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2026-08-02 09:33:03 GMT

$38M Coldcard Heist: The Bitcoin Self-Custody Nightmare

📰 **In this week's issue:**

🗞️ **BREAKING**

$38M Coldcard Heist: The Bitcoin Self-Custody Nightmare

This isn't fear-mongering—it's what happened to roughly 500 Bitcoin holders on July 30, 2026. An attacker drained 594 BTC (worth over $38 million) from Coldcard hardware wallets. Here's the kicker: the victims never made a mistake. Their wallets were compromised by a firmware bug that had been hiding in plain sight since March 2021.



✍️ Author: Rhodes

🔗 https://nostrmag.com/article/w31bitcoin03

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