Inaudible Audio Attacks Can Hijack AI Voice Models, Study Finds A new study has found that AI voice models can be manipulated using audio inputs that are effectively inaudible to humans, raising fresh security concerns for voice-driven systems increasingly used across consumer apps and crypto-adjacent services. According to the research, an attacker can embed specially…
US Treasury Targets Stablecoins With New GENIUS Act Rules The Treasury has floated fresh compliance rules for payment stablecoin issuers under the GENIUS Act, forcing every issuer to build full anti-money-laundering, counter-terrorism-financing, and sanctions programs that can instantly block, freeze, or reject suspect transactions. The move signals that stablecoins are no longer treated as niche…
Falcon Unveils GENIUS-ready fUSD Stablecoin Backed by Anchorage Digital Bank Falcon has unveiled a new stablecoin called fUSD, describing it as “GENIUS-ready” and backed by Anchorage Digital Bank. The announcement positions fUSD as a stablecoin designed with evolving regulatory expectations in mind, while emphasizing institutional-grade custody and backing through Anchorage Digital Bank. Stablecoins are crypto…
SEC Picks New Enforcement Chief as Crypto Lawsuits Vanish David Woodcock has taken over as the SEC’s new enforcement chief just as lawmakers demand answers about why the agency suddenly dropped high-profile cases against Justin Sun and several crypto firms. The timing has raised eyebrows across Washington and Wall Street, with questions swirling about whether…
Grand Theft Data: Threat Actors Weaponizing GTA 6 Hype, NordVPN Warns Threat actors are exploiting public excitement around the upcoming release of Grand Theft Auto VI (GTA 6) to lure users into handing over sensitive information, according to a warning from NordVPN. The campaign leverages the franchise’s visibility and the heightened attention around anything branded…
Bitcoin Has Years to Prepare for Quantum Risk Bitcoin’s long-term security is being tested by the rise of quantum computing, but Bernstein analysts say the network has a 3–5 year window to adapt without facing an immediate existential threat. The risk is real, yet it is concentrated in older wallets holding exposed public keys rather…
KALSHI WINS ROUND TWO AS CFTC LOSES CONTROL A federal appeals court refused to pause a lower-court order that blocks the CFTC from stopping Kalshi’s election contracts, handing the prediction market a clear runway while the agency scrambles to regroup. The ruling keeps real-money bets on congressional control and presidential races live on the platform…
SEC WINS ROUND TWO AS SUPREME COURT REINS IN AGENCY POWER The Supreme Court just handed the SEC and every other federal agency a sharp new limit on how they read the statutes they enforce. In a 6-3 ruling issued June 27, the justices overturned the 1984 Chevron doctrine that let regulators fill in the…
Inaudible Audio Attacks Can Hijack AI Voice Models, Study Finds A study has found that AI voice models can be manipulated using audio signals that are inaudible to humans, raising new concerns about the security of voice-driven systems. According to the findings, attackers may be able to embed malicious instructions into sound in a way…
SEC Wins Relief-Defendant Freeze in First Circuit Crypto Case The First Circuit just handed the SEC another weapon in its crypto enforcement arsenal. In a unanimous opinion, the appeals court upheld an asset freeze against Raimund Gastauer, a German national with no direct role in the alleged fraud but deep family and financial ties to…
Envy Blockchain Denied Fast-Track Relief in Texas Crypto Dispute A Texas appellate court just shut down a cryptocurrency company’s emergency bid to reroute its case away from state district court. Envy Blockchain, its affiliate, and founder Stephen DeCani asked the Eighth Court of Appeals in El Paso for a writ of mandamus—an extraordinary order that…
COURT SLAPS CFTC ON WRITS, KEEPS KRAFT PROBE ALIVE The Seventh Circuit denied the CFTC’s emergency petition for a writ of mandamus, refusing to force the district court to quash a broad subpoena targeting Kraft and Mondelēz. The ruling keeps alive a sprawling investigation into whether the companies manipulated wheat futures—signals that regulators may still…
SEC Picks New Enforcement Chief as Crypto Lawsuits Fade David Woodcock has been named the US Securities and Exchange Commission’s new head of enforcement, stepping in just as lawmakers demand answers over why the agency quietly dropped cases against Justin Sun and several major crypto platforms. The timing suggests a shift in how the regulator…
SEC Wins 23-Year Bid to Silence Bilzerian A federal judge in Washington just slammed the door on Paul Bilzerian’s latest attempt to escape a 2001 gag order, ruling that the convicted stock manipulator and his family cannot file new lawsuits or launch campaigns that would smear the SEC or its enforcement staff. The decision keeps…
US Treasury Eyes New Rules to Police Stablecoins The Treasury Department just dropped proposed rules under the GENIUS Act that would force every payment stablecoin issuer to build full anti-money-laundering and sanctions programs—and give them the power to block, freeze, or reject suspect transfers on the spot. The move signals that Washington is done treating…
CFTC Wins Key Appeal Over Conway Trust’s Crypto Trades The Seventh Circuit just handed the CFTC a clean win, ruling that the agency can police a family trust’s bitcoin and ether futures trades as “commodity” transactions. The decision keeps the trust on the hook for $1.75 million in alleged losses and signals that crypto derivatives…
Ethereum Firm Sharplink, Solana Treasury Forward Industries Joining Russell 2000, 3000 Indexes Ethereum-focused firm Sharplink and Forward Industries, which has positioned itself around a Solana-linked treasury strategy, are set to join the Russell 2000 and Russell 3000 indexes. Russell indexes are widely used benchmarks for the U.S. equity market. The Russell 3000 generally tracks a…
Bitcoin Stalls at $72K as Bulls Fight for Control Bitcoin’s latest relief rally is stalling just below the $72,000 mark as sellers step in, testing whether the market has the conviction to push higher. The stall comes after a sharp bounce that briefly reignited hopes of a new leg up, yet the price action shows…
Court Slams Brakes on SEC Crypto Crackdown Fifth Circuit judges just handed crypto firms a rare win, tossing key parts of an SEC enforcement push and forcing regulators to rethink how far they can stretch old securities laws over digital assets. The April 17, 2025 ruling signals that courts may no longer rubber-stamp the agency’s…
CFTC Wins Right to Raid Kraft’s Private Files The Seventh Circuit just handed the CFTC a powerful new tool: the ability to demand internal corporate records without first proving a case in court. By granting the agency’s unusual petition for mandamus, the judges overturned a lower-court order that had blocked the CFTC’s broad subpoena to…
