Crypto hackers stole more than $52 million across 20 major incidents in March 2026. This marked a 96% surge from the $26.5 million in losses in February, according to PeckShield data. The sharp increase in crypto hacks signals a return to elevated threat levels after what had been the lowest monthly total in 11 months.…
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Anthropic accidentally published 512,000 lines of Claude Code’s proprietary source code through a debug file bundled into a routine npm update on March 31. The leak exposed the full architecture of the company’s flagship AI coding tool, which generates an estimated $2.5 billion in annualized recurring revenue. Second Lapse in Five Days Raises IPO Questions…
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Brent crude oil futures posted over a 60% gain in March. This marked the strongest monthly rally in the benchmark’s history, dating back to 1988. The May contract settled roughly 5% higher on Tuesday at $118.35 per barrel. West Texas Intermediate (WTI), the US benchmark, climbed about 51% during the month for its best performance…
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A team from Caltech and startup Oratomic has shown that a quantum computer capable of running Shor’s algorithm — the protocol that breaks modern encryption — could work with just 10,000 qubits. Previous estimates put that number at one million or higher. The finding, published March 31, dramatically compresses the timeline for when quantum machines…
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Most people have never heard of ISO 20022. It is a global standard for how financial institutions send payment information to each other. First introduced in 2004, it aims to replace older messaging formats that banks have used for decades. Older systems relied heavily on free-text fields. That meant payment details often had to be…
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The geopolitical tensions are pressuring economies worldwide. The Philippine peso sank to 60.8 per dollar on Monday. The currency extended a March slide that has erased over 5% of its value. Bloomberg reported that the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) said its currency market intervention remains limited “to tempering large swings that could affect inflation…
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Crypto onboarding has improved, but for many users, the first purchase still feels more complicated than it should. KYC friction, hidden fees, custodial handoffs, and settlement delays continue to turn what should be a simple transaction into a drop-off point. WeChange is trying to simplify that process by building a noncustodial on-ramp around local bank…
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Ella Hough, a Cornell University senior and Bitcoin advocate, published an interactive calculator modeling Strategy’s STRC preferred stock as a retirement alternative to Social Security. Among Ivy League and top-tier schools, Cornell stands out as one of the largest in terms of scale and student body size while maintaining elite academic prestige. This is why…
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Ella Hough ist Studentin an der Cornell University und setzt sich für Bitcoin ein. Sie hat einen interaktiven Rechner veröffentlicht, der die Strategie-Aktie STRC als Rentenalternative zur gesetzlichen Rente modelliert. Cornell ist unter den Ivy-League-Universitäten und anderen Top-Hochschulen eines der größten Institute, sowohl was die Größe als auch die Studentenzahl angeht. Trotzdem bleibt Cornell akademisch…
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Strategy Inc.’s Variable Rate Series A Perpetual Preferred Stock (STRC) went live on the popular platform Trading 212 on March 30, 2026. It gives UK retail investors direct access to a Bitcoin-backed yield product that pays roughly 11.5% annually. However, buying it directly may cost significantly more in tax than most buyers realize. Why UK…
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