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Centralized Exchange and DeFi Losses Dominate 2026 Crypto Hacks Despite Hardware Wallet Failures

Lightning.news data shared with Bitcoin Magazine puts net 2026 crypto hack losses at roughly $2.35 billion after freezes and returns. September alone accounted for about $768 million, led by Bitget’s September 24 hot-and-warm wallet drain and Liquid Network’s Elements bug.

Blink Wallet Adds Inactivity Fee to Custodial Accounts, Accelerating Migration to Self Custody

Blink Wallet began charging a $1 monthly fee on custodial accounts inactive for 12 months, with the first charges processed by mid-October 2026 and full refunds on login.

The Quantum Issue: Bitcoin Quantum Exposure at Block 950,000 

From The Quantum Issue: a breakdown of how much of Bitcoin's supply is vulnerable to quantum attack, and the logistical questions of changing that.

The Real Estate Market Is Dead in Spain. Long Live Bitcoin.

A 2% rent ceiling against 4.9% September inflation, plus compulsory five- and seven-year renewals, rewrites signed leases. The Bank of Spain still puts the housing deficit near 750,000 homes.

Ecash Ecosystem Rises to Challenge in the Defense of Decentralized Custody

Fedimint developers, Eric Sirion, and Cashu’s thesimplekid ran one federation across three codebases at Ecash Hackday Berlin on September 30. Fedi CEO Obi Nwosu says the demo answers the software-monoculture risk he flagged after Liquid and Coldcard.

The Quantum Issue: Quantum Isn’t Coming For Your Bitcoin

From The Quantum Issue: Brandon Black considers all of the issues that might prevent a viable quantum computer from ever being built.

Trezor Safe 7 Review: The FOSS Self Custody Hardware Wallet

Trezor’s $249 Safe 7 pairs a 20-word SLIP-39 Shamir backup with TROPIC01, Optiga, and STM32 entropy — and Bluetooth that the review treats as warm storage, not cold.

Samourai Letter #7: Notes From The Inside

Syndicated from The Rage: Samourai Wallet developer Keonne Rodriguez documents "the absolute worst 30 days of my life."

[[alloc] init] Releases Shielded Bitcoin Proposal For Private Bitcoin Transactions

Shielded Bitcoin, a proposal from [[alloc] init], would enable Bitcoin transactions with strong privacy.

The Quantum Issue: You Never Really Know The Future

From The Quantum Issue: Shinobi considering why it might actually be possible a viable quantum computer is built in the near future.

The Quantum Issue: To Freeze Coins Or Not

From The Quantum Issue: Jameson Lopp's massive essay on the contentious social decisions for Bitcoin quantum computing will force people to confront.

The Quantum Issue: WTF Is Quantum Computing?

From The Quantum Issue: A high level look at quantum computer, what it even is, and how it is different from conventional computing.

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