‘WE KNOW WHERE IT IS’: THE US IS SEIZING $1 BILLION OF IRAN’S CRYPTO — AND NOT A SINGLE SATOSHI OF IT IS BITCOIN
Bessent says the US will seize $1 billion of Iran's crypto this week. Every cent will be a stablecoin or an...
FRANCE IS NOW THE WORLD’S MOST DANGEROUS PLACE TO HOLD BITCOIN — ‘KNOW YOUR CUSTOMER’ BECAME ‘KILL YOUR CUSTOMER’: 90 KIDNAPPINGS AND BEATINGS IN 7 MONTHS
France's Interior Ministry logged 90 violent crypto crimes in 7 months — one every 2.5 days. Chainalysis blames the data leaks....
BITCOIN HARDWARE WALLETS JUST GOT HIT: LEDGER TOLD 90 DAYS OF BUYERS NOT TO TURN THEM ON – INVESTIGATORS SAY $86 MILLION IS GONE
Ledger told buyers from a Malaysian reseller not to set up their devices, then told the ones who already did to...
YOU PANIC-SOLD AT $81,000. MINERS JUST GOT A 78% RAISE FOR STAYING IN — AND NOBODY SENT YOU A MEMO
CryptoQuant: daily mining revenue went from $27 million at July's lows to $48 million this week. Hashprice topped $40 for the...
THE 2010 MINER JUST MOVED $8.3 MILLION FOR A $1.22 FEE — WHILE YOU PANIC-SOLD 55,600 BTC AT A LOSS
100.02 BTC mined in July 2010 moved this week after 16 years — for a $1.22 fee. The same week, short-term...
LEDGER SPENT 11 YEARS SELLING YOU SELF-CUSTODY. NOW IT WANTS YOU TO PLEDGE A WRAPPED COPY OF YOUR BITCOIN TO A LENDING PROTOCOL.
Ledger now lets wallet users borrow USDC or USDT against wrapped Bitcoin — 50% LTV, 1% fee, liquidation risk. Crypto lending...
BLACKROCK TOOK $122 MILLION IN ON TUESDAY AND PULLED $207.7 MILLION OUT ON WEDNESDAY — THAT’S WHAT ‘INSTITUTIONAL ADOPTION’ LOOKS LIKE
US spot Bitcoin ETFs bled $484.9M on Wednesday — the biggest daily exit since June 25 — and BlackRock's IBIT led...
BRUSSELS JUST GAVE YOU 90 DAYS TO DUMP THE DOLLAR TOKENS IT DOESN’T LIKE — AND YOUR EXCHANGE WILL DO IT FOR YOU
ESMA told every MiCA-licensed EU crypto firm to stop servicing non-compliant stablecoins by Jan 8, 2027. Your exit is "temporary and closely supervised."
THEY PROMISED NEVER TO SELL. THEN $770 MILLION OF SEIZED BITCOIN WALKED INTO COINBASE PRIME — INCLUDING 2,456 COINS NOBODY CAN EXPLAIN
The US government just moved 9,261 seized Bitcoin — $770M — onto Coinbase Prime, including 2,456 coins from holdings nobody has...
SINGAPORE DEPORTED A BITCOIN LEGEND FOR WRITING PRIVACY CODE – AND WON’T TELL HIM WHY
Amir Taaki wrote BIP 0001 and the first CoinJoin. Singapore questioned him 6 hours, then deported him. Four countries in one...
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Self-Custody Needs a Node: Umbrel + Hardware Wallet
A hardware wallet holds your keys, but your node checks the rules. Pair it with Umbrel for real self-custody.
COINBASE COULDN’T KEEP CUSTOMER MONEY IN THE RIGHT ACCOUNT FOR FIVE YEARS — IRELAND FINED IT $3.6 MILLION, AND WASHINGTON STILL CALLS IT CUSTODY
Ireland's central bank fined Coinbase EUR 3.25 million for leaving customer money in the wrong accounts for five years. Coinbase says...