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⚡️ BREAKING: The vote on the Clarity Act has been postponed and will now occur after the August recess.

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❗ Bitcoin Red Team Flags Nearly 5,000 Security Vulnerabilities

The volunteer initiative Bitcoin Red Team has uncovered 4,962 potential security flaws across 390 Bitcoin-related projects. Of these, 85 were labeled critical, and 635 were marked as high risk.

Within 29.8 hours, the team successfully reproduced 21.4% of the reported issues—leaving the remainder as unverified vulnerabilities pending further analysis. This effort was accelerated following a series of attacks on Coldcard hardware wallets, which led to losses surpassing $100 million.

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📈 Big Crypto Players Stack Assets Despite Price Dips

CryptoQuant data shows major holders are accumulating Bitcoin, Ethereum, and XRP even as prices face downward pressure. This activity hints that the bear market may be nearing its end — though further declines are still possible before a definitive bottom forms.

Notably, large Bitcoin holders' balances — excluding exchange and mining pool wallets — have climbed to around 3.06 million BTC, up from a December low of roughly 2.87 million BTC. Analysts view this trend as classic accumulation behavior: strong hands buying the dip while weaker holders exit.

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⚡️ BREAKING: Trump Media and Technology Group, the company behind Truth Social, is stepping back from two deals with Crypto.com.

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💎 Bybit Takes Legal Action Against North Korea and Lazarus Over $1.5B Hack

Bybit has filed a lawsuit against North Korea and the hacker collective Lazarus for the theft of $1.5 billion in ETH. A U.S. court has frozen a portion of the traced assets, marking a critical step in the recovery effort.

The 2025 breach remains the largest in cryptocurrency history, with stolen funds largely converted into BTC through THORChain. Bybit absorbed the losses using its own reserves—preventing user impact and avoiding the fate of many tier-2 exchanges that collapsed under similar attacks.

Since 2017, North Korean hacking groups have pilfered approximately $6.75 billion in digital assets. Meanwhile, the Bybit WSOT prize pool remains safe and fully secured.

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Do work so exceptional that failure becomes impossible.

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Trader with $137 in my pocket, yet here I am—overthinking geopolitics and the Strait of Hormuz like it’s my job.

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“Bitcoin is a Ponzi scheme”

Meanwhile, banks:

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🇮🇷 Iran Rules Out Talks with Trump Before His Term Ends

Iran has ruled out any negotiations with Trump before his presidency concludes. A senior advisor to the speaker of Iran’s parliament confirmed that no agreements will be reached during this period.

Tehran is demanding $300 billion in compensation for opening the Strait of Hormuz, the unfreezing of Iranian assets, and the withdrawal of U.S. troops from the region. Meanwhile, Iran and Oman are collaborating on a new maritime trade corridor. In response, Trump is seeking reparations from Iran for American casualties and damages caused during protests.

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Standard Chartered Ups Chainlink Price Target

Analysts at Standard Chartered have revised their Chainlink (LINK) price forecast to $200 by the end of the decade — a potential surge of roughly 25x from its current level near $8.

The upward revision hinges on Chainlink’s growing role as a foundational infrastructure provider for tokenized real-world assets. Jeff Kendrick, Head of Digital Asset Research at Standard Chartered, described it as the “only end-to-end platform” managing the full lifecycle of tokenized assets across both DeFi and traditional finance.

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😏 Vitalik Refines Ethereum’s Roadmap: Quantum Security Takes Center Stage

Vitalik has updated Ethereum’s strategic direction, elevating quantum resistance as a top priority while scaling back focus on VDFs and most EVM enhancements.

Verkle trees are being phased out in favor of ZK-friendly PBT. Privacy is now a foundational objective—driven by privacy pools, wormholes, and keyed nonces. New additions include zkzk-frames and leanSPHINCS to enable post-quantum scalability.

The protocol specification is being simplified for formal verification using AI. The emphasis is shifting toward specialized, scalable solutions—prioritizing STARKs and AI integration over rapid, broad upgrades.

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Pokémon cards are beating both Bitcoin and the S&P 500 this year, with the PV100 index rising 27.9%. Meanwhile, the $13–15 billion collectibles card market is making a move toward blockchain, embracing tokenized asset trading.

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Strategy to Resume Bitcoin Purchases This Year

After a seven-week pause, Strategy is preparing to re-enter the market with active Bitcoin buying—targeting resumption within this year. The company is currently bolstering its dollar reserves, now totaling $4.75 billion.

So far this year, Strategy has acquired 175,000 BTC while selling approximately 7,000 BTC.

The CEO highlighted that the current bear cycle has lasted about eight months—aligning with historical BTC trends. He reiterated that Strategy remains financially sound, holding roughly $55 billion in Bitcoin and sufficient liquidity to cover dividends for nearly 2.7 years.

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