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In brief Kaspersky found malicious Wallpaper Engine downloads on Steam Workshop with thousands of installs. The malware stole Steam credentials, hijacked active sessions, and deployed additional payloads, including Lumma and Vidar infostealers. The discovery follows a series of Steam-related malware incidents that have targeted gamers and crypto holders. In the report published on Monday, Kaspersky said attackers used Steam Workshop to distribute malicious Wallpaper Engine downloads disguised as animated desktop wallpapers, many featuring female anime characters.“The application-based wallpaper feature allows executable programs to run directly on a user’s Windows computer, allowing attackers to distribute malicious software under the guise of…
Trusted Editorial content, reviewed by leading industry experts and seasoned editors. Ad Disclosure TL;DR Capital B shareholders have approved a large financing mandate tied to the company’s Bitcoin treasury strategy. The approvals include up to €5 billion in equity capacity and up to €100 billion in credit instruments, according to the company’s AGM communication. The France-listed firm says its strategy is focused on increasing Bitcoin per fully diluted share over time. France-listed Capital B has won shareholder backing for one of Europe’s most aggressive Bitcoin treasury financing plans, giving the company broad authority to raise capital for future BTC…
In brief Amazon has pulled its nearly finished Sam Altman film “Artificial” from its release schedule and is now shopping it to other distributors. The Andrew Garfield-starring film reportedly portrays Altman unflatteringly, and Amazon’s decision comes following a $50 billion investment into the AI giant. CAA is now screening the film for potential new distributors, per a report. Amazon has abruptly shelved “Artificial,” its high-profile film about Sam Altman’s brief 2023 ouster as OpenAI CEO, pulling the nearly completed project from its release calendar and shopping it to rival studios instead.The studio confirmed the decision to media publication Puck late…
Trusted Editorial content, reviewed by leading industry experts and seasoned editors. Ad Disclosure TL;DR Morgan Stanley has reportedly updated proposed Ethereum and Solana ETF filings with a 0.14% sponsor fee. The amended filings include staking language, with most staking rewards expected to remain inside the trusts for investors. The filings are not approvals, but they add pressure to the growing altcoin ETF fee war. Morgan Stanley’s proposed Ethereum and Solana exchange-traded trusts have become the latest focus of Wall Street’s crypto ETF fee war after amended filings disclosed a 0.14% annual sponsor fee and new staking details. The updated…
In brief Users across X report sharper outputs and unusually long response times in ChatGPT and Codex this week. Some users reported significantly improved web design and 3D video game outputs from ChatGPT. A formal release for GPT-5.6 is rumored for next week, but OpenAI has yet to announce plans. Something felt different in ChatGPT this week—and a lot of people noticed at once.Across X, testers spent the past two days swapping screenshots and stopwatch times, all pointing to one theory: OpenAI is quietly A/B testing GPT-5.6 inside ChatGPT, swapped in for some users who select GPT-5.5 Pro.Developer Anshu Chimala…
In brief Rep. Bryan Steil (R-Wis.) introduced the Stop Lawmakers from Predicting Act on Thursday. The bill would bar members of Congress, their spouses, and dependent children from wagering on policy outcomes, government actions, or elections via prediction markets. It also builds on broader federal scrutiny of platforms like Kalshi and Polymarket, including a Senate ban on member/staff wagering and a House Oversight investigation into the platforms. A senior House Republican introduced legislation Thursday that would bar members of Congress, their spouses, and dependent children from placing wagers on prediction markets tied to legislation, government actions, or election results.Rep. Bryan…
Trusted Editorial content, reviewed by leading industry experts and seasoned editors. Ad Disclosure Crypto theft does not always start with a hacked exchange or a broken smart contract. Sometimes it starts with a copied wallet address. Microsoft Threat Intelligence has detailed a Windows malware campaign tracked as Trojan:Win32/CryptoBandits.A, describing a clipper that can spread through removable drives, watch the clipboard, and swap crypto addresses before a victim sends funds. TL;DR Microsoft has detailed a Windows-focused crypto clipper campaign known as CryptoBandits. The malware can spread through USB drives by replacing documents with malicious shortcut files. It monitors copied wallet…
In brief Charles Schwab is reportedly entering the prediction market space in collaboration with Cboe Global Markets. The firm had previously telegraphed it may look to add prediction markets, but not for sports or entertainment. Markets will instead focus on S&P 500 performance to start, and are expected to roll out in the coming months. Global financial giant Charles Schwab is gearing up to test its hand at the burgeoning prediction markets industry, according to a new report from the Wall Street Journal.The discount brokerage tipped its hand earlier this year during its first quarter earnings call, with CEO Rick…
Franklin Templeton has filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission to launch two exchange-traded funds that channel corporate dividend payments directly into bitcoin, the latest sign of Wall Street’s push to embed cryptocurrency into traditional investment structures. The Thursday filing registers the Franklin US Equity Bitcoin DRIP Index ETF and the Franklin US Innovation Bitcoin DRIP Index ETF, with an effective date as early as Sept. 1, 2026. The “DRIP” name borrows from dividend reinvestment plans — a mechanism long used by investors to compound stock positions over time — and repurposes it to accumulate bitcoin rather than additional shares.…
A banking malware that is “well-camouflaged” and “nearly invisible” to cyber threat detection systems is on the loose in Latin America, according to tech giant IBM. Senior threat researcher Itzhak Chimino says IBM uncovered a banking trojan known as UnregStealer that is targeting Latin American banks while posing as a Chrome browser extension. According to Chimino, UnregStealer deceives users into installing it by tricking them into updating their Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) certificate. “Based on the executable naming convention and delivery pattern, victims are most likely presented with what appears to be a security warning informing them that their browser…
In brief Strive CEO Matt Cole called Thursday’s preferred equity performance the “most difficult day ever” for digital credit products. Strive’s SATA and Strategy’s STRC fell further from their par values, potentially as a result of unwinding leverage positions. The assets are designed to trade around $100, but closed the day below their marks at $97.71 and $88.59, respectively. “Digital credit” preferred share offerings from Bitcoin treasury firms suffered their worst day ever on Thursday, according to Strive CEO Matt Cole, who called out leveraged positions as the culprit behind price plunges while defending the quality of the underlying credit…
Trusted Editorial content, reviewed by leading industry experts and seasoned editors. Ad Disclosure The Commodity Futures Trading Commission has resolved its civil enforcement action against Celsius founder Alex Mashinsky, closing another chapter in one of crypto’s most visible collapse-era cases. According to the CFTC, the US District Court for the Southern District of New York entered a consent order against Mashinsky. The order permanently bans him from trading in CFTC-regulated markets and from registering with the agency in any capacity. The settlement resolves the CFTC’s personal civil case against Mashinsky, but it should not be confused with every other legal…
In brief The EU’s MiCA transition period ends July 1, closing the window for crypto firms to operate under old national regimes without a bloc-wide license. Just 200 or so firms have secured full MiCA authorization, according to ESMA’s register—a small fraction of the pre-MiCA market. Binance is reportedly set to be denied an EU license, while Malta’s regulator is weighing how decentralized finance might fit within MiCA’s scope. Europe’s crypto industry is bracing for a shakeout.The transition period for the European Union’s Markets in Crypto-Assets regulation, known as MiCA, ends July 1, closing the window in which firms could…
Europe’s crypto rulebook is squeezing much of the industry before it has even fully taken effect, with Binance and Tether as the most visible examples of a wider scramble to remain within the bloc’s regulated market.The pressure is building ahead of the July 1 deadline for firms to secure authorization under the European Union’s Markets in Crypto-Assets regulation, known as MiCA.Alex Obchakevich of Obchakevich Research said only 194 of more than 3,000 crypto companies operating in Europe have obtained a license, leaving exchanges, brokers and wallet providers at risk of losing access to EU users once the transition period ends.Obchakevich…
In brief Franklin Templeton filed with the SEC on Thursday for two ETFs that would hold baskets of U.S. stocks and steer the dividends into Bitcoin. The funds track new VettaFi “Bitcoin DRIP” indices, starting with a 5% Bitcoin weighting that is capped at 20%. The filing adds to a crowded 2026 pipeline, with analysts expecting more than 100 crypto ETFs to launch this year. Global asset manager Franklin Templeton filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission Thursday to launch two exchange-traded funds that reinvest dividends into Bitcoin.The Franklin U.S. Equity Bitcoin DRIP Index ETF and the Franklin U.S. Innovation…