Safeguarding Your Crypto Assets: Understanding CCSS and Defending Against Micro Drone Surveillance

Safeguarding Your Crypto Assets: Understanding CCSS and Defending Against Micro Drone Surveillance

In the world of cryptocurrency, where your private keys and seed phrases are the ultimate guardians of your wealth, new threats are constantly emer...

At PrivKey LLC, we don’t just highlight these vulnerabilities—we actively educate and protect against them, contributing to open-source projects like Sparrow Wallet and other cyber-security tools for self-custody.

Tether Freezes $26 Million USDT in Ethereum Wallet for Compliance Last updated Oct 31 Tether froze an Ethereum address containing 26,116,654 USDT, worth about $26.16 million, on October 30, 2025, as part of law enforcement cooperation. The company used its smart contract freeze function, confirming the action but withholding specific details. This marks another instance in Tether's ongoing efforts, having frozen over $1.3 billion in USDT since 2014 in response to regulatory directives. https://x.com/i/trending/1984095646698131816 This is what stablecoins give to humanity: the same central control that governments crave. CBDCs will make it even simpler and more creative to program humans for state control.

Bitcoin No2x day The SegWit2x "No2x" hard fork was an attempted hostile takeover of Bitcoin that failed. The SegWit2x proposal aimed to increase the Bitcoin block size limit from 1MB to 2MB, which was opposed by many in the Bitcoin community who felt it was a corporate takeover attempt that would undermine Bitcoin's decentralization.

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As a practitioner of Stoic philosophy, I do not pursue emotional disturbance through music; rather, I employ it to strengthen rational discernment. What lies within my control? My response alone. What does not? The empire, the storm, the visions themselves. The apocalyptic lyrics function as a memento mori, serving to remind me that empires collapse, bodies decay, yet virtue endures as sovereign. Enjoy Listen to John the Revelator on your streaming service https://tidal.com/browse/track/277147763?u

Stablecoins on Lightning: The Next Evolution of Bitcoin Payments Our team has contributed to the open-source community and Stablecoins with this gateway

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REST Proxy for Taproot Assets. Contribute to privkeyio/taproot-assets-rest-gateway development by creating an account on GitHub.

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A Tesla Model 3 is equipped with 9 cameras as part of its Autopilot and Full Self-Driving hardware suite. This includes 8 exterior cameras for 360-degree visibility and environmental sensing, plus 1 interior cabin camera for driver monitoring. The data collected by these cameras is used to train every other Tesla vehicle, as well as the humanoids that will soon assist people.

Miniscript Studio - a fulll IDE based on Rust Miniscript

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Miniscript Studio - a fulll IDE based on Rust Miniscript

I built an online Miniscript Studio, a full IDE powered by the Rust Miniscript crate, with a strong emphasis on learning. https://adys.dev/miniscr...

Michael Saylor's Strategy has reported $2.8 billion in unrealized profits from its Bitcoin holdings in Q3. Yet, some will still insist this strategy is a Ponzi scheme. As long as governments continue printing fiat currency and devaluing it, this trend will persist. The real Ponzi scheme is fiat currencies.

Phoenix 2.7.0 - Taproot channels!

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Phoenix is a self-custodial Bitcoin wallet using Lightning to send/receive payments. - ACINQ/phoenix

Taproot channels Lightning channels created by Phoenix now use taproot, meaning that they are cheaper (by about 15%), and more private, since they cannot be distinguished from regular transactions.

Amazon's Ring Cameras Push Deeper Into Police and Government Surveillance Ring has partnered with Flock Safety, making it easier for law enforcement to reach out to Ring doorbell and security camera owners to request footage.

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Amazon's Ring Cameras Push Deeper Into Police and Government Surveillance

Ring has partnered with Flock Safety, making it easier for law enforcement to reach out to Ring doorbell and security camera owners to request foot...

Ring's opt-in sharing program hides a bigger reality: millions of home cameras are turning into parts of a police surveillance system that reaches way beyond local neighborhood watches.

The glaring security risks with AI browser agents

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The glaring security risks with AI browser agents | TechCrunch

New AI browsers from OpenAI and Perplexity promise to increase user productivity, but they also come with increased security risks.

AI browser agents represent emerging technology, so exercise caution due to potential risks to your security and privacy. If you choose to experiment with them, refrain from storing sensitive information in the browser and avoid employing them for banking, handling confidential data, or accessing personal accounts.

NextEra Energy partners with Google to revive the Duane Arnold nuclear plant in Iowa, to support Google's expanding cloud and AI services. Nuclear is back!☢️

"What distinguishes this speculative attack from its Weimar predecessor is that now - thanks to Bitcoin, Bitcoin Treasuries, Money Printer Go Brrr memes, and social media - it is nearly impossible for public opinion to misconstrue the economic consequences of the inflation. The speculative attack has evolved from a relatively obscure trading strategy during the Weimar Republic into a coordinated, full-fledged social media-mediated and Wall Street-assisted assault on the monopoly of state-issued money itself." ~ Be Water We've stepped into a realm where perception trumps reality, and debt serves as the new weapon in a financial conflict. The Speculative Attack series links this to everything from Weimar hyperinflation to the erosion of the middle class—raising the question: are Bitcoin treasuries the path to sound money, or the prelude to the next economic collapse? Article Bitcoin Treasury Companies: Speculative Attack! Part I

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Reclaiming Your Identity: Why Governments Want Your Digital ID—and How Bitcoin Can Set You Free

Reclaiming Your Identity: Why Governments Want Your Digital ID—and How Bitcoin Can Set You Free

Imagine this: You’re a law-abiding citizen in London or Berlin, minding your own business, opening a simple bank account.

"Payments are the camcorders of our age, the next technology whose time has passed. The new age that is just beginning will feel qualitatively different, like the moment Dorothy steps out of her black-and-white world into the vibrant colors of Oz. When value flows as freely as information, the economy changes, and society changes with it." ~ Roy Sheinfeld What if money flowed as effortlessly as a text? Roy Sheinfeld's bold take: Bitcoin transcending its role as an asset to become the backbone that turns value exchange into a commoditized utility. This evolution could erase borders, dismantle outdated payment systems, and ignite a vibrant creator economy powered straight by the Lightning Network. The Utility of Bitcoin: Moving Value Like Information Being able to transmit value like information, as fast as a text message, has profound implications for society. Bitcoin unlocks that.

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The Utility Of Bitcoin: Moving Value Like Information

Being able to transmit value like information, as fast as a text message, has profound implications for society. Bitcoin unlocks that.

What governments brand as "financial inclusion" is little more than a facade. From Vietnam's sweeping bank account crackdowns and India's emerging tool for digital censorship to Christine Lagarde's push to fast-track oversight and sidestep democratic hurdles, world leaders are hurtling toward a nightmarish cashless regime. In this newest Financial Freedom Report, they break down how this escalating tide of monitoring might just drive millions straight into Bitcoin's arms. Financial Freedom Report #91

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Financial Freedom Report #91

Good morning, readers! In Vietnam, the central bank deactivated more than 86 million bank accounts on Sept. 1, erasing nearly half the country’s ...

Does layered self-custody truly hold up as secure amid skyrocketing Bitcoin transaction fees, or are we all just muddling through a hazy zone of partial trust and uneasy trade-offs? Shinobi's piece peels back the curtain on the unspoken realities of what it really takes to stake your on-chain ownership—and exposes how the divide between custodial and non-custodial setups is far more ambiguous than we'd prefer to acknowledge. The Cost Of Self Custody: TANSTAAFL The cost of an on-chain transaction is an inescapable variable in the cost of self custody, even for off-chain layers.

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The Cost Of Self Custody: TANSTAAFL

The cost of an on-chain transaction is an inescapable variable in the cost of self custody, even for off-chain layers.