Tech
BTCPay's Bug Let Anyone Steal LND Macaroons and Sweep the Channels
Foundation and Citadel21 confirmed their Lightning nodes were drained before v2.4.2 landed. Updating alone does not revoke credentials already stolen.
·Jessica Miles
Lightning Network
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Business
Lightspark Becomes a Visa Principal Member, Lets AI Agents Spend Bitcoin-Backed Dollars at 175 Million Merchants
David Marcus put a Bitcoin-settled dollar account onto the Visa network on Tuesday and gave AI agents permission to spend from it. The principal-member status is the rare part — most fintechs rent access to Visa through Marqeta or Stripe Issuing.
·William Dale
Business
Tether Launches a Self-Custodial Wallet and Bets That 570 Million Users Will Want One
The stablecoin issuer's new tether.wallet app supports USDT, bitcoin, and tokenised gold with human-readable addresses and no gas tokens — a consumer play aimed squarely at emerging markets.
·Tom Chen
Policy
The Next Fed Chair Has Over $100 Million in Crypto Exposure and Has Promised to Sell It All
Kevin Warsh's ethics filing reveals stakes in DeFi protocols, Ethereum scaling networks, a Bitcoin Lightning startup, and prediction markets — all of which he must divest before taking the job.
·Tom Chen