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2025-01-17 · EU

EU financial-sector firms must demonstrate operational resilience (incl. ICT third-party risk) — including cryptographic posture.

2025-12-31 · US-NSA

NSA target for new National Security Systems software & firmware to start adopting CNSA 2.0 (Kyber, Dilithium, SHA-2) algorithms.

2026-06-30 · DE-BSI

Annual BSI cryptographic-recommendation refresh — flagged deadline for hybrid (classical + PQC) roll-out in regulated DE.

2027-12-31 · US-NSA

Networking, VPN, and key-management products on NSS networks should fully support CNSA 2.0 algorithms.

2030-12-31 · US-NIST

NIST recommended sunset for classical public-key crypto in federal systems — full PQC migration target.

2033-12-31 · US-NSA

All NSS systems must be using CNSA 2.0 PQC algorithms exclusively.

@CISAgov

Reminder: NSA's CNSA 2.0 timeline is in effect. New software for NSS should now be adopting Kyber, Dilithium, and SHA-2.

@NIST

FIPS 203 (ML-KEM), 204 (ML-DSA) and 205 (SLH-DSA) are now the standards. Migration windows are short for high-value targets.

@matthew_d_green

Harvest-now-decrypt-later isn't a scenario, it's an active intelligence program. The ECDSA signatures you commit today are tomorrow's plaintext.

@hashedout

Bitcoin's quantum exposure isn't a 2040 problem. ~25% of circulating supply sits in P2PKH addresses with exposed pubkeys. Q-Day day-one targets.

@SchneierBlog

If your security architecture cannot survive the public release of CRYSTALS-Kyber breaks, you needed PQC yesterday.

@a16zcrypto

Wallet providers shipping PQC migration paths in 2026 will own the institutional custody narrative for the next decade.

NEWS_THEDEFIANT · INFO

eToro Takes Strategic Stake in Onchain Derivatives Exchange Extended, Plans Zengo Tie-Up

eToro has become a strategic investor in Extended, an onchain perpetual futures exchange, and said the round begins a partnership with Zengo, the self-custody wallet eToro acquired earlier this year. Neither company disclosed the investment size.

NEWS_THEDEFIANT · INFO

BitMine Adds $73 Million in ETH, Pushing Holdings to 4.8% of Supply

BitMine Immersion Technologies (NYSE: BMNR), the Ethereum treasury company chaired by Fundstrat's Tom Lee, bought 42,197 ETH worth roughly $73 million over the past week, according to the company's own holdings update posted Monday. The purchase lifts BitMine's total to 5,742,237 ETH, about 4.8% of…

NEWS_THEDEFIANT · INFO

NEAR Governance Votes to Scrap Developer Gas Rebate

NEAR's on-chain governance body, House of Stake, passed proposal HSP-027 to eliminate the protocol's developer gas rebate, a change that will send all network gas fees to be burned rather than partly rebated to smart-contract owners. NEAR co-founder Illia Polosukhin confirmed the outcome Monday,…

NEWS_THEDEFIANT · INFO

EDX Markets Closes $76M Series C Led by SBI Holdings

EDX Markets, an institutional-only crypto trading venue with its own central clearinghouse, closed a $76 million Series C funding round led by SBI Holdings, the firm said in a press release. The Tokyo-listed financial group becomes a strategic investor in the U.S. exchange. The capital will fund…

NEWS_THEDEFIANT · INFO

SummerFi to Wind Down After Seven Years, Citing Exploit

Aave founder Stani Kulechov called the DeFi access point 'an OG' as its team said it would sunset the UI.

NEWS_COINDESK · INFO

Hong Kong’s central bank puts a number on lenders' quantum preparedness. It's very low.

The Hong Kong Monetary Authority published a whitepaper on the quantum preparedness of Hong Kong’s banking industry and its first Quantum Preparedness Index.

NEWS_COINDESK · INFO

Bitcoin recovers from Asian session lows; Nasdaq futures remain under pressure

It's a risk-off day. Still, bitcoin is holding better than Nasdaq and Asian equity markets.

NEWS_COINTELEGRAPH · INFO

Apple faces lawsuit over alleged $1.8M Bitcoin wallet app losses

Three users allege a fake Sparrow Wallet app on Apple’s App Store drained their Bitcoin holdings, with losses totaling more than $1.8 million.

NEWS_SECURITYWEEK · INFO

Unpatched Fastjson Vulnerability Exploited in Attacks

The critical remote code execution bug can be exploited without authentication, under the library’s stock default configurations. The post Unpatched Fastjson Vulnerability Exploited in Attacks appeared first on SecurityWeek .

NVD · HIGH

CVE-2026-16585 · CVSS 7.2

The Better Messages – Chat Rooms, Group Chat, Private Messages & AI Chat Bots plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to arbitrary file deletion due to insufficient file path validation in the delete_sticker function in all versions up to, and including, 2.15.19. This makes it possible for authenticated

NVD · HIGH

CVE-2026-14490 · CVSS 7.5

The Demi – One Click Demo Import, WP Backup & Site Migration plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Arbitrary Directory Deletion in all versions up to, and including, 0.0.7. The vulnerability exists because the plugin stores its HMAC signing key and per-step restore token as dotfiles inside a publicl

NEWS_SECURITYWEEK · INFO

Critical Arista VeloCloud Orchestrator Vulnerability Exploited as Zero-Day

Impacting on-premises deployments, the OS command injection allows attackers to access privileged internal functionality. The post Critical Arista VeloCloud Orchestrator Vulnerability Exploited as Zero-Day appeared first on SecurityWeek .

NEWS_THEHACKERNEWS · INFO

Microsoft Says New Cybersecurity AI Model Helps MDASH Hit 95.95% at Half the Cost

Microsoft has launched its first cybersecurity-specific model inside MDASH, its multi-model vulnerability identification and remediation harness. The company says MDASH, using MAI-Cyber-1-Flash and GPT-5.4, scored 95.95% on CyberGym. It also claims the configuration costs 50% less than its current b

NEWS_COINTELEGRAPH · INFO

Binance co-founder CZ backs crypto license passporting across ASEAN

Binance co-founder CZ backed crypto license passporting across ASEAN to simplify approvals, reduce compliance costs and encourage competition.

NEWS_SECURITYWEEK · INFO

Origin Energy Data Breach Affects 900,000 Australians

The hacker claimed to have stolen the information of 2 million Origin Energy customers after breaching its systems. The post Origin Energy Data Breach Affects 900,000 Australians appeared first on SecurityWeek .

NEWS_THEHACKERNEWS · INFO

Attackers Exploit Arista VeloCloud Orchestrator Command Injection Flaw

A maximum-severity security flaw impacting on-premises versions of Arista VeloCloud Orchestrator (VCO) has come under active exploitation in the wild. The vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2026-16812 (CVSS score: 10.0), is a case of operating system command injection that could pave the way for arbitrar

NEWS_COINDESK · INFO

Bitcoin slides 2% after U.S. close while Korea’s Kospi plunges 10%

NEWS_COINTELEGRAPH · INFO

US judge temporarily blocks Minnesota prediction market ban

The preliminary injunction allows Kalshi and Polymarket US to continue operating in Minnesota while the court considers their challenge to the state law.

NEWS_COINTELEGRAPH · INFO

Zimbabwe admits 7 fintech projects to regulatory sandbox

Sandbox participation permits supervised testing but does not guarantee full commercial registration.

NEWS_SECURITYWEEK · INFO

For Some, So-Called ‘Skynet Day’ Came too Close to Sci-Fi After a Rogue Agent Hacked Into a Startup

Decades after it appeared in “The Terminator,” Skynet looks more like a forecast of the cyber incident in which a rogue AI system hacked into another AI company on its own. The post For Some, So-Called ‘Skynet Day’ Came too Close to Sci-Fi After a Rogue Agent Hacked Into a Startup appeared first on

NEWS_COINTELEGRAPH · INFO

Hong Kong prepares banks for quantum threats amid tokenization push

The HKMA aims to make Hong Kong’s banking sector fully prepared for quantum-related security risks by 2030 as the city expands tokenized finance.

NEWS_COINTELEGRAPH · INFO

Binance phishes its own staff monthly, India censors BitChat code: Asia Express

Binance has been phishing its own staff to get ahead of potential attacks. South Korean crypto volumes tank 89% — plus all of the week’s other crypto news from Asia.

NEWS_DARKREADING · INFO

AI Agent Drives Espionage Attack on Thai Ministry of Finance

Attackers used Hermes, an autonomous open source tool, in unrestricted "YOLO mode" to conduct espionage against Thailand's Ministry of Finance.

NEWS_COINDESK · INFO

U.S. Senate puts off crypto Clarity Act for now as it focuses limited bandwidth elsewhere

The majority leader is pursuing floor time for unrelated bills as the crypto industry waits for its policy effort to get its chance for votes.

NEWS_COINDESK · INFO

Kalshi, Polymarket win pause against Minnesota's prediction market ban

A federal judge ruled that Minnesota's law criminalizing prediction markets would probably violate the federal Commodity Exchange Act.

NEWS_DECRYPT · INFO

Elon Musk: Humans Will Lose Control of AI Within a Decade

The SpaceX founder says artificial intelligence is advancing too quickly to stop and is urging leading AI companies to coordinate on safety before releasing their most powerful models.

NEWS_COINTELEGRAPH · INFO

New York AG warns CLARITY Act could weaken state crypto enforcement

New York Attorney General Letitia James said the federal crypto market structure bill could restrict state regulators and urged Congress to impose stronger consumer protections on digital asset platforms.

NEWS_CYBERSCOOP_ME · INFO

Microsoft debuts AI cybersecurity offerings as competition heats up

It includes the new agentic model MAI-Cyber-1-Flash and the Project Perception platform, with the tech giant claiming it’ll do a better job than its rivals at half the cost. The post Microsoft debuts AI cybersecurity offerings as competition heats up appeared first on CyberScoop .

NEWS_CYBERSCOOP_ME · INFO

Trump asks Supreme Court to let him curtail mail-in voting ahead of midterms

In a Monday filing, the Justice Department said states sued before agencies even decided how the order would work. The post Trump asks Supreme Court to let him curtail mail-in voting ahead of midterms appeared first on CyberScoop .

NEWS_DECRYPT · INFO

OpenAI’s GPT-6 Will Arrive by September, Markets Predict

Money is moving on a September bet for OpenAI’s next major model on both Polymarket and Myriad prediction markets.