Total value stolen and median hack size are declining compared to 2025, signaling that the AI hacking apocalypse was a false alarm, argued Dragonfly’s managing partner Haseeb Qureshi. Read More at https://cointelegraph.com/news/dragonfly-defi-ai-hackpocalypse-fears?utm_source=rss_feed&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss_partner_inbound
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Hobby-level miner bags $200K solo BTC block with budget Bitaxe rig
A solo Bitcoin miner secured a $200,000 block reward with a budget mining rig, pushing payouts to hobby-level miners to $4.7 million for the past year. Read More at https://cointelegraph.com/news/solo-bitcoin-miner-200k-block-budget-bitaxe-rig?utm_source=rss_feed&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss_partner_inbound
Bitcoin bear market will bottom when two-month RSI metric hits zero, trader predicts
Bitcoin RSI continued to copy previous bear markets as a trader predicted that historical BTC price bottom signals would “happen again” in 2026. Read More at https://cointelegraph.com/markets/bitcoin-bear-market-will-bottom-when-two-month-rsi-metric-hits-zero-trader-predicts?utm_source=rss_feed&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss_partner_inbound
South Korea to test tokenized government bonds with CBDC in 2027
South Korea will test tokenized government bonds linked to the Bank of Korea’s wholesale CBDC system in 2027 as token securities rules take effect. Read More at https://cointelegraph.com/news/south-korea-tokenized-government-bonds-cbdc-pilot-2027?utm_source=rss_feed&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss_partner_inbound
US spot Bitcoin ETFs post $425M outflow after brief rebound
US spot Bitcoin ETFs saw their largest single-day outflows in July, with $424.66 million leaving the funds, reversing a brief return to positive weekly flows. Read More at https://cointelegraph.com/news/bitcoin-etf-425-million-daily-outflow-inflows-reverse?utm_source=rss_feed&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss_partner_inbound
White House crypto adviser Patrick Witt to report for military training: Report
Witt’s departure comes during a critical moment for the CLARITY Act, with deputy director Harry Jung expected to assume his responsibilities. Read More at https://cointelegraph.com/news/white-house-crypto-adviser-patrick-witt-to-report-for-military-training-report?utm_source=rss_feed&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss_partner_inbound
US government moves $297M in seized Bitcoin, Ether to Coinbase Prime
The transfers have raised questions over Trump’s Bitcoin reserve pledge, though deposits to Coinbase Prime do not confirm an impending sale. Read More at https://cointelegraph.com/news/us-government-moves-297m-in-seized-bitcoin-ether-to-coinbase-prime?utm_source=rss_feed&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss_partner_inbound
Thai scammer’s $122M wallet, Japan embraces crypto credit: Asia Express
Bitcoin backed mortgages and stablecoin yield are hot topics in Japan right now, as Hyundai experiments with Avalanche for global stablecoin transfers. Asia Express Read More at https://cointelegraph.com/features/thai-scammer-japan-crypto-loans?utm_source=rss_feed&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss_partner_inbound
CLARITY Act gains second law enforcement endorsement before Senate push
The Federal Law Enforcement Officers Association expressed support for the CLARITY Act but urged changes to the legislation’s language. Read More at https://cointelegraph.com/news/clarity-act-gains-second-law-enforcement-endorsement-before-senate-push?utm_source=rss_feed&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss_partner_inbound
Bitcoin Covenants Part 4: OP_CHECKSIGFROMSTACK and OP_CAT
OP_CSFS authenticates signatures over arbitrary data. OP_CAT concatenates stack values into a single message. Together, they let Bitcoin scripts verify transaction structure at spend time, without pre-signed key management or new consensus rules beyond the two opcodes themselves. Read More at https://cointelegraph.com/research/bitcoin-covenants-part-4-op-checksigfromstack-and-op-cat?utm_source=rss_feed&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss_partner_inbound