HIVE signs $350 million AI contract The agreement requires a buildout of about $185 million, scheduled for the fourth quarter of 2026. August 21, 2026 →
US debt surpasses $40.049 trillion Trump says he will listen to advisers on Bitcoin accumulation August 20, 2026 →
Phishing against 885,000 phone numbers to steal cryptocurrencies Operation Asterix used fake wallet sites and apps to steal seed phrases August 20, 2026 →
HMRC sends over 81,000 letters to digital asset holders The notices concern the 2025/2026 tax year August 20, 2026 →
Blockstream tests post-quantum signatures on four wallets The research measured five hash-based schemes on Jade, Trezor, Ledger and BitBox02 August 20, 2026 →
Blockstream announces QuickSync for Bitcoin wallets According to Blockstream, the open source protocol combines hundreds of address lookups into a single descriptor request August 19, 2026 →
BitBox fixes two severe firmware vulnerabilities, funds are safe The Dixence update brings the firmware to version 9.26.5 and closes two flaws that could have allowed arbitrary code execution or locked… August 18, 2026 →
Binance shared a client's data with Russian authorities Reuters reviewed law-enforcement documents showing the exchange transmitted Yuri Belenkiy's transaction history and identity records to Russia's Investigative Committee; he is now… August 17, 2026 →
Blockstream opens Swaps beta for trustless atomic swaps between mainchain, Lightning and Liquid The service uses hashed time-locked contracts and arrives about a week after Boltz suspended operations; access is invite-only for now August 17, 2026 →
Chainalysis sues US government over $95 million ICE contract awarded to TRM Labs Chainalysis Government Solutions has challenged before the US Court of Federal Claims the sole-source award to TRM Labs of an ICE contract… August 17, 2026 →
Hack steals data of 700,000 French taxpayers The Ministry of Economy confirms that data belonging to individuals and professionals was accessed and extracted. The estimate of nearly 700,000 taxpayers… August 14, 2026 →
Coinbase and 14 x402 facilitators found vulnerable in security tests A study presented at the USENIX Security Symposium identified 31 distinct vulnerabilities across the leading x402 protocol facilitators, including Coinbase, with validated… August 14, 2026 →
Apple alerts users to government spyware attacks on the lock screen The notification appears directly on the iPhone lock screen and flags a targeted attack: Apple has already reached users in more than… August 14, 2026 →