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This Bitcoin Bridge Shut Itself Down Because AI Was Finding Bugs Too Fast
Boltz has suspended its Bitcoin swap service indefinitely, saying a surge in AI-assisted attacks has left it unable to continue operating safely. In a series of posts on X on Monday, the company said swaps are disabled "until further noticeDecryptAI Enthusiast Bugs His Toddler's Sleepover and Feeds It to Claude—The Internet Bugs Back
Nicholas Charriere thought he had a heartwarming story. His daughter was spending her first night ever sharing a room with someone else, her toddler cousin. The two of them talked for over an hour in what he described as "a very nonsensicalDecryptOpenAI Dumps Apple Employees' Text Messages to Fight Trade Secret Suit
OpenAI has publicly challenged Apple's trade secrets lawsuit, publishing emails, text messages, and a point-by-point rebuttal that accuses the iPhone maker of making factual errors before filing its complaint. In a blog post published MondaDecryptDragonfly’s Haseeb Qureshi Says $2 AI Audit Could Have Caught Coldcard Flaw
Dragonfly’s Haseeb Qureshi says the Coldcard vulnerability shows how artificial intelligence (AI) is rewriting cybersecurity economics. As the cost of finding flaws collapses, he argues that crypto companies must deploy frontier AI models abitcoin.comJim Cramer Is Selling His Bitcoin Over Quantum Threat—Crypto Twitter Is Thrilled
CNBC host and long-time crypto critic Jim Cramer is out on Bitcoin—again. This time it's over fears of the coming quantum computing threat, and it sounds like he might be out for good. Which is music to the ears of Bitcoin investors everywhDecryptUS Senators Target Wildfire Bets in New CFTC Rule Fight
Nine U.S. senators are asking the Commodity Futures Trading Commission to prohibit contracts tied to wildfire duration, growth and destruction, warning that state and local fire officials see a risk of arson. Polymarket responded, saying thbitcoin.comPolice Have Arrested 37 Americans Over AI Data Center Protests This Year
At least 37 people have been arrested this year during protests over AI data centers, according to a recent report from Futurism. The arrests span communities across the country, where residents have challenged proposed or existing data ceDecryptBTC Hits $64,360, but Bitfinex Warns of Downside Risks
Bitcoin posted a 0.8% gain, trading between $63,300 and a session high of $64,360, while holding support above $63,500 and keeping market cap at $1.29 trillion. A sudden rally triggered a heavy short squeeze, wiping out $35 million in shortbitcoin.comBybit Expands European Footprint With Austrian EMI License
Austria’s Financial Market Authority (FMA) has granted Bybit a license enabling it to build future payment features, including peer-to-peer transfers and card initiatives. Key TakeawaysAustria’s FMA granted Bybit Payments an EMI license tobitcoin.comColdcard Bitcoin Exploit Explained: Entropy, How Keys Are Generated, and Why Bits Matter
Somebody has been emptying Bitcoin wallets that were never supposed to be reachable. The coins sat on Coldcard devices—hardware wallets from Canadian manufacturer Coinkite, the kind that never touch the internet. No phishing link. No malwarDecryptSolana Proposal Would Increase Daily SOL Burns More Than 10-Fold
Solana validators are close to advancing a governance proposal that would sharply increase the amount of SOL burned each day while reducing the rate at which new tokens enter circulation. If implemented, the proposal would therefore limit tDecryptBitgo Shifts WBTC Infrastructure to Chainlink in Security Push
Crypto infrastructure firm Bitgo is replacing Layerzero with Chainlink as the exclusive cross-chain infrastructure provider for wrapped bitcoin (WBTC), marking a major change in how the $7.7 billion token will move across blockchain networkbitcoin.comBitdeer Lands $4.7 Billion AI Deal as Shares Surge 12%
Bitdeer has signed a 16-year agreement to provide 121 megawatts of AI computing capacity at its Tydal campus in Norway. The contract could generate as much as $8 billion if an eight-year extension is exercised. Key TakeawaysBitdeer signed abitcoin.comAlibaba Just Gave Away Its Best AI Model For Free, Almost Matching Claude and ChatGPT
Alibaba released Qwen3.8-Max on Monday, calling it the most capable model it has ever built. The weights land on Hugging Face and ModelScope next week—the first time the company has given away a model at Max scale. The specs are big: 2.4 tDecryptBitcoin ETFs Add $170M as Blackrock Leads Gains for 7 Funds
Bitcoin ETFs attracted $170.09 million at the start of the week, with seven funds recording gains and none reporting an outflow. Ether products lost $11.42 million, while XRP edged higher and HYPE resumed its decline. Key TakeawaysBlackrockbitcoin.comHashdex to Shut Down Bitcoin ETF After Struggling to Gain Assets
Hashdex is shutting down its U.S. spot Bitcoin exchange-traded fund after it amassed just $14.7 million in assets under management. According to a filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on Monday, the crypto asset manager'sDecryptStrategy’s Saylor Tells BIP-110 Backers to ‘Stand Down’ Before Fork
Michael Saylor told the backers of a contested Bitcoin proposal to “stand down” this week, days before a deadline that could split the network in two. Key TakeawaysSaylor said BIP-110 has just 38 signaling blocks, or 2.70%, as obitcoin.comMARA Opens Slipstream to the Public as Coldcard Victims Race to Escape
MARA Foundation says its Slipstream service is now open to anyone, with no signup code required, at the same moment thousands of bitcoin holders are racing to move funds off a flawed hardware wallet. Key TakeawaysMARA Foundation opened Slipbitcoin.comWall Street Giant BNY Charges Into Crypto Staking With Galaxy
BNY, the world’s largest custody bank, is folding crypto staking into its digital asset custody platform through a new partnership with Galaxy Digital, marking another step in Wall Street’s push deeper into digital assets. Key Tbitcoin.comAI Attack Freezes Boltz, Rattles Lightning Network Users
Boltz, a company that lets people move bitcoin between the main blockchain, the Lightning Network, and the Liquid sidechain, shut down all of its swap services on Aug. 3 after months of automated attacks it said were increasingly powered bybitcoin.com
