North Korea Lazarus Group Tops Cyber Threats with Spear Phishing Attacks

North Korean state-backed hackers, the Lazarus Group, primarily employed spear phishing attacks to steal funds over the last year, with the group receiving the most mentions in post-hack analyses over the last 12 months, according to South Korean cybersecurity company AhnLab. Spear phishing is one of the most popular methods of attack by bad actors…

Ethereum Gas-Limit ‘Floor’ Targets Threefold Jump Next Year

Ethereum educator Anthony Sassano said the goal to significantly increase Ethereum’s gas limit to 180 million next year is a baseline rather than a best-case scenario. “I think that’s the floor, that’s the minimum, I think we can go higher than that,” Sassano said during an interview on the Bankless podcast on Friday, just a…

Strategy, Nasdaq RWA Tokenization, and Tether News

Today in crypto: Tether CEO hits back at S&P fear, uncertainty, and doubt, Strategy CEO Phong Le says Bitcoin would only be sold if the company’s stock falls and funding options disappear. Meanwhile, Nasdaq is aiming to move as possible on its tokenized stocks proposal. Tether CEO hits back at S&P fear, uncertainty, and doubt…

Bitcoin Crashes 5% In Sunday Flash Crash As Liquidations Surge

Bitcoin failed to break key resistance over the weekend and slumped almost 5% in just three hours on Sunday. The asset had spent most of the weekend trading around $91,500, where it appeared to be consolidating toward the end of the month, but suddenly declined to $86,950 on Coinbase, according to Tradingview. The almost 5%…

Cocoon Decentralized AI Network Launches on the Open Network (TON)

The Cocoon decentralized AI network, a privacy-preserving distributed computing platform built on The Open Network (TON) — an independent layer-1 blockchain associated with the Telegram messaging application — went live on Sunday. Cocoon allows owners of graphics processing units (GPUs) to rent their computing power to the network, processing user queries and requests in return…

Cocoon Decentralized AI Network Launches on the Open Network (TON)

The Cocoon decentralized AI network, a privacy-preserving distributed computing platform built on The Open Network (TON) — an independent layer-1 blockchain associated with the Telegram messaging application — went live on Sunday. Cocoon allows owners of graphics processing units (GPUs) to rent their computing power to the network, processing user queries and requests in return…

Composite of ETH Valuation Models Places ETH Fair Value at $4,839: Analyst

The native token of the Ethereum network, Ether (ETH), is undervalued in nine out of 12 commonly used valuation models, according to Ki Young Ju, a market analyst and CEO of crypto market analysis platform CryptoQuant. A composite “fair value” using all 12 valuation models prices ETH at about $4,836, an over 58% gain compared…

Strategy will sell Bitcoin as ‘last resort’

Today in crypto: Strategy CEO Phong Le says Bitcoin would only be sold if the company’s stock falls and funding options disappear, Nasdaq is aiming to move as possible on its tokenized stocks proposal. Meanwhile, 1.75 million HYPE tokens unlocked on Hyperliquid token generation anniversary. Strategy will sell Bitcoin as ‘last resort’ if mNAV drops,…

Bitcoin Has Acted Almost Identical to 2022 Over the Past Six Months

Bitcoin (BTC) is repeating its latest bull market bottom with near 100% correlation in 2025. Key points: Bitcoin is tracking the 2022 bear market with concerning accuracy, with the end of the year just a month away. November is among the worst on record for BTC price action. Stocks inflows are picking up, and with…

Bitcoin Becomes Méliuz’s ‘Escape Hatch’ From Brazil’s 22% Rates

When Brazilian fintech firm Méliuz (CASH3) reviewed its balance sheet in late 2024, it found something startling: it was profitable, debt-free, and growing, yet the market had valued its business at zero. “If you excluded the cash on hand,” Diego Kolling, Head of Bitcoin Strategy at Méliuz, told CoinDesk at the Blockchain Conference Brasil 2025….