⚖️ Bessent quotes Satoshi to push Senate crypto vote
U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent invoked Bitcoin creator Satoshi Nakamoto to pressure Senate Democrats into holding an immediate vote on the Clarity Act, a crypto regulation bill.
The move signals high-level executive branch engagement in advancing crypto legislation through Congress.
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1. 🍎 Fake Bitcoin wallet app on App Store costs users $1.8M
Three Apple users are suing after a fraudulent Sparrow Wallet clone drained their accounts — challenging Apple's App Store safety claims.
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2. 📉 Crypto loses $24B as Bitcoin slips below $64,000
The selloff coincided with a broader semiconductor stock rout that dampened risk appetite market-wide.
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3. 💤 Whale stablecoin inflows hit two-year low at $25B
Down from $63B at the 2025 peak — a signal that large holders aren't positioning to buy.
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4. 🇷🇺 Russia drafts rules for crypto exchanges ahead of September launch
The central bank's proposal sets registration requirements for exchanges and digital depositories.
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5. 🔓 5,287 ETH drained in suspected Triple-A wallet breach
On-chain data shows the funds moving to a single address; ownership and access path remain unconfirmed.
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🔐 $38M in Bitcoin Stolen via Coldcard Firmware Flaw
A vulnerability in Coldcard hardware wallet firmware led to the theft of $38 million in Bitcoin, according to Coinkite, the device's manufacturer.
Coinkite said the attacker likely used AI to audit previous versions of its open-source firmware and identify the flaw. The vulnerability affected private key generation, allowing funds to be drained from affected wallets.
The incident highlights an emerging threat vector: AI-assisted review of open-source security code to surface exploitable bugs that human auditors may have missed.
Freedom Factory has released PQ1, a hardware wallet designed to withstand attacks from quantum computers, targeting Ethereum and all EVM-compatible chains.
CEO Markus Haas says the device is built around post-quantum cryptography and is designed to be user-buildable. Bitcoin was deliberately excluded from the initial design, though the source does not detail the technical reasoning behind that decision.
Quantum resistance is an increasingly discussed topic in crypto security circles, as advances in quantum computing raise long-term questions about the durability of current elliptic curve cryptography used across most blockchains.
🔐 SecondFi Issues Ultimatum After 16.1M ADA Exploit
Crypto lending platform SecondFi has issued a final ultimatum to the hacker responsible for a June breach that resulted in the theft of 16.1 million Cardano (ADA) tokens.
The company has kept a bounty offer active for the return of the stolen funds. Investigators have drawn links between the attack and North Korea's Lazarus Group, a state-affiliated hacking collective previously tied to numerous high-profile crypto thefts.
SecondFi has urged the hacker to return the funds voluntarily before further action is taken. The Lazarus Group has been responsible for billions of dollars in crypto theft over recent years, making it one of the most active threats in the industry.
🔐 SummerFi shuts down after exploit drains reserves
Decentralized finance platform Summer.fi is permanently closing after a security exploit forced the team to wind down all operations, ending seven years of activity.
The incident, referred to as the "Wind Exploit," drained the platform's reserves. Summer.fi cited the $6M exploit as the direct reason for sunsetting both the protocol and its user interface. No further technical details about the attack vector were included in the announcement.
The shutdown marks a significant loss for the DeFi ecosystem, where Summer.fi had operated since its early days as a prominent lending and yield management interface.