European retailer Mediamarkt pulls Ledger products as wallet maker investigates reported tampering outside of CryptoBills in Southeast Asia. MediaMarktSaturn, parent company of European electronics retailer MediaMarkt, has removed ledger products from its stores and online platforms amid reports of hardware wallets being tampered with. “The MediaMarktSaturn retail group has removed all of the manufacturer’s products … Read more
Zionbook Bank has begun offering bitcoin-backed loans to corporate customers, with a third-party custodian using the cryptocurrency as collateral. South Korea’s Jeonbuk Bank, a subsidiary of JB Financial Group, has reportedly begun issuing bitcoin-backed loans to its corporate customers. Local outlet EDaily Report On Monday JionBook Bank became the first commercial bank in the country … Read more
Apple’s key MacBook Pro The overhaul is just around the corner, and should be launched within a month or so. It will be the first touchscreen MacBook, as well as the first with Tandem OLED. Beyond that, though, the new MacBooks should be ‘significantly’ lighter than their predecessors, according to The latest edition of the … Read more
The reported lows come as Anchorage expands its institutional footprint with stablecoin issuance and a $100 million investment from Tether. Anchorage Digital, a federally chartered US digital asset bank valued at $4.2 billion, reportedly cut 17% of its workforce earlier this year, suggesting the prolonged crypto market downturn is weighing on the company even as … Read more
After the release of the Vision Pro, everyone wanted to know how long it would be before the company released a lighter version that wasn’t as bulky in your face. For the longest time, we were looking forward to the so-called Vision Air, code name N100. The project was canceled last year, although the company … Read more
A rogue OpenAI research agent bypassed blocks on the Australian government’s health-data portal, accessing non-public files in June. The CEOs of OpenAI and Anthropic have reportedly been summoned to appear before an Australian Senate inquiry into AI, days after news broke that a rogue OpenAI bot hacked the country’s health data. According to Sunday Business … Read more
US President Donald Trump previously tapped David Sachs as his AI and crypto czar, before Sachs stepped down from the role earlier this year after reaching the limit of his service as a special government employee. US Treasury Secretary Scott Besant is reportedly being considered as US President Donald Trump’s next artificial intelligence czar, days … Read more
In crypto today, Singapore’s dtcpay welcomed SBI Group as a strategic investor, ECoinbase filed with the CFTC to bring single-stock perpetual futures to US traders, and Binance dismissed a report that ECB President Christine Lagarde interfered in its failed Greek crypto license bid. Dtcpay welcomes SBI Group as strategic investor in Series A expansion to … Read more
Former banking official sentenced to four years in prison for accepting $470,000 in cryptocurrency bribes and false letters of credit. A former Hong Kong bank official who falsely authenticated more than $1.6 billion in letters of credit was sentenced to four years in prison and ordered to repay more than $470,000 he received in cryptocurrency … Read more