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A new proposal in the US House of Representatives is calling on the Treasury Department to explain what it would take to manage a national Bitcoin
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The bill gives the department 90 days to deliver a full report covering both technical and legal aspects of holding and managing digital assets.

The report would need to cover how these assets would be stored, what cybersecurity protections would be in place, and whether the government would use third-party providers for safekeeping. It also requests that the Treasury identify any such outside firms and explain their roles.

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Beyond storage and security, the bill also seeks clarity on how digital assets would be tracked on the government’s financial records. That includes how transfers between agencies would be handled and how Bitcoin or other tokens would be represented on the federal balance sheet.

Lawmakers also want to know what challenges the Treasury might face in putting these plans into action. The department is expected to flag any legal or technical obstacles and explain how the project might affect the Treasury Forfeiture Fund, which holds assets seized through law enforcement efforts.

The legislation was introduced by Representative David P. Joyce, who praised the House Appropriations Committee for moving the proposal forward.

In a post on X, Joyce said the bill would help ensure the US government keeps up with new technologies while staying focused on financial stability and national security.

Recently, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent caused confusion after remarks that seemed to rule out buying more Bitcoin. What did he say? Read the full story.

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16 Billion Exposed Passwords Give Hackers Blueprint to Drain Wallets – Crypto Security Alert

A recent data breach has exposed over 16 billion login credentials from online platforms, including Apple, Google, Facebook, Telegram, and GitHub.

The Cybernews research team, which uncovered the leak, described it as one of the largest credential dumps ever recorded, with serious implications for online users, crypto security, and digital asset management.

16B Login Records Leaked in Alarming Wave of Fresh Malware-Based Breaches

According to researchers, the breach is not a single incident but a combination of datasets collected from infostealer malware, credential stuffing attacks, and previously unreported leaks.

Some of these datasets contained up to 3.5 billion entries on their own, with the average dataset holding around 550 million records. The researchers have been tracking the data since early 2024, uncovering at least 30 exposed sets, many of them never publicly disclosed before.

“This is not just a leak—it’s a blueprint for mass exploitation,” the Cybernews team stated.

“With over 16 billion login records exposed, cybercriminals now have unprecedented access to personal credentials that can be used for account takeover, identity theft, and highly targeted phishing,” they added.

The structure and recency of the data make the breach especially dangerous. Unlike older, recycled leaks, much of this data was harvested recently by modern info-stealing malware, posing an urgent crypto security threat to users.

The data typically includes login details organized by URL, along with associated usernames, passwords, cookies, and even tokens.

Some datasets point to specific services, such as Telegram, which was linked to a 60 million record dump.

Another, allegedly tied to the Russian Federation, held more than 455 million records. A number of entries also appear related to cloud services, government portals, and business accounts.

Most of the data was found in unsecured Elasticsearch databases and object storage instances. Though these were exposed for only a short period, it was long enough for researchers to copy the contents.

The origin of the datasets remains unclear, but experts believe that at least some were compiled by criminal actors.

Massive Credential Leaks cRaise Alarm for Crypto Users Amid Dark Web Sales

At this scale, credential leaks are a direct threat to crypto security. Attackers can deploy phishing scams, ransomware, business email compromise tactics, and unauthorized access to crypto wallets and trading platforms.

Users without multi-factor authentication (MFA) are especially vulnerable.

“The inclusion of both old and recent infostealer logs—often with tokens, cookies, and metadata—makes this data particularly dangerous for organizations lacking multi-factor authentication or credential hygiene practices,” researchers added.

While the full number of people affected is impossible to determine due to overlapping records, the scale means even a small success rate could translate into millions of compromised accounts.

Crypto users, in particular, are advised to act quickly. Since wallet services and exchanges often rely on credentials linked to mainstream email providers or cloud services, any breach could lead directly to asset theft.

Cybernews stressed the importance of basic cyber hygiene. Users should change passwords immediately, turn on MFA wherever possible, and scan their devices for malware.

“There’s little impact users can have on the existence of these leaks,” the research team noted, “but staying proactive with your own security remains the best defense.”

At the time of reporting, no single actor has claimed responsibility for the leaked databases.

But with new datasets emerging every few weeks, researchers say this reflects a growing trend of sophisticated infostealer operations that threaten the entire crypto security ecosystem.

For now, the leak stands as a stark reminder of how exposed digital life can be and how quickly stolen credentials can turn into real-world consequences.

This reminder can be corroborated with the recent incident of threat actors on the dark web allegedly selling personal data from users of major crypto exchanges Gemini and Binance, according to a March 27 report by cyber threat tracker Dark Web Informer.

A threat actor known as “AKM69” is claiming to offer 100,000 Gemini records, including names, emails, phone numbers, and location data, mostly from the U.S., U.K., and Singapore.

Another seller, “kiki88888,” listed 132,000 alleged Binance user records, though the source appears to be infostealer malware, not an exchange breach.

Though there’s no confirmed breach of the exchanges themselves, the incident shows the evolving threat to crypto security, with stolen credentials often repurposed for phishing, fraud, and wallet recovery scams.


]]> https://earlybirdsinvest.com/16-billion-exposed-passwords-give-hackers-blueprint-to-drain-wallets-crypto-security-alert/feed/ 0 42989 XRP Rebound Blueprint: Double Bottoms can promote runs up to $2.80 Resistance https://earlybirdsinvest.com/xrp-rebound-blueprint-double-bottoms-can-promote-runs-up-to-2-80-resistance/ https://earlybirdsinvest.com/xrp-rebound-blueprint-double-bottoms-can-promote-runs-up-to-2-80-resistance/#respond Wed, 21 May 2025 22:53:49 +0000 https://earlybirdsinvest.com/xrp-rebound-blueprint-double-bottoms-can-promote-runs-up-to-2-80-resistance/ In a recent update on X, market analyst Cryptowzrd highlights double bottom formation during development of the XRPBTC chart, suggesting that a fierce inversion may be ongoing. XRP ended the previous session with an indecisive move, but this new pattern could increase price action. If an inversion is seen, the XRP could push towards the $2.80 resistance zone.

Bitcoin dominance pressure Altcoins, XRP included

In expanding his initial analysis, analysts noted that XRP and XRPBTC have indecisively closed their daily candles, reflecting on the ongoing market uncertainty and lack of action in a strong direction. Although the XRPBTC is currently held above the formation of a critical double bottom, analysts stressed that the pair still looks relatively weak and requires more stable and constructive price action to confirm bullish breakouts. A strong reaction from this level can serve as a catalyst, helping XRP gain momentum from its current position on the chart.

He also noted that Bitcoin’s advantage continues to put pressure on altcoins, including XRP, causing performance degradation in the BTC pair. As Bitcoin dominance approaches a major level of resistance, analysts anticipate a reversal that could potentially bring capital flows back to altcoins. Such a reversal provides a favorable environment and supports the broader bullish continuation of XRP.

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Analysts said that if XRPBTC begins to show signs of recovery and buyers start intervening with stronger momentum, he will remain in the lower time frame throughout the next trading session if he stays in the lower time frame throughout the next trading session.

Waiting for confirmation: No entries without clear movement

Conclusion of his analysis, analysts provided a short-term price measure outlook. Despite his indecisiveness, he predicts a potential rise continues if the price exceeds the $2.4650 resistance level.

Conversely, he identified $2.3160 ​​as an important level of intrinsic support. Here, buyers may step in if the market is pulled back. It’s important to watch this zone. This is because the failures below could slow the immediate bullish momentum and show further integration. Price actions between these two levels could define the short-term direction of XRP.

He emphasized that patience is important at this stage, urging traders to wait for clear and healthy moves before considering new entries. With market conditions still uncertain, analysts plan to focus on sophisticated setups and mature formations to ensure higher probability of trading in upcoming sessions.

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There are two things you should know about President Donald Trump’s recently released budget proposal: First, it would significantly boost funding for Homeland Security and the Department of Defense while cutting social services that could hurt millions of people living in poverty. Second, his budget is just a proposal for Congress, and it almost certainly won’t become law.

But just because Congress is unlikely to pass Trump’s budget as is doesn’t mean that the proposal is entirely meaningless. It will likely influence what Republican lawmakers choose to focus on during negotiations in Congress, and, more importantly, it offers a window into his priorities.

Trump’s budget proposal looks to cut a total of $163 billion, slashing funds for education, housing, and health programs. Many of those cuts would come from programs that help lower-income Americans, from youth job training to Federal Work-Study. The cuts don’t include Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid — some of the country’s biggest programs and the cause of the most heated debate over welfare reform. That’s because the proposal is limited to discretionary spending, and programs like Social Security and Medicare are mandatory spending.

Trump knows that gutting programs like Social Security and Medicare would likely have major political consequences. He has promised not to touch those programs other than by tackling waste, fraud, and abuse, though these are often a pretense to deliver benefits cuts anyway. The new budget proposal emphasizes that he hopes to overhaul the social safety net without igniting a fierce backlash. He’s betting, in other words, that people just don’t care enough about these less flashy parts of the social safety net or about how aid is delivered to people in need.

Trump wants to change how aid is distributed

One of the departments that would see the deepest cuts under Trump’s budget is Housing and Urban Development, which would lose $33.5 billion. Most of that, about $26 billion, would come from significantly reducing funding for rental assistance programs — including public housing, vouchers, and housing for the elderly — and combining them under a single program. The budget also proposes introducing a two-year limit on rental assistance for able-bodied adults.

The proposal would not only put millions of people’s benefits at risk, it would also upend how federal rental assistance works entirely.

Right now, money for housing vouchers, for example, goes toward directly subsidizing people’s rents. The White House wants that money to go to block grants instead. That means the funding would go into a pool of money that can be used to fund various state or local housing programs, giving states more flexibility in how they choose to spend it, even if that means they won’t go toward directly helping with rents. So hypothetically, money that is today intended for housing vouchers could be used to fund a program to give developers incentives to build more housing. (And while it’s good to build more to lower the cost of housing in the long term, that shouldn’t come at the cost of taking away direct rental assistance that helps keep people housed.)

There is precedent for this kind of switch. In 1996, Congress passed a law to create Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF), which replaced the old, New Deal-era welfare system known as Aid to Families with Dependent Children (AFDC). While the latter provided direct federal payments to people who qualified, TANF created a system of block grants, where states could allocate welfare funds as they wished.

At the time, the argument for this funding structure was that states needed more freedom to spend welfare funds. But the block grants resulted in states diverting funds away from basic cash assistance. According to the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, states spend just over one-fifth of their TANF funds on basic assistance, instead directing resources toward, in some cases, unrelated programs like funding tax cuts.

As Peter Germanis, who worked on welfare reform in the Reagan administration, put it: “When it comes to the TANF legislation, Congress got virtually every technical detail wrong,” Germanis wrote. “Congress gave states too much flexibility and they have used it to create a giant slush fund.”

By turning the federal government’s various forms of rental assistance into a single block grant program, the Trump administration might make it less likely for renters to receive the direct benefits they are entitled to, just as was the case with welfare reform in the 1990s.

That’s not to mention that the proposed budget cuts would be devastating to begin with. What renters need is actually the opposite of what Trump is proposing: more funding for rental assistance, not less. Federal rental assistance already helps lift millions of people out of poverty each year, but it doesn’t reach everyone who needs it, especially given the rise in housing costs.

Trump is targeting lesser-known programs

Another major cut that Trump is proposing is a program that helps families cover their home heating and cooling bills. His budget also includes a $4 billion cut to the Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP). Given that the LIHEAP budget is also around $4 billion, this essentially means that it’s seeking to eliminate the program altogether. The budget states that LIHEAP “is unnecessary” and alleges that the program is riddled with fraud.

LIHEAP, established in 1981, is one of those government programs that might not generate as much controversy as Social Security or Medicare, largely because it’s much smaller in reach and scale. But it’s a critical program that currently helps about 6 million families across the country. LIHEAP, along with the Weatherization Assistance Program, also helps cover the costs for home improvement projects, like wall insulation or furnace replacements, to make homes more energy efficient, especially in extreme weather conditions.

Eliminating this program could have catastrophic consequences for some families. “The stakes of this assistance can be life-and-death,” journalist Martine Powers wrote in the Washington Post last month. “Seniors are especially vulnerable to extreme temperatures. Getting electricity cut off for failure to pay bills can also be catastrophic for people with disabilities who depend on medication that needs to be refrigerated.”

Why this matters, even if it doesn’t become law

While LIHEAP has helped millions of families, it has also been underfunded, threatened by presidents of both parties, and doesn’t reach nearly as many people as it should. In fact, according to the National Low Income Housing Coalition, the program is only able to serve 20 percent of eligible households. Many eligible people also don’t know they qualify for the program and don’t apply for it.

Similarly, rental assistance programs help a lot of people stay housed, but they clearly aren’t reaching everyone they ought to, in large part because they’re underfunded. About half of renter households in the US are cost-burdened, which means they spend more than 30 percent of their income on housing.

Those are the kinds of issues that require real solutions, which would likely entail more funding, not less. But Trump’s budget underscores the problem that America’s social safety net constantly faces: Instead of looking for tangible fixes to improve programs like LIHEAP or housing vouchers, lawmakers often find ways to make them even harder to access, setting them up for failure. As I wrote in a previous issue of this newsletter, that was the case with public housing, which presidents and Congress routinely sabotaged before labeling it a failed experiment, even though they at times specifically designed it to fail.

And though Trump’s budget is not likely to become law — Republican Sen. Susan Collins, for example, said she has “serious objections” to Trump’s budget, including his targeting of LIHEAP — it shouldn’t be dismissed as a symbolic wish list. Even if Congress doesn’t deliver what Trump wants, these programs still won’t be safe. Just last month, for example, Trump abruptly fired the entire staff running LIHEAP, jeopardizing the delivery of heating and cooling assistance to families across the country.

So even if Trump’s budget never sees the light of day, here’s what you should keep in mind: It’s a blueprint for how his administration will hurt low-income families.

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Somnia, a Layer-1 blockchain focused on high-demand consumer applications, has unveiled a plan to bring millions of traditional gamers onto the blockchain. At the core of this strategy is Somnia’s ability to handle more than 400,000 transactions per second (TPS), a level of speed that can support those gamers without causing slowdowns. Its developers have also announced a $10 million grant program to encourage talented teams to build games and applications on the network.

One of the reasons Somnia Gaming can handle large-scale games is the strong performance shown on its devnet. These tests have demonstrated super fast transaction times and reliable scalability, which Somnia aims to replicate on the mainnet. By making sure that onchain actions happen instantly, Somnia wants to put an end to common blockchain problems like network congestion and expensive fees.

Building Reactive Games for Real-Time Experiences

A standout feature of Somnia is its emphasis on “reactive” applications—games or apps that automatically react to both real-world and onchain events, sidestepping the need for third-party services. With more traditional blockchains, developers often rely on off-chain systems to set up features like quest rewards or real-time game events.

Somnia eliminates this extra step by offering built-in events, timers, and verifiable randomness, all running directly on the blockchain. This approach keeps costs low, reduces coding complexity, and preserves decentralization. Moreover, these enhancements open the door to dynamic, real-time applications like games, predictive markets, and event-driven advertising.

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Breaking Free from Technical Barriers

Somnia can handle more than 400,000 transactions per second (TPS), combined with sub-second finality and sub-cent fees. This high-performance setup allows developers to explore new horizons in Web3 gaming by creating large virtual worlds, enhanced graphics, and more immersive storylines—all of which can be fully recorded onchain. And, with those built-in reactive features, Somnia’s L1 is poised to handle the fast-paced demands of real-time gaming.

Paul Thomas, the founder of Somnia, emphasized the importance of breaking free from past constraints: “Blockchain gaming has been held back by technical limitations for too long. With Somnia, we’re giving developers the tools they need to create real-time, scalable games that players will love. This is the start of a new chapter for web3 gaming.”

Along with its high throughput and low costs, Somnia aims to eliminate hurdles like gas wars and steep fees, both of which have discouraged many developers and players from trying blockchain games. The project also offers in-house engineering support for those building on the network, covering everything from core development to dapp and game design.

Finally, and tying its plan together is Somnia’s $10 million Grant Program. This funding is meant to help GameFi creators move ideas from early sketches to fully developed games. The $10 million grant program also equips developers with the resources and support they need to bring innovative on-chain applications to life.

Editor’s note: Written with the assistance of AI – Edited and fact-checked by Jason Newey.

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The following article is an op-ed by Debra Nita, Associate Director, Head of Growth at YAP Global.

The next crypto breakthrough won’t come from a whitepaper or promises to “revolutionize finance.” It will emerge from something simpler, more human. Like NFTs, gaming and decentralized finance (DeFi) took off in retail popularity in 2021-22, the current bull market is waiting for new killer apps to emerge.

Despite being seen as frivolous, memecoins are a prime example of a killer crypto app, and they reveal a blueprint ignored by “serious” crypto initiatives. This was evident in recently popular tokens like $TRUMP and $MELANIA. A survey found that 14% of Americans – one in seven – invested in $TRUMP. This isn’t just speculation – it’s mass onboarding.

The killer use cases that drive retail adoption aren’t about solving the most complex problems. Instead, they tap into universal human emotions and habits. These should be guiding principles for projects that aim to become the next killer crypto app. 

Forget Utility, Think Social Phenomenon 

The most popular crypto use cases always transcended their technical origins to become cultural phenomena. Bitcoin started as a peer-to-peer electronic cash system but later grew in the public’s imagination as a symbol of financial sovereignty and rebellion against traditional systems.

The $TRUMP and $MELANIA crypto tokens show how Donald and Melania Trump become cultural icons beyond politics. Chainalysis revealed that 50% of $TRUMP and/ or $MELANIA token holders had never bought a Solana altcoin before, and 83% of users held less than $1,000 in Solana assets. These tokens essentially attracted a large group of retail users into the world of crypto for the first time, on the back of Trump and Melania’s popularity.

The industry has promising killer apps on its horizon. The TON and Telegram combo show signs of promise due to their social relatability. Leveraging their mobile-first, social ecosystem to transform mini-apps (particularly GameFi ones), they have garnered some success in blending Web2 usability with Web3 utility. While the current TON gaming apps may be critiqued for simplicity, Telegram’s distribution (950M+ users) offers a viral launchpad if developers prioritize emotional engagement alongside token rewards. 

If TON and Telegram can tap into the emotional architecture that makes gold-standard games like Grand Theft Auto a social phenomenon, they could easily become crypto’s next killer use case. 

Likewise, founders building retail apps should ask themselves “Can what we’re building galvanize a large group of users to rally behind it?” and “What about our project could make it a household name, and excite every user to share it with their friends?”

So Easy Grandma Would Understand

A killer use case is intuitive and easy to use. Buying $TRUMP doesn’t require understanding smart contracts, liquidity pools, or consensus mechanisms. It’s as simple as downloading a wallet, swapping some SOL, and joining in the fun. This low barrier to entry is crucial for retail adoption. 

During the 2024 U.S. presidential race, Polymarket – a prediction market where people bet on real-world events, like guessing who will win an election – exploded in popularity. Nearly 1 million new users could easily join as the steps to participate were straightforward – download the app, sign up with Google, deposit USDC through an exchange, and bet on a question (e.g., “Will Candidate X win?”). 

This simplicity reflects a growing trend in crypto: starting with the end-user experience rather than letting infrastructure dictate the experience. 

We’re seeing this shift toward simplicity through projects like Base and Hyperliquid. Messari’s Annual Crypto Theses 2025 report showed that Base (built by Coinbase) simplified moving funds from exchanges to blockchains with one-click functionality, onboarding millions. Similarly, Hyperliquid’s perpetual decentralized exchange (DEX) saw massive traction by simulating the trading experience of leading centralized exchanges (CEX) like Binance – user-friendly and cost-efficient while ensuring asset ownership. 

While CEXes were a crucial onboarding vehicle in the last bull run due to the ease of converting fiat into crypto, DEXes could see an explosion in popularity this cycle. With seamless on-ramping improving in 2025, decentralization through onchain trading could become even more mainstream due to its increasing ease of use.

The Bigger, the Better 

Network effects drive exponential value in platforms where utility increases with each new participant. Bitcoin’s strength as a store of value and medium of exchange grows with each new adopter.

The memecoin sector’s explosive growth from $20 billion to $120 billion in 2024 validates this thesis. As more users join ($TRUMP had 11 billion at its highest, becoming the 14th-largest by market capitalization within the crypto sector), the network becomes more valuable, attracting more participants – creating a powerful feedback loop of growth and cultural relevance.

Looking ahead, stablecoins are changing the payments industry by offering cheaper, faster, and more accessible solutions to traditional centralized payment systems. In 2024 alone, over 28.5 million users completed 600 million stablecoin transactions, showing their global adoption.

A key driver of this adoption could be US interest in maintaining Dollar dominance through USD-denominated stablecoins. A recent executive order by the Trump administration prohibits the development of a central bank digital currency (CBDC) in the U.S., positioning Dollar-backed stablecoins as the primary digital representation of the U.S. dollar. 

Stablecoins could be the next killer crypto app due to their network efforts. The more they are used for payments, the more they will be used. Stablecoins could become the primary choice for the digital Dollar, transforming the financial landscape while anchoring US economic influence.

The Blueprint for Retail Adoption

Challenges remain including regulatory uncertainty and lack of implementation of policies, technological complexities in scaling, and an existing gap in the social legitimacy of crypto. 

Despite these challenges, projects should focus on the human element – designing experiences that make users feel like a part of a cultural phenomenon, have simplicity at their core, and emphasize the creation of network effects. Retail projects that succeed in this bull run will be the ones that understand and implement this blueprint.

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