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AI Audit Uncovers Critical Vulnerability in Coldcard Wallet Exposing $70M in BTC

ChainCatcher report: On Reddit, a developer used Claude Code to scan the Coldcard open-source firmware and identified the core vulnerability in just 8 minutes: The firmware used a software-based pseudo-random number generator instead of a hardware true random number generator when generating privat

BTC Order Book Shows Strong Buy Support Below Current Price

ME News reports that on August 2 (UTC+8), analyst “AntiFragile” posted on X that Bitcoin’s (BTC) order book currently shows strong buyer support, with a significant volume of patient buy orders clustered in the range of 2% to 20% below the current price. AntiFragile noted that these buy orders beg

AI ETFs Hit Record 19% of US ETF Trading Volume

Nearly one in five dollars flowing through US ETF markets is now chasing artificial intelligence. AI-related exchange-traded funds have hit a record 19% of total US ETF trading volume, a milestone that underscores just how thoroughly the AI narrative has consumed Wall Street’s attention, and how far

CLARITY Act Stalls in Senate as Ethics Language Delays Passage

The CLARITY Act may be closer to a Senate floor moment than headlines suggest, but according to Cody Carbone, CEO of The Digital Chamber, actual passage this week was never realistic. What matters now, he says, is whether the Senate can even get the process started before time runs out.The Ethics La

Bitkey Patches Wallet Vulnerability, Confirms No Funds at Risk

Bitkey, the self-custodial Bitcoin wallet, patched a vulnerability in its recovery and inheritance contact setup flows on August 1 after security researcher @1440000bytes flagged the issue. The bug was confirmed, fixed, and submitted to app stores the same day it was reported. No user funds were at

BTC accumulation at $63,000 reaches extreme peak; market poised for sharp move

ChainCatcher reports that on-chain analyst Murphy noted that 890,000 BTC have accumulated at a single price level of $63,000, indicating an extreme concentration. Excluding the 550,000 BTC locked by Coinbase between $83,000 and $84,000, the total accumulation at this level may exceed 1 million BTC—r

AI Audit Uncovers Critical Coldcard Wallet Vulnerability in 8 Minutes

On Reddit, a developer used Claude Code to scan the Coldcard open-source firmware and identified the core issue in just 8 minutes: The firmware used a software-based pseudo-random number generator instead of a hardware true random number generator when generating private keys—a vulnerability that

Stacks Co-Founder Reflects on Coldcard Incident, Calls for BTC Diversification and Industry Collaboration

ME News reports that on August 2 (UTC+8), Stacks co-founder Muneeb Ali shared insights on the Coldcard wallet incident, distilling key lessons in three areas: Bitcoin storage, quantum computing threats, and ecosystem security. Muneeb noted that the Coldcard incident is particularly regrettable beca

XRPL Validators Prevent Silent Exploit That Could Have Drained Accounts via Transaction Fees

RippleX expects the next version of the XRP Ledger's core server software, xrpld 3.3.0, as soon as next week. The release would put rewritten Batch and Permission Delegation amendments back into the validator process after authorization flaws led operators to block their predecessors before mainnet

Bloomberg Analyst Questions Coldcard’s Security Due to Its 5-Employee Team

Bloomberg senior ETF analyst Eric Balchunas commented on the Coldcard security incident, questioning whether a company of only about five people is suited to handle Bitcoin storage responsibilities. Eric Balchunas noted that the number of Coldcard employees seems implausibly low. He pointed out that

Stacks Co-Founder Highlights Lessons from Coldcard Security Incident: Diversify BTC Holdings

Odaily Planet Daily reports: Stacks co-founder Muneeb has shared his insights on the Coldcard wallet incident, summarizing lessons learned in three areas: Bitcoin storage, quantum computing threats, and ecosystem security construction. Regarding Bitcoin storage strategies, he noted that many industr

Stacks Co-Founder Summarizes Three Lessons from the Coldcard Security Incident

Stacks co-founder Muneeb commented on the Coldcard wallet incident, summarizing lessons learned in three areas: Bitcoin storage, quantum computing threats, and ecosystem security. Regarding Bitcoin storage strategies, he noted that many industry security experts are even unaware of Coldcard, and top

Kimi open-sources PerceptionBench visual benchmark; GPT-5.6-Sol leads with 59.7% accuracy

Odaily Planet Daily reports that Kimi has open-sourced PerceptionBench, a multimodal large model visual perception evaluation benchmark designed to decompose visual perception into 10 atomic capabilities for independent assessment, covering dimensions such as visual relationships, counting, attribut

Glassnode Warns of Market Liquidity Pressure: BTC 3-Month Futures Basis Reaches Historic Low

According to ME News, on August 2 (UTC+8), on-chain analytics firm Glassnode stated that Bitcoin’s three-month futures basis has remained below the yield of the U.S. two-year Treasury note since February this year, a condition that has now persisted for several months. Glassnode noted that histori

Glassnode Warns of Market Liquidity Pressures as BTC 3-Month Futures Basis Hits Historic Lows

Odaily Planet Daily reports that on-chain analytics firm Glassnode has noted that Bitcoin’s three-month futures basis has remained below the yield of the U.S. two-year Treasury note since February this year, a condition that has persisted for several months.Glassnode notes that historically, only on

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