The enforcing fork remains stuck at Bitcoin’s full mining difficulty as mandatory signaling proceeds with little hashpower support.

The rules, effective Jan. 1, 2027, cover transactions above $10,000 sent to overseas providers or self-custody wallets, along with other transfers flagged for review.

Foundation and Citadel21 reported drained Lightning nodes, but the total amount stolen and number of affected operators remain unknown.

The deployment milestone tests whether enforcing nodes can sustain the change amid limited miner signaling and discussion of a hard-fork fallback.

The spot Bitcoin exchange-traded funds registered their third-strongest showing since October as institutional demand showed signs of renewed momentum.

The procedural move puts crypto market structure legislation back on track as lawmakers continue negotiations over ethics and stablecoin provisions.