India orders takedown of Jack Dorsey’s bitcoin-linked messaging app Bitchat

Kaspersky has uncovered a new malware framework targeting cryptocurrency investors. Dubbed “OkoBot,” the malware initiates an infection chain that starts with social engineering tactics such as ClickFix, which tricks users into running malicious commands, or trojanized GitHub apps that deliver a backdoor to infected devices, the cybersecurity company wrote in a Wednesday report. The malware…

June CPI fell a seasonally adjusted 0.4% month-over-month, the steepest monthly drop since April 2020, pulling the annual inflation rate to 3.5% against a Dow Jones consensus of 3.8%, and Bitcoin responded with an immediate push higher after the print. The data beat is real. Bitcoin (BTC) 24h7d30d1yAll time The energy index slumped 5.7% in…

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Bitcoin Japan, a subsidiary of Asia’s answer to Strategy, Metaplanet, has announced it entered into a financing agreement to start buying the leading cryptocurrency for its treasury.  The Tokyo-based, publicly-listed company said Thursday that it had approved a convertible bond deal with EVO Fund to raise 9.66 billion yen ($59.5 million). The deal will see…

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A Pennsylvania man has lost $44,000 after scammers impersonating bank officials tricked him into wiring funds to another account. The victim, an 83-year-old resident of Pine Township in Mercer County, Pennsylvania, contacted authorities after realizing the deception, reports the NBC-affiliated TV station WFMJ. According to WFMJ, it all started after the 83-year-old got a phone…