West Africa’s Payment Network Faces Rocky Launch

West Africa's new unified payments network, PI-SPI, has had a rough first week. Rolled out as mandatory on November 2, 2026 across the eight-nation...

Bank of England Eyes Tokenized Collateral for Clearing Houses

The Bank of England has opened a public consultation on letting clearing houses accept tokenized assets as collateral, a move that edges blockchain technology...

Mercado Bitcoin Halts Withdrawals, Tether Freezes USDT

Brazilian crypto exchange Mercado Bitcoin has suspended all deposits and withdrawals after a security incident in its systems. Tether has since frozen more than...
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CBN Data Directive Fuels Multi-Billion Naira Infra Push

Nigeria's payment industry has until January 1, 2027 to bring all payment transaction data home, and the rush to comply is already pulling multi-billion...

Hacker Publishes DHS Employee Data After Breach

A hacker has published personal details of more than 40,000 U.S. Department of Homeland Security employees, including names, job titles, and work contact information....

Keystone to destroy 18,835 wallets after key theft

Keystone is destroying 18,835 hardware wallets after attackers stole the key its devices use to prove they are genuine. The company has also suspended...
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Google dismantles XCPE botnet on 1.3M Android devices

Google has dismantled XCPE, an Android botnet and backdoor that infected more than 1.3 million devices, most of them set-top boxes. The company says...

Malicious Claude Code Extension Hits Cursor Users

A tampered copy of Anthropic's Claude Code extension sat in the Cursor VS Code marketplace for roughly 11 hours on October 29, quietly trying...

Xbox Controllers Retain AA Batteries: The Reason Why

Every Xbox controller still ships with a AA battery compartment, even though Sony's PlayStation controllers and Nintendo's gamepads moved to sealed rechargeable batteries years...