As there’s no single best bitcoin hardware wallet, only different features and trade-offs, their manufacturers also vary in how they have supported their customers following the Coldcard crisis. Fast, clear, and helpful communication might be the factor that protects your funds during similar emergencies.
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Response speed varied by more than a day across the 13…
The Hungarian parliament voted to repeal the provisions that required a validation check for crypto asset conversions to be legal. The move also removes crypto-related offenses imposing penalties of up to eight years of imprisonment from the national criminal code.
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Binance Helps Stop $1.2M Governance Attack in Under 48 Hours
August 21, 2026
Binance said its monitoring team detected a malicious DAO proposal, warned the unnamed project and coordinated deposit closures with exchanges before a vote blocked access to roughly $1.2 million in treasury tokens.
Key Takeaways
Binance detected the proposal with less than…
A planned revival of the failed BIP-110 stalled fork is putting an old cryptocurrency hazard back in the spotlight: replay attacks, where a transaction intended for one blockchain can potentially be copied onto another.
Key Takeaways
Dashjr said Aug. 18 that Bitcoin, which he calls “Spamcoin,” should handle replay protection.
BIP-110 peaked at 2.53% miner support before its minority chain…
Trump Opens Bitcoin Door as US Debt Blows Past $40 Trillion
August 20, 2026
Treasury Department figures and debt clock readings reported Aug. 19 put total public debt at a staggering $40.049 trillion. About $32.266 trillion sits with the public, while another $7.782 trillion is effectively Washington owing money to federal accounts, including trust…
XRP trading has developed a pronounced weekday peak during overlapping London and New York business hours. Evernorth highlighted that the three-hour window captured 23.5% of weekday on-chain volume in July, up from 14.3% a year earlier.
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Three weekday hours…
The SEC proposed specialized exemptions for certain crypto investment contracts, including a pathway for offerings reaching $75 million annually. The plan also introduces a conditional safe harbor and federal disclosure requirements.
Key Takeaways
Crypto startups could raise up to $5 million during a period of up to four years.
Eligible issuers could raise up to $75 million in 12 months.
A safe…
SEC Chairman Paul Atkins framed proposed crypto exemptions as a route for returning issuers and investment to the United States. Commissioners Hester Peirce and Mark Uyeda emphasized workable rules, public input, and a shift away from enforcement-led oversight.
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Riot Platforms sold 4,300 BTC in the second quarter of 2026, pushing its six-month total to 9,665 bitcoin as the Texas-based miner leans harder into artificial intelligence (AI) infrastructure.
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Riot Platforms sold 4,300 BTC in Q2 2026, cutting its treasury to…
Binance provided Russian law enforcement with customer identification documents and transaction records connected to donations supporting Ukrainian military causes. The disclosures helped authorities build a terrorism case against a Russian information technology specialist.
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Binance provided Russian investigators with a customer’s transaction and identification…
