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North Korea-linked hacking groups have stolen more than $2 billion worth of crypto assets so far this year, according to a new analysis from blockchain forensics firm Elliptic, the largest annual total ever recorded, and with three months of 2025 still to go.The new data underscores Pyongyang’s growing dependence on cyber-enabled theft to fund its weapons programs. According to the United Nations and multiple intelligence agencies, proceeds from these hacks are used to finance North Korea’s nuclear and ballistic missile development.“The scale of crypto theft attributed to North Korea this year is unprecedented — and a clear indication of how…

The fight for dominance among decentralized derivatives exchanges has taken a new turn after data aggregator DefiLlama delisted Aster, citing concerns over data integrity.Aster, a derivatives decentralized exchange (DEX) backed by YZi Labs (formerly Binance Labs), recently surged in trading volume to overtake Hyperliquid, which has been hailed as one of the crypto industry’s breakout stars.But on Sunday, DefiLlama founder 0xngmi said on X that Aster’s reported volumes mirrored those of Binance’s perpetuals market, prompting the platform’s removal.The delisting has since sparked a broader debate about the power of data providers. Supporters of Aster accused DefiLlama of centralization, while critics…

BNB muscled past both XRP and USDT in market cap on Tuesday after hitting an all-time high of $1,330 per coin during the early morning sessions. Even with the broader crypto market taking a haircut today, BNB is still flexing a 4.8% gain, cruising comfortably at $1,291 a pop. BNB Hits $1,330 All-Time High BNB […]

In recent developments, India has taken decisive steps to regulate the ever-evolving landscape of cryptocurrency. On October 7, 2025, Indian officials reiterated their position against unbacked cryptocurrencies while amplifying efforts to promote the digital rupee. This cautious stance contrasts sharply with countries like the United States, where former President Donald Trump’s bold approach continues to influence the crypto sector. The Indian government remains committed to ensuring financial stability and protecting consumers, primarily through the endorsement and development of its own central bank digital currency (CBDC). The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has been vocal about its concerns regarding the risks…

Understanding and mastering the trial balance is essential for anyone involved in accounting and finance. This fundamental concept is a cornerstone of accurate financial reporting, ensuring that all debits and credits are balanced in a company’s ledger. This article aims to provide a comprehensive guide to trial balance, explaining its basics, components, preparation steps, common errors, and analysis through a practical example. Introduction to Trial Balance Basics A trial balance is a critical financial tool used to ensure that a company’s bookkeeping entries are mathematically correct. It is a statement that lists all the balances of each ledger account at…

Opinion by: Avinash Lakshman, Founder and CEO of Weilliptic Today’s tech culture loves to solve the exciting part first — the clever model, the crowd-pleasing features — and treat accountability and ethics as future add-ons. But when an AI’s underlying architecture is opaque, no after‑the‑fact troubleshooting can illuminate and structurally improve how outputs are generated or manipulated. That’s how we get cases like Grok referring to itself as “fake Elon Musk” and Anthropic’s Claude Opus 4 resorting to lies and blackmail after accidentally wiping a company’s codebase. Since these headlines broke, commentators have blamed prompt engineering, content policies, and corporate culture. And while…

Bittensor’s native token, TAO, has surged 6% in the past 24 hours, breaking out of a two-week-long horizontal channel that had kept prices consolidating since September 23. The rally comes as crypto market liquidity improves, with capital inflows rising across risk assets amid a weakening US dollar and uncertainty in traditional finance markets. As bullish sentiment spreads across the broader crypto market, TAO could be gearing up for new local highs if current momentum holds.Sponsored SponsoredTraders Pile In as TAO Flips BullishTAO traded within a horizontal channel between September 23 and October 7, keeping its price performance muted. However, as broader…

Investor activity in US-listed spot Bitcoin exchange-traded funds (ETFs) surged sharply on Oct. 6, mirroring BTC’s continued price gains and growing institutional interest.According to data from SoSoValue, the twelve approved funds collectively absorbed about $1.2 billion in inflows. This is their second-largest single-day haul since launching in 2024 and the strongest performance this year.Chart Showing Bitcoin ETFs Daily Inflow (Source: Trader T)Much of that demand concentrated around BlackRock’s iShares Bitcoin Trust (IBIT), which pulled in nearly $967 million in fresh capital and nearly $5 billion in trading volume.IBIT is now on the verge of crossing the $100 billion assets-under-management threshold,…

Tony Kim Oct 06, 2025 15:24 NVIDIA introduces the Blackwell Decompression Engine and nvCOMP, enhancing data decompression efficiency and freeing up compute resources, crucial for data-intensive applications. NVIDIA has launched a groundbreaking solution to tackle the challenges of data decompression, an essential process in data management that often strains computing resources. The introduction of the hardware Decompression Engine (DE) in the NVIDIA Blackwell architecture, paired with the nvCOMP library, aims to optimize this process, according to NVIDIA’s official blog. Revolutionizing Decompression with Blackwell The Blackwell architecture’s DE is designed to accelerate decompression of…

Cardano founder Charles Hoskinson highlights an overlooked potential in Bitcoin and XRP DeFi during a Token2049 interview. At the conference in Singapore, Hoskinson spoke with Crypto Banter host Ran Neuner about Cardano’s future, challenges in DeFi, and the untapped opportunity in XRP DeFi. He acknowledged that Cardano has fallen behind competitors like Solana in the DeFi race, noting that Cardano’s total value locked (TVL) remains under $1 billion and that stablecoin adoption has been weak. However, he emphasized that the market doesn’t price projects based solely on DeFi metrics.- Advertisement – “The market prices based on philosophy and community,” he…