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Trump Media Pulls Back From Crypto Deals: Report

The President Donald Trump-backed media company, , is pulling back from two of its crypto deals, to a report by Axios. 

The publication reported Friday that the two deals with Crypto.com — a prediction ma

Senators Cynthia Lummis and Angela Alsobrooks Say Bipartisan Work on Clarity Act Continues Despite Delays

The Clarity Act may be — for now — but pro-crypto senators remain committed to the fight. 

And not just Republicans: Democratic Senator Angela Alsobrooks accompanied conservative “Bitcoin Senator” Cynthia

Coldcard Bitcoin Hack: Victims Report Median Loss of 1 BTC as Theft Tops $111 Million

New analysis of Bitcoin theft reports reveals that stolen funds overwhelmingly came from long-dormant wallets, with victims reporting a median loss of over one coin.

Data on X from Galaxy Research’s Alex Thorn

Bitcoin Shrugs off Coldcard Hack and Clarity Act Delays, Price Chops Higher as Investors Buy ETFs

Bitcoin was trading higher on Friday — despite negative news circulating regarding the delay and a massive exploit of the popular Coldcard wallets. 

The biggest cryptocurrency was above $65,170 today, up

Bitcoin ETFs Add Nearly $800 Million in the Wake of Coldcard Exploit

One of the biggest unfolded last week as a firmware exploit affecting certain Coldcard hardware wallets renewed industry debate around self-custody and operational security.

At the same time, another story was

Crucial Vote On Crypto Clarity Act Delayed Until September, Trump Says More People Are Paying in Bitcoin: Reports

A vote on the long-awaited Clarity Act will be delayed until September as lawmakers go on recess today. 

As first by POLITICO, citing comments from Majority Leader John Thune, the vote on the lan

Bitcoin’s BIP110 Moment: Three Possible Scenarios

Author’s note: In my view BIP110 is both useless and harmful, and I do expect it to fail (see scenario 1). Despite this I tried to write this article as factually as I could, entertaining different possible scenarios, as I do hope it

“We Need Clarity,” Says Former New York Governor Andrew Cuomo

Ex-governor of New York and Democrat Andrew Cuomo has said lawmakers need to hurry up and get the “highly political” Clarity Act over the line. 

Cuomo, who is also the director of crypto exchange OKX, said

Breez Announces Glow, an Open Source Bitcoin to Stablecoins Progressive Web App

Developed by Breez in partnership with Bitcoin Spark, the Glow app lets users send stablecoins from their Bitcoin balance, while empowering developers to build better user experiences without having to worry about the difficult parts of building o

Senate Whip Barrasso Becomes Latest Lawmaker to Support Crypto Clarity Act, But Time May Be Running Out

Senate Majority Whip John Barrasso is the latest lawmaker to call for action on the crypto Clarity Act, though recent developments show work on the bill may be slowing. 

Speaking to the Senate Thursday, Ba

The End of the Closed-Source Era Is at Hand: Obscurity Was Never Security

Over the last few days, people who were trying to do everything right lost their Bitcoin. They bought a respected hardware signer, generated a seed offline using that device, and trusted the device to do the one thing a signer exists to do: produc

Breez Drops New Bitcoin App Which Doubles As Wallet and Developer Toolkit

Bitcoin software provider has released a new app it says will serve both everyday users and developers. 

The product, dubbed Glow, is supposed to be an easy way to make Lightning transactions easier for e

Bitcoin ETF Inflows Surge Following $130M Coldcard Hack

Investors are throwing cash at spot Bitcoin exchange-traded funds following the massive Coldcard hack. 

Major U.S. funds managed by BlackRock, Fidelity, Grayscale, Morgan Stanley and others have received a

Circuit, DaLand Give Credit Unions a Direct Path to Bitcoin

Credit unions now have a production-ready path to offer Bitcoin and other digital asset services without relying on outside platforms after DaLand CUSO and Circuit, an 80-member credit union collaborative, announced that Circuit’s Digital Asset In

White House Now Reviewing Crypto Clarity Act Ethics Text Ahead of August Deadline: Report

Time is running out to get a vote on the long-awaited crypto Clarity Act, though bipartisan work is intensifying with the White House reviewing the latest draft behind closed doors, according to reports. 

Bitcoin Red Team Finds 85 Critical Flaws Across 390 Open Source Repos After Coldcard Exploit

Rallied by the recent, catastrophic vulnerability in Coldcard hardware wallets, exploited to the tune of over $100 million, the Bitcoin community has rallied to prevent future critical bugs in the industry’s open source software.

Russia Passes Law to Regulate Crypto Exchanges, Keeps Payment Ban in Place

Russian President Vladimir Putin has reportedly signed a law to set in stone the regulation of digital currencies and digital rights in the country — but citizens won’t be using Bitcoin to pay for goods just yet. 

‘If Clarity Dies, Democrats Killed It’: Lummis Urges Senate to Act on Crypto Bill Before Recess

Pro-bitcoin Senator Cynthia Lummis has said that bipartisan work is going into the crypto Clarity Act but warned that some lawmakers are still making unreasonable demands.  

The Republican, to Fox Bu

Bitcoin Treasury Firm Strategy Pledges $250 a Year to Employee Trump Accounts

Bitcoin treasury company Strategy has said it will contribute to Trump Accounts for the children of its U.S. employees, becoming the latest major public company to layer corporate money on top of the federal savings program.

Self Custody Is Dead. Long Live Self Custody

The Coldcard hack last week dealt a low blow to certain elements of the Bitcoin industry. A somber introspection has begun to question many of the practices and assumptions involved in securing bitcoin at a retail level. The consequences of this p