The Coldcard crisis entered its fourth wave today with another 486 wallets drained, and the total loss count now sits above $89 million spread across more than 4,500 addresses.
There is still no sign the attacker has stopped.Source: Decrypt · Confidence: High
A fresh sweep on August 3 targeted another 486 wallets, confirming the attacker is still actively scanning and draining vulnerable addresses. With over 1,500 wallets hit and more still exposed, the crisis is live and ongoing rather than contained.
BlackRock's IBIT ETF processed a $122 million Bitcoin sale through Coinbase today as investors cut positions sitting on roughly 45% annual losses. This is a meaningful short-term selling event happening right now and adds direct downward pressure to the price.
Lawyers are preparing class action complaints against Coinkite after the firmware flaw cost users over 1,300 BTC. Legal proceedings would keep the story alive for months and could further damage confidence in hardware wallet manufacturers broadly.
Coinkite now believes an attacker used AI tools to comb through its open-source firmware history and find the seed-generation weakness. This detail matters because it signals that AI-assisted attacks on open-source crypto code may become a repeating threat.
Michael Saylor's Strategy posted an $8.2 billion quarterly loss driven by Bitcoin's price slide, the company's largest reported loss on record. While this does not force an immediate Bitcoin sale, it reinforces the narrative that leveraged corporate Bitcoin bets are deeply underwater.
Tether's Q2 disclosures show reserves cut roughly in half and a $4 billion net loss. For a stablecoin that underpins a huge share of Bitcoin trading volume, weakened reserves raise genuine questions about USDT stability during a market stress event.
Prediction markets are now pricing a real chance of a September rate hike after Fed Chair Warsh signaled the central bank is not done fighting inflation. Higher rates make holding non-yielding assets like Bitcoin less attractive and hurt prices across the board.
A new report shows hackers stole $1.1 billion across 212 incidents in just the first six months of 2026, with North Korea-linked groups responsible for a large chunk. Coming on top of the Coldcard story, this data deepens the security narrative hanging over the whole market.
Scott Bessent stepped up pressure on lawmakers to pass the Clarity Act, quoting Satoshi Nakamoto and calling out Democrats for blocking a vote. Strong executive-branch backing for crypto-friendly legislation is one of the few genuine positive forces in today's news mix.
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Bessent's public push for the Clarity Act suggests regulatory clarity could actually move faster than markets fear—and a real framework might reduce the kind of operational chaos Coldcard exposed. The wallet drains are serious, but they're also forcing the industry to surface which custodians and tools have real security gaps versus theater; that painful sorting could leave Bitcoin itself safer, e
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