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Attackers have swept 1,367.05 BTC (nearly $89 million) from 4,585 addresses linked to weak Coldcard-generated seeds across three waves. The largest wave on July 30 drained 1,082.65 BTC from 1,196 addresses in 41 minutes. Coinkite attributes the issue to a March 2021 firmware bug that reduced seed entropy and has released fixed versions while urging users to generate new seeds. Galaxy Research says the exploit remains ongoing and has reported...

Russia’s FSB charged Telegram founder Pavel Durov with aiding terrorist activity and placed him on an international wanted list. The agency alleged Telegram failed to remove channels, chats and bots used by Ukrainian special services and extremist groups for sabotage and cyber fraud inside Russia. Telegram’s official X account responded by posting an image of Durov making a middle-finger gesture; no further comment was issued. Telegram, with...

U.S. District Judge Katherine Menendez issued a preliminary injunction on July 27 blocking Minnesota’s prediction market ban. The ruling favors Kalshi, Polymarket US and the CFTC, finding the state law likely preempted by the Commodity Exchange Act. Minnesota’s statute, signed by Gov. Tim Walz, was set to criminalize operating or advertising prediction markets starting Aug. 1. A federal judge has temporarily blocked Minnesota from...