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🔐 Binance founder Changpeng Zhao commented on the recent Trezor data breach this week, stating it's "Not a great month for hardware wallets." 📦 CZ argues the incident, which exposed the personal data of ~13.7K customers, reinforces a key advantage of software self-custody wallets. They can be obtained "without purchasing and shipping a physical device that links a user's identity and address to crypto ownership." 🗞️ Bitcoin.com News

⚖️ Tornado Cash founder Roman Storm argues Google and OpenAI face equal liability under DOJ logic. Storm claims both firms' products are used by North Korean operatives to fund the country's nuclear program.

🚨 Onchain investigator ZachXBT has named a U.S. woman, Tiffany Milanovich, allegedly tied to $5M in crypto thefts via support impersonation scams. 🎙️ She allegedly acted as the "caller," phoning victims to drain their hardware wallets. In one June 2026 incident, a victim lost $1.2M in BTC and ETH after a spoofed BitcoinIRA email. 💬 ZachXBT reports she also recorded herself taunting victims on calls after stealing their funds and is linked to other threat actors. 🗞️ Bitcoin.com News

BTC funding rates sit at 0.0014% per 8 hours, roughly 70% below the 90-day average of 0.0046%, reflecting unusually low speculative pressure at $63,022.

🚨 Grayscale projects ETH and SOL supply growth could drop below gold's by 2031 🪐⚗️ If two pending proposals pass, Ethereum inflation may hit 0.4% and Solana 1.1%, versus gold's roughly 1.8%.

🌐📊 XRP Ledger active addresses climbed to a two-month high even as bearish social sentiment hit a three-month extreme. Network participation rose sharply while weak price action continued to weigh on investor commentary.

💳 Ripple's Swell 2026 is shaping up to be its biggest yet 🏦🌐 Executives from Robinhood, BNY, and Intercontinental Exchange join 75+ confirmed speakers for the New York event expecting 1,500+ attendees.

Abu Dhabi's Mubadala and Investment Council held nearly $764M in BlackRock's spot Bitcoin ETF through Q2, absorbing an estimated $118M in unrealized losses without reducing their positions.

⚡ Bitcoin News Daily | August 15, 2026 ✅ Tudor Investment Expands Bitcoin ETF Stake 🌊 Global Long-bond Yields Surge to Multi-year Highs 🪙 Wlfi Absorbs $2.19M Treasury Transfer 👾 Fairlead Signals Bitcoin Found Major Low ☄️ Trump Hosts Crypto Leaders at White House Follow on X →

📊 A $2.19M transfer into the WLFI treasury left the token's buyer absorption largely intact. Analysts note that repeated deposits of similar size could present a different stress test for World Liberty's market depth.

🇺🇸 US interest expenses on public debt have reached a record high of $1.37 trillion over the last 12 months, according to Treasury data. 📈 The chart shows a sharp acceleration in costs, rising from $460 billion in 2011 to $1.37 trillion in July 2026. If this trajectory continues, interest payments are projected to soon become the single largest line item in the federal budget, overtaking Social Security. ⚠️ This surge reflects the impact of higher interest rates on the growing volume of outstanding debt, raising concerns about long-term fiscal sustainability. 🗞️ Bitcoin.com News

🏛️ Trump is set to host Coinbase, Ripple, Kraken, and other crypto executives at the White House on August 19. The meeting kicks off a week of regulatory discussions in Washington, timed ahead of the CFTC's first advisory committee session.

🇰🇷 South Korea is taking steps to establish a legal framework for seizing self-custodied crypto assets from debtors, led by a proposal from National Tax Service officials. 📄 The paper, titled "Limits of Seizure Enforcement for Self-Custodied Virtual Assets and a Legislative Proposal," argues the current Criminal Procedure Act does not give police the power to properly seize crypto in private wallets. ⚖️ Separately, the Supreme Court has proposed amendments to the Civil Execution Rules. These would create a standardized process for creditors to freeze, identify, and liquidate virtual assets held by debtors, with crypto exchanges given a seven-day deadline to comply with court orders. 🗞️ Bitcoin.com News

Bitcoin's Fear and Greed Index sits at 34 with a 30-day average of 28, as BTC trades at $63,064 amid sustained market pessimism.