Weekly Roundup 08/07/26 (Coldcard hack continues, Ethereum mulls an issuance tweak, ai16z winds down, Clarity deadline looms)

Matt and Nic are back with more news and deals. In this episode:

• Why the Coldcard hack is worse than some major exchange and DeFi hacks
• What the Coldcard hack told us about the need for open weight models
• Is self custody over?
• MSTR sells more Bitcoin
• An FBI agent steals $1m in crypto
• NY state sues Kalshi
• Ethereum considers another change to issuance
• Ethereum needs to resist the urge to change monetary policy
• ai16z's Eliza winds down
• the merit of reading sci fi
• The cofounder of Sui leaves for Anthropic
• Will Anthropic keep the discoveries to themselves?
• The WSJ gets it wrong on Clarity