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Bloomberg Crypto: Bitcoin Sleuths Are Going Sleepless After Coldcard Wallet Hack

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https://www.bloomberg.com/news/newsletters/2026-08-06/bitcoin-sleuths-are-going-sleepless-after-coldcard-wallet-hack

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Ben Weiss's Bloomberg Crypto newsletter on the incident-response effort: Alex Thorn and Galaxy, Robert Hamilton and AnchorWatch, and the wider volunteer researcher community. Paywalled; the free portion is held and the four screenshots attached to @intangiblecoins' 6 Aug post (intangiblecoins-2085506256656023720) carry further passages.

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Bloomberg Crypto
Digital Detectives Are Going Sleepless After Bitcoin Wallet Hack
Exploit comes as the digital assets industry struggles.
Illustration: Carolina Moscoso
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By Ben Weiss
August 7, 2026 at 5:00 AM GMT+8
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Ben Weiss writes about how members of the crypto research community have become the go-to source for information about the Coldcard hack that has rattled Bitcoin investors.

Alex Thorn has barely slept since Friday. “I’ve been getting ill,” he said. “Physically ill.”

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