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The Big Freeze | THE BITCOIN BRIEF 82

Published 3 weeks, 2 days ago

A bi-weekly news show informing you on the latest in Bitcoin, privacy and open source tech hosted by Ungovernables, Max and Q.

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NEWS

U.S. Treasury seizes nearly 1B in Iran-linked crypto, Tether freezes 344M USDT on Tron https://bitcoinmagazine.com/news/u-s-treasury-the-united-states-iran

The Mined in America Act would put the Bitcoin network at risk
https://www.therage.co/mined-in-america-act-bitcoin-at-risk/

CVE in Core Lightning: Optech #407 disclosure
https://bitcoinops.org/en/newsletters/2026/05/29/

Introducing Cube: Burak unveils a trustless Bitcoin smart contract L2
https://medium.com/cube-bitcoin/introducing-cube-8b3702e470a5
Published: May 2026

Anonymous plaintiff sues for title to $293 billion in dormant Bitcoin
https://bitcoinmagazine.com/news/anonymous-plaintiff-seeks-legal-bitcoin
Published: 2026-05-28

The U.S. Constitution inscribed on the Bitcoin blockchain via expanded OP_RETURN https://bitcoinmagazine.com/news/someone-inscribed-the-constitution-bitcoin
Published: 2026-05-29

RELEASES

Bitcoin Protocol, Core, Knots, Security

Core Lightning v26.06rc2 — 2026-05-22
- Release candidate 2 for CLN 26.06. Documentation and gRPC interface refinements on top of rc1's graceful command, sendamount RPC, and BOLT12 payer-proof support. Routing-node operators should test on a non-production node before adopting.
Eclair 0.14.0 — 2026-05-21
- Significant Lightning release from ACINQ. Final versions of channel splicing, simple taproot channels, and zero-fee commitments all ship in this version. This is the Eclair side of the same protocol work showing up in CLN and LDK. If you run an Eclair routing node, this is the upgrade to track.

Hardware Signers and Hardware-Wallet Apps

Coldcard MK5 launch — 2026-05-29
- New flagship hardware. Larger Gorilla Glass screen, redesigned buttons, improved NFC, dual secure element architecture retained. Already supported in Bitcoin Safe 2.0.0rc0 from earlier this fortnight.
Frostsnap 0.3.0 — 2026-05-27
- Headline change: deterministic firmware build with cryptographic digest verification. So end users can independently verify the firmware binary matches the source. That is the right direction for any hardware signer carrying real money.
Keystone 3 v2.4.4 — 2026-05-26
- Wallet connection removal, Zcash SLIP39 support added, device verification fixes.
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