https://leviathannews.xyz/293377/a-coldcard-firmware-bug-weakened-bitcoin-seed-randomness-leaving-wallets-vulnerable-for-years-attackers-exploited-it-stealing-more-than-100m-in-btc Leviathan News en 2026-08-17T14:39:20.091500+00:00 A Coldcard firmware bug weakened Bitcoin seed randomness, leaving wallets vulnerable for years. Attackers exploited it, stealing more than $100M in BTC. https://leviathannews.xyz/293372/us-department-of-the-treasury-proposes-rules-for-genius-act-stablecoins Leviathan News en 2026-08-17T14:37:57.001932+00:00 US Treasury proposes rules to implement GENIUS Act framework for payment stablecoins https://leviathannews.xyz/293267/the-wait-is-finally-over-hertzflow-mainnet-is-live-introducing-season-1-genesis-vault-pre-deposit Leviathan News en 2026-08-17T14:13:54.720492+00:00 HertzFlow mainnet launches on BNB Chain with two capped stablecoin vaults; 90-day deposits earn 10x Merit points https://leviathannews.xyz/293307/compute-is-learning-to-price-itself-right-now-across-secondary-ai-inference-orderbooks-711m-in-excess-token-liquidity-is-clearing-at-an-average-866-discount-vs-official-fro Leviathan News en 2026-08-17T13:54:56.093191+00:00 Secondary AI inference markets clear $7.1M in tokens at 86.6% average discount to lab list prices https://leviathannews.xyz/293258/basemate-turned-imessages-into-live-trades-in-two-hours-with-flash Leviathan News en 2026-08-17T13:53:31.306316+00:00 Basemate brings crypto trading to iMessage via Definitive's Flash API, integrating in two hours https://leviathannews.xyz/293241/nigerias-terra-industries-raises-52m-seed-opens-london-office Leviathan News en 2026-08-17T13:53:06.904705+00:00 Terra Industries closes $52M seed round, opens London office for Global South defense systems https://leviathannews.xyz/293232/announcing-blockstream-swaps Leviathan News en 2026-08-17T13:52:58.216160+00:00 Blockstream launches in-house atomic swaps for Lightning and Liquid after Boltz outage https://leviathannews.xyz/293301/strategy-halts-bitcoin-buys-sells-346m-mstr-shares-to-raise-334m Leviathan News en 2026-08-17T12:10:54.877992+00:00 Strategy halts Bitcoin buys, sells 3.46M MSTR shares to raise $334M https://leviathannews.xyz/293244/bitmart-users-and-staff-demand-answers-from-founders-before-august-19-2026-deadline Leviathan News en 2026-08-17T09:55:27.222750+00:00 BitMart users and employees posted open letter from BitMart's official Chinese X account demanding answers from founders Sheldon Xia and Nancy Li over frozen funds and unpaid wages by August 19 https://leviathannews.xyz/293249/bitpanda-receives-austrias-first-published-mica-fine Leviathan News en 2026-08-17T09:51:53.948154+00:00 Bitpanda receives Austria's first published MiCA fine https://leviathannews.xyz/293200/bitcoiners-deserve-a-lot-of-credit-for-pioneering-many-of-these-ideas-see-utreexo-but-yes-this-is-what-the-current-proposed-ethereum-scaling-strategy-looks-like-in-action-we Leviathan News en 2026-08-17T08:02:16.733886+00:00 Vitalik Buterin credits Bitcoiners for pioneering ideas like Utreexo, while outlining Ethereum’s push toward hyperscaling without sacrificing decentralization or censorship resistance https://leviathannews.xyz/293199/israels-largest-regulated-crypto-broker-bits-of-gold-faces-potential-data-leak-affecting-200000-customers-according-to-israeli-media-calcalist-bits-of-gold-israels-largest Leviathan News en 2026-08-17T08:01:45.441342+00:00 Israel’s largest regulated crypto broker Bits of Gold probes potential data leak reportedly affecting ~200,000 customers, raising fresh concerns over crypto user privacy https://leviathannews.xyz/293183/stripe-clinches-over-7-billion-deal-to-buy-ai-firm-openrouter Leviathan News en 2026-08-17T08:01:14.647701+00:00 Stripe agrees to acquire AI firm OpenRouter in deal valued over $7 billion https://leviathannews.xyz/293180/biggerz-building-a-fairness-first-crypto-casino-sportsbook-and-prediction-markets-platform-20260817 Leviathan News en 2026-08-17T08:01:08.909358+00:00 BiggerZ launches crypto casino, sportsbook, and prediction markets with fairness-first approach https://leviathannews.xyz/293197/what-ethlabs-is-prioritizing-for-hegota-and-why-ethereums-direction-matters-to-everyone-who-builds-on-it-uses-it-holds-eth-or-simply-believes-in-what-it-can-become-while-that Leviathan News en 2026-08-17T08:01:00.789854+00:00 Ethlabs recommends faster blocks, stronger censorship resistance, native account abstraction, and continued L1 scaling for Hegotá upgrade https://leviathannews.xyz/293201/chainalysis-sues-us-government-over-contract-award-to-trm-labs-chainalysis-government-solutions-has-sued-the-us-government-in-the-court-of-federal-claims-alleging-that-the-depart Leviathan News en 2026-08-17T07:45:31.662398+00:00 Chainalysis sues US government over a sole-source ICE contract awarded to rival TRM Labs, alleging DHS bypassed competitive procurement rules https://leviathannews.xyz/293035/daosfun-insiders-accused-of-dumping-ai16z-before-a16z-trademark-clash Leviathan News en 2026-08-16T08:06:20.634386+00:00 Daos.fun founder accused of selling $6.6M in ai16z tokens before forced name change; Baoskee denies claims, says voting launched and liquidity added. https://leviathannews.xyz/293036/you-are-using-one-of-them-right-now-probably-the-worst-one-and-nobody-has-ever-told-you-that-the-other-three-exist-because-the-people-who-use-them-do-not-write-blog-posts-they-a Leviathan News en 2026-08-16T08:06:13.312623+00:00 A breakdown of the four ways to make money, and why most people remain stuck in the first one. https://leviathannews.xyz/293048/tron-inc-concentrates-nearly-90-of-assets-in-justlend-strx-as-trx-treasury-tops-709-million Leviathan News en 2026-08-16T08:06:02.002189+00:00 Tron Inc. concentrates nearly 90% of assets in JustLend sTRX as TRX treasury tops 709 million https://leviathannews.xyz/293034/why-dual-mode-tokens-are-inevitable Leviathan News en 2026-08-16T03:52:49.724639+00:00 Fhenix proposes dual-mode token standard to merge public DeFi composability with optional privacy https://leviathannews.xyz/293033/announcing-our-partnership-with-openroboto-as-axis-robotics-expands-its-data-capabilities-into-the-opentensor-ecosystem-openroboto-is-an-open-competition-on-bittensor-subnet-80 Leviathan News en 2026-08-16T03:52:13.634275+00:00 Axis Robotics partners with OpenRoboto to supply over 3 million trajectories for Bittensor's robotics AI subnet https://leviathannews.xyz/293030/i-have-been-in-communication-with-binance-this-matter-concerns-only-binances-uk-and-eu-users-htx-does-not-conduct-business-in-the-uk-or-eu-and-settlement-negotiations-with-uk-a Leviathan News en 2026-08-16T03:52:10.413545+00:00 Justin Sun says Binance’s regulatory matter concerns only UK and EU users, while HTX is negotiating settlements with regulators in both regions https://leviathannews.xyz/293028/wgc-ceo-why-bitcoin-will-eventually-go-to-zero-on-august-5-2026-david-tait-ceo-of-the-world-gold-council-and-chair-of-the-fmsb-precious-metals-working-group-said-in-an-inte Leviathan News en 2026-08-16T03:52:06.765510+00:00 World Gold Council CEO says bitcoin will eventually fall to zero, citing lack of intrinsic value https://leviathannews.xyz/293026/money-is-energy-in-what-is-money-the-saylor-series-robert-breedlove-and-i-begin-with-a-simple-question-and-follow-it-through-the-history-of-civilization-technology-economics-a Leviathan News en 2026-08-16T03:52:01.892555+00:00 Strategy CEO Michael Saylor argues money is “economic energy,” with Bitcoin designed to preserve and transfer that energy across time and borders more efficiently than gold or fiat https://leviathannews.xyz/293025/the-rise-of-social-trading-will-make-you-and-random-traders-in-your-group-chat-famous-and-rich Leviathan News en 2026-08-16T03:35:50.499884+00:00 Social trading platforms are turning group chat participants into public fund managers with real financial stakes, heating up the creator capital economy. https://leviathannews.xyz/292956/russia-bans-crypto-mining-in-moscow-moscow-region-and-parts-of-kursk-through-2032-to-curb-grid-strain Leviathan News en 2026-08-16T03:22:15.492366+00:00 Russia bans crypto mining in Moscow, Moscow Region and parts of Kursk through 2032 to curb grid strain https://leviathannews.xyz/292940/crypto-startups-raise-112-billion-in-h1-2026-as-regulated-firms-capture-every-disclosed-dollar Leviathan News en 2026-08-16T03:22:09.114334+00:00 Crypto startups raise $11.2 billion in H1 2026 as regulated firms capture every disclosed dollar https://leviathannews.xyz/292958/liquidity-found-its-home Leviathan News en 2026-08-16T03:06:47.229342+00:00 Uniswap expands cross-chain access by deploying liquidity pools on the Arc network. https://leviathannews.xyz/292926/apple-pulls-fake-defillama-app-only-after-it-drains-teams-test-wallet-despite-months-of-reports Leviathan News en 2026-08-15T15:32:33.238656+00:00 Apple pulls fake DeFiLlama app only after it drains team's test wallet, despite months of reports https://leviathannews.xyz/292899/cosmostation-sunsets-wallet-restricting-it-to-seed-phrase-and-private-key-exports-from-september-1 Leviathan News en 2026-08-15T15:32:12.913114+00:00 Cosmostation sunsets wallet, restricting it to seed phrase and private key exports from September 1 https://leviathannews.xyz/292892/brand-new-variational-website-matching-our-updated-app-design-is-now-live Leviathan News en 2026-08-15T15:32:08.109327+00:00 Variational launches redesigned website to align with updated app interface https://leviathannews.xyz/292890/earn-65-apy-rewards-on-your-usdc-for-one-month-just-by-holding-a-balance-only-on-coinbase Leviathan News en 2026-08-15T15:32:02.922067+00:00 Coinbase offers existing customers 6.5% APY rewards on USDC balances for one month 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