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  1. 5m ago

    Weekend Edition · Aug 8 — Circle, Coldcard, and a week of…

    Weekend Edition — the week in review. • Circle confirmed Arc Mainnet launches September 16 with BlackRock, DTCC, Mastercard, and Visa as founding validators — unprecedented TradFi participation that could reshape settlement infrastructure. • Galaxy Research estimates the Coldcard hardware vulnerability could cost up to 2,000 BTC (~$130M) across multiple attack waves — a nine-figure exploit that shakes confidence in self-custody. • The U.S. Senate delayed a vote on the Clarity Act until September, with Polymarket odds at 23% it passes in 2026 — prolonging regulatory uncertainty for exchanges and token issuers.

  2. 1d ago

    Aug 7 — Russia crypto law, $89M hack, and Circle's Arc launch

    • Putin signed Russia's first crypto law allowing retail trading up to 300,000 rubles annually while banning crypto payments — a major economy opens a legal market but keeps the ruble ring-fenced. • 4,585 Coldcard hardware-wallet addresses were drained for $89M this week — a breach at this scale directly undermines the self-custody security argument that underpins much of crypto's value proposition. • Circle confirmed Arc Mainnet launches September 16 with BlackRock, DTCC, Mastercard, Visa and others as founding validators — TradFi's biggest names are now building core infrastructure on a stablecoin-native L1.

  3. 2d ago

    Aug 6 — Cold storage hack, Circle's Arc network, ETH supply…

    • Hackers drained up to $114M from Coldcard hardware wallets via a self-custody bug — a nine-figure breach at a trusted cold storage brand that may accelerate a shift toward spot Bitcoin ETFs • Circle's Arc stablecoin blockchain launches September 16 with BlackRock, DTCC, Mastercard, and Visa as founding validators — institutional-grade backing at launch signals how serious on-chain finance infrastructure has become • Six researchers including Justin Drake proposed EIP-8361, which would increase burns on validator rewards as staking grows and end new ETH issuance once half of all ETH is staked — reshaping both supply and staking economics

  4. 3d ago

    Aug 5 — Coldcard hack, BlackRock tokenization, memecoin probe

    • Confirmed losses from a Coldcard firmware flaw are nearing $130M across thousands of addresses — one of the largest self-custody loss events ever, likely forcing scrutiny of firmware supply chains industry-wide • BlackRock launched tokenized share classes for European money market funds representing $311B in assets — putting that scale on Ethereum infrastructure is a major vote of confidence in on-chain real-world assets • Democratic senators are urging the SEC to probe Trump's memecoin for alleged rug pull activity — the politically charged request lands during a critical week for crypto market-structure legislation, risking complications to the…

  5. 4d ago

    Aug 4 — Hardware wallet hack, BlackRock tokenization, mining ban

    • A flaw in Coldcard's seed phrase generation drained ~1,200 addresses for $114M — the breach puts the core self-custody premise under direct pressure. • BlackRock launched tokenized money market products on blockchain rails — the world's largest asset manager entering tokenized cash reshapes how institutional liquidity and stablecoin backing may develop. • Trump Media moved 2,600+ BTC (~$165M) to Crypto.com while Strategy sold $105M in BTC and bought back $81M in preferred stock — two large holder moves that shift the demand picture in different directions.

  6. 5d ago

    Aug 3 — Cold-wallet exploit, Saylor signal, and RWA milestone

    • A cold-wallet exploit has drained roughly $89M across 4,500 addresses — the scale of the breach is likely to push users and institutions toward third-party custody solutions. • Iran-linked exchange allegedly routed $676M through Binance wallets in a suspected sanctions-evasion scheme — fresh US enforcement action against Binance is now a live risk. • Tokenized real-world assets overtook native crypto in trading volume on Hyperliquid for the first time — a concrete sign that traditional assets are gaining genuine traction on-chain.

  7. Jul 31

    Weekend Edition · Aug 1 — Hardware wallet breach, ETF launch…

    Weekend Edition — the week in review. • A firmware flaw in Coldcard hardware wallets let attackers steal ~$70M in bitcoin — an exploit of randomness generation that shakes the self-custody model and may drive holders toward custodial alternatives. • Morgan Stanley listed spot Ethereum and Solana ETFs on NYSE Arca at 14 basis points — a major Wall Street name offering low-cost non-bitcoin crypto exposure could meaningfully expand institutional inflows. • Coinbase Q2 revenue fell 14% quarter-over-quarter to $1.2B, missing forecasts, while Robinhood posted a record $1.3B — the gap shows diversified retail platforms outpacing pure-play exchanges in a softer trading environment.

  8. Jul 30

    Jul 31 — Clarity Act progress, Strategy's $8.2B loss, Aave…

    • Senate sponsors sent revised ethics language on the Clarity Act to the White House, clearing a key sticking point — roughly $5B in notional bets on passage makes this the most closely watched US regulatory development in crypto… • Strategy posted an $8.2B Q2 loss tied to bitcoin's price decline, and Coinbase missed revenue estimates despite 44% year-over-year transaction growth to $776M — two data points that complicate the case for crypto as a reliable… • Aave proposed winding down dozens of underused reserves and fully exiting six blockchain deployments — the largest DeFi lender pulling liquidity from those networks is a blunt verdict on which chains are losing the competition…

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