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Today’s highlights
- Bitcoin nears $64,000 as traders look past the fourth Coldcard sweep — 2026-08-04
- Every major token except ether is green on the week, with BTC up 1.9% over 24 hours and Asian equities selling off on AI-trade jitters.
- A bitcoin wallet dormant since 2013 moved $31 million, and it’s not the only one — 2026-08-04
- A 12-year-old bitcoin wallet moved $31 million on Monday, part of a broader wave of dormant coins shifting since the Coldcard hack.
- Coldcard Bitcoin theft tops $100M across 3 confirmed attack waves: Galaxy — 2026-08-04
- Galaxy Research said 90% of the stolen Bitcoin remains unmoved as investigators examine a suspected fourth wave that could lift losses to $130 million.
- Bitmine adds $19.6M in ETH, repurchases 4.5M shares — 2026-08-04
- Bitmine said it now holds about 4.8% of Ether’s circulating supply as it pursues its 5% acquisition target.
- Mastercard completes $1.8B BVNK acquisition in stablecoin push — 2026-08-04
- Mastercard said the tie-up would help banks, fintechs and enterprises expand stablecoin payments, payouts, settlement and treasury services.
- Malaysia Blockchain Week’s OnlyFans scandal, lonely heart scammed for $3.3M: Asia Express — 2026-08-04
- Fake romance crypto investment scams net $9 million in a single week in Hong Kong, as Malaysian authorities lose it over a crypto conference’s after-party.
- Caleb & Brown expands to UK, betting on untapped crypto demand — 2026-08-04
- The boutique brokerage will focus on high-net-worth clients rather than competing with retail crypto exchanges.
- Boltz pauses service after wave of AI-assisted hacking attempts — 2026-08-04
- The non-custodial protocol said attackers are discovering and adapting exploits faster than its small development team can identify and patch them.