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Aug 5 — Coldcard hack, BlackRock tokenization, memecoin probe
• Confirmed losses from a Coldcard firmware flaw are nearing $130M across thousands of addresses — one of the largest self-custody loss events ever, likely forcing scrutiny of firmware supply chains industry-wide • BlackRock launched tokenized share classes for European money market funds representing $311B in assets — putting that scale on Ethereum infrastructure is a major vote of confidence in on-chain real-world assets • Democratic senators are urging the SEC to probe Trump's memecoin for alleged rug pull activity — the politically charged request lands during a critical week for crypto…
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