Coldcard wallet losses may near $114 million as possible fourth sweep emerges
The pending transactions signal replacebyfee, so anyone who spots their address in the mempool has minutes to pay a higher fee and move funds first.…
Suspected 4th Coldcard attack wave sweeps 389 Bitcoin: Galaxy’s Thorn
Galaxy research head Alex Thorn warned that unconfirmed transactions may give some Coldcard users a narrow opportunity to save their funds. Source:Cointelegraph
XRP Ledger upgrade brings back features once pulled over critical bugs
The xrpld 3.3.0 release is expected next week with five proposed amendments, including two revised features that were previously withdrawn after researchers…
MoonPay vault enables ChatGPT and Claude users to authorize crypto transactions
MoonPay’s PayBox vault lets ChatGPT and Claude users authorize crypto purchases, token swaps and crosschain transactions while retaining custody of their…
Coinbase CEO touts agentic finance as Base tops 100M AI payments
Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong says AI agents will expand crypto adoption, pointing to Base, USDC and x402 as key pieces of agentic finance. Source:Cointelegraph
India orders takedown of Jack Dorsey’s bitcoin-linked messaging app Bitchat
The order targets Bitchat, an offline Bluetooth mesh app built to relay encrypted messages and bitcoin transactions, as 'Cockroach Janta Party' protesters in…
Crypto lobby group Digital Chamber sues Illinois to block digital asset tax
Illinois enacted a 0.2% tax on all crypto transactions last month, with the tax taking effect next year. Source:CoinDesk
Pavel Durov says Telegram to roll out native Gram crypto wallet
Telegram founder Pavel Durov said the messaging platform will roll out a native noncustodial Gram wallet this summer, bringing selfcustody crypto transactions…
UK Parliament begins inquiry into banking chokepoint for crypto businesses
The UK’s Crypto and Digital Assets AllParty Parliamentary Group (APPG) is focused on banks that refused crypto firms accounts or introduced restrictions on…
Bank of Korea prepares for live CBDC transactions with 9 banks in September
Major banking heavyweights join a massive blockchain network test that will allow retail consumers to trade tokenized won freely across commercial lines.…
Electronic Transactions Association CEO Expecting More Partnerships with Bitcoin Startups
Electronic Transactions Association (ETA) CEO, Jason Oxman, indicated that members of his organization might start recognizing Bitcoin’s disruptive potential,…
Trump targets Brazil's payments system while dollar stablecoins are quietly overtaking country's payments
Washington views Brazil’s promotion of nondollar payment channels, including Pix and the growth of stablecoins, as a potential threat to dollarbased trade,…