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news.bitcoin.com Ethereum Validators Confirm Block 25 Million After Nearly 11 Years of Runtime

Ethereum finalized block 25,000,000 on May 1, 2026, marking nearly 11 years of operation since the network’s genesis block on July 30, 2015. Key Takeaways: Ethereum finalized block 25 million on May 1, 2026, nearly 11 years after its July 2015 genesis with no prolonged global network shutdown. The milestone reflects Ethereum’s decade-long operation through […]

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blockmanity.com US CLARITY Act Pushes Closer to Law After Major Stablecoin Yield Breakthrough

US Pushes Closer to Law After Major Breakthrough Big news for the crypto world: the is gaining speed. Prediction markets now show a 55% chance it becomes law in 2026. That’s a sharp jump of 9 points in just one […] The post US CLARITY Act Pushes Closer to Law After Major Stablecoin Yield Breakthrough appeared first on Blockmanity.

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bitcoinist.com Brazil Tightens Grip On Crypto As Central Bank Blocks Cross-Border Settlement Use

About 90% of crypto flows in Brazil are tied to stablecoins — and that figure appears to have been the breaking point for regulators. Related Reading: Bitcoin’s Defenders Launch ‘Evidence Base’ In Battle Against FUD A Rule With A Narrow But Significant Reach Banco Central do Brasil (BCB) issued Resolution BCB No. 561 on Thursday, […]

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cryptobriefing.com Jordi Visser: Stock market poised for double-digit returns, AI disruption driving revenue growth, and understanding S&P 500 benchmark arbitrage | The Pomp Podcast

AI-driven market cycles and semiconductor growth signal double-digit stock returns despite bubble concerns. The post Jordi Visser: Stock market poised for double-digit returns, AI disruption driving revenue growth, and understanding S&P 500 benchmark arbitrage | The Pomp Podcast appeared first on Crypto Briefing.

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news.bitcoin.com MiCA Decoded: Why the Regulator Sees Your Compliance Team as a Single Brain

The organizational chart with the right job titles will not get you licensed. What the regulator is looking for is a compliance architecture: documented independence, collective expertise across three distinct knowledge domains, and real institutional substance. This is how that standard works in practice. MiCA Decoded is a 12-article weekly series for Bitcoin.com News, co-authored […]

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forklog.media AI Dictatorship Versus New Crypto Hubs

In the latest episode of "Deconstruction," we discuss Uzbekistan's crypto initiatives and OpenAI's corporate challenges. The guest is Mikhail Korneev, head of key products at Asterium. Mining at the Bottom of the Aral Sea ForkLog (FL): What is the new mining zone and why is it needed? Mikhail Korneev (M. K.): The new zone will utilize vast empty lands of Karakalpakstan at the site of the former Aral Sea. Data centers and alternative energy sources will be built there. This basic infrastructure could eventually become the foundation for creating powerful AI clusters and processing centers. FL: Participants in the zone do not pay taxes but give 1% of their revenue. Is that a lot? M. K.: The cost is quite reasonable. In terms of ratio, 1% of mining revenue is roughly 3 to 10% of net profit. Of course, due to blockchain volatility, there are times of operating at a loss. Companies need to understand this and plan when it is more profitable to shut down mining farms. FL: The electricity tariff will be 14 cents per kWh. Why so expensive? M. K.: The historical price of 150 soms per kWh is long gone—due to urban growth, electricity in the country has become much more expensive. The tariff is set to attract large enterprises, both local and international. The state wants to work with big players. The golden age of mining is over; now everyone must strive for scaling. FL: How is private crypto business regulated in Uzbekistan, and how much do licenses cost? M. K.: Illegal mining is prohibited, and the regulator NAPP issues four types of licenses: crypto shop, crypto exchange, depository, and mining pool. A crypto shop license is an entry ticket for small businesses, costing about $30,000-35,000. A depository license is estimated at around $100,000, while a crypto exchange license is about $800,000. The latter allows working with institutional clients and is an affordable sum for industry leaders. FL: Why should an ordinary person enter a regulated zone when they can exchange crypto cheaper and anonymously via P2P? M. K.: The grey P2P market in Uzbekistan practically does not exist now, as the regulator strictly monitors this. Foreign exchanges with unlicensed products are blocked. Moreover, there is a huge risk of fraud in P2P schemes. The regulated zone allows legal use of crypto. Until 2029, income from crypto assets is tax-exempt, so questions about their origin do not arise unless it's a criminal case. FL: You launched crypto cards and tokenized gold. Why is a local token needed if there are more liquid alternatives? M. K.: This is an infrastructure product for people unfamiliar with crypto but wanting to invest. The token is backed by real gold stored in a bank, and anyone can exchange it for a physical bar. The main feature is that these tokens can be used for transactions via our crypto cards. A person can load a gold token onto the card and simply pay at the checkout, knowing their asset has appreciated. Scandals at OpenAI FL: A lawsuit between Elon Musk and OpenAI's management has begun. Who will win, and how will it affect the market? M. K.: It makes no difference who wins because the market is already established. Whether commercial or non-commercial, the direction of AI has long been determined in favor of capitalization and scaling. Other major players have emerged, such as Anthropic and Chinese neural networks. This has become part of a new reality where memory and computing power are bought years in advance. FL: If OpenAI runs out of money or the lawsuit leads to its collapse, will it crash the artificial intelligence industry? M. K.: Even if a bad scenario unfolds and OpenAI collapses, it will not change the market. OpenAI was merely a pioneer that created this large economic segment. Now, huge corporations have entered this field. OpenAI is no longer such a significant part of it that its disappearance would determine the fate of the entire industry. FL: Can a trillion-dollar company be built with a soft leadership style? M. K.: Probably not. If we look at Steve Jobs' history, he was also a missionary but a tyrant who fired people on the spot. Pioneering companies always have such tough, sociopathic leaders at the helm. FL: Will states drive artificial intelligence under strict control, or has the world already become hostage to tech billionaires? M. K.: States have not become hostages, but government interest will be very clear. No one wants to slide into Orwellian dystopia, but the "Terminator" scenario prompts control measures. We will likely arrive at a hybrid model. The state will set regulatory frameworks and licenses, but private companies will remain the main drivers of technological progress. This is a shortened version of the podcast. Watch the full episode: Subscribe to the podcast: Apple Podcasts Spotify YouTube Deezer Yandex Music YouTube Music

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news.bitcoin.com TRON DAO and Securitize Host TRON Whale Night at Bitcoin 2026 With MetaMask, DSA, and B.AI

This sponsored press release was provided by TRON DAO and was not written by Bitcoin.com News. Bitcoin.com News does not necessarily endorse the statements made within this announcement. PRESS RELEASE. Geneva, Switzerland, May 2, 2026 — TRON DAO, the community-governed DAO dedicated to accelerating the decentralization of the internet through blockchain technology and decentralized applications […]

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blockonomi.com Top 12 Free AI Trading Bots For Crypto & Stock in 2026 — Zero Coding, Real Automated Returns

You’re tired of watching charts. Tired of Telegram signals that fire at 3am and miss half the move. Tired of making emotional decisions and watching them play out badly. The promise of AI crypto trading bots that run 24/7 without any input from you is real in 2026 — but the gap between a bot that [...] The post Top 12 Free AI Trading Bots For Crypto & Stock in 2026 — Zero Coding, Real Automated Returns appeared first on Blockonomi.

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bitcoinist.com Inside Iran’s Largest Crypto Exchange: Sanctions Evasion And Close Ties To The New Supreme Leader

A new Reuters investigation has raised serious questions about Iran’s largest cryptocurrency exchange, Nobitex, describing it as a major channel in a parallel financial system that helps money move around US sanctions—using both the country’s security-linked institutions and everyday users. Even more concerning, the report says the exchange is controlled by two sons from the […]

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news.bitcoin.com El Salvador Crypto Remittances Reach $17.38M

According to El Salvador’s Central Bank, the share of crypto-linked remittances sent to El Salvador rose by nearly 50% in Q1 2026 compared to the same period in 2025. Even so, crypto remittances have failed to reach even 1% of the country’s total remittances. Key Takeaways: El Salvador’s Central Bank reported Q1 crypto remittances hit […]

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forklog.media Arrests of Roblox account thieves near Lviv, a hack of a Chinese task scheduler for mining, and other cybersecurity developments

A round-up of the week’s most important cybersecurity news. Law enforcement mounted operations against scam centres in Europe, the UAE and Thailand. Researchers found a phishing kit with AI features. Hackers from Drohobych sold Roblox players’ credentials for nearly ₴10m. A critical flaw in ransomware software causes irreversible data loss. Law enforcement targeted scam centres in Europe, the UAE and Thailand In a joint operation, authorities from the US, China, the UAE and Thailand shut down nine cryptocurrency scam centres and arrested 276 suspects. The US Department of Justice published the report. Those detained in the UAE and Thailand used “pig butchering” schemes. Once victims agreed, they lost access to the “invested” cryptocurrency. The criminals also urged them to borrow from relatives and take out loans. Myanmar national Thet Min Nyi has been charged with conspiracy to commit fraud and money laundering. Investigators allege he served as a manager and recruiter for a criminal outfit known as Ko Thet Company. Members of the Sanduo Group and Giant Company also await trial.  In Europe last week, authorities dismantled a scam network that is believed to have caused more than €50m in losses to victims worldwide. The joint Europol-Eurojust operation, launched in June 2023, led to the arrest of ten suspects and searches at three call centres and nine private residences in Austria and Albania. Scam centre in Tirana. Source: Europol. According to investigators, victims were lured to bogus investment platforms via search-engine and social-media ads. In reality, funds were routed into an international money-laundering scheme. In a second wave of fraud, the criminals recontacted “clients” offering help to recover lost assets, demanding a further €500 in cryptocurrency as an upfront fee. The scamming network was registered as a legitimate business with 450 employees. Operators worked in language-based teams of six to eight, earning around €800 per month plus bonuses. Researchers found a phishing kit with AI features Cybersecurity specialists at Varonis uncovered the Bluekit phishing toolkit. It offers attackers more than 40 templates imitating popular services and includes a built-in AI assistant to draft malicious campaigns. The kit provides scripts targeting email (Outlook, Hotmail, Gmail, Yahoo, ProtonMail), iCloud, GitHub and the Ledger crypto wallet. Bluekit’s main draw is its AI Assistant panel, which supports multiple models, including Llama, GPT-4.1, Claude, Gemini and DeepSeek. The tool helps cybercriminals compose phishing emails. Varonis believes the feature is experimental. A test attack draft had a useful structure but contained generic link fields, placeholders for QR codes and text requiring polishing before use. Source: Varonis. Beyond AI, Bluekit folds management of the entire attack lifecycle into a single console: domain registration. Purchase and configure addresses directly from the interface; campaign management. Build phishing pages with realistic designs and logos of well-known brands such as Zara, Zoho and Ledger; fine-tuning. Block traffic via VPNs and proxies, cut off automated analysis systems and set filters based on device fingerprints; data capture. Exfiltrate stolen information via Telegram to hackers’ private channels. Source: Varonis. The platform can track victims’ sessions in real time, including cookies, local storage and the state of the active session post-login. This helps attackers adjust their campaigns for maximum effect. Despite being under active development, the product is evolving quickly and could gain wide adoption, researchers say. Hackers from Drohobych sold Roblox players’ credentials for nearly ₴10m Law enforcement in Lviv region arrested fraudsters who stole Roblox accounts worth ₴10m, according to the Office of the Prosecutor General of Ukraine. According to investigators, three residents of Drohobych promoted infostealers disguised as tools to enhance gameplay. With the malware, the hackers gained access to victims’ credentials. Source: Office of the Prosecutor General of Ukraine. The accesses obtained were checked with a special programme (a checker) that revealed account contents. From October 2025 to January 2026, more than 610,000 accounts were sifted to find the most valuable. The data were sold for cryptocurrency on Russian platforms. Following ten searches, officers seized equipment, records, more than €2,500 and about $35,000. The suspects have been notified of suspicion of theft and cybercrime. A critical flaw in ransomware software causes irreversible data loss Check Point researchers have found a serious defect in the handling of cryptographic nonces in the VECT 2.0 ransomware. Instead of encrypting, the bug destroys data beyond recovery. The issue lies in how VECT 2.0 handles files larger than 128KB. To speed up processing, the program splits objects into four parts and encrypts them separately. But programming-logic errors lead to catastrophic results: All parts of a file use the same memory buffer for nonce output. Each newly generated key overwrites the previous one. As a result, only a single part remains and is written to disk. Only the last 25% of a file can be recovered. The first three parts cannot be decrypted because the unique numbers required were irretrievably lost during execution. Even if a victim pays, the attackers cannot decrypt the data because the deleted nonces are not sent to their servers. Researchers note the 128KB threshold is tiny, covering virtually all valuable corporate information: virtual-machine images; databases and backups; office documents, spreadsheets and mailboxes. This turns the malware from ransomware into a straightforward wiper, making ransom payments pointless. The flaw affects all VECT 2.0 variants — Windows, Linux and ESXi. Incorrect cipher name in the operators’ advert. Source: Check Point. According to experts, VECT was actively advertised on the BreachForums hacking platform. Operators invited users to become partners and distributed access keys via private messages.  Later, the group announced a partnership with TeamPCP — the team behind recent supply-chain attacks on Trivy, LiteLLM, Telnyx and the European Commission. The aim was to use victims to deploy ransomware. Hackers breached the Qinglong task scheduler to mine cryptocurrency Attackers exploited two authentication-bypass vulnerabilities in the Qinglong task scheduler to mine cryptocurrency surreptitiously on developers’ servers, according to cybersecurity firm Snyk. Qinglong is an open-source Python/JS task-management platform popular among Chinese developers. The remote-code-execution infection chain affected Qinglong version 2.20.1 and earlier. Researchers say the root cause lay in a mismatch between the middleware’s authorisation logic and how the Express.js web framework routed requests. The authentication layer assumed certain URL patterns would always be handled in one way, whereas Express.js behaved differently. According to Snyk, the attackers’ campaign began on February 7th 2026. Qinglong users were the first to spot a hidden malicious process, .FULLGC, whose name mimicked a standard resource-intensive task to evade notice.  The miner consumed 85–100% of CPU and targeted Linux, ARM64 and macOS systems. Qinglong’s developers fixed the flaw in PR 2941. Also on ForkLog: April set a record for hacks in the crypto industry. A hacker withdrew more than $5m from the Wasabi protocol. ZetaChain disclosed details of a $334,000 cross-chain attack. Hackers attacked the Scallop DeFi protocol. Litecoin underwent a block reorg due to a zero-day bug. What to read this weekend? For those who missed the month’s highlights, ForkLog has prepared a short recap. 

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forklog.media Ethereum Foundation Sells Another 10,000 ETH to BitMine

The Ethereum Foundation has completed its third over-the-counter sale of ETH to BitMine Immersion Technologies. Tom Lee's firm acquired 10,000 ETH at an average price of $2,292 ($22.9 million). 0/ Today, the Ethereum Foundation finalized the terms of a 10,000 ETH sale at an average price of $2,292.15 via OTC.For this sale, our OTC counterpart was @BitMNR.— Ethereum Foundation (@ethereumfndn) May 1, 2026 “The transaction funds the foundation's core operations and activities, including protocol research and development, ecosystem growth, community grant funding, and more,” stated representatives of the Ethereum Foundation. The sale followed a nearly identical transaction of 10,000 ETH on April 24, when the average price was about $2,387. The first transaction between the Ethereum Foundation and BitMine occurred in March, with the firm purchasing 5,000 ETH at approximately $2,043. According to the foundation, these sales are part of “treasury management activities” in line with previously published policy. As per SrategicEthReserve, as of May 2, BitMine holds 4.5 million ETH worth over $10 billion. The firm is the largest corporate holder of the altcoin, controlling 3.8% of the supply. Source: SrategicEthReserve. The firm also leads in the volume of assets locked in staking, utilizing over 4 million ETH. The transaction drew criticism from the Ethereum community, with users questioning the purpose of the sale. “Why do you need $46 million in two weeks? How much are you spending and on what? Why doesn't any developer accept ETH directly as payment?” wrote one community member. The foundation has previously faced discontent over its transactions. Last year, the organization pledged to limit sales. In the first quarter of 2026, Bitmine Immersion Technologies reported a net loss of $3.82 billion. For comparison, the figure was $1.15 million a year earlier.

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blockmanity.com Can Broadridge’s Strong Quarter, Web3 Proxy Voting, and M&A Push Drive BR Stock to New Highs?

Can proves execution. eyes the future. builds scale. Together, they strengthen the narrative of growth in market infrastructure. For blockchain fans, Broadridge links TradFi and crypto. Steady dividends add appeal. With upside potential, BR deserves a spot on watchlists. Keep […] The post Can Broadridge’s Strong Quarter, Web3 Proxy Voting, and M&A Push Drive BR Stock to New Highs? appeared first on Blockmanity.

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cryptobriefing.com Salomon Aaron: The dinosaur fossil market is underdeveloped compared to art, ethical dilemmas of private ownership versus museums, and the impact of legal regulations on fossil sales | Odd Lots

Dinosaur fossils are emerging as high-value collectibles, but ethical and legal challenges loom large. The post Salomon Aaron: The dinosaur fossil market is underdeveloped compared to art, ethical dilemmas of private ownership versus museums, and the impact of legal regulations on fossil sales | Odd Lots appeared first on Crypto Briefing.

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bitcoinist.com Trump’s Crypto Venture Raised Millions From Undisclosed WLFI Token Sale, Report Reveals

World Liberty Financial, the Trump family’s main crypto venture, is facing renewed scrutiny after a recent report revealed that the project quietly sold billions of WLFI tokens to private investors. Related Reading: Global Crypto Pig-Butchering Crackdown: US, UAE, And China Bust 9 Scam Centers World Liberty Back In The Spotlight On Friday, a Bloomberg report […]

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news.bitcoin.com Paolo Ardoino Drives $1.04B Profit for Tether as Reserves Climb to $8.23B in Q1

Tether posted over $1 billion in profit for the first quarter of 2026, with excess reserves reaching a record $8.23 billion. The stablecoin issuer continues to anchor its backing in U.S. Treasuries while expanding into gold and bitcoin. Key Takeaways: Tether posted $1.04B profit in Q1 2026, with reserves hitting a record $8.23B. Tether holds […]

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news.bitcoin.com DSA Addresses the Future of Payments at PayCLT Webinar and AI and Blockchain Conference at Cornell Tech

This sponsored press release was provided by DSA and was not written by Bitcoin.com News. Bitcoin.com News does not necessarily endorse the statements made within this announcement. PRESS RELEASE. Washington, D.C., May 2nd, 2026 — The Digital Sovereignty Alliance (DSA), a nonprofit organization dedicated to advancing clear and ethical public policy, research and education surrounding […]

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blockmanity.com Crypto Fear & Greed Index Hits 45: Neutral Sentiment Signals Calm in Crypto Markets

Crypto Fear & Greed Index Hits 45: Neutral Sentiment Signals Calm in Crypto Markets The has now reached 45, up one point from yesterday. This score shows a steady in the crypto world. Investors are not too scared or too […] The post Crypto Fear & Greed Index Hits 45: Neutral Sentiment Signals Calm in Crypto Markets appeared first on Blockmanity.

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