By Isaac • August 9, 2026 5:57 pm •
Bitcoin entered the weekend carrying three pieces of news that could have rattled a weaker market. Instead, the price held above $65,000 — and one of the industry’s biggest buyers is already teasing what comes next.
The pressure points were real: a deliberate chain split, the fallout from a nine-figure hardware-wallet exploit, and another delay for major U.S. crypto legislation. Yet Bitcoin was still trading higher on the week by Sunday.
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Bitcoin News summed up the unusual combination in one post:
In a week that saw:
– The fallout from a $100+ million COLDCARD exploit
– The failure of landmark crypto legislation to make it to the Senate floor
– The first deliberate chain split
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