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Bitcoin Wallet Creation Hits 12-Month High Amid Coldcard Security Collapse

Bitcoin’s on-chain wallet creation hit a 12-month high this week as holders scrambled to rotate custody and audit holdings following a catastrophic firmware flaw in Coldcard hardware wallets that drained more than $130 million in Bitcoin across thousands of devices. The security collapse, coupled with a weaker-than-expected U.S. jobs report that cooled Federal Reserve rate...

Aug 8, 2026 5 min read

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Coldcard Breach Exposes $100M Bitcoin Theft, Fuels Custody Shift

Bitcoin and Ethereum markets are digesting one of the worst self-custody security failures in cryptocurrency history, as attackers exploited a five-year-old firmware vulnerability in Coldcard hardware wallets to steal over $100 million in Bitcoin across thousands of supposedly secure accounts. The exploit represents a watershed moment for the custody debate, potentially accelerating institutional adoption at...

Aug 5, 2026 5 min