BREAKDOWN: Bitcoin Mining and the Return of Realpolitik

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The Flaw That Drained $38M in Bitcoin in 25 Minutes | CoinDesk Daily

594 Bitcoin gone. A flaw in how Coldcard hardware wallets generated their keys let an attacker sweep roughly 594 bitcoin — about $38 million — from around 500 wallets in just 25 minutes. The bug traces back to a March 2021 firmware update. CoinDesk's Jennifer Sanasie hosts "CoinD ...  Show more

Could Wisconsin Strip Your Voting Rights for Using Prediction Markets?

On CoinDesk's The Policy Protocol, Renato Mariotti is joined by guest host Ari Redbord, Global Head of Policy at TRM Labs, for a conversation on the politics of the CLARITY Act, the state-vs-federal fight over prediction markets, and Wisconsin's invocation of an 1849 law that cou ...  Show more

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