GoMining challenges Jack Dorsey’s Square with a pure BTC payment rail

Bitcoin BTC$62,499.20 mining company GoMining said it is making it easier for companies to accept bitcoin BTC$62,499.20 payments, bringing it into competition with companies including Block’s (XYZ) Square. Where GoMining says it differs from incumbents is that the entire transaction is completed in bitcoin. Many competitors, including Square, allow customers…

How to Get Hunted for Jobs, Not Just Apply for Them

By Jeff Altman, The Big Game Hunter Most people think job search means chasing postings, tweaking a resume, and praying someone notices. That’s the slow lane. If you want to be hunted, you have to flip the script and make it stupidly easy for recruiters and hiring managers to see…

Franklin Templeton proposes new funds that turn dividends into BTC: Crypto Daily

If approved, the ETFs could begin trading as early as September. While regulatory approval is not guaranteed, the filing signals growing institutional comfort with marrying traditional equities and cryptocurrency in regulated wrappers. These filings follow the recent debut of BlackRock’s Income ETF, which allows institutions to monetize cryptocurrency’s volatility. The…

Smart-contract and DeFi coins lead losses as BTC price wilts for 4th straight day

The largest cryptocurrencies remained under pressure for a fourth straight day, with bitcoin falling 2.5% in 24 hours to just below $62,400. It’s not alone. The CoinDesk 20 Index (CD20) has dropped 3.3%, with ether (ETH), XRP (XRP) and solana (SOL) all weaker. The CoinDesk Smart Contract Platform Select Capped…

Digital credit market hit by record selloff as Strive CEO blames leverage liquidations

The digital credit market suffered one of its sharpest selloffs to date on Thursday, with Strive Asset Management CEO Matt Cole describing the move as a leverage-driven liquidation rather than a sign of weakening credit fundamentals. Cole said it was “the most difficult day in the history of Digital Credit,”…

Microsoft identifies malware ‘worm’ that hijacks crypto wallets, spreads through USB drives

The wallet-stealing component monitors Windows’ clipboard, the hidden temporary memory used for copy-and-paste operations, roughly every 500 milliseconds. When a user copies a crypto wallet seed phrase or a private key for a Bitcoin or Ethereum wallet, the malware captures that data and sends it to the attacker’s server over…