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Crypto markets are sliding for the fourth straight day, with smart-contract and DeFi tokens taking the steepest hits. Much of the pressure traces back to Strategy's STRC preferred stock, which pays dividends and is drawing attention away from speculative digital assets. When yield-bearing instruments compete with crypto, sentiment shifts fast.
Meanwhile, a serious vulnerability has surfaced in Squid, the widely used web proxy software. Dubbed Squidbleed and tracked as CVE two thousand twenty six dash forty seven thousand seven hundred twenty nine, the flaw has apparently been hiding in the codebase since nineteen ninety seven. The name is a deliberate nod to Heartbleed, and the implication is clear — legacy code carries legacy risk, sometimes for decades before anyone notices.
On a lighter but still telling note, the UK attorney general's office has become at least one confirmed government department to walk away from X. Richard Hermer told staff his office is done with the platform. It's a small move, but it reflects a broader pattern of institutional retreat from a network that was once considered essential infrastructure for public communication.
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