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Internet Breakdown: Cloudflare Outage Knocks Several Crypto Platforms Offline

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On Tuesday, internet backbone heavyweight Cloudflare hit a global outage, and the domino effect clipped several digital asset platforms in the process. Cloudflare acknowledged the chaos at 6:48 a.m. Eastern time, and by 10 a.m., the lights were flickering back on across its systems. Cloudflare Crash Exposes Crypto’s Achilles’ Heel A mix of crypto apps, … Read more

Visa, Mastercard, American Express Join Cloudflare to Authenticate AI Agents at Checkout

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Cloudflare said it is working with Visa, Mastercard, and American Express to create an authentication layer for “agentic commerce,” aiming to let autonomous software agents shop and pay at millions of merchants while blocking malicious bots. Visa Intelligent Commerce, Mastercard Agent Pay to Support Cloudflare’s Agent Protocols Cloudflare disclosed that the industry collaboration will use … Read more

Internet Service Company Cloudflare to Run Ethereum Validator Nodes as Part of Its Web3 Focus

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Cloudflare, an internet services and DDoS protection company, has announced a new strategy regarding its Web3 experiments. The company revealed it will run Ethereum validator nodes as part of its commitment to help to scale the internet by using proof-of-stake (PoS) consensus technologies. This will ostensibly allow the company to access the energy efficiency and … Read more

Hackers Compromise Web Portal Bitcoin.org — DNS Hijack Replaces Site With BTC Doubler Scam

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On Thursday, the pseudonymous operator of Bitcoin.org told the public on Twitter that the web portal has been “compromised.” The operator, Cobra, explained that the hackers were able to implement a bitcoin doubler scam model and stressed that the site would be down for a “few days.” Website Operator Cobra Warns Bitcoin.org Has Been Compromised … Read more