Morning Edition · Thursday, August 6, 2026
Crypto
Coldcard Attacker Begins Mixing Stolen Bitcoin as Volunteer Auditors File 85 Critical Bugs Across Bitcoin Code
Galaxy Research says the largest identified attacker address still holds 1,159 bitcoin untouched. The Bitcoin Red Team has logged 4,962 findings across 390 open-source repositories since the theft.
Crypto
Putin Signs Russia's First Comprehensive Crypto Law, Licensing Exchanges and Custodians While Keeping the Payment Ban
Most provisions take effect on 1 September. From July 2027, Russians will be able to buy and sell digital assets only through intermediaries supervised by the Bank of Russia.
Crypto
Senate Has Two Working Days to Move the Crypto Market-Structure Bill Before Recess
The White House is now reviewing the bipartisan ethics text, and Senate Majority Leader John Thune has said he does not expect passage before the break.
Crypto
Aztec Proves Private Transactions on a Laptop in Seconds as OpenZeppelin Builds Recovery for Confidential Accounts
The Alpha V5 release cuts proving time to about 2.5 seconds and fees to below five cents. Miden's Guardian addresses a separate problem: coordinating a multi-signature account that nobody can read on-chain.
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Circle Renews Its Coinbase Distribution Deal for Three More Years and Rules Out Dividends
The arrangement that routes most of USDC's reserve income to its largest distributor continues on existing terms, and Circle is directing cash to growth rather than to shareholder payouts.
Crypto
Researchers Publish Working Exploits for Two Token Drains as July's Bridge and Oracle Losses Are Documented
The MOKE drain on BNB Chain used Ethereum's new account-delegation feature against an unprotected claim function, taking roughly $907,700.
Crypto
Robinhood Chain Holds Near $1 Billion Secured While Its Tokenized Assets Total $27.6 Million
A memecoin worth $86 million now carries more value on the network than the real-world assets the chain was built to host.
Crypto
100 Million PROVE Tokens Unlock Into a Market With Thin Exchange Liquidity
The tranche represents roughly a 51 percent increase in supply, and public data providers disagree on how many tokens were already circulating.
Crypto
Solana Validators Weigh a Proposal to Raise Daily Token Burns More Than Tenfold
SGP-0003 would replace signature-based fees with resource-based pricing and double the disinflation rate. It arrives as the network's exchange-traded funds record five straight days without net flows.
Crypto
Ethereum Foundation Funds a Tool That Lets Browsers Verify a Website Has Not Been Tampered With
The Trillion Dollar Security grant goes to the Freedom of the Press Foundation for WEBCAT, aimed at the front-end attacks that have repeatedly hit crypto users through legitimate sites.
Crypto
BitMart Gives United States Users Days to Withdraw as Binance Sues a Payments Firm for $470 Million
Covered BitMart users must close positions before their assets face compliance holds, and RedotPay says it will defend itself against Binance's claim in Hong Kong.
Crypto
Bitcoin Holds Above $64,000 as Ether Trades Below Its Realized Price and an ETF Winds Down
CryptoQuant reports large XRP spot buying while ether holders carry unrealized losses, and Hashdex is liquidating a bitcoin fund with about $14.7 million in assets.