Coldcard Seed Flaw Exposes Bitcoin Held by Thousands of Addresses
The Coldcard hack linked to weak seed generation drained about 2,055 BTC, while researchers trace suspected sweep waves and urge fund migration.
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The Coldcard hack linked to weak seed generation drained about 2,055 BTC, while researchers trace suspected sweep waves and urge fund migration.
Bitcoin Red Team’s AI-driven audit flagged 85 critical and 635 high-severity issues across 390 open-source repos in under 28 hours of operation.
Arthur Hayes warns $1.5 trillion in AI debt risks a credit crisis dwarfing 2008, forcing money printing that rotates into Bitcoin at $1 million per coin.
Strategy sold 1,638 BTC for $105M to cover preferred stock dividends and STRC repurchases as its variable-rate shares trade 10% below par value.
A misconfigured macro in Coldcard firmware silently weakened seed entropy for five years, resulting in 1,367 BTC stolen across 4,585 addresses.
Strategy reported an $8.6B GAAP net loss in Q2 2026 as an $8.32B fair-value Bitcoin write-down overwhelmed revenue and decoupled results from operations.
The Digital Asset Market Clarity Act is effectively dead for 2026 as an unresolved ethics provision blocks the 60 votes needed for Senate cloture.
Bitcoin slid to $63,414 as a one-in-three Fed rate hike probability and $465M in ETF outflows erased July’s fragile recovery gains.
Spot Bitcoin ETFs logged $226.8M on July 20, capping a five-day, $723M inflow run led by BlackRock IBIT, Fidelity FBTC, and ARK ARKB.
Eric Balchunas says gold ETF history is the best roadmap for Bitcoin ETF holders — and it includes an 8-year stagnation before new highs returned.
Bitcoin topped $65K as geopolitical shock absorption shifted to derivatives and South Korea’s KOSPI bear market sent Upbit volume surging 1,318%.
U.S. wallets routed $288M in seized Bitcoin and Ether to Coinbase Prime, raising questions about Trump’s Strategic Bitcoin Reserve executive order enforcement.
A Bitcoin wallet inactive since 2018 transferred 2,931 BTC worth $188M. On-chain data shows no exchange inflow yet — here’s what analysts are watching.
American Bitcoin Corp holds 8,000 BTC worth $504M, ranking 16th globally, yet shares have fallen 94% since its Nasdaq IPO in September 2025.
Barstool Sports founder Dave Portnoy reveals millions in Bitcoin losses from a $100K entry and says he’ll hold to zero rather than sell and miss a rally.