・Galaxy said that at least 15 different attackers have exploited the Coldcard vulnerability, which may have been avoided with just $2 worth of AI hardening, according to Dragonfly’s managing partner.
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・The planned Gelephu Mindfulness City says 3iQ will run part of its bitcoin treasury on a market-neutral basis, a shift from holding the coins as a long-term national asset.
・Bitcoin advanced as the market settled down following the weekend’s hack of Coldcard wallets and sales by Strategy even as sentiment remained in “extreme fear.”
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・A 16-year agreement secures 121 megawatts of AI computing capacity in Norway, highlighting how crypto mining companies continue to pursue new revenue streams beyond Bitcoin.
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・Earlier this week, BlackRock expanded its U.S.
・tokenized cash platform which involved offering onchain shares of an existing fund, plus a new daily reinvestment stablecoin fund.
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・A former FBI supervisory agent pleaded guilty to stealing about $1 million worth of digital assets from an adversarial country and forfeited about $925,000 in funds to government-controlled wallets.
・The CNBC personality said he’ll sell his Bitcoin holdings due to fears about quantum computing, as some cryptocurrency investors celebrated, referencing the popular “inverse Cramer” meme.
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・Japan may have spent as much as $36.6 billion buying yen in the first joint US-Japan action to support the currency since 1998.
・Bitget Wallet’s Alvin Kan says it can slow a disorderly slide without reversing the broader trend.
・The framework specifies how existing tax obligations apply to crypto disposals and rewards, with some withheld amounts payable in the originating token.
・Executives at Coinbase, Visa and Mastercard said they plan to support multiple stablecoins, suggesting Open USD is another payments rail rather than a direct replacement for USDC.
・Samsung seeks to turn 800 million Galaxy phones into wallets for digital assets and blockchain payments, backed by a deeper play in crypto infrastructure.
・Transform Ventures founder Michael Terpin says Bitcoin could have another 30% downside from its current price before he is confident the market has reached a bottom.
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・A draft rulebook proposes that sending crypto offshore must be conducted through an authorized provider and be reported to the central bank’s FinSurv.
・Monday’s announcement that Texas Governor Greg Abbott set a moratorium on approval of ERCOT-linked data centers pending an audit won’t impact miners’ approved electricity contracts.
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