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PayPal fliegt in den USA aus Google Wallet
In den USA lässt sich über den Google Wallet bald nicht mehr mit PayPal bezahlen. In Deutschland gilt das nicht – die Hintergründe sind unklar.
https://www.

A website for "$TRUMP Wallet" launches, saying it is "The Official $TRUMP Wallet by President Trump" powered by NFT service Magic Eden, and opens a waitlist (Molly White/Citation Needed)
https://www.citationneeded.news/trump-crypto-wallet/
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Trump to launch branded crypto trading application
New crypto trading and wallet application, created in partnership with Magic Eden, invites fans of President Trump to buy his memecoin

"Offizielle Kryptogeld-Wallet" von Trump angekündigt: Drei Söhne widersprechen
Donald Trumps Firmen und Familie sind längst massiv in der Kryptogeldbranche aktiv. Nun gibt es Streit, von wem die "offizielle Kryptogeld-Wallet" kommen kann.

Google is ending PayPal account integration in Google Wallet for US users, effective June 13, after stopping new PayPal account linking in April (Mishaal Rahman/Android Authority)
https://www.androidauthority.com/paypal-killing-google-wallet-inte…

PayPal is killing Google Wallet integration for users in the US
PayPal has long let you link your PayPal account to Google Wallet, but that integration is ending soon in the US. Here's what'll happen.

NATO unleashes new $10 billion "combat wallet" for Ukraine as Putin's increses attacks on civilians - Euromaidan Press
https://euromaidanpress.com/2025/08/02/nato-unleashes-new-10-billion-combat-wallet-for-ukraine-as-putins-increses-attacks-on-civilians/

Singularity Blockchain Key Management via non-custodial key management
Sumit Vohra
https://arxiv.org/abs/2506.02282 https://arxiv.org…

Singularity Blockchain Key Management via non-custodial key management
web3 wallets are key to managing user identity on blockchain. The main purpose of a web3 wallet application is to manage the private key for the user and provide an interface to interact with the blockchain. The key management scheme ( KMS ) used by the wallet to store and recover the private key can be either custodial, where the keys are permissioned and in custody of the wallet provider or noncustodial where the keys are in custody of the user. The existing non-custodial key management schem…

You cannot be a full EU citicen if you have not accepted the Google TOS. Instead of doing things our own, we still create new dependencies to us tech gigants. Don't believe? Look: https://github.com/eu-digital-identity-wallet/av-app-android-wallet-ui/issues/10

Do not add Google Play Integrity integration · Issue #10 · eu-digital-identity-wallet/av-app-android-wallet-ui
In the README, the following is listed: App and device verification based on Google Play Integrity API and Apple App Attestation I would like to strongly urge to abandon this plan. Requiring a depe...

The new EU age verification app is currently aiming to use Google Play Integrity devices because NO-ONE LEARNS ANYTHING. EVER. 😖
Here’s the GitHub issue https://github.com/eu-digital-identity-wallet/av-app-android-wallet-ui/issues/10

Just did my four Bandcamp purchases for Bandcamp Friday this month - these. Links below. I've probably gone on and on about these artists before. 😂
Baghed - Smear Campaign (LP, cool punk)
https://baghedband.bandcamp.com/album/smear-campaign
Lord Ra - Wallet (s…

A long time ago, back when railway tickets had a different form factor, I used to fold them in a complex way, so they'd fit in the "window" of my wallet, while having all the important bits still visible.
Then the form changed, and instead I ended up putting a single ticket across two "windows".
Today I bought a ticket at Koleje Dolnośląskie, and I had to fold it again — except this time to actually fit it in the two "windows".

And so it begins.
https://blog.google/around-the-globe/google-europe/we-are-announcing-sparkasse-as-our-first-national-credential-partner-for-eu-age-assurance/

We are announcing Sparkasse as our first national credential partner for EU age assurance.
The lack of a reliable standard for safe, effective age checks across sites and apps online has long frustrated parents and companies. Google’s Credential Manager API — backed by Google Wallet and zero-knowledge proof cryptography — has proven that it’s possible. What’s needed now is collaboration and initiative to bring about the future of digital identity.That begins now. At the Global Digital Collaboration Conference today in Geneva, Germany’s Sparkasse, a trusted network of 343 …

Apple‘s #Enshittification Journey continues …
More on Apple’s Trust-Eroding ‘F1 The Movie’ Wallet Ad https://daringfireball.net/linked/2025/06/26/f1-wallet-gag-zeins…

Apple sparks a backlash from iPhone owners after pushing a notification from the Apple Wallet app that promoted a Fandango deal for Apple's F1 movie (Sarah Perez/TechCrunch)
https://techcrunch.com/2025/06/24/iphone-customers-upset-…

iPhone customers upset by Apple Wallet ad pushing 'F1' movie | TechCrunch
However well-received the film may be, iPhone users don't necessarily want their built-in utilities, like their digital wallet, marketing to them.

Google und Sparkassen arbeiten an Altersverifikationssystem
Basierend auf Googles Wallet wollen Google und die Sparkassen ein Altersverifikationssystem starten.
https://www.

The Open Platform, a key TON developer that is behind Telegram's Wallet, raised a $28.5M Series A at a $1B valuation, bringing its total funding to $70M (Ben Weiss/Fortune)
https://fortune.com/crypto/2025/07/03/telegram-…

Exclusive: Telegram blockchain startup TOP raises $28.5 million as messaging platform expands crypto footprint
Ribbit Capital led the Series A fundraise, with participation from Pantera Capital.

Apple sending out "F1" spam as wallet notification seems to have been effective in advertising that iOS 26 will have a specific toggle for "Offers and Promotions" notifications.
https://lifehacker.com/tech/iphone-wallet-app-f1-movie-ad

Apple’s Wallet App Is Spamming Users With Movie Ads, but There’s a Way to Stop It
Apple Wallet pinged some users today with an advertisement for Apple's upcoming movie, F1. It's possible to disable these ads without disabling all Wallet notifications, but only if you're running iOS 26.

Verbesserungen für Flüge mit dem iPhone: Apple Wallet sherlockt Flighty
Viele Nutzer stecken bereits jetzt ihre Bordkarte in die Apple Wallet. Künftig wird die deutlich intelligenter – was unabhängige Apps angreift.

Did you know that the tickets for the world's most important awards ceremony run through Flownative's servers? 😎
I conducted another interview, this time with long-time customer @… from Passcreator. David talks a bit about what's going on and it's really exciting to see what he and his team have built over the years based on a flow applicati…

Enjoing a few days with the GNU TALER team at a castle in Switzerland. The wallet can carry real electronic cash and even used for offline transactions. Technology is ready to be used, not based on blockchain and really free software.Pilot regions are now being onboarded. I moderated a branding and an #ERPnext demo session and submitted a proposal for @…

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Weekends are never slow for cyber news, particularly this past weekend. Check out today's Metacurity for the top infosec developments you might have missed, including
--DHS warns of likely Iranian cyberattacks after Trump's missile strikes
--Authorities warn of Salt Typhoon threats in Canada,
--Aflac struck by likely Scattered Spider attack,
--DPRK likely behind BitoPro $11m theft,
--CoinMarketCap hit by wallet-draining attack,
--Hacker stole $250K …

DHS warns of likely Iranian cyberattacks following Trump's missile strikes
Authorities warn of Salt Typhoon threats in Canada, Aflac struck by likely Scattered Spider attack, DPRK likely behind BitoPro $11m theft, CoinMarketCap hit by wallet-draining attack, Hacker stole $250K from Hacken using leaked key, Garden Finance accused of laundering stolen crypto, much more

The EU intends to introduce a universal app for online age verification, for adults and children alike.
Done ahead of the implementation of a broader Digital wallet.
See page 11 of their recently launched guidelines (which are open for feedback);

Apple sparks a backlash from iPhone owners after pushing a notification from the Apple Wallet app that promoted a Fandango deal for Apple's F1 movie (Sarah Perez/TechCrunch)
https://techcrunch.com/2025/06/24/iphone-customers-upset-…

iPhone customers upset by Apple Wallet ad pushing F1 movie | TechCrunch
However well-received the film may be, iPhone users don't necessarily want their built-in utilities, like their digital wallet, marketing to them.

"But with the smell of that Wallet push-notification fart still hanging in the air, not as much fun as it otherwise would have been."
via @…
https://daringfi…

Apple’s Other ‘F1 The Movie’ In-App Promotions
Link to: https://www.macrumors.com/2025/06/27/f1-the-movie-now-playing-in-theaters/

The F1 movie gives Apple its first box office hit, opening to $144M worldwide and $55.6M in the US; it was pushed on Apple Music, Podcasts, Fitness , and Wallet (Anthony D'Alessandro/Deadline)
https://deadline.com/2025/06/box-office-f1-megan-2-0-1236444277/

‘F1’ Zooms To $10M Previews, An Apple Original Films Record; ‘M3GAN 2.0’ $1.5M – Friday AM Box Office
F1' the Brad Pitt Apple Original Films is expected to deliver an opening north of $40M-$50M while Universal/Blumhouse's 'M3GAN 2.0' is expected to crash. Previews of $10M were a record for Apple Original Films.

Hey, looking for Bitcoin advice. I cashed out (almost all of) mine in 2017: https://www.tbray.org/ongoing/When/201x/2017/12/19/How-To-Sell-Bitcoin-in-Canada
Just now, a nag email from my wallet provider reminded me to peek in there for t…

How To Sell Bitcoins

What we know about the shooting at NFL headquarters https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/6522888/2025/07/29/nfl-headquarters-shooting-explainer/

Telegram expands access to its TON crypto wallet, integrated into the Telegram app, for its 87M users in the US (Amanda Silberling/TechCrunch)
https://techcrunch.com/2025/07/22/telegrams-crypto-wallet-launches-in-the-us/

Telegram's crypto wallet launches in the US | TechCrunch
Telegram is expanding access to its crypto wallet for its 87 million users in the US.

Deep Reputation Scoring in DeFi: zScore-Based Wallet Ranking from Liquidity and Trading Signals
Dhanashekar Kandaswamy, Ashutosh Sahoo, Akshay SP, Gurukiran S, Parag Paul, Girish G N
https://arxiv.org/abs/2507.20494

Deep Reputation Scoring in DeFi: zScore-Based Wallet Ranking from Liquidity and Trading Signals
As decentralized finance (DeFi) evolves, distinguishing between user behaviors - liquidity provision versus active trading - has become vital for risk modeling and on-chain reputation. We propose a behavioral scoring framework for Uniswap that assigns two complementary scores: a Liquidity Provision Score that assesses strategic liquidity contributions, and a Swap Behavior Score that reflects trading intent, volatility exposure, and discipline. The scores are constructed using rule-based bluepri…

Cryptocurrencies Under Sanctions — Zelenskyy on a New Blow to Russia's Wallet: https://benborges.xyz/2025/07/06/cryptocurrencies-under-sanctions-zelenskyy-on.html

Brazil is piloting dWallet, a digital wallet program that allows users to monetize their data, the first nationwide initiative of its kind in the world (Gabriel Daros/Rest of World)
https://restofworld.org/2025/brazil-dwallet-user-data-pilot/

In a world first, Brazilians will soon be able to sell their digital data
Brazil is piloting dWallet, that lets citizens earn money from their data, but experts warn it could deepen inequality.

This https://arxiv.org/abs/2505.02548 has been replaced.
initial toot: https://mastoxiv.page/@arXiv_mat…

Modal logic for reasoning about uncertainty and confusion
We consider a modal logic that can formalise statements about uncertainty and beliefs such as `I think that my wallet is in the drawer rather than elsewhere' or `I am confused whether my appointment is on Monday or Tuesday'. To do that, we expand Gödel modal logic $\mathbf{K}\mathsf{G}$ with the involutive negation $\sim$ defined as $v({\sim}ϕ,w)=1-v(ϕ,w)$. We provide semantics with the finite model property for our new logic that we call $\mathbf{K}\mathsf{G_{inv}}$ and show its equivalence…

A Private Smart Wallet with Probabilistic Compliance
Andrea Rizzini, Marco Esposito, Francesco Bruschi, Donatella Sciuto
https://arxiv.org/abs/2506.04853 h…

A Private Smart Wallet with Probabilistic Compliance
We propose a privacy-preserving smart wallet with a novel invitation-based private onboarding mechanism. The solution integrates two levels of compliance in concert with an authority party: a proof of innocence mechanism and an ancestral commitment tracking system using bloom filters for probabilistic UTXO chain states. Performance analysis demonstrates practical efficiency: private transfers with compliance checks complete within seconds on a consumer-grade laptop, and overall with proof gener…

To all my fellow Arch users, I was once again reminded that putting anything in `/etc/environment` is a bad idea. Don't do it.
I put `GTK_USE_PORTAL=1` in there, because I always want native file dialogs, right? Well, turns out this breaks secret service integration (KDE Wallet/GNOME Keyring) in Fractal. So, back to setting it on a per-app basis.
#Linux

Hackers briefly exploited a front-end vulnerability in CoinMarketCap's rotating doodles feature to inject fake "Verify Wallet" phishing pop-ups (Francisco Rodrigues/CoinDesk)
https://www.coindesk.com/tech/2025/06/21/c

CoinMarketCap Briefly Exploited With Wallet Phishing Pop-Up Message
The company has not disclosed how many users were affected or whether any wallets were compromised as a result of the exploit.

Today's accomplishment: finally removing from my wallet the transit card that's probably been expired for 5 years from a city I haven't lived in in 10.

"Without reaching such dimensions, and thankfully without breaking neither your back nor your wallet, “The Computer” is as gorgeous as it is unwieldy. Its almost 500 pages, of impeccable glossy paper, retrace the impact of the computer as a vector of social change. Be sure to enjoy it on your couch or sitting on a table. You have been warned."

Jens Müller & Julius Wiedemann
None of the previous 48 entries in the Library section of this magazine have dealt with what is commonly referred to as a "coffee table book". Today we rectify such omission by showcasing a massive, recent, and by all standards, very desirable book from Taschen, the legendary German publishing house.

The F1 movie gives Apple its first box office hit, opening to $144M worldwide and $55.6M in the US; it was pushed on Apple Music, Podcasts, Fitness , and Wallet (Anthony D'Alessandro/Deadline)
https://deadline.com/2025/06/box-office-f1-megan-2-0-1236444277/

‘F1’ Zooms To $10M Previews, An Apple Original Films Record; ‘M3GAN 2.0’ $1.5M – Friday AM Box Office
F1' the Brad Pitt Apple Original Films is expected to deliver an opening north of $40M-$50M while Universal/Blumhouse's 'M3GAN 2.0' is expected to crash. Previews of $10M were a record for Apple Original Films.

PhishingHook: Catching Phishing Ethereum Smart Contracts leveraging EVM Opcodes
Pasquale De Rosa, Simon Queyrut, Y\'erom-David Bromberg, Pascal Felber, Valerio Schiavoni
https://arxiv.org/abs/2506.19480

PhishingHook: Catching Phishing Ethereum Smart Contracts leveraging EVM Opcodes
The Ethereum Virtual Machine (EVM) is a decentralized computing engine. It enables the Ethereum blockchain to execute smart contracts and decentralized applications (dApps). The increasing adoption of Ethereum sparked the rise of phishing activities. Phishing attacks often target users through deceptive means, e.g., fake websites, wallet scams, or malicious smart contracts, aiming to steal sensitive information or funds. A timely detection of phishing activities in the EVM is therefore crucial …

Oberlandesgericht: Virtuelle Entwendung von Kryptowerten bleibt straflos
Ein Admin half einem Dritten beim Einrichten einer Wallet für A-Coins und hatte Zugriff auf Passwörter. Er entwendete das virtuelle Geld, muss aber nicht büßen.

In one of the more painful purchases I've done in a bit: just ordered 3 kits of Crucial DDR5 RAM for the MS-A2 servers. This will take them from 32GB -> 96GB which should work out a bit better for Proxmox. Unfortunately, my wallet is crying. If everything goes well, the RAM should get here just before the servers do.
#homelab

I like books. I buy them as physical as well as eBooks formats.
I don't always make a direct contribution to the author/s when I buy them used, or borrow them from the library.
But I will explicitly not support (with my wallet) of Amazon's Monopoly on the book industry.
So I will encourage everyone to also boycott that monopoly.

I've been a Duolingo user since 2013. You can track the enshittification of the product since they went public.
Enshittification is now complete, with humans being replaced by AI. This act of mine is my way of avoiding being treated like a wallet while you mistreat others.
#duolingo #workingClass

#WAMS: Warum kann der #Staat nicht längst, was #Apple oder die #Bahn schon mit ihren

#WAMS: Warum kann der #Staat nicht längst, was #Apple oder die #Bahn schon mit ihren

Modeling Wallet-Level Behavioral Shifts Post-FTX Collapse: An XAI-Driven GLM Study on Ethereum Transactions
Benjamin Gillen, Rashmi Ranjan Bhuyan, Gourab Mukherjee, Austin Pollok
https://arxiv.org/abs/2507.08455

Modeling Wallet-Level Behavioral Shifts Post-FTX Collapse: An XAI-Driven GLM Study on Ethereum Transactions
The Ethereum blockchain plays a central role in the broader cryptocurrency ecosystem, enabling a wide range of financial activity through the use of smart contracts. This paper investigates how individual Ethereum wallets responded to the collapse of FTX, one of the largest centralized cryptocurrency exchanges. Moving beyond price-based event studies, we adopt a bottom-up approach using granular wallet-level data. We construct a representative sample of Ethereum addresses and analyze their tran…

BSI und ANSSI warnen vor VideoIdent bei der digitalen EU-Brieftasche
Das BSI und seine französische Partnerbehörde ANSSI beschreiben videobasierte Identifikation beim Beantragen der geplanten EUDI-Wallet als "herausfordernd".

Turnkey, which builds low-level infrastructure for digital wallets used to store and manage crypto, raised a $30M Series B led by Bain Capital Crypto (Ben Weiss/Fortune)
https://fortune.com/crypto/2025/06/09/exclus…

Exclusive: Coinbase vets raise $30 million for crypto wallet startup Turnkey
The fundraise attracted big VC names like Bain Capital Crypto, Sequoia Capital and Lightspeed Faction.

Coinbase rolls out the Base App, rebranding its Coinbase Wallet as an "everything app" that combines social networking, mini-apps, chat, payments, and trading (Naga Avan-Nomayo/The Block)
https://www.theblock.co/post/362713/coinba

This https://arxiv.org/abs/2401.05393 has been replaced.
initial toot: https://mastoxiv.page/@arXiv_qfi…

RIVCoin: an alternative, integrated, CeFi/DeFi-Vaulted Cryptocurrency
This whitepaper introduces RIVCoin, a cryptocurrency built on Cosmos, fully stabilized by a diversified portfolio of both CeFi and DeFi assets, available in a digital, non-custodial wallet called RIV Wallet, that aims to provide Users an easy way to access the cryptocurrency markets, compliant to the strictest AML laws and regulations up to date. The token is a cryptocurrency at any time stabilized by a basket of assets: reserves are invested in a portfolio composed long term by 50% of CeFi ass…

PayPal announces PayPal World, an upcoming platform designed to simplify cross-border payments via Venmo, India's UPI, Tencent's Tenpay, and Mercado Pago (Ivan Mehta/TechCrunch)
https://techcrunch.com/2025/07/22/payp

PayPal taps wallets from China and India to make cross-border payments easier for 2 billion people | TechCrunch
PayPal is partnering with global fintech companies to let users pay to different wallet systems cross border.

Eric Trump says the TRUMP memecoin team and Magic Eden have canceled the $TRUMP Wallet; Trump's World Liberty Financial reportedly sent them a cease-and-desist (Jason Shubnell/The Block)
https://www.theblock.co/post/357350…

Wallets as Universal Access Devices
Kim Peiter J{\o}rgensen
https://arxiv.org/abs/2507.06254 https://arxiv.org/pdf/2507.06254

Wallets as Universal Access Devices
Wallets are access points for the digital economys value creation. Wallets for blockchains store the end-users cryptographic keys for administrating their digital assets and enable access to blockchain Web3 systems. Web3 delivers new service opportunities. This chapter focuses on the Web3 enabled release of value through the lens of wallets. Wallets may be implemented as software apps on smartphones, web apps on desktops, or hardware devices. Wallet users request high security, ease of use, and…

This https://arxiv.org/abs/2401.05393 has been replaced.
initial toot: https://mastoxiv.page/@arXiv_qfi…

RIVCoin: an alternative, integrated, CeFi/DeFi-Vaulted Cryptocurrency
This whitepaper introduces RIVCoin, a cryptocurrency built on Cosmos, fully stabilized by a diversified portfolio of both CeFi and DeFi assets, available in a digital, non-custodial wallet called RIV Wallet, that aims to provide Users an easy way to access the cryptocurrency markets, compliant to the strictest AML laws and regulations up to date. The token is a cryptocurrency at any time stabilized by a basket of assets: reserves are invested in a portfolio composed long term by 50% of CeFi ass…

Crypto exchange BigONE confirms a $27M hack from a hot wallet exploit, plans to pay back users and is working with security firm SlowMist to trace stolen assets (Shaurya Malwa/CoinDesk)
https://www.coindesk.com/markets/2025/07/1

Crypto Exchange BigONE Confirms $27M Hack, Vows Full User Compensation
BigONE is working with blockchain security firm SlowMist to track the stolen assets, with fund tracing already underway across Bitcoin, Ethereum, Tron, Solana, and BNB Chain.

Stripe has agreed to acquire Privy, which helps companies build crypto wallets into their user experiences; Privy was last valued at $230M in March 2025 (Emily Mason/Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/20

Source: Trump's World Liberty Financial sent a cease-and-desist letter to the company behind $TRUMP and to Magic Eden after they announced the $TRUMP Wallet (Olga Kharif/Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/20