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Mikko Ohtamaa

@moo9000
26 posts
2025-05-09
Does anyone remember how the MiCA regulation was the knee-jerk reaction of EU banks to prevent Zuckerberg from creating his stablecoin? Me neither.
2025-05-09 View on X
Fortune

Sources: Meta is talking to crypto firms about introducing stablecoins for managing payouts, and in January 2025 hired a VP of product with crypto experience

Three Years After Diem Rony Roy / crypto.news : Meta may be eyeing stablecoin payments for Instagram creators Samuel Edyme / Bitcoinist.com : Stripe Expands Crypto Offerings With S...

2025-04-02
The best way to mitigate North Korean risk is to use professional software development languages like Python and PostgreSQL. North Koreans have low skill levels; they can only learn JavaScript, React, Node and MongoDB. https://cloud.google.com/... [image]
2025-04-02 View on X
BleepingComputer

Google researchers say DPRK's IT workers are fraudulently securing remote roles at companies in Germany, Portugal, and the UK, after facing sanctions in the US

North Korea's IT workers have expanded operations beyond the United States and are now increasingly targeting organizations across Europe.

2025-02-06
How seed phrase image stealers work. TL; DR Don't save your seed phrase as an image on an online drive. Kim Yong AI is coming for your crypto. https://securelist.com/... [image]
2025-02-06 View on X
BleepingComputer

Kaspersky researchers found apps in Google's Play Store and Apple's App Store that use OCR to steal crypto wallet recovery phrases from images on users' devices

Android and iOS apps on the Google Play Store and Apple App Store contain a malicious software development kit (SDK) …

2024-12-15
Justin Sun cites memecoins in his lawsuit, because WBTC got kicked out from Coinbase. More here: https://www.theblock.co/...
2024-12-15 View on X
The Block

Justin Sun's BiT Global, which recently became a key stakeholder in the wBTC ecosystem, sues Coinbase for planning to delist wBTC after launching rival cbBTC

as set out plainly in the text you yourself cite. I look forward to your deposition under oath in California. No need to bring your banana. H.E. Justin Sun / @justinsuntron : It se...

2024-10-10
The 19-year-old kid who took part in a $240M crypto heist had his parents carjacked when cruising around in his brand new Lambo, looking for a new home. Karma is a bitch. Also, don't go to Florida. https://krebsonsecurity.com/ ... [image]
2024-10-10 View on X
Krebs on Security

An investigation details a $243M crypto heist in August 2024 where attackers used a phone-based social engineering attack on a user of Gemini's crypto exchange

The parents of a 19-year-old Connecticut honors student accused of taking part in a $243 million cryptocurrency heist in August …

2024-07-03
Yes! Polkadot branded private jets was exactly what the Polkadot community needs. Hopefully the CMO reached the mile high club with this community contribution. [image]
2024-07-03 View on X
CoinDesk

Blockchain platform Polkadot faces criticism from users after spending $87M in H1 2024, doubling its H2 2023 spend, including $36M+ on marketing and outreach

The blockchain spent $87 million in the first six months this year, with marketing activities accounting for the majority of expenses.

2024-05-02
In a move that surprise no one (except maybe Amerikan developer) Google lays off its whole Californian-based #Python support team and rebuilds it in Europe. There is a price to pay after having lobster for a corporate lunch for too long. https://news.ycombinator.com/ ... [image]
2024-05-02 View on X
CNBC

Sources: Google laid off 200+ employees from its Core teams, including IT and its Python developer team, and plans to move some roles to India and Mexico

unless it's your smartphone Ann Resuma / International Business Times : Google Lays Off 200 ‘Core’ Employees; Eyes Shifting Some Roles To India, Mexico Alice Nunwick / Verdict : Go...

2024-04-28
Problems in WebAuthn/Passkey world due to Google Chrome's dominance in the web browser markets https://fy.blackhats.net.au/ ... [image]
2024-04-28 View on X
Firstyear's blog-a-log

Google and Apple use passkeys to capture users by locking credentials into their platforms and have made the UX of passkeys worse than that of password managers

At around 11pm last night my partner went to change our lounge room lights with our home light control system.

2024-04-27
Problems in WebAuthn/Passkey world due to Google Chrome's dominance in the web browser markets https://fy.blackhats.net.au/ ... [image]
2024-04-27 View on X
Firstyear's blog-a-log

Google and Apple use passkeys to capture users by locking credentials into their platforms and have made the UX of passkeys worse than that of password managers

At around 11pm last night my partner went to change our lounge room lights with our home light control system.

2024-04-24
On how Google search died https://www.wheresyoured.at/ ... [image]
2024-04-24 View on X
Ed Zitron's Where's Your Ed At

Emails released as part of US vs. Google show how Google's finance and ad teams led by Prabhakar Raghavan made Search worse to make the company more money

This is the story of how Google Search died, and the people responsible for killing it.  —  The story begins on February 5th 2019 …

2024-02-19
Apple gets its first fine, 500M EUR, for not allowing Spotify and others to inform the users about cheaper subscription options outside App Store https://www.ft.com/... [image]
2024-02-19 View on X
Financial Times

Sources: the EU plans to fine Apple ~€500M in March for allegedly breaking EU law over access to music streaming services, following a 2019 complaint by Spotify

Move is culmination of long-running European Commission antitrust probe after a complaint by Spotify

2023-10-29
@jp_koning Interesting. This is exactly what was the intent of the original MiCA - it was not about “protecting consumers from crypto” but being afraid of Zuckerberg's Libra. Central bankers are worried they will lose power if people can easily switch to something better.
2023-10-29 View on X
CoinDesk

Japan is leading the race to regulate stablecoins, starting with a law that took effect in June 2023 and has terms to protect the assets underlying stablecoins

Japan's new law tries to address one of the biggest fears about major stablecoins: Do issuers really have the assets to back them?

2023-10-26
iLeakage: Speculative execution attack on Safari, iPhone, iPad and Mac, allowing a hostile website to extract your passwords and other secrets. https://ileakage.com/ The only way to be safe is to stop using Safari: At the time of public release, Apple has implemented a... [image]
2023-10-26 View on X
Ars Technica

Researchers reveal an attack forcing iOS and macOS WebKit browsers to divulge secrets, like passwords and email content, of users who visit a malicious website

iLeakage is practical and requires minimal resources.  A patch isn't (yet) available.  —  Researchers have devised an attack …

2023-10-10
@prestonjbyrne On their warning list, you can find 12,000 companies. Whether or not this has helped to stop any of these companies is unclear. I appreciate FCA's efforts to get the world rid of crypto scams. However, we also need to understand that regulation, which is ineffective due to its... [image]
2023-10-10 View on X
The Block

As the UK FCA widens its financial promotions rules for crypto, Coinbase, OKX, Binance, and others partner with UK companies to try to keep serving UK customers

penalties range from web/app takedowns to fines & prison https://www.bloomberg.com/... LinkedIn: Oliver Scherenberg : 🚨 The U.K. Financial Conduct Authority (FCA)'s new regulation ...

2023-07-15
The code is the law. Multibridge's code was too weak: not decentralised enough. Security audits had not focused on the bridge deployment topology on how many bridge operators there are and how distributed they are. The Chinese government now has your tokens. China does not...
2023-07-15 View on X
The Block

Crypto bridging protocol Multichain ceases operations after confirming Chinese police detained its CEO, Zhaojun, and his sister, who held ~$220M of user assets

Tim Copeland / The Block :

2023-07-14
The code is the law. Multibridge's code was too weak: not decentralised enough. Security audits had not focused on the bridge deployment topology on how many bridge operators there are and how distributed they are. The Chinese government now has your tokens. China does not...
2023-07-14 View on X
The Block

Multichain ceases operations after the crypto bridging protocol's CEO Zhaojun and his sister, who held ~$220M of user assets, were detained by Chinese police

- Multichain confirmed its CEO has been detained in China.  — It said the CEO's sister moved $220 million of funds …

2023-05-30
The latest of spyware: When Israeli government asked Paragon to sell to Saudis, Paragon refused, which then led then to the blacklisting bid winners. Note that all spyware companies in the article are Israeli, so there might be a systematic problem. https://www.ft.com/... [image]
2023-05-30 View on X
Financial Times

How the US is increasingly reshaping the spyware market to favor companies selling cyberweapons to the US and its allies, like Israeli startup Paragon Solutions

Contrasting fates of Israeli spyware-makers Paragon and NSO reveal how American support is crucial in $12bn industry

2023-04-11
In Japan, the crypto regulation is good because it is an industry self-regulatory body. This is why FTX Japan was saved.
2023-04-11 View on X
@molly0xfff

[Thread] A look at a report from FTX debtors on the company's control failures, like awful recordkeeping, lying about using cold wallets, and sloppy key storage

Document #1242, Attachment #1 Mark Timmis / Coinmonks : Curious Cryptos' Commentary 10th April 2023 — FTX FTX : FTX Debtors Release Report on FTX Group's Control Failures Martin Yo...

2023-04-10
In Japan, the crypto regulation is good because it is an industry self-regulatory body. This is why FTX Japan was saved.
2023-04-10 View on X
@molly0xfff

[Thread] A look at a report from FTX debtors on the company's control failures, like awful recordkeeping, lying about using cold wallets, and sloppy key storage

The new team in charge of the FTX bankruptcy have released their first interim report on the failures of control at FTX and related businesses. It's 43 pages long, let's go through...

2023-04-05
Indian fintechs are cut off from transaction revenue with the introduction of UPI. Now they are selling SIM card enabled loudspeakers that notify the owner when a mobile payment arrives https://restofworld.org/...
2023-04-05 View on X
Rest of World

How sound boxes, or tiny, cheap speakers that read out payment confirmations, have become a lucrative revenue stream for Paytm and other fintechs in India

Adnan Bhat / Rest of World : LinkedIn: Shaji Sethu . Tweets: @adnanmbhat , @jasuja , @sammcallister , @anupkaphle , @hkanji , and @moo9000 LinkedIn: Shaji Sethu : How tiny, cheap ...