Aug 29, 2026Twila Rosenbaum Coinkite has released a firmware update for Coldcard hardware wallets following a randomness vulnerability that allowed attackers to steal over $114 million in bitcoin. The company says AI-assisted audits uncovered additional bugs in transaction approval, USB data handling, and firmware validation. Despite the patch, compromised wallets remain unsafe until seeds are rotated and funds are moved to new addresses. The incident is part of a growing industry trend toward AI-driven security review. View more
Aug 29, 2026Twila Rosenbaum Bitcoin surged to nearly $80,000 before retreating to $77,000, still up about 6% in 24 hours. Altcoins like Bitcoin Cash and Ethena posted double-digit gains, while spot Bitcoin ETFs saw $606 million in inflows. Analysts point to shifting market dynamics, including Fed rate hike bets and growing institutional demand. View more
Aug 17, 2026Twila Rosenbaum Elon Musk shared details of his private meeting with El Salvador's President Nayib Bukele, touching on AI, robotics, and the future of humanity. The discussion took place as bitcoin prices rally on Federal Reserve expectations. El Salvador adopted bitcoin as legal tender in 2021 and continues to build its national bitcoin reserves. View more
Aug 11, 2026Twila Rosenbaum Bitcoin is flat around $64,000 as investors position ahead of Friday's crucial jobs report. Treasury yields and oil prices rise on geopolitical tensions, while heavyweight crypto miners MARA and CleanSpark report disappointing earnings. Small-cap tokens outperform, and ETF inflows continue. View more
Aug 11, 2026Twila Rosenbaum A recent exploit of Coldcard hardware wallets has analysts predicting a shift toward regulated bitcoin investment vehicles. Cantor Fitzgerald sees a positive read-through for custody providers, while FRNT Financial says the breach could drive some investors toward bitcoin ETFs. Both firms expect the long-term impact to be adaptation rather than abandonment of self-custody. View more
Aug 11, 2026Twila Rosenbaum A volunteer group of 16 developers used AI models to analyze Bitcoin codebases, uncovering nearly 5,000 security vulnerabilities in just 24 hours. Among these are 85 critical and 635 high-severity bugs, which now threaten to overwhelm project maintainers. The audit cost roughly $10,000 a day in compute and highlights how artificial intelligence is reshaping security research. View more
Aug 11, 2026Twila Rosenbaum The Coldcard bitcoin wallet maker has issued an urgent warning, telling users to move their funds as an exploit responsible for roughly $114 million in losses remains active. The vulnerability affects specific hardware wallet models and firmware versions, allowing attackers to guess poorly randomized seed keys. Wallets created using the dice-roll option are reportedly safe. Bitcoin prices have remained steady near $63,800 despite the alert. View more
Aug 07, 2026Twila Rosenbaum Galaxy Research has flagged a third wave of bitcoin sweeps tied to a Coldcard firmware vulnerability. The attack has spread to roughly 4,585 addresses, with cumulative losses approaching $89 million. The latest wave is targeting smaller balances and using more complex transaction patterns, making attribution harder. View more
Aug 07, 2026Twila Rosenbaum More than 1,000 bitcoin worth about $70 million were drained from 1,196 Coldcard wallets in a 41-minute attack. Galaxy Research says weak seed generation allowed attackers to reconstruct private keys offline, without ever touching the devices. Security experts warn more wallets could be hit. View more
Jul 28, 2026Twila Rosenbaum Balance Coin, an algorithmic stablecoin pegged to $1, crashed over 99% after a manipulator exploited a pricing flaw in its protocol. The attacker fed the lending system a fake low bitcoin price, liquidating vaults that should have been safe, and pocketed about $912,000. The exploit highlights ongoing security risks in decentralized finance as AI capabilities evolve. View more
Jul 28, 2026Twila Rosenbaum Claude Fable 5, an AI model from Anthropic, has disproved the 87-year-old Jacobian conjecture. The breakthrough, which mathematicians verified by hand, underscores AI's rapid advancement and its ability to draw speculative capital away from cryptocurrencies like bitcoin. This development highlights the growing intersection of artificial intelligence and financial markets. View more
Jul 28, 2026Twila Rosenbaum Bitcoin held near $66,000 on Wednesday as stocks clawed back from early declines, Google's cloud revenue surged 82%, Tesla maintained its bitcoin holdings, and oil prices hit a six-week high amid geopolitical tensions. The Clarity Act draft emerged, but passage odds fell below 40%. Traders are betting on a potential Fed rate hike. View more
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