All 1 tracked stories fall under one category: security. Of the tracked stories, 1 of 1 also mention Bitcoin, the most common co-covered peer. Each carries 3 original sources on average. We currently track 1 Crypto story that mention Galaxy Research, all published on August 4, 2026.
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What the coverage shows about Galaxy Research
All 1 tracked stories fall under one category: security. Of the tracked stories, 1 of 1 also mention Bitcoin, the most common co-covered peer. Each carries 3 original sources on average. We currently track 1 Crypto story that mention Galaxy Research, all published on August 4, 2026.
Stories tracked
1
Sources per story
3
Computed from the 1 stories linked to this entity, with beat comparisons drawn from all 3 Crypto stories published in the same date window. Shares are omitted below five stories and comparisons below a twenty-story baseline.
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Block’s Bitcoin Engineering and Security team releases a security advisory revealing the entropy-generating coding flaw in Coldcard. Coinkite issues a firmware update that fixes the vulnerability for new wallets but warns that existing wallets remain vulnerable.
Additional theft waves detected
Galaxy Research identifies two further suspicious transaction sequences, bringing total estimated losses to nearly $89 million.
Initial mass theft
Attackers drain over 1,000 BTC from 1,196 wallets in 41 minutes, initially valued at approximately $70 million.
Over $89 million in Bitcoin was stolen from 1,200+ Coldcard hardware wallets after a firmware flaw made seed phrases predictable. The attack blitz on July 30, 2026, raises urgent questions about the safety of cold storage and may trigger a sell-off among spooked self-custody users.