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Blockstream Debuts Swaps, Allowing Bitcoiners to Move Between Lightning and Main Network With Ease

Bitcoin infrastructure company Blockstream has announced a new feature allowing users to make trustless swaps. 

Dubbed Blockstream Swaps, the idea is that Bitcoiners will be able to quickly move between th

BTCPay Server Offers a 3 Bitcoin Bounty for Recovery of Stolen Funds After Wallet Exploit

Supporters of have committed to funding a bounty of up to three Bitcoins for the recovery of funds stolen through a recently disclosed vulnerability in the open-source bitcoin payment processor, the project said in a statement.

BTCPay Server Offers 3 Bitcoin Bounty for Recovery of Stolen Funds After Wallet Exploit

Supporters of have committed to funding a bounty of up to three Bitcoins for the recovery of funds stolen through a recently disclosed vulnerability in the open-source bitcoin payment processor, the project said in a statement.

Bitcoin Exchange-Traded Funds See Spike In Inflows Following Huge Hack

American Bitcoin exchange-traded funds have had their biggest weekly inflow since April, taking in $850 million last week, according to Bloomberg figures. 

The major U.S. funds managed by BlackRock, Fideli

TD Cowen Gives Crypto Clarity Act a 25% Chance of Passing This Fall

Investment bank TD Securities has said that the long-awaited crypto Clarity Act has a slim chance of getting passed in a Monday note, citing last week’s delay and potential stalling from the Democrats. 

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TD Cowen Gives Crypto Clarity Act a 25% of Passing This Fall

Investment bank TD Securities has said that the long-awaited crypto Clarity Act has a slim chance of getting passed in a Monday note, citing last week’s delay and potential stalling from the Democrats. 

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Strategy Sells Bitcoin Again For Cash Buffer, STRC Buyback

Bitcoin treasury company Strategy on Monday announced that it again sold Bitcoin last week, and used the cash to buy back its preferred stock. 

In a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission, the

BIP-110 Fork Stalls at Two Blocks as Bitcoin Miners Refuse to Follow

The Bitcoin Improvement Proposal appeared to stall at the weekend, when the nodes that support the proposal broke away from the main network and produced the chain split people had been warning about — a tiny, stalled one.

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