Fintech

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Copilot Money: Manage Your Finances Clearly on the Web

Copilot Money, an award-winning personal finance app, has expanded to a fully-featured web platform, offering seamless financial oversight from any…

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Bitcoin Hacker Ilya Lichtenstein Credits Trump for Early Release

Ilya Lichtenstein, a key figure in the multi-billion dollar Bitfinex Bitcoin heist, has been released early from his five-year sentence,…

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14 Fintech and Proptech Startups to Watch from Disrupt Battlefield

The TechCrunch Startup Battlefield 200 highlights innovative fintech and proptech companies, with many leveraging AI to automate complex financial and…

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Trust Wallet Hack: $7 Million Stolen in Extension Attack

A malicious update to the Trust Wallet Chrome extension on December 24th led to a $7 million cryptocurrency theft by…

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Chinese Crypto Scammers Fuel Record Darknet Markets on Telegram

Chinese-language crypto scam markets on Telegram have become the largest illicit online marketplaces in history, surpassing even major dark web…

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North Korean Hackers Lead 2025 Crypto Theft Surge

North Korean state-sponsored hackers stole over $2 billion in cryptocurrency in 2025, a 51% increase, by pivoting to fewer, more…

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21-Year-Old Dropouts Raise $2M for Nonprofit Fintech Givefront

Givefront, a fintech startup founded by young college dropouts, has raised $2 million to build a financial platform exclusively for…

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Is Everything a Gamble Now?

Prediction markets like Polymarket and Kalshi have expanded to allow betting on a vast array of events, from politics to…

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Mesa Ends Mortgage-Rewards Credit Card

Mesa has permanently shut down its Homeowners Card program, closing all accounts and halting its unique rewards system for mortgage…

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AI Is Making Banking More Personal

AI is transforming banking by enabling highly personalized customer service through data analysis, moving beyond basic digital access to anticipate…

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Taiwan’s Cute Cashless Payment Revolution

Taiwan has developed a unique, decentralized cashless payment ecosystem that layers NFC cards and mobile wallets over a network of…

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Unveiling the Forces Behind Influential Cybersecurity Research

The study analyzed two decades of research from the SOUPS and FC cybersecurity conferences, revealing that smaller, diverse, and focused…

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North Korean Hackers Target React2Shell Flaw in EtherRAT Malware

A sophisticated malware implant called EtherRAT exploits the critical React2Shell vulnerability, using Ethereum smart contracts for command-and-control and establishing five…

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Coinbase Resumes India User Onboarding, Plans Fiat Support for 2026

Coinbase has officially reopened its platform for user registrations in India, marking a strategic re-entry, and plans to introduce a…

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PhonePe Shuts Down Pincode App in E-Commerce Retreat

PhonePe has discontinued its Pincode consumer e-commerce app to focus exclusively on developing B2B solutions for offline merchants, shifting away…

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Malicious Rust Packages Target Web3 Developers

Malicious packages uploaded to the Rust registry (crates.io) impersonated legitimate developer tools, stealing cryptocurrency by executing a stealthy, multi-stage attack…

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Circle CEO: Building an ‘Economic OS’ for the AI Era

Jeremy Allaire, CEO of Circle, envisions a global financial transformation powered by digital currency technology, which he describes as an…

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Marquis Data Breach Exposes 74+ US Banks and Credit Unions

A ransomware attack on Marquis Software Solutions in August 2025 compromised sensitive personal data, including Social Security and financial account…

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Kalshi Hits $11B Valuation After $1B Funding Round

Kalshi raised $1 billion in new funding, led by Paradigm and joined by top-tier VCs, dramatically increasing its valuation to…

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Crypto Laundering Service Shut Down in Major Law Enforcement Bust

An international law enforcement operation led by Germany and Switzerland, with support from Europol and Eurojust, has dismantled the cryptocurrency…

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