# The News Block

A simple, insightful update on Bitcoin and the global financial landscape to help you stay well-informed on the top news stories in 10 minutes.

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## [News Block: Bitcoin Price Surges on Surprise Treasury Move](https://thenewsblock.substack.com/p/news-block-bitcoin-price-surges-on)

_2026-08-19 · Natalie Brunell_

Washington stepped in to buy its own debt and Bitcoin had its biggest day since March. Plus the SEC's first crypto rulebook, a bank charter for the president's family and Tether’s first audit

## [Retire off Bitcoin in a bear market? Plus, a must-listen Coldcard hack update](https://thenewsblock.substack.com/p/retire-off-bitcoin-in-a-bear-market)

_2026-08-13 · Natalie Brunell_

The most precise Coldcard exploit account yet, and Mark Moss on retiring off Bitcoin even when the price drops

## [Bitcoin Red Team Finds 5,000 Security Flaws, BIP-110 Fails With 2 Blocks](https://thenewsblock.substack.com/p/bitcoin-red-team-finds-5000-security)

_2026-08-09 · Natalie Brunell_

BIP-110 fails, the CLARITY Act slips to September, Russia writes its crypto rules, and why Bessent's yen rescue is really about America's debt

## [Latest on the Coldcard Hack — and Two Conversations You Need to Hear This Week](https://thenewsblock.substack.com/p/latest-on-the-coldcard-hack-and-two)

_2026-08-06 · Natalie Brunell_

What the Coldcard disaster, Parker Lewis, and Dylan LeClair all have to say about where Bitcoin is headed

## [ColdCard Hack Explained - First Self-Custody Breach at Scale, Strategy Makes First STRC Buyback, Fed's Most Hawkish Dissent in Decades](https://thenewsblock.substack.com/p/coldcard-hack-explained-first-self)

_2026-08-04 · Natalie Brunell_

News Block #151 (08/03/2026)

## [COLDCARD Users: Move Your Bitcoin Today](https://thenewsblock.substack.com/p/coldcard-users-move-your-bitcoin)

_2026-07-31 · Natalie Brunell_

An emergency PSA on what happened, who's affected, and what to do right now.

## [The Interview Jack Mallers Couldn't Give Until Now](https://thenewsblock.substack.com/p/the-interview-jack-mallers-couldnt)

_2026-07-30 · Natalie Brunell_

Why Jack Mallers Stepped Away from 21—and How Nico Lechuga Is Using Profitable Businesses to Build the “Bitcoin Berkshire”

## [Is This Bear Market Almost Over? "Big Bitcoin" Unites to Defend Network, Strategy Makes Its First STRC Buyback](https://thenewsblock.substack.com/p/is-this-bear-market-almost-over-big)

_2026-07-27 · Natalie Brunell_

News Block #150 (07/27/2026)

## [The Energy Pivot: MARA CEO Fred Thiel on Power, AI, and the Future of Bitcoin](https://thenewsblock.substack.com/p/the-energy-pivot-mara-ceo-fred-thiel)

_2026-07-26 · Natalie Brunell_

Why the World's Largest Miner Sold 20,000 BTC, Pivoted to AI Data Centers, and Views Base-Layer Bitcoin as a Long-Term Asset Rather Than Daily Cash

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## [CLARITY Act Faces Critical Test, Saylor Shares 110 Reasons Why BIP-110 Is a Bad Idea, Lyn Alden & Jeff Booth Launch $40M Bitcoin Company](https://thenewsblock.substack.com/p/clarity-act-faces-critical-test-saylor)

_2026-07-20 · Natalie Brunell_

News Block #149 (07/20/2026)