Hardware-Wallet Entropy and Self-Custody Risk
Explore how weak hardware-wallet entropy can defeat air-gapping, evade routine testing, and shift risk into multisignature and recovery.
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Bitcoin Self-Custody Vulnerabilities and AI Cybersecurity Shifts
Explore how hardware wallet vulnerabilities and AI-driven cybersecurity threats are reshaping digital asset custody and market maturity.
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Hardware-Wallet Security After a Catastrophic Entropy Failure
Explore how entropy failures, AI-assisted exploits, and custody design reshape hardware-wallet security, trust, recovery, and resilience.
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AI-Assisted Red Teams and the Security of Bitcoin Software
On August 14, 2026, Rob Hamilton told Galaxy's Alex Thorn that a hardware-wallet incident triggered a volunteer effort to scan Bitcoin software for vulnerabilities with AI.
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Coldcard Failure Exposes the Limits of Passive Self-Custody
On August 4, 2026, Galaxy Grid featured a panel examining a reported Coldcard key-generation failure and the thefts linked to vulnerable Bitcoin wallets.
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AI Security Pressure Tests Bitcoin’s Custody and Governance Systems
On August 5, 2026, BTC Sessions Bitcast convened Ben, Nathan, Joey, and Brandon to argue that AI-assisted attacks and vulnerability discovery are pressuring Bitcoin’s custody, service, and governance layers at once.
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40 bits: what the Coldcard failure reveals about trust in Bitcoin self-custody
What we know now: on July 31, 2026, an attacker swept roughly 594 BTC – about USD $38 million – from approximately 500 single-signature Bitcoin Coldcard wallets.
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