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First up, a ruble-backed stablecoin called A7A5 is pushing back against blockchain analytics firms that say its trading volumes have dropped sharply this year. The sanctioned Russian token claims data providers are undercounting billions in activity, but independent analysts aren't buying it — a dispute that raises familiar questions about transparency in state-adjacent crypto projects.
Shifting gears, a small hardware company out of Hong Kong called GL.iNet has unveiled a device called the Comet Q — an eighty-nine dollar USB-C dongle that lets you remotely control an iPhone directly from a Windows browser, no software installed on the phone required. The hardware-level access reportedly survives screen locks and sleep states, which makes it genuinely useful for IT teams, though the security implications are worth sitting with for a moment.
And in the world of privacy-focused cryptocurrency, the Zcash development team says its Ironwood network upgrade is moving toward testnet activation after security testing turned up no new serious vulnerabilities. The upgrade comes as the team works to rebuild confidence following a significant crash in the value of ZEC earlier this year.
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