
How a five-year-old build flag drained $116 million from bitcoin's most trusted hardware wallet
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.
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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.

The UNIfication proposal passed with 99.9% support, activated the fee switch, and burned 100 million UNI tokens. Eight months later, protocol revenue has reached $23 million and Ark Invest estimates annualized burns at $90 million.

A Bitcoin breakout attempt briefly pushed price above $65,000 on Aug. 5, but failed to sustain the move, even as Fed funds futures put the odds of a September rate hike at 57.4% as of Aug. 5, down from 80.5% a week earlier. Brent crude fell more than 5% on Aug.

The US Solana ETFs display a very rare phenomenon: no capital movement. For several sessions, investors have recorded neither subscription nor withdrawal across all these products, an unusual situation in a market where flows evolve almost daily.

CryptoQuant data show whales holding 10,000–100,000 ETH added 5.6 million ETH since mid-2025, as inflows hit a 1.14 million ETH record and staked ETH reached 37.85 million.

Solana hit a record 1 billion weekly transactions. Here's why tokenized gold could be a key catalyst for SOL.
Fresh buying pushed Monero higher after Cake Wallet announced AI features designed to simplify privacy focused transactions.

Grayscale Investments has named BNB (BNB) the largest holding in its Smart Contract Fund, handing the token a 30.6% weighting and pushing Ethereum (ETH) and Solana (SOL) out of the top spot.

HBAR's institutional inflows are holding strong, but can they overcome bearish technicals and trigger a fresh altcoin rotation?
Debate over a potential fork of the Bitcoin blockchain has galvanized the Bitcoin community. Strategy's Michael Saylor is against a potential change to the Bitcoin blockchain known as BIP-110.
Grayscale has completed CoinDesk Crypto 5 ETF's (GDLC) quarterly rebalancing, increasing XRP, Solana (SOL), and Bitcoin (BTC) allocations. The crypto asset manager also announced weightings of Ethereum (ETH) and BNB in the large-cap digital assets fund.
JPYC said it plans to use the new capital to expand its financial and Web3 ecosystem and accelerate adoption of its yen-pegged token.

U.S. spot Bitcoin (BTC) ETFs extended their ‘net inflow' streak to a third straight session on Tuesday, underscoring steady institutional demand even as broader crypto markets weigh macro uncertainty and rate expectations. According to data compiled by SosoValue, U.S.-listed spot Bitcoin ETFs posted a combined net inflow of $244.42 million on Aug. 5 ET.

Zcash is preparing for one of its most significant governance events in recent years as coinholders will vote on the scope of the upcoming NU7 network upgrade. Scheduled to begin on Aug. 25 and run for approximately 18 days, the vote will determine several protocol-level decisions that could shape the network's future development.

Solana price prediction examines SOL's $74.40 breakout test, record monthly losing streak, and upside targets near $77.40 and $79.