Pakistani authorities have allegedly been surveilling over four million of its citizens, via tools of mass surveillance, acquired from private foreign companies, further clamping down on the country’s cyber landscape, an Amnesty International report revealed on Tuesday. The report, titled “Shadows of Control: Censorship and Mass Surveillance in Pakistan“ alleged that “Pakistani authorities have continued to unlawfully surveil the country’s citizens, including regular citizens, journalists, as well as prominent politicians.” The rights watchdog stated that Pakistani authorities allegedly “use the Lawful Intercept Management System (LIMS) to surveil a significant portion of the population’s digital activity through Pakistani telecommunications providers.” The number of phones under surveillance could be higher as all four major mobile operators have been ordered to connect to LIMS, Amnesty technologist Jurre van Berge told Reuters. The report, citing the Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA), said that tel...
BTC price strength starts to convince traders that new highs are back on the table, but Bitcoin still needs spot-market support. Key points: Bitcoin revisits $113,000 before Tuesday’s Wall Street open amid talk of a new gold copycat move. That level becomes a recommendation for long entries, but not everyone is bullish. Read more
Romania's trade balance posted a deficit of EUR19.31 billion in January-July 2025, higher by 7.1% (+EUR1.27 billion) than the level recorded in the same interval of 2024, data from the country's statistical office INS showed on Tuesday (Sept 9).
Ripple will provide crypto custody services to Spain’s BBVA bank, expanding its existing partnership amid MiCA-driven adoption by European banks. Ripple, the US blockchain firm behind the XRP cryptocurrency, will provide crypto custody services to Spanish bank Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria (BBVA). According to a Tuesday announcement, Ripple’s agreement to provide crypto custody services to BBVA follows the bank’s recent announcement of its Bitcoin (BTC) and Ether (ETH) retail trading and custody service. BBVA will rely on Ripple’s institutional custody service to power services to its customers. BBVA’s head of digital assets, Francisco Maroto, said that Ripple’s custody service allows it to meet the necessary standards to “directly provide an end-to-end custody service.” Read more