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Ledger Researchers Expose Android Flaw Enabling Seed Theft The post Ledger Researchers Expose Android Flaw Enabling Wallet Seed Theft appeared first on Cryptonews.

A new study found eight of the 10 major AI chatbots helped fake teen accounts plan school shootings, assassinations, and bombings.

Despite a decline in the price of XRP in the last year, Ripple is expected to reach a valuation 25% higher than reported after a November 2025 funding round. Ripple Labs reportedly plans to buy back up to $750 million worth of shares from investors and employees in a program set to give the company a $50 billion valuation. According to a Wednesday Bloomberg report, Ripple plans to run a tender offer for the shares through April. The $750 million buyback program will reportedly value the company at $50 billion, 25% higher than the valuation assigned following its $500 million raise in November 2025. The company’s president, Monica Long, said at the time that Ripple had no plans to go public. The reported buyback follows Ripple's expansion of operations beyond the crypto industry, including through the $1.2 billion acquisition of non-bank prime broker Hidden Road and treasury management system provider GTreasury in October. Earlier this week, the company said that it would move forward with plans for a financia...

The U.S. inflation numbers are finally out, and markets are trying to figure out what they mean for Bitcoin price.The February Consumer Price Index (CPI) came in exactly where economists expected. Inflation rose 0.3% month over month, while the annual rate held around 2.4%. Core inflation, which strips out food and energy, increased 0.2%, also […] The post Bitcoin Price Prediction: New US Inflation Report Just Released — Where is BTC Going Now? appeared first on Cryptonews.

The program connects crypto companies, banks and payment providers to explore blockchain-based payment and settlement infrastructure. Mastercard has launched a global crypto partner program that initially brings together more than 85 companies across the digital asset and payments industries to collaborate on blockchain-based payment and settlement systems. The initiative is designed to connect crypto companies, financial institutions and payments providers as digital assets begin playing a larger role in cross-border transfers, payouts and other financial services. Participants include crypto exchanges, blockchain networks and infrastructure providers including Binance, Circle, Gemini, Paxos, Ripple, PayPal, Polygon, Solana, Crypto.com, MoonPay, Fireblocks and the Canton Network. Read more

The XRP-linked Ripple is buying back shares from investors and employees at a $50 billion valuation, according to a report from Bloomberg.

The institutional-focused exchange saw spot trading jump 62% to $76 billion in February, surpassing Coinbase’s market share.

Tom Lee says Bitcoin’s rally during an oil surge tied to Middle East tensions shows the asset passed a key stress test.

Bitcoin is up about 7% from the Sunday lows, even as equities and gold tread water. Analysts point to seller exhaustion, shifting gold correlation and improving ETF flows.

The financial tech company was granted a full UK banking license on Wednesday and has also applied for a federal bank charter in the United States. Financial technology company Revolut announced on Wednesday that it has launched a bank in the United Kingdom after receiving regulatory approval from the Prudential Regulation Authority (PRA), a banking and financial services regulator. Revolut Bank UK will begin offering deposit accounts for individuals and businesses, with eligible deposits up to 120,000 British pounds ($160,958) protected by the Financial Services Compensation Scheme (FSCS), according to the company’s announcement.  The FSCS offers a safety net for customer deposits at banks and other financial institutions, similar to the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) insurance for US bank deposits up to $250,000.  Read more

XRP’s price performance is stripping out fast-money participation while leaving behind a more durable class of holders. According to CryptoSlate's data, XRP is trading at $1.37 as of press time, down 55% within the last six months. This comes as data from CoinGlass shows XRP's open interest has fallen to about $2.40 billion from a […] The post XRP leverage collapses 78%, but $1.4B in ETF money still won’t leave because of Ripple’s expanding footprint appeared first on CryptoSlate.

Bitcoin remains under pressure as war and poor jobs data offset ETF inflows, shifting the $78,000 price target from late March to the coming months. Key takeaways: Professional traders remain cautious, pricing low odds for a Bitcoin breakout to $78,000 despite recent ETF inflows. US and Israel-Iran war and soft US labor data offset momentum in Bitcoin ETFs. Read more

Ripple is planning to repurchase shares from its employees and previous investors.

Grammarly said it will rethink the tool after criticism that it used real experts—including some who are deceased—without consent.

A proposed plan by the agency would ban “pass-through insurance“ for stablecoins by third parties in addition to the FDIC not insuring deposits under the law. Travis Hill, chair of the US Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), confirmed that, in his opinion, a law passed in July would not give the agency the authority to guarantee stablecoin deposits.  In remarks prepared for the American Bankers Association (ABA) Washington Summit on Wednesday, Hill said that under rules for the stablecoin payments bill, the GENIUS Act, the FDIC would not allow the government to guarantee deposits once the law was fully implemented. Similarly, stablecoin issuers would be prohibited from representing that the digital assets were FDIC insured, and a proposed plan would stop “pass-through insurance” by third parties. “If a payment stablecoin arrangement qualified for pass-through insurance, this would mean that if a bank holding the issuer’s reserves in a deposit account failed, the FDIC would insure the deposit account ...

A five-year low in SHIB's exchange supply strengthens the bullish argument.

Despite the bear market, today's report suggests a higher valuation than the $40 billion at which the firm raised funds in November.

The digital asset infrastructure company plans to launch the pool in April as it expands beyond Bitcoin mining services. Digital asset infrastructure company Foundry Digital plans to launch a mining pool for Zcash in April 2026, expanding beyond Bitcoin mining infrastructure. The company said the pool will be designed for institutional and publicly traded miners seeking compliance-focused mining services. The new pool will be based in the United States and built on the same infrastructure used by Foundry USA Pool, which is operated by the company. Foundry said the service will include reporting tools and payout systems intended to meet the operational requirements of institutional miners. Zcash is a privacy-focused cryptocurrency which features an encrypted ledger using zero-knowledge proofs. A mining pool is a service that allows multiple miners to combine computing power and share block rewards, increasing the chances of earning consistent payouts. Read more

Microsoft filed a court brief backing Anthropic's lawsuit against the Pentagon—a move that reveals just how much the tech giant has riding on Claude's survival.

Wells Fargo has applied for a trademark for "WFUSD" for potential use in service categories that mention crypto and stablecoins.