break bitcoin keys by 17 times

Alice & Bob's new model reduces the hardware required for a potential attack, bringing it closer to reality and increasing pressur...

coindesk 4 days ago

AI found a way to crash bitcoin nodes on Windows and Macs. It's now public

Three flaws a language-model scan dug up are the first disclosed under Core’s new rules for bugs that are easy to find.

coindesk 4 days ago

Security failure at Indian certificate firm bites Ethereum as developers rush ou...

A key blunder at Indian certificate issuer eMudhra left some Teku and Besu setups trusting forged certificates. Default mainnet no...

coindesk 5 days ago

XRP Ledger developers propose creating wallets with zero XRP for stablecoin paym...

An experimental change would let companies cover the reserve for customer and AI-agent accounts, allowing users to start with stab...

coindesk 5 days ago

Google to preview crypto custody security system as AI threats grow

Google Multi-Party Compute is in private preview, with several major financial institutions testing the technology and parent comp...

coindesk 5 days ago

Bithumb hacked through employee system as South Korean financial firms face cybe...

The breach hit an internal employee system that Bithumb says is separate from its trading platform, while the exchange is still de...

coindesk 6 days ago

Coinbase says user funds are safe after third-party vendor exposes customer cont...

The crypto exchange says an incident at analytics firm Amplitude exposed some customer contact information, but insists its own sy...

coindesk 6 days ago

Live updates: Bitcoin holds below $80,000 as AI buildout draws investor attentio...

Interest rates and oil are slipping and equities are rising, but crypto remains under pressure.