A hardware wallet does not have to be physically touched to lose your Bitcoin
The Coldcard incident is a perfect example
A five year old firmware flaw allowed attackers to reconstruct weak private keys offline and drain funds from thousands of addresses
Here is what actually happened and what it means for self custody 🧵 🧵
Saylor hinted last week that Strategy was buying more Bitcoin
Now Strategy has sold 1,690 BTC for $108.6M
That’s a worrying shift in behavior
Strategy has built its entire reputation around buying and holding Bitcoin
So when it starts selling after signaling more purchases, it raises questions about what changed behind the scenes
If Strategy is starting to sell instead of consistently accumulating, that could weaken one of Bitcoin’s biggest institutional demand narratives
One sale isn’t enough to confirm a trend
But it’s definitely a bearish signal worth watching
Wells Fargo is entering the tokenized deposits race
Banks aren’t fighting stablecoins anymore
They’re starting to copy the blueprint
Wells Fargo announced tokenized deposits for corporate clients starting this fall
The pilot will enable 24/7 USD to GBP settlement on Wells Fargo’s own blockchain, with more currencies expected to be added through 2027
This makes Wells Fargo the third major US bank moving in this direction after JPMorgan and Citi
But here’s the important difference between tokenized deposits and stablecoins
Tokenized deposits remain within the regulated and insured banking system
So the money still sits with the bank, but moves on blockchain rails
The bigger picture is simple
Banks are no longer asking whether blockchain has a place in finance
They’re figuring out how to use it to make traditional banking faster and more efficient
Gm legends 🧘♂️
Don’t let last week’s losses, mistakes or slow progress convince you that you’re behind
Your goals still matter
Lock in and make this week count
This is a brutal reminder that crypto still trades like the risk asset it claims to be leaving behind
When capital has a choice between commodities, equities and crypto, it clearly hasn’t been choosing crypto lately
The bigger question now is what catalyst brings that capital back and I think that is where the CLARITY ACT comes in 🧘♂️
The market rewards preparation before it rewards conviction
Before next week begins there are three dates I already have marked on my calendar
👉 Tuesday Aug 11
Pi Network Mainnet upgrade deadline
👉 Wednesday Aug 12
US CPI print coming after last Fridays ugly jobs report where 23K jobs were lost instead of gained
👉 Same day
Aptos unlocks around 11.31M APT representing 0.54 percent of supply at 2am UTC
None of these events tell us what price will do
But they tell us where attention and volatility could shift
You do not need to predict every move
You need to know what is coming before the move happens
Stay calm, Stay early 🧘♂️
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This is a major change for creators here on 𝕏
And here is everything you need to know about how the new system works what qualifies and what you need to change
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Two countries
Two completely different approaches to crypto regulation
Thailand recently announced a 0 percent capital gains tax on crypto traded through licensed platforms until 2029
Nigeria on the other hand is moving in a different direction with a 15 percent transaction duty and up to 25 percent tax on capital gains while requiring users to have a tax identification number
On paper both countries are trying to achieve the same thing
Bring more crypto activity into regulated channels
The difference is how they plan to get there
Thailand is rewarding people for becoming compliant
Nigeria is asking people to pay to become compliant
Thailands strategy is simple
Give up tax revenue in the short term attract global capital build a stronger crypto hub then recover that value through higher activity investment and reputation
That approach works because Thailand already has a functioning licensing framework with regulated platforms ready to support the policy
Nigeria starts from a completely different position
An estimated 22 to 26 million people are already using crypto with much of that activity happening through informal P2P markets
The challenge isnt attracting users
The challenge is bringing an already massive market into visible regulated channels before it becomes even harder to oversee
A zero tax model in Nigeria today could formalize a huge market without generating meaningful revenue for the government
So while Thailand is incentivizing adoption
Nigeria is incentivizing compliance
Different starting points and different priorities
That is why neither approach is objectively better from a policy perspective because both governments are solving different problems
But if the question is which system benefits the average crypto holder more
Thailand clearly has the advantage
Zero percent capital gains tax will always be more attractive than paying transaction duties and progressive taxes on gains
Nigeria isnt wrong for taxing an already established market
Thailand isnt wrong for subsidizing one it is still trying to grow
The important thing is understanding that both governments are still experimenting with different models
The long term winner will be the one that creates the right balance between innovation regulation and sustainable growth 🧘♂️