Bitcoin slides below $81,500 as tech stock sell-off spreads to Asian equities

The Wall Street sell-off extended to Asian equities on Friday morning, as concerns over AI spending and escalating geopolitical tensions weighed on investor sentiment.

Bitcoin slid below $81,500 as a sell-off in technology stocks spread to Asian equities. The Wall Street sell-off extended to Asian equities on Friday morning, with concerns over AI spending and escalating geopolitical tensions weighing on investor sentiment.

Claude-Built Linux Exploit Targets Bug That Ubuntu Still Hasn't Patched

Anthropic says Claude wrote an attack that can take over a Linux server with no password. Red Hat patched on Sunday, but Ubuntu still has no fix.

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Tom Lee Calls Bottom on AI Stock Selloff, Citing Tight Supply and Crypto Resilience

The Fundstrat strategist says constraints on AI spending have slowed growth without ending the boom, while crypto’s response to the Binance hack suggests sellers may already be exhausted.

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Binance Drained of $5.5 Billion in Suspected Hack, Tether and Circle Freeze $1.8 Billion

An on-chain tally puts the suspected Binance drain at $5.57 billion across three blockchains, as Tether and Circle froze $1.8 billion.

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Chrome Can Now Pull Details From Your Gmail to Fill Out Web Forms

Chrome's new autofill uses Google's Gemini AI to search your Gmail for order numbers, tracking details, and flight bookings and fill them into web forms. It is rolling out in the U.S.