Coldcard hacker moves $7.7 million in BTC, 45% of bitcoin stolen in third attack wave
The attacker has now drained the 11 largest vaults tied to the third wave of Coldcard thefts, Galaxy Research said.
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The attacker has now drained the 11 largest vaults tied to the third wave of Coldcard thefts, Galaxy Research said.
This brought its total holdings to 3,521 BTC and marked the company's largest bitcoin purchase since September 2025.
August payrolls came in three times above forecast and pushed September hike odds toward 58%. Equities sold it and crypto has not.
The actors told Blockstream they would return most of the 4,000 BTC after the Elements vulnerability is patched across the network.
Spot bitcoin ETFs drew in $3.52 billion in net inflows in August, their largest monthly positive flows since September 2025.
The Bitcoin sidechain has been paused, with exchanges suspending LBTC deposits and withdrawals as Blockstream works to contact those responsible.
Whale Alert identified 12 mining rewards totaling 600 BTC that moved after 16 years of dormancy, with the onchain tracking platform finding no connection to Satoshi Nakam...
At least four more decade-old wallets moved a combined $15.7 million between Aug. 29 and Sept. 4, with one batch of coins sent to Coinbase in a likely sign of a sale.
US spot Bitcoin ETFs drew nearly $1 billion in the latest week as Friday inflows stayed positive despite Bitcoin briefly falling below $79,000.
The US economy added far more jobs than expected in August, pressuring Bitcoin lower as traders repriced the odds of a Federal Reserve rate cut this month.
The Dow dropped 226 points and Bitcoin erased some of its gains after August payrolls tripled estimates, pushing September rate-hike odds to 58%.
A year ago the fund claimed the total had not moved, and that the reserve was only shuffling coins between government wallets.