Blockstream

White hat hackers targeted Blocksteam's Liquid sidechain, taking over 4,000 bitcoins. They want to keep some of the bitcoins as a reward. Blockstream isn't happy.

A self-described white-hat party returned 3,400 BTC to Liquid Network’s federation wallet on Monday after Blockstream said bridge nodes were patched. About 598.5 BTC, near $47 million, remains at the holder address.

Liquid Network said purported white-hat hackers withdrew about 4,000 bitcoin from the federation wallet that backs L-BTC. Bridge nodes are disabled and the sidechain is paused.

Following the suspension of Boltz, Blocksteam is debuting a feature allowing trustless Bitcoin swaps.

Strategy CEO Phong Le and Blockstream CEO Adam Back joined moderator Natalie Brunell on Wednesday to discuss Bitcoin treasury strategy, tokenization, digital credit, and Satoshi Nakamoto’s identity.

Capital B expanded its bitcoin treasury to 2,925 BTC after converting debt, raising equity, and continuing its accumulation strategy.

Blockstream's Jade hardware wallet is now the first hardware wallet able to interact with the Bitcoin Lightning Network.

Plan B Network has launched CypherTank, a first-of-its-kind Bitcoin-focused pitch competition in Lugano, offering over $850,000 in prizes. The competition will feature eleven projects competing across various Bitcoin-focused categories. The event, judged by industry leaders including Paolo Ardoino and Adam Back.

After four years at Blockstream, Fernando Nikolic steps down to start Perception, a platform aimed at addressing fragmented information in the Bitcoin and digital asset space.

The new language uses Bitcoin’s UTXO model and allows contracts to be verified with math before they are executed.