What Is Zcash? Zcash has been part of the crypto world since 2016, created by Zooko Wilcox O’Hearn and a team of cryptographers who wanted to fix one of Bitcoin’s biggest limitations: the lack of financial privacy. The project began as Zerocoin, later evolved into Zerocash, and eventually
Finance
WisdomTree has taken a notable lead in the race to bring decentralized finance into traditional markets, rolling out the first exchange-traded product that uses Lido’s stETH rather than a centralized provider to earn Ethereum staking rewards. WisdomTree Launches First Fully Staked ETH ETP Backed by stETHWisdomTree’s fully staked
What an EIP Actually Is Ethereum doesn’t have a CEO or a central board calling the shots. Instead, it evolves through a public, open-source process built around Ethereum Improvement Proposals, better known as EIPs. Anyone can write one. Anyone can argue for or against one. And every major upgrade
AI
Micron Technology, a company that began as a small basement startup in Boise in 1978, has made a decision that underscores the scale of today’s AI hardware boom. The chipmaker announced on December 3 that it will leave the consumer memory market entirely, retiring its 29-year-old Crucial brand by
Finance
Paribu, one of Turkey’s largest crypto and fintech companies, is making a major move beyond its home market. The company has agreed to acquire CoinMENA, a leading digital asset exchange in the Middle East and North Africa, in a deal valued at up to $240 million. The acquisition gives
AI
Manufacturers around the world are placing bold bets on artificial intelligence, directing nearly half of their modernisation budgets toward systems they believe will lift profits within the next two years. The shift signals a clear message: AI is no longer a side project. It is becoming the main engine for
Security
A well-known blockchain investigator believes a key suspect in one of the largest individual crypto thefts to date may now be in police custody. Pseudonymous crypto sleuth ZachXBT said on Friday that a British threat actor tied to the $243 million theft from a Genesis creditor on Gemini appears to
AI
Hack The Box has introduced HTB AI Range, a new training environment built to help organisations understand how autonomous AI security agents perform when defending digital infrastructure. The platform is designed for safe, realistic experimentation, with human cybersecurity professionals supervising each scenario to ensure responsible and measurable results. Hack The
Security
Authorities across Europe and several partner countries have shut down a sprawling crypto fraud network accused of stealing funds from thousands of victims and laundering more than €700 million, or about $815 million. Europol said Thursday that the coordinated action was the result of years of investigation into a cluster
Regulation
Italy’s financial watchdog is urging crypto firms to prepare for a major regulatory shift, reminding operators that they must meet the European Union’s Markets in Crypto-Assets Regulation (MiCA) requirements by the end of the year or prepare to leave the market. In a notice released Thursday, Consob said
Markets
U.S. spot bitcoin ETFs saw their largest daily outflow in two weeks on Thursday, with investors pulling a combined 194.6 million dollars from the products. The move follows a stretch of choppy trading and rising caution ahead of key economic indicators. BlackRock’s IBIT led the withdrawals with
Politics
The International Monetary Fund is raising fresh concerns about the rapid growth of stablecoins, warning that these digital assets could accelerate currency substitution in countries with weaker monetary systems and put new pressure on central banks. In a new report titled Understanding Stablecoins, released Thursday, the IMF said the expanding