Two cybersecurity employees plead guilty to carrying out ransomware attacks

Two former employees at cybersecurity firms — one of whom was a ransomware negotiator — have pleaded guilty to carrying out a series of ransomware attacks in 2023. The Department of Justice announced the guilty pleas on Tuesday, saying 40-year-old Ryan Goldberg and 36-year-old Kevin Martin extorted $1.2 million in Bitcoin from a medical device […]

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Almost 80 European deep tech university spinouts reached $1B valuations or $100M in revenue in 2025

Universities and research labs have long been Europe’s deep tech treasure trove. Now, academic spinouts have consolidated into a solid startup funnel worth $398 billion — and VC money is following. According to Dealroom’s European Spinout Report 2025, 76 of these deep tech and life sciences companies have either reached $1 billion valuations, $100 million […]

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YZi Labs-backed DEX VOOI adopts Chainlink’s cross-chain token standard for secure transfers

Key Takeaways VOOI is a decentralized exchange supported by YZi Labs. VOOI integrates Chainlink’s Cross-Chain Token (CCT) standard. Share this article VOOI, a decentralized exchange backed by YZi Labs, has adopted Chainlink’s Cross-Chain Token (CCT) standard for its native token, according to an announcement via Chainlink’s official X account. .@vooi_io has officially adopted the Chainlink […]

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U.S. cybersecurity experts plead guilty for ransomware attacks, face 20 years in prison each — group demanded up to $10 million from each victim

Two former cybersecurity experts pled guilty to conspiracy to obstruct commerce by extortion and are set to be sentenced up to 20 years in prison each for attacking several U.S. companies with ransomware and holding their data hostage for up to $10 million. BleepingComputer reported that the two offenders were former employees of Sygnia and […]

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Bitcoin just lost a hidden $2 trillion liquidity safety net, leaving it exposed to a brutal new pressure wave

Bitcoin’s 2025 rally sat on a liquidity foundation that looks solid until investors examine what changed in the final quarter. Some analysts point to global liquidity indexes hitting record highs and declare the wave is still building. Others cite CrossBorder Capital’s high-frequency tracking and argue momentum peaked in early November, with the US cycle now […]

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The Wall Street Journal Applauds Republicans’ Corrupt, Illegal Theft Of Billions In Taxpayer Dollars

from the you-are-both-dim-and-incorrect dept I’ve written repeatedly about how Republicans effectively rewrote the 2021 infrastructure bill (they voted against) to ensure that billions of dollars in taxpayer-funded broadband grants (intended to be spent on affordable, next-generation fiber) was stolen from local communities, and instead given to Elon Musk and Jeff Bezos for expensive, congested satellite service. I’ve […]

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