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Federal authorities shut down two online tools that Chinese government-backed hackers allegedly used to attack major U.S. agencies. The platforms helped the hackers find vulnerable devices and make their attacks appear to come from other locations. FBI Takes QScan and QTRouter Offline Federal authorities disabled two interconnected hacking platforms on Aug. 26 by seizing domains…Read More

On Wednesday, Core Lightning maintainers said that several vulnerabilities were found in Core Lightning (CLN), Blockstream’s Lightning implementation. Reports further say artificial intelligence (AI)-based CVE reports disclosed the issues, and maintainers are telling node runners to install an upcoming emergency update when it becomes available. Core Lightning Maintainers Race to Deliver Emergency Fix At the…Read More

Bitcoin Magazine Coinkite’s Coldcard Bug Exposed Single-Sig Risk. Multi-Vendor Multisig Is the New Bitcoin Custody Baseline Coinkite now forces dice rolls and key-press entropy on new Coldcard seeds. The lasting lesson from the July–August 2026 thefts is not to abandon self-custody — it is to stop generating every key on one vendor. This post Coinkite’s…Read More

Prediction market traders are throwing millions of dollars behind bitcoin price targets stretching from $50,000 to $150,000, and the money on the board shows just how divided the crowd remains over what comes next. At the same time, the equity, macro, and quantitative research firm Bernstein and analyst Gautam Chhugani envisions six-digit bitcoin prices coming…Read More

On Wednesday, the decentralized finance (DeFi) platform Defillama and the Web3 investment bank Forgd announced the launch of Universal Token Ratings, a rating system for digital assets similar to the evaluation framework used by the credit rating agencies Moody’s and Fitch. Universal Token Ratings Bring Wall Street-Style Grades to Crypto Over 100 tokens so far…Read More

Over the last year, people have been urging the financial sector to prepare quantum readiness and this week, the U.S. Treasury published an announcement revealing a task force dedicated to post-quantum cryptography (PQC). Secretary of the Treasury Scott Bessent insisted that America’s economy must remain “strong, secure, and competitive” amid these technological advancements. Treasury Launches…Read More

Bitcoin Magazine Billions Pour Into Bitcoin ETFs as Rally Rolls On The popular investment vehicles have continued to receive new cash the past couple of days after last week’s huge run. Will it last? This post Billions Pour Into Bitcoin ETFs as Rally Rolls On first appeared on Bitcoin Magazine and is written by Mathew…Read More

Bitcoin Magazine Forget the Trump Bump — Bitcoin Would Be Fine Under Democrats, Says VanEck  VanEck’s Matthew Sigel has said that Bitcoin doesn’t need a Republican president to do well. This post Forget the Trump Bump — Bitcoin Would Be Fine Under Democrats, Says VanEck  first appeared on Bitcoin Magazine and is written by Mathew…Read More

Bitcoin Magazine Coinbase and Better Mortgage Announce General Availability of Bitcoin-Backed Mortgages  The announcement comes after Better and Coinbase debuted the first Bitcoin-backed loan in June. This post Coinbase and Better Mortgage Announce General Availability of Bitcoin-Backed Mortgages  first appeared on Bitcoin Magazine and is written by Mathew Di Salvo.Read More

Bitcoin Magazine SEC Sends Proposal to White House To Modernize Crypto Custody A vote on the Clarity Act has stalled but regulators are pushing ahead with policy regardless. This post SEC Sends Proposal to White House To Modernize Crypto Custody first appeared on Bitcoin Magazine and is written by Mathew Di Salvo.Read More