Bitcoiners have been trolling the German government by sending small Bitcoin donations with crude messages via vanity addresses like "1Fuckyou" and "1ELonMUSK," after the government sold nearly 50,000 BTC worth $3 billion, reducing its Bitcoin wallet to almost zero on July 12. Meanwhile, CoinStats has attributed a recent $2.2 million hack affecting 1,590 wallets to the North Korea-linked Lazarus Group, citing evidence of a sophisticated attack on its infrastructure. Additionally, three Canadian men have collectively lost $373,000 to deepfake crypto scams involving AI-generated videos of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Tesla CEO Elon Musk promising guaranteed returns. Lastly, Trump-themed memecoins surged following an assassination attempt on the former president, while Trump’s election odds increased on the Polymarket crypto betting platform​.