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LIVE – 23,000 phishing emails hit Foundation Passport customers this week — and if you run their hardware wallet, you're in that number. Three self-custody breaches landed in seven days, and it's a stress test on anyone holding their own keys.
You'll get the full breakdown of what actually happened: Foundation confirmed 19,057 emails came through Mailgun and another 1,503 through Google Workspace, Electrum's RBF vulnerability was exploited in the wild before the patch landed with real funds lost, and Keystone confirmed its own customer data breach detected October 20th. You'll see exactly what to check if you hold through any of these, and why Bitcoin Core just overhauled its vulnerability disclosure policy for AI-discoverable flaws.
Beyond the breaches, you'll learn why Strategy hit pause on its Bitcoin buying and repurchased $205M in preferred stock, what the Senate blocking the Clarity Act means for US regulation, and how Wall Street went all in — Strive buying 6,182 BTC for $511.4 million, Vanguard taking a stake in Metaplanet, and Charles Schwab calling for $100K Bitcoin within six months. Plus Casa's Jameson Lopp on the quantum question, Ledger Atom's physical privacy switch, and Google's new ad-personalization policy.
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You'll get the full breakdown of what actually happened: Foundation confirmed 19,057 emails came through Mailgun and another 1,503 through Google Workspace, Electrum's RBF vulnerability was exploited in the wild before the patch landed with real funds lost, and Keystone confirmed its own customer data breach detected October 20th. You'll see exactly what to check if you hold through any of these, and why Bitcoin Core just overhauled its vulnerability disclosure policy for AI-discoverable flaws.
Beyond the breaches, you'll learn why Strategy hit pause on its Bitcoin buying and repurchased $205M in preferred stock, what the Senate blocking the Clarity Act means for US regulation, and how Wall Street went all in — Strive buying 6,182 BTC for $511.4 million, Vanguard taking a stake in Metaplanet, and Charles Schwab calling for $100K Bitcoin within six months. Plus Casa's Jameson Lopp on the quantum question, Ledger Atom's physical privacy switch, and Google's new ad-personalization policy.
Subscribe for weekly Bitcoin-only education and live commentary: https://www.youtube.com/@BTCSessions
Follow on X for real-time takes: https://x.com/BTCSessions
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ALSO WATCH THE CO-HOSTS:
• Canadian Bitcoiners (Joey): https://www.youtube.com/@CanadianBitcoiners
• THE Bitcoin Podcast (Walker): https://www.youtube.com/@WalkerAmerica
• Brandon Gentile: https://www.youtube.com/@brandon_gentile
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