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Michael Coates has joined the Solana Foundation as its Chief Information Security Officer after a career spanning leadership roles at Mozilla, Twitter and enterprise security startup Altitude Networks. Summary Michael Coates has joined the Solana Foundation as Chief Information Security Officer after previously leading security at Mozilla, Twitter and Altitude Networks. Coates said Solana’s transaction scale and multi billion dollar daily stablecoin activity influenced his decision to join the foundation. His work will focus on strengthening crypto security, improving application security practices and working with policymakers on cybersecurity standards. According to a post shared by Michael Coates on X, he has taken over as CISO of the Solana Foundation, where he will lead security efforts across the network as blockchain adoption and institutional activity co
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Solana Foundation appoints Michael Coates as Chief Information Security Officer. He said Solana’s stablecoin volumes and massive transaction activity drove him to join. Coates will strengthen Solana’s security and prepare the ecosystem for AI-driven cyber threats. The Solana Foundation has appointed veteran cybersecurity executive Michael Coates as its new Chief Information Security Officer (CISO), bringing decades of experience in securing some of the world’s largest technology platforms to one of crypto’s fastest-growing blockchain ecosystems. Coates announced the move in a post on X, calling it a “new chapter” in his career after previously leading security at Mozilla, becoming Twitter’s first CISO, founding cloud security startup Altitude Networks, and later joining CoinList following the startup’s acquisition. He said his decision to join the Solana Foundation was driven by the network
Michael Coates, Twitter's first-ever CISO, joins the Solana Foundation to lead security across a network processing billions in daily stablecoin volume.
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Michael Coates has joined the Solana Foundation as its Chief Information Security Officer after a career spanning leadership roles at Mozilla, Twitter and enterprise security startup Altitude Networks. According to a post shared by Michael Coates on X, he has…
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Iran’s top negotiator Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf accuses the United States (US), through a post on X, formerly known as Twitter, of violating major terms of the memorandum of understanding (MoU) signed for a ceasefire in the Middle East. Iran’s Ghalibaf lists major US violations of MoU Major MOU Violations by the US: Violating Iranian adjustments in the Strait Persistent threats of further strikes. Reinstating oil sanctions. Attacks on southern Iran. Continued Zionist aggression on. Iran’s top negotiator Ghalibaf also warned that the nation won’t bow to the US stating, “The era of bullying and extortion is over. It leads nowhere. We don’t fold.” Also, a spokesperson from Iran’s top joint military command says the US army targeted parts of Southern Iran in ‘blatant aggression’ and warns that our armed forces will give ‘crushing response’ to US attacks. Iran’s military forces reite
The post KAST’s Terms of Service Draw Fire After Public Feud With EtherFi CEO appeared on BitcoinEthereumNews.com.
A five-day Twitter exchange between ether.fi CEO Mike Silagadze and KAST CEO Raagulan Pathy escalated from a card-fee comparison into public scrutiny of how KAST treats customer deposits. KAST, a stablecoin-powered card and neobank that raised $80 million in a Series A round in March at a $600 million valuation, spent the past week defending itself on Crypto Twitter after ether.fi co-founder and CEO Mike Silagadze called the company “Kasthole scammer” in a post that had gathered roughly 400,000 views by the morning of July 7. The exchange was conducted entirely in public replies and quote-tweets between the two CEOs. Silagadze also urged crypto users to review KAST’s terms of service, which state that depositing stablecoins or crypto on the platform legally transfers ownership of those assets to the company in exchange for a repayable balance. Outcry over the card’s terms
A five-day Twitter exchange between ether.fi CEO Mike Silagadze and KAST CEO Raagulan Pathy escalated from a card-fee comparison into public scrutiny of how KAST treats customer deposits.
The post BonkDAO Hit by $20M Treasury Hack After Malicious Governance Proposal Rocks BONK Holders appeared on BitcoinEthereumNews.com.
Key Takeaways: The malicious governance proposal resulted in BonkDAO’s treasury losing an estimated $20 million in BONK tokens. The DAO has identified wallets associated with the attack and is engaged with exchanges, Solana Foundation and law enforcement. The incident underscores escalating governance challenges within decentralized crypto actors. BonkDAO, the DeFi initiative behind the BONK memecoin, has announced a large-scale security flaw which led to the loss of about $20M of its tokens. The attack was conducted via a malicious governance proposal, creating new worries about governance security members of decentralized ecosystems. BonkDAO was the target of a malicious governance proposal resulting in an estimated $20M worth of BONK tokens being drained from the BonkDAO treasury. During the investigation, BonkDAO identified the exchange wallets used
The ruling underscores the significant legal risks of social media communications for executives, potentially reshaping corporate disclosure norms.
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