Coldcard Adds New Security Measures After $130 Million Bitcoin Exploit
Coinkite’s latest firmware requires users to add their own randomness when generating wallet seeds and fixes additional security issues uncovered during a three-week review.
A $22.9 million capital deficit threatens to derail an energy firm’s pivot to off-grid Bitcoin mining
Olenox Industries is an energy company that acquired Bitcoin miner CS Digital Ventures in May. It reported preliminary July production of 15.13 BTC against a June 30 balance sheet. The balance sheet carried $1.21 million of cash and $26.26 million of…
Wall Street and Washington Fuel Bitcoin Rally: Here’s What’s Going On
Institutional buying, improving macro conditions and a friendlier regulatory outlook are supporting Bitcoin’s rally, while billions in short liquidations have accelerated the move.
Unresolved $11 million liquidity crash leaves pools exposed as attacker still holds 20.83 BTC on Maya Protocol
The suspected Bitcoin address at the center of Maya Protocol’s Aug. 18 exploit still held about 20.8273 BTC with no outgoing spend on Aug. 21, while no published recovery plan accounted for the much larger estimated impact across the cross-chain…
Solana Just Got Faster—Is It Bullish for SOL?
Solana has activated the first reduction in its block timing since launch, speeding up transactions on the network.
Washington Goes All-In on Crypto: Trump Pushes Clarity, SEC Rules, and CFTC Warnings
Trump urged executives to pass a “fair version” of the Clarity Act, the CFTC warned it would write its own rules if the bill stalls, and the SEC abruptly advanced its first crypto fundraising framework.
Strategy Swings From $13 Billion Bitcoin Loss to $1.4 Billion Profit as BTC Rallies
The Bitcoin treasury giant is sitting on roughly $1.4 billion in unrealized gains after Bitcoin climbed above its average acquisition price.
Zcash miner buys 9.4% of merger target that warns failed deal could end in liquidation
Fortitude Mining, Digital Currency Group’s Zcash-focused miner, bought a 9.4% stake in Nasdaq-listed HeartSciences for about $1 million, giving its proposed merger partner cash for operating expenses while shareholder approval remains pending. The…
Ethereum’s next upgrade turns a 2-second block bottleneck into a roughly 9-second window
Ethereum node operators now have an active public network for rehearsing Glamsterdam’s coordinated execution- and consensus-client upgrade. Platåberget has an open, permissionless validator set, turning the upgrade into a practical test of whether client…
Datavault wants to buy a bank and fund it with $35 million after reporting $1.4 million cash
Datavault AI has agreed to acquire BankWyse, a Wyoming banking institution, while promising funding substantially larger than the cash it reported at the end of June. The mismatch leaves a central question for the proposed deal: How can Datavault finance…