Coldcard Ships New Firmware After $114M Bitcoin Theft, Says AI Helped Find More Bugs
Coinkite shipped new Coldcard firmware after a three-week security review prompted by a $114 million bitcoin theft, but warns affected...
Iranian Hacking Crew Charged Over $6M Bitcoin Extortion Campaign
Federal prosecutors charged 17 alleged members of an Iran-based hacking group with a years-long campaign that stole 31 terabytes of...
Bitcoin Breaks Above 200-Day Moving Average as Rally Tops $72,000 Amid Record Short Squeeze
Bitcoin reclaimed its 200-day moving average and topped $72,000 as $2.75 billion in shorts were liquidated, the largest single-day squeeze...
Foundation-Funded Team Cast Deciding Vote in Optimism’s $49 Million Token Reallocation
A team funded by the Optimism Foundation cast the deciding 8.486 million OP vote to redirect 546.9 million OP from...
Rushed CLARITY Act Vote Could Set Legislation Back, Senator Gallego Warns
Sen. Ruben Gallego (D-AZ) warns that a rushed Senate vote on the CLARITY Act crypto market-structure bill, before a bipartisan...
Bitcoin ETFs Draw $517M in Largest Inflow Day Since May as Treasury Buybacks Fuel Rally
Spot bitcoin ETFs drew $517 million on Aug. 19, their strongest inflow day since May, as a broad rally tied...
Crypto Super PAC Fairshake Suffers $2 Million Setback in Florida Primary Despite Broader Wins
Fairshake spent roughly $2 million on a Florida House primary it lost, drawing criticism over misleading ad headlines even as...
OCC Races to Finalize GENIUS Act Stablecoin Rules by November
Comptroller Gould targets November for a final stablecoin rule, giving issuers a narrow window before the GENIUS Act takes effect...
FASB Proposes Conditions for Stablecoins to Qualify as Cash Equivalents
FASB's proposed update would let qualifying stablecoins be booked as cash equivalents, provided holders can redeem directly for a fixed...
Maya Protocol Halts After $1.7 Million Exploit Drains Bitcoin and Assets
Maya Protocol halted after an attacker chained six bugs to drain $1.7 million in bitcoin and other assets, crashing CACAO...
Securitize Brings Neuberger Berman’s $230B Fixed-Income Platform Onchain With New Tokenized Fund
The $230 billion asset manager will subadvise the HINC high-yield bond fund, deployed across four chains via Securitize's newly registered...
Metaplanet Takes 96% Stake in Nasdaq-Listed Super League, Launching US Bitcoin Treasury Vehicle Superplanet
Metaplanet is turning Nasdaq-listed Super League Enterprise into a US bitcoin treasury vehicle, paying 2,100 BTC and $2.5 million for...
BitMart Founder Dismisses Audit Calls as Users Report Blocked Funds, Unpaid Employees
Sheldon Xia calls blocked-funds and unpaid-staff claims fabricated rumors as users demand an independent audit before the exchange's Aug. 26...
Harmony to roll back chain after attacker forged 3 trillion ONE tokens
Harmony will rewind its chain to undo roughly 109,000 transactions after an attacker forged 3 trillion ONE tokens, reviving a...
Ethereum Developers Advance Privacy-Focused Fee Changes for Hegotá Upgrade
Ethereum researchers want Frame Transactions and FOCIL in the next major upgrade, a package that would let privacy pools pay...
Bitpanda Fined €70,000 in Austria’s First Published MiCA Enforcement Case
Austria's FMA fined Bitpanda €70,000 for MiCA white-paper and marketing-disclosure breaches in the country's first published enforcement case under the...
macOS Screen Sharing bug, rated 9.8, mined Monero on internet-facing Macs, Dutch agency says
Russia's Energy Ministry has banned Bitcoin mining in Moscow and surrounding regions through 2032 to protect grid capacity, the latest...
Russia Bans Bitcoin Mining in Moscow Through 2032 as Power Demand Strains the Grid
Russia's Energy Ministry has banned Bitcoin mining in Moscow and surrounding regions through 2032 to protect grid capacity, the latest...
UBS Built a 24-Fold IBIT Call Options Position in a Quarter, 13F Shows
UBS expanded its IBIT call options 24-fold to 1.95 million underlying shares in Q2 while cutting puts 53%, a 13F...
Binance to Block Transactions With HTX, 10 Other Exchanges Under EU Russia Sanctions
Binance will stop processing transactions with 16 exchanges including HTX after the EU added them to its Russia sanctions package,...
