Governance
Crime
FBI used Google cookies, 500 food orders and a Monero seed phrase to identify Steam malware funder
Investigators linked a campaign wallet to Bitrefill, Google, Uber and telecom records before a search uncovered separate Monero activity.
ETF
BlackRock’s IBIT accounted for 90% of a $225 million Bitcoin ETF reversal after a seven-day buying streak
The reversal erased 22.5% of the preceding $999.3 million inflow streak, while Bitcoin ended the session below $65,000.
Wallets
A 7 year Ledger bug lets attackers rebuild a private key from five signatures in seconds
The network has suspended native transactions while it develops a migration process designed to stop attackers with reconstructed private keys from front-running affected users.
Crime
Crypto home invasions jump 20x as wrench-attack exposure hits $124 million
CertiK recorded roughly $124.1 million in losses and ransom demands in H1 2026, a measure of exposure rather than criminal profit.
Mining
Bitcoin mining giant Poolin files for bankruptcy owing 11,700 users $164 million
The signed offers equal 31.8% of wallet IOUs only in gross arithmetic, before estate boundaries, liens and bankruptcy costs.
Digital Asset Treasuries
Bitcoin treasury company erases 7.7M shares after selling 177 BTC – yet Bitcoin per share fell
The $11.7 million convert vanished, leaving a simpler capital stack and a tougher test for replacement funding.
Regulation
SEC pays $150,000 as Coinbase-backed Freedom Of Information Act settlement releases two withheld documents
Reported terms include releasing two withheld documents and reviewing records and text-message controls after the Gensler-era losses.
Analysis
Tesla books $112 million crypto paper loss as digital assets fall to $674 million
The Q2 mark cut GAAP earnings by $87 million after tax, while Tesla added the full pretax loss back to adjusted EBITDA.
Community
BitMEX shutdown gives traders 2 months to withdraw, but active positions face an earlier deadline
Reduce-only trading begins Aug. 26, with forced closes possible before exchange services end Sept. 23.
Quantum
Galaxy puts $5 million behind Bitcoin’s race to migrate before quantum risk arrives
Bitcoin is safe today, but signatures, software, custodians and users would need years to coordinate a defense.
Bankruptcy
MVMT Labs bankruptcy lists under $1 million in assets after $38M raise
MVMT Labs is the sole named debtor, while Move Industries says it is uninvolved and key asset boundaries remain unresolved.
Crime
US targets $26.4 million in five crypto scam cases as DOJ says $800 million recovered
Five civil-forfeiture filings show how authorities can restrain crypto before suspects are identified, while victim repayment remains a separate and unresolved process.
