Zeus Wallet, a self-custodial Bitcoin Lightning Network wallet, shut down its infrastructure on Wednesday after experiencing a cybersecurity incident and is conducting a security audit before restoring services.
Non-custodial Bitcoin bridge Boltz halted all swap services indefinitely after a surge of AI-assisted hacking attempts over recent months outpaced the team's ability to patch vulnerabilities. The service connects Bitcoin's main chain with Lightning Network and Liquid sidechain.
Boltz, a non-custodial Bitcoin bridge enabling swaps between Bitcoin mainchain, Lightning Network, and Liquid sidechain, halted all services on August 3, 2026, citing an escalating wave of automated AI-assisted attacks that its small team could not patch fast enough. No user funds were compromised due to the platform's non-custodial architecture.
PointsKash Inc. has introduced a kiosk infrastructure architecture engineered to function regardless of whether Bitcoin Improvement Proposal 110 (BIP-110) is adopted, as debate over the proposal intensifies and other Bitcoin layer-2 solutions like Ark gain mainnet traction.
Stacks published its Q2 2026 report stating that cumulative users surpassed 1.6 million and that PoX-5, the mechanism powering Bitcoin Staking, had reached public testnet and was undergoing an audit ahead of a planned Q3 mainnet launch. Separately, the Sui Foundation launched the Hashi testnet on July 22, 2026, allowing BTC locked on the Bitcoin network to be represented by hBTC for use as collateral on Sui, with more than 25 institutional partners testing integrations.
Botanix, a Bitcoin scaling network focused on bringing DeFi utility to BTC without token incentives, announced it is winding down operations after four years, stating 'it did not work' in the current market.
Paul Sztorc announced a Bitcoin hard fork that would introduce a competing layer-1 blockchain and seven layer-2 networks, with plans to reallocate Satoshi Nakamoto's estimated 1.1 million BTC reserve to investors.
