Earlier this month, NPR ran a headline, “Why there's so much excitement around a cryptocurrency called stablecoin.” If you want to understand where crypto stands with legacy media in 2025, start there. The piece was a basic primer on a decade-old innovation that settles nearly $27 trillion annually, surpassing the combined annual transaction volume of … Read more
Decentralized finance (DeFi) platform Ethena is set to bring its $1.5 billion stablecoin to the U.S. market, teaming up with crypto bank Anchorage Digital to issue the token under the new stablecoin laws. As part of the partnership the firms announced on Wednesday, federally regulated crypto bank Anchorage will issue the USDtb token directly in … Read more
Thousands of users of Microsoft’s LinkedIn were impacted on Wednesday, according to outage tracking website Downdetector.com. There were over 10,000 incidents of people reporting issues with the social networking service, according to Downdetector, which tracks outages by collating status reports from a number of sources including user-submitted errors on its platform. The outage may be … Read more
Samsung’s One UI 7 update, based on Android 15, arrived with the Samsung Galaxy S25 series that debuted during its Galaxy Unpacked event earlier this year. The One UI 7 software made its way to older models like the Galaxy S24 series and Galaxy S23 series last month. However, users are reporting significant battery drain … Read more
Apple has announced a service program for a rear camera issue that affects some iPhone 14 Plus units that were manufactured over a 12-month-period. The Cupertino company has announced that affected devices will be eligible for servicing at authorised Apple service providers at no additional cost, and customers can verify whether their handset is impacted … Read more
The Federal Reserve and other U.S. banking agencies issued another statement on the proper handling of crypto assets on Monday, outlining the appropriate policies that need to be followed for banks engaging in the “safekeeping” of customers’ digital assets. The statement sent out from the Fed, Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. and the Office of the … Read more
Cybersecurity firm CrowdStrike has deployed a fix for an issue that triggered a major tech outage that affected industries ranging from airlines to banking to healthcare worldwide, the company’s CEO said on Friday. Microsoft said separately it had fixed the underlying cause for the outage of its 365 apps and services including Teams and OneDrive, … Read more
Maha Kumbh Mela 2025 began in Prayagraj on Monday, marking the beginning of one of the biggest religious and spiritual gatherings in the world. This year, Okto Wallet and blockchain-focussed Chaincode Consulting have partnered to offer Poloygon-based NFT tickets to the visitors at the religious event. The initiative is set to add a Web3 element … Read more
Activision has taken Call of Duty: WWII offline from the Xbox PC app following complaints of a security issue. Some players have reported the PC version of the game on the Xbox app to include a major security exploit that leads to their computers being hacked. Activision has not acknowledged the vulnerability specifically but said … Read more
Cybersecurity firm CrowdStrike has deployed a fix for an issue that triggered a major tech outage that affected industries ranging from airlines to banking to healthcare worldwide, the company’s CEO said on Friday. Microsoft said separately it had fixed the underlying cause for the outage of its 365 apps and services including Teams and OneDrive, … Read more