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A single line of firmware shipped in March 2021 told every Coldcard hardware wallet to skip its dedicated randomness chip. For five years nobody noticed. Then an attacker brute-forced the weak seeds in 41 minutes, draining 1,816 BTC from more than 5,200 addresses across four attack waves. The incident is the largest hardware wallet exploit in crypto history, and it is forcing the entire bitcoin self-custody model to answer a question it has avoided since inception: who audits the code that generates your keys? Summary A build configuration error in Coldcard firmware version 4.0.1, shipped in March 2021, routed seed…

Ask anyone who has actually used crypto and they will tell you the appeal was never speculation but settlement: value that moves in seconds, at any hour, with no card number typed in and no three-day wait. For most of the last decade that experience stopped at the wallet. In 2026 it no longer does. Between open banking and a hard EU mandate on instant transfers, ordinary bank money in the euro area now moves much the way on-chain value does, and Finland is one of the cleanest places to watch the shift happen.The account-to-account (A2A) rails behind that change…

Ripple’s native token XRP is close to falling below the $1 level as it traded at a day’s low of $1.04 on Thursday. The leading altcoin has been on a relentless decline for over a year, shedding 65% of its value since 2025. Traders who took an entry position during the bull run in late 2024 and early 2025 are all at a loss. The entire altcoin market, including Cardano’s ADA, among others, is facing similar corrections. Only Solana and Binance Coin have been able to sustain themselves in the charts.Also Read: XRP at a Crossroads: Sell Everything Now or…

Solana validators are moving closer to advancing a governance proposal that could significantly reshape the network’s tokenomics by dramatically increasing the amount of SOL permanently removed from circulation while accelerating the reduction of new token issuance.The proposal, SGP-0003, combines two previously introduced Solana Improvement Documents (SIMDs) into a single governance package designed to tighten SOL’s supply. If approved, it would increase daily token burns by more than tenfold while speeding up Solana’s path toward lower inflation, potentially strengthening the long-term supply dynamics of the blockchain’s native asset.The proposal is currently in its signaling phase and has already attracted support from…

Dogecoin (DOGE) has come a long way in its near 13-year history. The original memecoin was launched a joke, but has since become a major cryptocurrency project. Shiba Inu (SHIB), on the other hand, was launched as a rival to Dogecoin (DOGE), and was labeled as the “Dogecoin killer.” The two memecoins had a few years of intense rivalry, but the competition seems to have fizzled out. Let’s discuss if the DOGE vs. SHIB debate is finally over.Is The Competition Between Dogecoin and Shiba Inu Over?Source: BitcoinistShiba Inu (SHIB) had an incredible launch in 2020. The asset’s price rallied by…

Proof of Play, the Andreessen Horowitz (a16z)-backed Web3 gaming studio behind the fully on-chain RPG Pirate Nation, is shutting down after concluding it could not build a scalable and sustainable blockchain gaming business, marking another high-profile setback for the Web3 gaming industry.The company announced on Aug. 4 that it will cease operations after failing to validate its vision of fully on-chain games as a commercially viable business. While Proof of Play did not disclose its remaining financial position, employee impact, or a final shutdown date, it acknowledged that its core thesis had ultimately fallen short despite years of development and…

Singapore, Singapore, August 6th, 2026, ChainwireLBank, the leading crypto exchange, has adopted Chainlink, the industry-standard oracle platform, to enhance its prediction market offerings with secure and high-speed data infrastructure. Through the integration of Chainlink Data Streams, LBank delivers immediate market resolutions and a more transparent prediction market experience for its 25+ million registered users worldwide.LBank is leveraging Chainlink Data Streams to upgrade its prediction market platform, LBank Predict, with faster and more reliable market data infrastructure. The integration unlocks high-speed price data delivery and rapid settlement for short-term BTC and ETH prediction markets, allowing 5-minute and 15-minute contracts to be resolved…

Hyperliquid vs Bybit is the perp trader’s real dilemma of 2026. Bybit is the CEX benchmark: deep books, 125x leverage, and a launchpool that never sleeps. Hyperliquid is the on-chain challenger that matched CEX execution — then paid its users the largest airdrop in history. Both partner with our audience’s interests, and both deserve the hype. Therefore, this comparison covers execution, fees, custody, and which platform pays you more for showing up.Quick verdict: Hyperliquid wins on fees, custody, and airdrop upside. Bybit wins on leverage, fiat access, and ecosystem breadth. Serious perp traders increasingly run both. For the deep dives,…

Key TakeawaysMastercard completed its BVNK deal, valued up to $1.8B.BVNK adds stablecoin rails across Mastercard’s 17B endpoints, pressuring global payment rivals.BVNK clients stay unchanged as Mastercard integrates wallets, cards, and 24/7 settlement. Mastercard to Link Stablecoins to 17B Global Payment Network Mastercard has completed its acquisition of BVNK, turning one of the payments industry’s largest stablecoin bets into an operating business. The company did not disclose the final purchase price. However, when the agreement was announced in March, Mastercard valued the transaction at up to $1.8 billion, including $300 million in contingent payments. Founded in 2021, BVNK provides infrastructure that…

Alvin Lang Aug 06, 2026 01:20 VanEck suggests shifting focus from AI stock bets to real assets and infrastructure amidst volatile AI sector winners. VanEck’s latest portfolio strategy commentary, authored by David Schassler, urges investors to rethink their approach amid rapid changes in market dynamics. The firm highlights volatility in AI sector winners and recommends increasing allocation to real assets, physical infrastructure, and diversified strategies instead of relying heavily on individual AI technology stocks. The commentary comes as the AI sector continues to dominate investment headlines. NVIDIA (NVDA), the leading AI infrastructure provider,…