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CointelegraphAugust 2, 2026

Coldcard exploit sparks Bitcoin flight, ‘bullish’ crypto consolidation: Hodler’s Digest, August 2

Cointelegraph reports that a Coldcard exploit has sparked a $90 million loss of Bitcoin from cold storage, weighing on market sentiment. Meanwhile, the Clarity Act faces a stall with only five days remaining for a Senate vote to occur.

HTSApp's take

A cold storage exploit at this scale is a reminder that hardware wallet trust is a supply-chain and firmware problem, not just a UX one. If you custody funds or integrate signing devices, it's worth checking whether you have update-verification and vendor-diversification in place rather than treating any single cold-storage brand as a safe default. The stalled Clarity Act is the bigger structural watch item for anyone building crypto products in the US, since regulatory ambiguity keeps compliance costs unpredictable.

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