Coldcard Security Notice Puts Bitcoin Wallet Entropy Risk Back In Focus
A Coldcard security issue has put Bitcoin hardware-wallet safety back under the microscope after reports that a firmware flaw affected seed generation on some older device versions. According to the validated incident notes, the issue relates to Coldcard Mk3 firmware versions 4.0.1 through 5.0.3, along with Mk4 and Mk5 devices before firmware 5.6.0, and Q…
NEAR Adds Staking-Based Payments For AI Compute Credits
NEAR has launched a staking-based payment model for NEAR AI, giving users a way to lock NEAR tokens and receive monthly compute credits instead of paying through traditional cloud billing or credit-card rails. According to the validated notes, the system gives users access to 43 hosted AI models, including models from OpenAI, Anthropic, and Google.…
ENS Labs Scales Back Treasury Proposal After Delegate Pushback
ENS Labs has revised a governance proposal after delegate criticism over treasury control, choosing to keep the DAO’s primary operational wallet custody in place rather than moving broader control to the Foundation. According to the validated notes, the revised plan scraps the more contentious transfer of the DAO’s operational wallet, which includes ETH and stablecoins.…
Uniswap Fee Switch Activation Puts UNI Burn Mechanics Back In Focus
Uniswap governance has activated a protocol fee switch on v4 liquidity pools, pushing protocol revenue higher and directing collected fees toward UNI buy-and-burn mechanics rather than direct distributions to tokenholders. The validated notes point to Uniswap Governance Proposal 100 passing with about 46.6 million votes in favor and roughly 1.27 million opposed. The mechanism collects…
CleanCore’s $800M AI Contract Shows Dogecoin Treasury Firms Are Changing Shape
CleanCore Solutions has signed a 10-year colocation agreement with Cerebras Systems valued at $800 million, and the story is not just that a small public company has moved into AI infrastructure. It is that a company previously known in crypto circles for its Dogecoin treasury has now made a much larger corporate pivot. According to…
Bitcoin And Ethereum Edge Higher As Traders Watch Altcoin Rotation
Bitcoin and Ethereum edged higher into July 31, while a small shift in market dominance suggested traders were again watching whether capital was rotating toward major altcoins. The validated notes show Bitcoin rising 0.29% to about $64,145.86, while Ethereum traded around the $1,890 to $1,920 range, briefly dipping below $1,900 before recovering. At the same…
SEC Sets 24-Hour Trading Roundtable As Markets Move Toward Always-On Finance
The SEC is preparing to hold a public roundtable on 24-hour trading, and while the announcement is focused on US equity markets rather than crypto, the direction of travel is hard to miss. Traditional markets are being pushed toward a world that crypto already knows well: trading that does not neatly stop at 4 p.m.,…
SEC Enforcement Deputy Sam Waldon To Step Down As Agency Reshuffles Leadership
Sam Waldon, the Principal Deputy Director of the SEC’s Division of Enforcement, will leave the agency on July 31, 2026, marking a leadership change inside one of the most closely watched divisions in US financial regulation. The SEC said Waldon is departing after more than 14 years of service. Osman Nawaz will succeed him in…
FATF Says Crypto Travel Rule Adoption Is Rising, But Enforcement Still Lags
The Financial Action Task Force says more jurisdictions are putting crypto rules into law, but enforcement remains the weak point. In its Seventh Targeted Update on the implementation of FATF standards for virtual assets and virtual asset service providers, the global watchdog reported that 83% of surveyed jurisdictions have passed legislation to implement the Travel…
Hester Peirce Warns Crypto Vaults And Lending Strategies May Still Trigger Securities Rules
SEC Commissioner Hester Peirce has issued a new statement on crypto vaults and lending strategies, and the message is more nuanced than a simple pro-crypto or anti-crypto headline. Peirce’s July 22 statement, titled “Headstands and Summervaults: A Statement on Crypto Vaults and Lending Strategies,” argues that putting an activity on-chain does not automatically move it…