As BTC, ETH, and XRP face heightened volatility, EX DeFi is attracting attention with a cloud mining model focused on long-term digital asset participation. The cryptocurrency market has recently been rocked by another shocking security incident. Attackers exploited a vulnerability…
CoinDesk•Zach Herbert17 Aug
CoinDesk•Francisco Rodrigues17 Aug
Galaxy Research said that Coldcard losses have exceeded $115 million, covering 1,778.58 Bitcoin (BTC) swept from 8,680 addresses since July 30, according to Galaxy data through August 13. One new chart from the firm ranks the 10 largest sweep groups by transaction habits. However, most of the drained addresses still have no named owner. Follow
BeInCrypto•Kamina Bashir17 Aug
Galaxy Research says the lull likely means vulnerable holders migrated, or were already emptied.
The Coldcard breach highlights vulnerabilities in self-custody solutions, urging the crypto industry to enhance firmware security and response times.
CryptoBriefing•Editorial Team14 Aug
The Coldcard seed-generation failure has exposed about $116 million in Bitcoin to theft while renewing questions about how users verify the security of self-custody tools, according to TEXITcoin founder Bobby Gray. Bobby Gray, founder of TEXITcoin, told crypto.news that Coldcard…
The Coldcard hack underscores the resilience of Bitcoin's self-custody model, prompting a shift towards more secure, distributed solutions.
CryptoBriefing•Editorial Team12 Aug
Casa CEO Nick Neuman says the mass Bitcoin migration after the $130M Coldcard exploit proves distributed self-custody is Bitcoin's immune system—not its vulnerability.
Ledger's Ian Rogers says the Coldcard hack previews what AI attackers can do to weak wallet entropy.
BeInCrypto•Darryn Pollock12 Aug
Bitcoin Magazine Casa CEO Nick Neuman: 233k BTC Moved To Safety After Coldcard Exploit Proves Self-Custody Resilience Casa customer data indicates part of the 233k BTC flow came from single-key Ledger and Trezor users shifting to multisig and from multisig users removing Coldcard devices after the July 30 attack waves. This post Casa CEO Nick Neuman: 233k BTC Moved To Safety After Coldcard Exploit Proves Self-Custody Resilience first appeared on Bitcoin Magazine and is written by Juan Galt .
The number of new Bitcoin addresses climbed from 260,000 to 330,000, a sharp break from the decline that has held for most of the year.
The Block•Ivan Wu and Bryan Samsoedin11 Aug
The Coldcard hack has no definitive loss figure yet as investigators rely on victim reports and on-chain analysis that produce varying estimates.
Cointelegraph•Cointelegraph by Helen Partz11 Aug
Bitcoin Magazine Bitcoin Exchange-Traded Funds See Spike In Inflows Following Huge Hack The Bitcoin ETFs are experiencing massive inflows, despite the negative news from last month's Coldcard hack. This post Bitcoin Exchange-Traded Funds See Spike In Inflows Following Huge Hack first appeared on Bitcoin Magazine and is written by Mathew Di Salvo .
Bitcoin barely flinched through two potentially disruptive events, holding near $65,000 as losses tied to the Coldcard hardware wallet exploit mounted and the BIP-110 minority chain stalled almost immediately after splitting from the main network. Over the past 48 hours, BTC traded largely between $64,500 and $65,250. By Sunday morning, Aug. 9, bitcoin was changing […]
Bitcoin.com News•Jamie Redman9 Aug
The surge in Bitcoin wallet creation highlights the self-custody community's rapid response to security threats, impacting market dynamics.
CryptoBriefing•Editorial Team9 Aug
This editorial is from this week’s edition of the newsletter Week in Review, sent to subscribers on Friday. Subscribe to the newsletter to get this weekly editorial the second it’s finished. The newsletter also includes the biggest stories of the week, with a comment on each story. Last Friday, Bitcoin dropped from $64.7K to $62.8K, […]
Bitcoin.com News•David Sencil9 Aug
US spot Bitcoin ETFs record about $1 billion in net inflows for the week ending August 8, their strongest since April, following a major Coldcard wallet hack.
The Daily Hodl•Daily Hodl Agent9 AugThe Coldcard hack linked to weak seed generation drained about 2,055 BTC, while researchers trace suspected sweep waves and urge fund migration.
Coinspeaker•Daniel Francis8 Aug
Bloomberg analyst Eric Balchunas tied the run to the Coldcard wallet exploit, noting several Bitcoin funds have drawn inflows daily since the hack.
The Block•Zack Abrams8 Aug