Plus: Lawmakers discover blockchain for elections
GM. Seize a straw – the market’s a smoothie of hopium, copium, and regardless of the charts did in a single day.
🍍 Market taste at this time
Crypto Market Cap: $2.45T -4.4% (24H)
Title
Worth
24H
7D
Bitcoin BTC
$77,391.32
-3.19%
-9.39%
Ethereum ETH
$1,481.51
-5.51%
-21.02%
XRP XRP
$1.82
-6.72%
-13.64%
BNB BNB
$560.11
-0.69%
-6.84%
🍋 Information drops
Right here’s the whole lot that’s been blowing up in crypto when you had been residing your life:
🪤 Copy, paste… and lose your crypto
Hackers are posting faux Microsoft Workplace add-ins on SourceForge that secretly set up malware known as ClipBanker.
As soon as it is in your gadget, it watches your clipboard and swaps any copied pockets addresses with the hacker’s – so your crypto switch goes straight to them.
The malware can even steal gadget data, mine crypto, and even promote entry to others.
🕵️ FBI catfishing as Elon Musk
The FBI arrested a dude who used Elon Musk’s identify on-line to launder crypto for criminals.
However as a substitute of shutting all of it down, brokers saved the scheme working for nearly a yr to bait extra unhealthy guys.
The undercover op helped block over $1.4M in unlawful transactions from hackers and drug sellers.
🤖 Meta and China: secret collab?
A former Meta government says the corporate secretly labored with Chinese language officers for years – together with on AI tech which will now be utilized by the Chinese language navy.
She claims Meta began assembly with Chinese language leaders again in 2015, provided instruments to handle content material, and even mentioned sharing consumer information.
She tried to publish a e book with all of the tea, however Meta shut it down earlier than launch – so now she’s spilling the whole lot to US lawmakers.
🔐 Might blockchain save elections?
Lawmakers in New York are interested by utilizing blockchain to make elections safer.
A brand new invoice says the Board of Elections ought to collaborate with tech nerds and safety specialists to see if it is value utilizing.
❌ No extra crypto cops
The US DOJ is shutting down its crypto crime unit, NCET – and it’s occurring instantly.
Beneath Biden, NCET was fashioned to crack down on platforms linked to felony cash transfers in crypto.
Learn extra right here.
Now you are within the know. However take into consideration your pals – they in all probability don’t know. I’m wondering who may repair that… 😃🫵
Unfold the phrase and be the hero you realize you might be!
