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"Red Hat warns users to immediately stop using systems running Fedora development and experimental versions because of a backdoor found in the latest XZ Utils data compression tools and libraries," reports Bleeping Computer.

Sam Bankman-Fried has been sentenced to 25 years in federal prison for defrauding customers and investors of cryptocurrency exchange FTX.

The UK High Court ruled that Assange can’t immediately be extradited to the US on espionage charges, in a partial victory for the WikiLeaks founder. If the US provides the requested assurances by April 16, a second hearing could be held on May 20 for the court to consider whether to grant an appeal.

"The next stage for Machankura, which is currently only a custodial Lighting solution, is enabling Africans to hold their own private keys, bringing them true financial self-sovereignty," reports CoinDesk.

"London's High Court will hand down its ruling on Tuesday on whether WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange will be able to appeal against extradition from Britain to the United States, in what could be his final legal challenge in British courts," reported Reuters.

The sweeping AML package aims to eliminate anonymous cash payments over €3000 in commercial transactions and prohibit cash payments above €10000 in business transactions. It would also require AML/KYC checks on all bitcoin payments to custodial wallets operated by regulated service providers.

A vulnerability baked into Apple’s M-series of chips enables extraction of secret keys from Macs when they perform widely used cryptographic operations, academic researchers have revealed in a paper.

"SpaceX is building a network of hundreds of spy satellites under a classified contract with a U.S. intelligence agency, 5 sources familiar with the program said, demonstrating deepening ties between billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk's space company and national security agencies," reports Reuters.

"MicroStrategy has acquired an additional 9,245 BTC for ~$623.0M using proceeds from convertible notes a d excess cash for ~$67,382 per bitcoin. As of 3/18/24, MSTR hodls 214,246 BTC acquired for ~$7.53B at average price of $35,160 per bitcoin," announced the company's Chairman Michael Saylor.

"We are excited to announce long-term support for our newest grantee, Bruno Garcia," announced OpenSats.

The Human Rights Foundation (HRF) granted $500,000 in Bitcoin Development Fund grants to 14 Bitcoin projects that center around Latin America, Asia, and Africa.

The country moved 5689 BTC (~$400 million) into a cold storage held in a physical vault within national territory, the president said.