Coinbase is building bridges

What we’ll cover today:

🔐 How North Korean hackers sneak into top crypto firms

🔗 Coinbase’s new cross-chain payments push

📈 Bitcoin’s $15K breakout (or breakdown) setup

North Korean Hackers Are Job Hunting 👀

Changpeng Zhao (CZ), ex-Binance boss, warns the crypto world that North Korean hackers are sneakier than your nosy neighbor.

🚨Breaking News:
Hackers are applying as developers, recruiters, and even customer support users to sneak into top crypto firms and steal funds.

⚡Wire Simplified –

• Lazarus Group & Famous Chollima are behind many hacks.

• Hackers pose as job candidates for insider access.

• Fake recruiters send malware links disguised as Zoom updates.

• Coding “tests” trick employees into running infected code.

• Some hackers even file fake customer support tickets with virus links.

✔️Straight to the Point –
Hackers are basically auditioning for “best actor in a scam.” Crypto firms need stronger defenses or the $2B theft tally keeps rising.

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Coinbase Joins the Cross-Chain Party 🔗

Coinbase and Ethereum Foundation are teaming up so crypto can finally move across blockchains like butter on hot toast.

🚨Breaking News:
Coinbase joins 30+ projects in the Open Intents Framework, making cross-chain payments easier, faster, and more secure.

⚡Wire Simplified –

• Open Intents lets assets move between Ethereum Layer 2s.

• Users set an “intent” (like swap tokens), solvers do the work.

• Big names like Arbitrum, Optimism, zkSync already onboard.

• Coinbase Payments now a core contributor to OIF.

• Goal: make crypto payments feel as smooth as Amazon checkout.

✔️Straight to the Point –
Cross-chain headaches might finally end. If OIF works, sending crypto could feel like sending an emoji, fast, simple, universal.

Bitcoin Gearing Up for a $15K Move 📈

After the Fed’s latest rate cut, Bitcoin is flexing again, trading near $117K and teasing a massive $15K move.

🚨Breaking News:
BTC could break up to $125K to $130K with ETF demand, or tumble back to $110K to $100K if support cracks.

⚡Wire Simplified –

• BTC now around $117K post Fed’s 25bps cut.

• ETF inflows and exchange withdrawals fuel bullish vibes.

• Rangebound between $115K and $120K short term.

• Upside: $125K to $130K if momentum holds.

• Downside: $110K or lower if $115K fails.

✔️Straight to the Point –
Bitcoin’s next move is like flipping a coin, rocket or crash. Either way, volatility is the only guarantee.