Bitcoin Will 'Survive' Cold Wallet Hack: Alex Thorn
THE SO WHAT
A $130M breach across ~7,300 Coldcard wallets is a reminder that “cold” is an implementation detail, not a guarantee. If you hold material digital assets, treat wallet design, key management, and vendor risk as core security architecture—not a checkbox delegated to a single device provider.
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