Research
Technology
Bitcoin Core’s hidden database just shrank by 40 GB – if you know how to trigger it
The change is merged to master, but operators must rebuild the optional index to capture the space saving and plan for another rebuild after a downgrade.
Digital Asset Treasuries
A 2,712 BTC treasury company just lost its Bitcoin strategy chief with no successor named
The Smarter Web Company has not named who will inherit Jesse Myers’ implementation, analytics and investor-facing duties while directors retain overall strategy and risk authority.
Mining
Bitcoin’s security risk starts when one block gets far more fees than the next
As Bitcoin’s block subsidy declines, researchers are looking beyond total miner revenue and toward a more granular security signal: how sharply transaction fees change from one block to the next.
ETF
Why this XRP ETF could drift from XRP price as fees, trading costs and fund structure stack up
The allocation follows the fund’s securities floor while adding another listed product’s fee, pricing and legal structure.
Featured
MSTR holders just funded a $1.59 billion cash pile that may never become Bitcoin
Strategy's $1.59 billion discretionary pool can fund Bitcoin, buybacks, debt or reserve growth, leaving MSTR holders financing the choice.
Lightning
How a quiet flaw in Bitcoin’s top scaling network left user funds open to total wipeouts – and the fix arrived later than disclosed
Repository history places the official protection in 0.21.0, leaving earlier standard releases exposed unless separately patched.
ETF
Bitcoin holds near $78K as PCE, GDP and durable goods data land with muted reaction
IBIT supplied 90.5% of the latest inflow as PCE, GDP and durable goods converge on one macro test.
Scams
How a fake AI supercomputer stole $24 million from hundreds of crypto investors
A federal jury convicted Brent Kovar over a $24 million Profit Connect scheme involving at least 400 investors.
Hacks
A zero-balance glitch opened the door for empty wallets to steal admin control of 82 crypto assets
Trail of Bits says the flaw put token supply and about $500,000 of HASH escrow at risk, but no exploitation was confirmed.
Stablecoins
US bank lobby wants stablecoin holders to open an account before cashing out
The ABA wants direct stablecoin redemptions to trigger account opening and identity checks before issuers return dollars.
DeFi
$1.8M vanished in a DeFi lending glitch, and the recovery plan just allocated $0 to repay victims
Moonwell live data showed 100.43% utilization and negative liquidity while non-liquidated suppliers lacked a clear published recovery path.
Wallets
40 malicious Firefox add-ons targeted crypto wallets, and 9 began as sports-score tools
Socket confirmed 40 malicious IDs, and exposed crypto wallet secrets still require migration after the add-ons are removed.