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Coldcard crisis hits $130 million – proving ‘not your keys’ is meaningless if you trust a single device to generate them

Block's Bitcoin Engineering and Security team and independent Bitcoin Core developers have traced the recent batch of Coinkite Coldcard wallet losses to a specific firmware defect that exposed a hidden weakness in Bitcoin self-custody before any user touched a seed phrase. The bug diverted the device's random-number generation from its STM32 hardware source to MicroPython's […]

CryptoSlate•Gino Matos4 Aug

Bitcoin must clear $65,000 before Friday, or jobs data could turn $62,000 into a trapdoor to $60,000

Bitcoin and jobs data are on a collision course this week, with the price pinned between $62,200 and $65,000 after the first economic release worked against the bulls. The ISM Manufacturing PMI printed 55.6 on Aug. 3, beating the 54.0 consensus and rising from June's 53.3 to its highest reading since May 2022. New orders […]

CryptoSlate•Gino Matos4 Aug

Strategy sells $395 million in Bitcoin and MSTR stock to buyback $81 million in STRC and build cash reserve to $4 billion

Strategy's latest Bitcoin sale lifted its 2026 disposals to 5,258 BTC, the largest amount it has sold in any year since adopting the asset in 2020, as the company redirects capital toward supporting its preferred securities. The company sold 1,638 BTC for $104.7 million between July 27 and Aug. 2 and issued about 3.01 million […]

CryptoSlate•Oluwapelumi Adejumo3 Aug

Facing a severe cash crunch, Bitcoin miner Sphere 3D quietly prepares to dilute its shareholders by a staggering 50%

Full use at the assumed price would add one new basic share for roughly every two now outstanding.

CryptoSlate•Liam 'Akiba' Wright3 Aug

Corporate crypto accounts on HTX face a complete dead end with zero legal exit routes when EU sanctions strike on August 23

Covered dealings must end before the cutoff; later withdrawals require discretionary approval and a full exit from HTX.

CryptoSlate•Liam 'Akiba' Wright3 Aug

Italy’s biggest bank just slashed its Bitcoin ETF call position by 99% to triple down on staked Ethereum

A 500,000-share-equivalent held put appeared in Q2, but the filing cannot reveal the bank’s net options exposure or motive.

CryptoSlate•Liam 'Akiba' Wright3 Aug

Over 400 million locked XRP face a quiet October deadline as the Evernorth SPAC takes a $135,000 lifeline

The SPAC draw is separate from Arrington’s conditional Oct. 19 termination point, while other subscriber dates remain undisclosed.

CryptoSlate•Liam 'Akiba' Wright3 Aug

Researchers just uncovered 4,200 malicious smart contracts that successfully tricked 5,700 victims into signing away their crypto

The unpeer-reviewed study links 4,224 contracts to 5,742 victim addresses, while its Avalanche count and collection cutoff conflict.

CryptoSlate•Liam 'Akiba' Wright3 Aug

Where did Trump Media’s 5,278 BTC go? Trackers spot $165 million Bitcoin transfer leaving just 3.43 BTC

Two reported movements nearly match the Bitcoin not identified as note collateral at March 31, but the comparison cannot confirm a sale or liquid balance.

CryptoSlate•Liam 'Akiba' Wright3 Aug

Solana just boosted block capacity by a massive 66%, but the one bottleneck infuriating traders hasn’t budged

The 100M-CU ceiling expands parallel headroom, but transactions targeting the same writable state get no extra room.

CryptoSlate•Liam 'Akiba' Wright3 Aug

How Coinbase plans to force-settle and instantly recreate institutional positions on Deribit within a 30-minute window

New keys, saved histories, closed margin loans and an Aug. 28 opt-out boundary precede the estimated cutover.

CryptoSlate•Liam 'Akiba' Wright3 Aug

Kraken is force-selling 7 delisted tokens into dead markets, warning users insufficient liquidity could result in zero proceeds.

Withdrawals closed July 31, leaving residual balances to a five-day sale whose venue, sequence, fees and settlement currency remain undisclosed.

CryptoSlate•Liam 'Akiba' Wright3 Aug

No dice? Your Bitcoin hardware wallet is probably not as secure as you thought it was

Coldcard's RNG failure shows why an air gap cannot rescue a seed that was predictable at creation.

CryptoSlate•Liam 'Akiba' Wright3 Aug

Five days, a 30% chance, and a battle over Trump’s crypto profits: Inside the Senate’s scramble to pass CLARITY Act before Friday

The CLARITY Act enters the Senate's final scheduled week before the August recess. Monday's floor schedule opens with H.R. 6500, a government funding vehicle, and CLARITY has yet to appear on the schedule. Negotiators are still working through disputes over government ethics and stablecoin rewards, and prediction markets price the odds of the bill becoming […]

CryptoSlate•Gino Matos3 Aug

Four unpatched bugs, a 5-year quantum clock, and a miner standoff are pushing Bitcoin to a critical crossroad

Bitcoin entered BIP-110's final ordinary 2,016-block window on July 25 with miner support at 0.89%. The proposal requires 1,109 blocks, or 55%, for ordinary lock-in, and its mandatory version-bit phase can begin in August if support stays below that threshold. Jameson Lopp has framed Consensus Cleanup, covenants, and quantum preparation as Bitcoin's next agenda. He […]

CryptoSlate•Gino Matos3 Aug

Bitcoin miner gambles on a 4-day bridge loan equal to 97% of its BTC treasury value – the deadline passed without in total silence

The bridge allowed payment through Aug. 1, while the proposed Arch facility's BTC amount, LTV and liquidation terms remained undisclosed.

CryptoSlate•Liam 'Akiba' Wright3 Aug

Luno blocks crypto transfers for some users, leaving a late August cash-out deadline before monthly fees hit

Transfers ended June 29, leaving sale and bank withdrawal as the standard route before accounts close Sept. 1.

CryptoSlate•Liam 'Akiba' Wright3 Aug

Ten mystery investors are using 2,380 BTC to completely hijack a Nasdaq company and gut its leadership

The signed agreement targets closing within 12 business days but leaves the required capital increase and approvals unresolved.

CryptoSlate•Liam 'Akiba' Wright3 Aug

This $163M crypto stash collapsed to just $15M, forcing ZeroStack to literally stake its survival on token rewards

Management says 0G staking-reward sales are central to liquidity after a non-cash fair-value loss, but it could not conclude its plans would alleviate substantial doubt.

CryptoSlate•Liam 'Akiba' Wright3 Aug

After 3 reverse stock splits and a $13.5M loss, this real estate firm bet $8M on crypto it may not be allowed to withdraw

The full balance is restricted, while scoped liens and token rights leave its freely usable share undisclosed.

CryptoSlate•Liam 'Akiba' Wright2 Aug