Crosschain protocol Across restores systems after domain hijack
Attackers gained control of Across's official domain through a social engineering attack on its domain registrar, Namecheap.
Chainlink Crypto Network Helps Moody’s Test Blockchain Credit Ratings for Tokenized Assets
TLDR Moody’s Ratings and Chainlink finished a pilot that sent credit ratings to several blockchains at the same time. The test used Chainlink’s Cross-Chain Interoperability Protocol (CCIP) and Moody’s Token Integration Engine (TIE). The pilot ran on a…
Kraken parent Payward adds 200 tokenized UK and European equities to xStocks offering
Kraken parent Payward added more than 200 UK and European equities to xStocks, taking its tokenized offering past 1,500 assets.
Avalanche Won Over the NYSE. Now It Has to ‘Capture Value’ for AVAX
The New York Stock Exchange will use Avalanche infrastructure, but experts say that won't necessarily boost AVAX's price.
Kraken’s xStocks adds 200 UK and EU shares as its assets top $1.1 billion
Payward says xStocks holds over $1.1 billion. Each token is backed by a share but gives no ownership of the underlying company.
Deleted Gemini Chats Can Stay With Google Reviewers for Up to Three Years
TLDR Google’s Gemini Apps Privacy Hub says reviewed chats can be kept for up to three years after a user deletes them. A GitHub project says an October 16 edit reversed Google’s 2023 pledge that personal Gmail, Docs and Drive content is not seen by human…
Bitcoin Slips Below $73,000 as Core Inflation Hits Fed’s Rate Hike Warning Line
TLDR October CPI rose 0.4% and core CPI rose 0.3%, both above forecasts. Core inflation matched the 0.3% level Fed Governor Christopher Waller flagged for a possible larger rate hike. Bitcoin fell to an intraday low of about $72,836 before recovering…
Bitcoin holds steady as CoreWeave earnings revive AI outlook, Anthropic said to raise IPO valuation
CoreWeave’s revenue surge lifted AI infrastructure stocks and Nasdaq futures, while bitcoin was little changed over 24 hours.
MegaETH Foundation Becomes MEGA, Earmarks $30 Million for New Products
The new entity says it "has no equity and one token," and that its first new product, a public market for AI inference on MegaETH, opens in December. The post MegaETH Foundation Becomes MEGA, Earmarks $30 Million for New Products appeared first on…
Banks Fund Stablecoin Venture Project Faro for Five Years, Still Seek a CEO
TLDR Goldman Sachs, Citigroup, Banco Santander and Deutsche Bank are among 21 firms backing Project Faro. The group has committed about $270 million to cover roughly five years of operating costs. A US dollar stablecoin is planned for the first half of…