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Canadian Bitcoin holders account for 25% of all attributable losses in the Coldcard wallet exploit. Total stolen assets reach $116 million while Galaxy Research traced the attack to a March 2021 firmware update. Geographic Distribution of Losses Canadian bitcoin holders have emerged as the single largest demographic affected by the ongoing Coldcard hardware wallet exploit,…Read More

World Chain is launching full block access lists on its mainnet, making it the “first” production layer-2 network to stream EIP-7928 data every 200 milliseconds inside flashblocks. Tackling the Decentralization Dilemma World Chain says it will introduce full block access lists on Aug. 17, becoming the “first” production layer‑2 (L2) network to stream EIP‑7928 access‑list…Read More

A federal judge granted Utah summary judgment Tuesday, holding that the Commodity Exchange Act does not preempt the state’s anti-gambling laws as applied to Kalshi’s sports event contracts. The exchange says it will appeal to the Tenth Circuit, which would bring prediction-market appeals into seven of the 13 federal circuits. Shelby Finds Multiple Readings of…Read More

Researchers at the Chinese Academy of Sciences’ Shanghai Institute of Optics and Fine Mechanics built a laser-produced plasma EUV light-source platform that hit 3.42% conversion efficiency in a March 2025 paper, a key step toward domestic advanced-chip manufacturing. EUV remains the choke point for sub-7nm production, and ASML has been barred from selling its most…Read More

Mastercard has completed its acquisition of stablecoin payments company BVNK, adding onchain settlement and wallet infrastructure to its global network. The deal positions the card giant to connect fiat currencies, stablecoins and tokenized deposits through one payments layer.   Mastercard to Link Stablecoins to 17B Global Payment Network Mastercard has completed its acquisition of BVNK,…Read More

Bitcoin Magazine White House Now Reviewing Crypto Clarity Act Ethics Text Ahead of August Deadline: Report Senators have just days to vote on the long-awaited crypto Clarity Act. This post White House Now Reviewing Crypto Clarity Act Ethics Text Ahead of August Deadline: Report first appeared on Bitcoin Magazine and is written by Mathew Di…Read More

Bitcoin Magazine Bitcoin Red Team Finds 85 Critical Flaws Across 390 Open Source Repos After Coldcard Exploit Triggered by the Coldcard RNG vulnerability that drained over $100 million, the Bitcoin Red Team led by Calle and Rob Hamilton has already filed 4,962 findings across 390 open-source projects using frontier AI models. This post Bitcoin Red…Read More

Bitcoin Magazine Russia Passes Law to Regulate Crypto Exchanges, Keeps Payment Ban in Place New crypto regulations have been signed into law. But citizens in the country won’t be able to buy coffee with Bitcoin anytime soon. This post Russia Passes Law to Regulate Crypto Exchanges, Keeps Payment Ban in Place first appeared on Bitcoin…Read More

Bitcoin Magazine ‘If Clarity Dies, Democrats Killed It’: Lummis Urges Senate to Act on Crypto Bill Before Recess Time is running out for the Clarity Act. Senator Lummis warns that some lawmakers still want to delay the bill. This post ‘If Clarity Dies, Democrats Killed It’: Lummis Urges Senate to Act on Crypto Bill Before…Read More

Bitcoin Magazine Bitcoin Treasury Firm Strategy Pledges $250 a Year to Employee Trump Accounts Bitcoin treasury company Strategy has said it will contribute to Trump Accounts for the children of its U.S. employees, becoming the latest major public company to layer corporate money on top of the federal savings program. The Tysons Corner, Virginia-based company…Read More