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The attacks on the Bitcoin ecosystem have been so relentless over the past couple of months that they’re starting to feel commonplace. This week, we dive into the latest with the hack of the Liquid Network. Subscribe to get tomorrow’s edition in your inbox:

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TRUMP AGREES TO NEW BIPARTISAN CRYPTO ETHICS RULES AHEAD OF CLARITY ACT VOTE President Trump has agreed to roughly 80% of a bipartisan ethics proposal from Senators Thom Tillis and Ruben Gallego as Republicans release updated Clarity Act text ahead of Tuesday’s crucial procedural vote. The new provisions would require federal officials with substantial crypto-related financial interests to either divest or place them in a blind trust, while giving state attorneys general a role in enforcement. The updated bill also includes major changes to several other contested provisions: - On BRCA, protections for non-custodial developers have been narrowed, removing explicit protection from criminal prosecution under Section 1960 while retaining protections related to the Bank Secrecy Act and civil enforcement. - Stablecoin yield provisions add a “circuit breaker” allowing federal intervention if regulators see widespread deposit flight from community banks. - New guardrails target vertical integration, affiliate trading and conflicts of interest involving digital commodity exchanges, brokers and dealers. Senator Cynthia Lummis says the final text incorporates more than 120 Democratic demands and called on Democrats to support moving the bill forward. Republicans are describing the new package as their “last, best and final” offer ahead of Tuesday’s cloture vote. The vote would advance consideration of the bill, not constitute final passage.

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SAMSON MOW AND BITCOIN RED TEAM CLASH OVER LIQUID HACK DISCLOSURE Samson Mow and Bitcoin Red Team researcher Calle are publicly clashing over whether security warnings related to the Liquid Network exploit were properly handled. Calle suggested Blockstream’s failure to act on a Red Team email ultimately “cost” 600 BTC, prompting Mow to respond that “no emails were ignored.” Calle said the Red Team will publish its complete account of the disclosure process after Blockstream restores normal Liquid operations and releases its postmortem. Mow separately warned against blindly trusting AI-generated security reports, arguing that unverified fixes can introduce new vulnerabilities and criticizing researchers who prioritize “clout” over protecting Bitcoin.

TRUMP PROMISES $5,000 DIVIDEND TO EVERY ADULT AMERICAN IF REPUBLICANS WIN CONGRESS President Trump says he will issue a $5,000 dividend to every adult U.S. citizen if Republicans win both the House and Senate, citing the country’s “tremendous economic success.”

WARNING: TREZOR AND BITBOX USERS TARGETED IN EMAIL PHISHING ATTACK Trezor and BitBox users are being targeted with fake “Critical Security Alert” emails claiming an STM32 microcontroller entropy vulnerability has compromised wallet recovery phrases. Trezor says its third-party email provider was breached, allowing attackers to send phishing emails appearing to come from its legitimate domain. The emails direct users to a fake “entropy check” tool. Trezor says the domain has been taken down and it is investigating how the attackers gained access. Do NOT click the links or enter your recovery phrase anywhere.

JACK DORSEY’S BLOCK APPLIES FOR NATIONAL TRUST BANK CHARTER TO OFFER BITCOIN CUSTODY Block has applied to the OCC to establish Builders Bank & Trust, a federally regulated national trust bank. If approved, it would provide custody and related fiduciary services for Bitcoin and stablecoins. The proposed bank would focus on safeguarding customer assets, rather than operating like a traditional bank that accepts checking or savings deposits and makes loans. Lee Woolley, Block’s Digital Asset Strategy Lead, would serve as President and CEO.

WSJ: BITCOIN IS MORE THAN AN INVESTMENT, SAYS HUMAN RIGHTS FOUNDATION’S ALEX GLADSTEIN In a new essay, @gladstein argues that Bitcoin’s most overlooked promise is financial freedom for people living under collapsing currencies and authoritarian regimes. He points to its use by human-rights groups in Russia and Nigeria, as well as savers in countries where local currencies have lost significant purchasing power. “Maybe bitcoin isn’t for you, but it is for them.”

Why after all the encrypted messages with Blockstream did the “white hat” hackers send a :( ?

Bitcoin difficulty rose 1.31% at block 965,664, the eighth increase of 2026, and now sits at 127.45 trillion. Hashprice jumped 22% in a month, from $32.42 to $39.63 per PH/s per day, while hashrate is still around 934 EH/s, below 1 ZH/s. Fees were only 0.43% of miner rewards over the last day. Miners are being paid by bitcoin's price, not by a fee market.

MEMPOOL.SPACE ACCELERATOR USED TO SPEED UP 3,400 BTC LIQUID RETURN The transaction returning 3,400 BTC to the Liquid Federation was prioritized by 82.7% of network hashrate and confirmed by Foundry in the next block. The return transaction was RBF-enabled, meaning the sender could have bumped the fee for a few thousand sats. Instead, someone paid for mempool.space’s accelerator, which can speed up a transaction without requiring the sender’s signature. It makes sense to use the accelerator when 3,400 BTC is on the line and the recipient wants the transaction confirmed. The remaining question is what happens to the roughly 600 BTC (15% of the stolen funds) still held by the purported white-hat hacker.

"A model posted on Bitcoin Talk in 2013 predicted $93,000 for today. Bitcoin was $25 when it was written." Sminston With joins to discuss: 🔸 The first Bitcoin Power Law from 2013 🔸 $1M BTC between 2033-2036 🔸 What Power Law critics miss Watch: Spotify:

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Coldcard and Liquid hacks. bitcoin: unfazed

BLOCKSTREAM RESPONDS ONCHAIN TO “WHITEHATS” WHO EXPLOITED 4,000 BTC FROM LIQUID NETWORK Blockstream has responded onchain to the “whitehats” who requested contact after exploiting 4,000 BTC from the Liquid Network: “Please contact security@blockstream.com” This is a developing story.

🚨 LIQUID NETWORK SEES ~4,000 BTC MOVE AS “WHITEHATS” LEAVE ONCHAIN MESSAGE Roughly 4,000 of 4,200 BTC associated with a Liquid Network peg-out transaction appears to have moved at once. An OP_RETURN message attached to a subsequent transaction reads: “we are whitehats. contact us on chain” TXID: c103de95817b43f2df635ec6f35ff126ca26a7c6d20570c4b01866b2b3e69a19 The nature of the transaction and whether the funds were moved through an exploit remain unclear, but it does not look good.

NEW POD | "Six months after this signal, Bitcoin is up about 50% on average, going back to 2020." Caleb Franzen joins to discuss: 🔸 Why he never aims for the bottom 🔸 Yield curve control without the Fed 🔸 The signal that's only fired 5 times since 2018 Watch: Fountain: https://fountain.fm/episode/BU8shn7H6ARDsfxt04Nq Spotify:

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🇸🇻 EL SALVADOR’S RECENT BITCOIN ACCUMULATION CAME FROM PRIVATE DONATIONS, IMF SAYS The IMF says El Salvador’s Bitcoin accumulation since its first program review in June 2025 was funded entirely through private donations and did not involve public resources. The government is not expected to accumulate additional Bitcoin going forward beyond documented donations. The disclosure comes as IMF staff reached an agreement with El Salvador on its latest program reviews, which could unlock another $140 million in financing.