Freedom Index
The News Roundup
View More NewsCrypto exchange Bitget lost about $388 million in a Sept. 24 breach after an attacker bypassed security controls protecting its exchange wallets. The company has since said it has identified and fixed the vulnerability, though it has not publicly detailed how the attacker gained access.The exchange had published attacker addresses and offered a 5% bounty for eligible efforts that freeze or recover stolen funds. As the attacker moved those assets through other services, Bitget CEO Gracy Chen publicly asked THORChain over the weekend to refuse the transactions.“Our attacker addresses are publicly listed and actively tracked. We are formally asking @THORChain…
AI & Crypto
Read MorePolitics
Don't Miss!
Opinions & Debates
One of the most surprising things about the fifth season of Fauda, the Israeli counter-terrorist thriller created by journalist Avi Issacharoff and actor Lior Raz, is that it is extremely popular in Muslim-majority countries like Jordan, Turkey, and Morocco. It even debuted this month as the #1 streaming hit in Lebanon, which has officially been at war with Israel since 1948. It’s still a crime for Lebanese citizens to engage with Israelis in any way, even on social media or if they bump into each other on holiday in a third country like Cyprus or France. So it’s hardly a…
Latest News
South Korea’s Financial Services Commission said it is considering a market-making system for digital assets, after a stablecoin linked to the value of the…
Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin said Ethereum’s Hegotá upgrade could be the network’s last “normal” fork before development shifts toward technologies that include recursive STARKs,…
At the United Nations General Assembly, Iran proposed an agreement to reopen the Strait of Hormuz, a major oil chokepoint disrupted by the war,…
The law also restricts crypto companies from offering certain memecoins tied to public officials to California residents and takes effect for tokens issued from…
Circle and Tether, the companies behind dollar-linked tokens USDC and USDT, have already frozen about $320,000 in stablecoins connected to the breach. Their tokens…
In brief StarkWare said the estimated cost of building a quantum-safe Bitcoin transaction fell from about $320 to roughly $67 in a week, as…
The Committee to Protect Journalists joined partner organizations on Saturday in condemning the prolonged pre-trial detention of Egyptian journalist Hamdi al-Zaeem, and calling on…
Payward has divided that vision into four pillars: trading through Kraken, banking, asset management and Payward Services, its business-to-business infrastructure division.Kraken has about 6.6…
The 6th US Circuit Court of Appeals ruled against prediction market Kalshi, siding with Ohio and Tennessee on regulating sports-event contracts under state laws.…
“Throughout 2026, Binance has consistently captured the largest share of USDC spot trading activity, processing $5 million-$10 billion in daily volume, roughly 10-20 times…
In brief Google Vids now offers free 1080p AI video generation and upscaling to anyone with a Google or Workspace account, accessible at vids.new.…
US regulatory agencies missed a rule-making deadline under the GENIUS Act, a year after the law was signed. Read the full article here