Power banks and vapes now biggest fire risk on planes
Flight passengers are being warned not to pack power banks or vapes in their hold luggage ahead of the busy summer holiday travel period beginning for parts of the UK.
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Yes, there have been rows but here's how I've made moving back home work
When 24-year-old Natasha Suman moved back into her parents' home in Bedford after university, she only expected it to be for a "few months" while she searched for her first job. But almost three years later, she's still…
Teens who hacked TfL were known to police years before cyber-attack
Two young men convicted over the cyber-attack that crippled Transport for London (TfL) in 2024 had long histories of cyber-offending and were both known to law enforcement bodies, the BBC has learnt.
Warning over power bank fire risk on flights as summer holidays begin
Flight passengers are being warned not to pack power banks or vapes in their hold luggage ahead of the busy summer holiday travel period beginning for parts of the UK.
Asset management giant Invesco files for tokenized fund targeting stablecoin reserve market
Asset manager, Invesco is preparing to launch a tokenized fund to serve the fast-growing stablecoin market, the latest sign that traditional asset managers are racing to manage the reserves backing digital dollars.
Teens who hacked TfL were known to police years before cyber-attack
Two young men convicted over the cyber-attack that crippled Transport for London (TfL) in 2024 had long histories of cyber-offending and were both known to law enforcement bodies, the BBC has learnt.
I'm back at home again after uni - here's how I'm making it work
When 24-year-old Natasha Suman moved back into her parents' home in Bedford after university, she only expected it to be for a "few months" while she searched for her first job. But almost three years later, she's still…
Coinbase's Base blockchain resumes after two-hour outage disrupted network
Coinbase-backed Ethereum layer-2 network Base resumed block production Thursday after a disruption of roughly two hours that halted the blockchain.
The abundant but expensive energy source that's under your feet
It's hard to get Democrat and Republican politicians to agree on much at the moment, but the benefits of geothermal energy is one rare area of consensus.
a16z-backed crypto firm rebrands, shifts focus to solving AI’s global copyright headache
Palo Alto-based blockchain startup Story Protocol is rebranding as DATA Foundation and shifting its focus entirely to AI training infrastructure, with Kled founder Avi Patel joining the organization as chief data office…
Kraken in talks to buy 15% stake in DeFi lender Aave at $385 million valuation
Crypto exchange Kraken, part of Payward Inc., is in talks to acquire a 15% stake in decentralized finance (DeFi) protocol Aave at a $385 million valuation, according to three people with knowledge of the matter.
Apple hikes some prices by nearly 20% while Xbox raises console cost
Apple is increasing the price of MacBooks and iPads worldwide due to rising memory and storage chip costs.
Strategy has a 10-month cash runway for dividends, but retail investors are losing faith
Traders may be panicking about Strategy's (MSTR) stock falling, 8% lower at of writing on Thursday at $86, amid concerns about its ability to meet dividend obligations, but the bigger issue is not if the company is abou…
Reeves urges Burnham to 'stick to what I'm doing' on economy
Chancellor Rachel Reeves has urged an Andy Burnham-led government to stick to what she is doing because it is "beginning to bear fruit", as she defended her handling of the UK economy.
Kraken sues crypto derivatives firm PowerTrade over 'misappropriated' funds claim
Payward, the parent company of cryptocurrency exchange Kraken, has taken legal action against PowerTrade, a high-leverage derivatives platform based in the U.A.E., claiming the firm’s founders misappropriated $7.2 milli…
Apple hikes MacBook and iPad prices, blaming rising chip costs
Apple is increasing the price of MacBooks and iPads worldwide due to rising memory and storage chip costs.
Post-prison CZ says time behind bars didn't hurt the billionaire's business after Binance
How does a high-profile crypto founder recover his reputation after serving prison time? Changpeng "CZ" Zhao's answer: He doesn't have to.
Crypto for Advisors: Bitcoin: planning for inheritance
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Strategy's yield-generating STRC stock is more correlated with BTC than ever
Bitcoin holder Strategy Inc.’s perpetual preferred stock, known as STRC or “Stretch,” is showing an increasingly tight link to bitcoin’s
Polish Cybercrime Police Arrest Four In Major Crypto Theft Investigation
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Bitcoin tumbles to new multi-year low of $58,000, but a short-squeeze setup emerges
The largest cryptocurrency has since bounced to $59,400, down 2.5% over the past 24 hours. The selloff spread across the broader crypto market. Ether (ETH) dropped to around $1,550, down 5.5%, while solana (SOL) and
Bitcoin likely to fall another 30% to $44,000 by year-end, prominent BTC miner says
The forecast, made in Chinese on X, puts the low some 30% below bitcoin's current level near $60,700, and rests less on the cryptocurrency's performance than on Strategy, the largest corporate holder of the token, accor…
CoinDesk 20 performance update: AAVE gains 10.1% as index rises
CoinDesk Indices presents its daily market update, highlighting the performance of leaders and laggards in the CoinDesk 20 Index.
CoinEx denies claims it served as $3.84 billion gateway to sanctioned Iranian crypto firms
Blockchain intelligence firm TRM Labs said CoinEx served as a gateway for the crypto sector in Iran, having traced more than $3.84 billion in flows between the exchange and sanctioned Iranian entities in the last seven …