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Block's Bitcoin Engineering and Security team and independent Bitcoin Core developers have traced the recent batch of Coinkite Coldcard wallet losses to a specific firmware defect that exposed a hidden weakness in Bitcoin self-custody before any user touched a seed phrase.The bug diverted the device

Key PointBlock's Bitcoin Engineering and Security team and independent Bitcoin Core developers traced recent Coinkite Coldcard wallet losses to a firmware defect in seed generation. The bug diverted random-number generation from the STM32 hardware source to MicroPython's deterministic Yasmarang fall

According to ME News, on August 4 (UTC+8), U.S. Senators Elizabeth Warren and Richard Blumenthal requested the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to investigate the meme token launched by Trump to "determine any illegal fraud or unjust enrichment facilitated by the token." The two senators e

Hyperliquid has listed the pre-IPO perpetual contract for Unitree Technologies, ticker UNITREE, currently quoted at $54. Unitree Technologies plans to publicly issue 40,446,434 shares, resulting in a total post-issue share capital of 404,464,340 shares. The initial bookbuilding date is August 5, 202

According to Bitcoin.com, Fireblocks has released its 2026 Financial Grid survey, which surveyed over 600 executives. The report reveals that 99% of institutions on the European continent and 100% of UK institutions expect regulatory policies to support digital asset development. Influenced by the c

ChainCatcher report: According to Coinbase’s announcement, Coinbase International Exchange will be integrated into Deribit as part of an infrastructure upgrade. Institutional clients’ accounts, positions, and balances will be migrated by September 9, 2026, after which Deribit will serve as the unifi

ChainCatcher report: The Coldcard hardware wallet attack has expanded to approximately $1.16 billion, with attackers transferring 1,816 BTC from over 5,200 addresses. Galaxy Research confirmed a fourth wave of transfers, revising the amount moved in this wave to approximately 449 BTC. Alex Thorn, he

BlockBeats report: On August 4, U.S. Democratic Senator Elizabeth Warren and Senator Richard Blumenthal of Connecticut jointly sent a letter to the SEC Chair on Monday, calling for an investigation into Trump’s meme coin, TRUMP, “to determine whether the coin facilitated any illegal fraud or imprope

According to CNN, U.S. Democratic Senators Warren and Blumenthal have requested the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to investigate Trump’s meme coin “TRUMP” to determine whether the project involves fraud or improper gains. In a letter to SEC Chair Paul Atkins, they stated that the Tru

According to on-chain analyst Onchain Lens (@OnchainLens), ColdCard cold wallet users have again fallen victim to fund theft, with over 5,200 affected addresses confirmed, resulting in a total loss of approximately 1,816 BTC, valued at around $114 million. The first three waves of attacks have confi

Odaily Planet Daily reports, according to Onchain Lens monitoring, ColdCard users have again suffered fund theft, with over 5,200 affected addresses losing approximately 1,816 BTC, valued at around $114 million. The first three waves confirmed involve 1,367.05 BTC, worth approximately $88.6 million.

According to Huoxing Finance, the Coldcard hardware wallet attack has expanded to approximately $1.16 billion, with attackers transferring 1,816 BTC from over 5,200 addresses. Galaxy Research confirmed a fourth wave of transfers, revising the amount moved in this wave to approximately 449 BTC. Alex

Key PointThe US and Japan conducted a rare joint intervention to support the yen after the currency slid to forty-year lows of 164 per dollar. The New York Fed sold euros, rather than dollars, on behalf of the US Treasury through the Exchange Stabilization Fund. US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent e

In a market where many altcoins continue to chop sideways, Cardano’s ADA has broken above $0.195 for the first time since July 4, posting a 24% market cap gain over the past week. The move, highlighted in an on-chain update from Santiment, is not just a price spike – it’s accompanied by a curious dr

ChainThink reports that on August 4, following the official release of DeepSeek V4 Flash, traffic surged rapidly, causing the official API to temporarily return a 503 error, indicating the service was too busy and advising users to temporarily switch to another large model API provider.In terms of p