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Analysis-Institutional investors may help bitcoin sustain new heights
By Hannah Lang and Suzanne McGee (Reuters) - As traditional institutions pour money into bitcoin, the cryptocurrency's latest meteoric rally to a record high may have more legs than in 2021, experts s...
Mar 05, 2024
Analysis-Tether's $100 billion stokes stablecoin stability concerns
By Elizabeth Howcroft and Hannah Lang LONDON/NEW YORK (Reuters) - As Tether toasts $100 billion in circulation this week, the rapid rise of the world's biggest stablecoin has highlighted concerns abou...
Mar 05, 2024
US appeals court dismisses child labor case against tech companies
(Reuters) - A federal appeals court on Tuesday refused to hold five major technology companies liable over their alleged support for the use of child labor in cobalt mining operations in the Democrati...
Mar 05, 2024
Bitcoin rises to record high
New York (Reuters) -Bitcoin hit a record high on Tuesday, fueled by investors pouring money into U.S. spot exchange-traded crypto products and the prospect that global interest rates may fall. The wor...
Mar 05, 2024
Blackcat ransomware site claims it was seized; UK law enforcement denies being behind disruption
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The website used by the hackers responsible for the breach at UnitedHealth Group has been replaced by a notice claiming it was seized by international law enforcement. But at le...
Mar 05, 2024
U.S. slaps sanctions on Greek spyware vendor, says it targeted U.S. officials
By Christopher Bing WASHINGTON - (Reuters) - The U.S. government announced a "first-of-its-kind" sanctions package on Tuesday morning against Greece-based spyware vendor Intellexa and its leadership a...
Mar 05, 2024
Meta's Facebook, Instagram down for tens of thousands
(Reuters) -Meta Platforms' Facebook and Instagram were down for tens of thousands of users on Tuesday, according to outage tracking website Downdetector.com. There were more than 300,000 reports of ou...
Mar 05, 2024
US issues cybersecurity-related sanctions on Intellexa, Treasury website shows
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. on Tuesday issued sanctions on Intellexa and other entities under cybersecurity-related authorities, a posting on the Treasury website showed. (Reporting by Susan Heave...
Mar 05, 2024
AI-focused blockchain startup IO Research raises $30 million in Series A funding round
By Lisa Pauline Mattackal (Reuters) - IO Research, an artificial intelligence (AI)-focused blockchain startup, said on Tuesday it raised $30 million in a Series A funding round from investors includin...
Mar 05, 2024
Israeli venture group Team8 raises $500 million for new tech funds
By Steven Scheer JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israeli venture group Team8 said on Tuesday it had raised $500 million to invest in cyber, data infrastructure, fintech digital health and artificial intelligenc...
Mar 05, 2024
