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IMF Confirms El Salvador's Bitcoin Stack Grew on Private Donations, Not Taxes
The IMF reversed its earlier position, confirming El Salvador added Bitcoin since June 2025 through private donations only. Meanwhile, U.S. Bitcoin ETFs pulled in $731M in a single day.
Coldcard Exploit Meets THORChain: What the Stolen-BTC Trail Reveals About Custody Risk
A hacker tied to a Coldcard hardware wallet breach moved stolen Bitcoin through THORChain into Ethereum. The story is less about the tool and more about how funds were secured in the first place.
Is the Sality Botnet Takedown a Wake-Up Call for Bitcoin Custody?
A major malware network that stole Bitcoin for eight years was just dismantled. Here's what it reveals about self-custody risks — and what changed.
BlackRock's Bitcoin Conviction at $77,816: What the Portfolio Math Actually Shows
BlackRock has reaffirmed its Bitcoin thesis, and fresh ETF inflows plus a wave of corporate treasury buying are putting that conviction to the test in real time.
Kraken's Dust Attack Exposes a Custody Risk Bitcoin Holders Should Understand
A sanctioned wallet sent tiny crypto 'dust' to Kraken customers, triggering account lockouts. The incident is a sharp reminder that custody design has real consequences.
The Coldcard Hack's 1,789 BTC Shadow Over Bitcoin's $80K Recovery
Bitcoin's sharp rally back above $80,000 is drawing fresh scrutiny to a security breach: Galaxy Research now tallies 1,789 BTC lost in the Coldcard hack, with 87% of those coins still unmoved.
AI-Exposed Bitcoin Flaws and the Developer Group Racing to Fix Them
A small team of developers is quietly auditing Bitcoin software for vulnerabilities that AI tools have made easier to find and exploit — here's why that matters right now.
Coldcard's Firmware Fix Arrives as Bitcoin Settles Near $77K After Historic Short Squeeze
Coinkite pushed a security-critical firmware update for Coldcard wallets while Bitcoin paused near $77,168 following one of its sharpest weekly rallies in years.
Coldcard's Firmware Fix at $77K: What the $114M Theft Means for Bitcoin Custody
Coldcard shipped a security update after a flaw cost users $114 million—but the patch doesn't fix a wallet already compromised. Here's what that distinction matters.
Maya Protocol's Six-Bug Exploit and What Bitcoin's $72K Rally Actually Signals
A cross-chain protocol lost $1.4M in Bitcoin to a six-flaw exploit this week—arriving at the same moment Bitcoin broke $72,000 on a historic short squeeze.
BitBox Firmware Flaw and Bybit's AI Defense Reframe Bitcoin Custody in 2026
Two security stories — a patched hardware wallet vulnerability and Bybit's AI-assisted fraud recovery — are changing how the Bitcoin world thinks about custody risk at $64,890.
Citi's Bitcoin Custody Launch Signals a New Layer of Institutional Confidence at $64K
Citibank plans to roll out Bitcoin custody under its new Custody+ platform later this year, even as a $115M Coldcard hack puts the security of self-custody hardware under fresh scrutiny.