Raw News Items
71 itemsSeptember 25, 2026
- CointelegraphScore: 90
Bitget CEO suspects North Korea behind $352M hack, citing IP clues
Bitget CEO Gracy Chen said a preliminary investigation found IP addresses matching VPN choices associated with a DPRK hacking group.
- CryptoSlateScore: 90
Bitget’s hack just got $36 million bigger, and now there’s a bounty on the stolen crypto
Bitget has raised the estimated value of assets taken in its Sept. 24 breach to $387.5 million as exchanges and security firms mobilize to freeze and recover the stolen funds. The new estimate is up from $351.6 million after further on-chain tracing identified Zcash and TRON assets that were exclude...
- CryptoSlateScore: 85
Lightning Labs discloses critical bug marking canceled invoices paid, risking free product delivery
A flaw in older Lightning Terminal software could mark a Bitcoin Lightning invoice paid after the payment was cancelled and returned to its sender, Lightning Labs disclosed on Sept. 21, 2026. A merchant relying on that invoice status could release goods or credit without receiving funds. The company...
- CoinDeskScore: 85
Bitget's $352 million hack happened via spoofed transfers, not private keys, CEO Gray Chen says
Bitget lost $351.6 million after attackers compromised a wallet backend, spoofed transaction data, Chen said on X.
- CryptoSlateScore: 85
Payy bridge exploit freezes crypto cards, and no balances remain safe
Payy has frozen its stablecoin payment network, including card transactions, after saying its Ethereum bridge contract was exploited and drained on Sept. 24. Its announcement covers deposits, withdrawals, transfers, and card purchases, leaving the ordinary ways to move or spend funds through Payy un...
- CryptoSlateScore: 85
Bitget’s North Korea-linked $352 million hack could drain 76% of its protection fund
Bitget said its $351.6 million wallet breach bears the hallmarks of North Korean hackers as investigators race to trace and freeze stolen assets. The crypto exchange said analysis of IP activity and blockchain transactions showed the Sept. 24 attack closely matched techniques used by known North Kor...
- DecryptScore: 85
KelpDAO Developer Sues LayerZero Over $292M Bridge Exploit
Evercrest says LayerZero approved the single-verifier configuration in writing multiple times, then warned a different developer about it.
- CryptoSlateScore: 85
US crypto ETFs draw over $3 billion this week, with nearly $800 million flowing beyond Bitcoin
US crypto exchange-traded funds have pulled in more than $3 billion this week as fresh demand spread beyond Bitcoin into Ethereum and altcoin products. Spot ETFs tracking Bitcoin, Ethereum, Solana, XRP and Zcash recorded about $3.04 billion of combined net inflows from Monday through Thursday, accor...
- DecryptScore: 85
Bitget Hack Losses Climb to $387M: Here’s What Happened, and Why North Korea Is a Suspect
An attacker faked internal transfer requests to drain $387.5 million from Bitget's hot and warm wallets, and the exchange's CEO says the fingerprints look like Pyongyang's.
- DecryptScore: 85
Circle and Tether Freeze Stablecoins Tied to Bitget Hack—But Most Funds Slip Away
The two stablecoin issuers blacklisted a wallet labeled "Bitget Exploiter 8," locking about $318,000 in USDC and USDT—but the attacker swapped most funds into unfreezable ETH before they could act.
- CoinDeskScore: 80
KelpDAO sues LayerZero for the largest exploit 2026 has seen so far
The cross-chain lending protocol accused LayerZero and its co-founder Brian Pellegrino of failing to disclose weaknesses in their protocol, which led to the $292 million hack.
- CoinDeskScore: 80
Circle and Tether step in to freeze hacker wallet after massive Bitget crypto heist
The stablecoin issuer blacklisted a wallet holding about $318,000 in USDT and USDC. Most of the stolen funds sit in ether, which can't be frozen.
- DecryptScore: 80
US Prosecutors Want $84.2 Million From a Bank Tied to Tether
Federal prosecutors are targeting a Montana payments firm and a Caribbean bank accused of moving money without a license.
- CryptoSlateScore: 75
Bitcoin researchers target privacy coins with Zcash-style shielded transfers
Bitcoin researchers have proposed a system for private transfers directly on the network without requiring a soft fork or changes to its consensus rules. The Sept. 24 paper from [[alloc] init] researchers Clara Shikhelman, Mikhail Komarov, and Aleksei Moskvin introduces Shielded Bitcoin, a metaproto...
- CointelegraphScore: 75
Bitcoin ETF inflows slow to $191M as six-day streak reaches $2.8B
US spot Bitcoin ETFs drew $191 million Thursday as daily inflows slowed for a third day, lifting year-to-date net flows to $787 million.
- CointelegraphScore: 75
KelpDAO sues LayerZero, CEO over $292M rsETH bridge exploit
KelpDAO says LayerZero endorsed its bridge setup before the attack, while CEO Bryan Pellegrino has dismissed the lawsuit as meritless.
- DecryptScore: 75
Researchers Publish 'Zcash-Style' Design for Private Bitcoin Transfers
The Shielded Bitcoin spec hides senders, receivers and amounts, but leaves how BTC enters and exits the system to a later paper.
- CryptoSlateScore: 75
SEC’s Hester Peirce wants to end crypto’s KYC honeypots before stablecoin rules create more of them
US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Commissioner Hester Peirce wants financial firms to stop stockpiling customer data after breaches exposed the cost of mandatory identity collection. This week, the SEC Commissioner called for wider use of reusable digital credentials that could establish f...
- CointelegraphScore: 75
Bitget clarifies $388M in assets affected by security breach
The Bitget breach announced on Thursday affected about $35 million more than previously reported, based on an analysis of assets on Zcash and TRON.
- CointelegraphScore: 75
Tether says it had ‘limited’ exposure to bank linked to $84M US seizure
US prosecutors alleged that a payments business illegally transferred hundreds of millions of dollars at the direction of EQIBank, where Tether holds some assets.
- CryptoSlateScore: 75
Bitcoin survives a 5.2% Treasury shock as traders slash $1.7 billion in leverage
Bitcoin is holding near $84,000 even as a historic US bond selloff pushes Treasury yields to decades-high levels. The benchmark 10-year Treasury yield climbed to 5.22%, extending a move that has taken borrowing costs to their highest level since 2007. The 30-year yield reached a fresh 22-year high o...
- CryptoSlateScore: 75
Dormant whale moves $380M Bitcoin, leaving the sale question unanswered
A Bitcoin address sent 4,499.99987779 BTC to a single destination in a transaction confirmed at 02:30:04 UTC on Sept. 25, 2026. The output was still unspent at a 13:33 UTC check, leaving nearly 4,500 BTC visible at one address after the move. At Coinbase's BTC/USD low and high of $84,152.88 and $84,...
- CointelegraphScore: 70
Researchers propose Zcash-style private Bitcoin transfers without a soft fork
Shielded Bitcoin would use zero-knowledge proofs and encrypted notes to hide transaction details without changing Bitcoin consensus, but researchers have raised questions about anonymity and quantum resistance.
- CoinDeskScore: 70
Live updates: Bitcoin steadies near $84,000 as the bond selloff pauses
Treasury yields eased from multi-decade highs and oil slipped on reports of a phased U.S.-Iran deal, with roughly $14 billion in bitcoin options set to expire on Deribit on Friday.
- CointelegraphScore: 70
CoinMarketCap buys CoinGlass to expand crypto derivatives data
CoinGlass will retain its brand and team, while its website, app, free tools, API and pricing will remain unchanged following the acquisition.
- The BlockScore: 70
KelpDAO sues LayerZero, claims it endorsed setup used in $292 million rsETH exploit
KelpDAO sued LayerZero and Bryan Pellegrino over the April 18 rsETH exploit, alleging the bridge setup was endorsed in writing.
- CryptoSlateScore: 70
MultiversX restarts after exploit halt, but Kraken still bars new EGLD trades
MultiversX, a blockchain network, said its mainnet was back online Thursday, Sept. 24, about five days after an exploit-related halt. Its technical account, @CodeMultiversX, said a recovery upgrade had been deployed, block production had resumed and normal network activity could continue. The offici...
- CointelegraphScore: 70
Exchanges reporting crypto gains to IRS becomes tax nightmare
The IRS can now see your crypto gains, but has no idea about the cost-basis. That’s proving to be a big headache for some cryptocurrency investors.
- The BlockScore: 70
Magic Eden legacy approvals leave $5.7 million in NFTs exposed to exploit before rescue
Magic Eden legacy approvals exposed $5.7 million in NFTs to an exploit before whitehats rescued 23,155 tokens.
- DecryptScore: 70
Magic Eden Warns Old Ethereum NFT Listings Are Exposed to Payment Processor Exploit
A flaw in Limit Break's Payment Processor V2 put old Magic Eden Ethereum listings at risk, prompting a whitehat rescue of more than 23,000 NFTs.
- CryptoSlateScore: 70
Old Magic Eden NFT approvals put users at risk after whitehat moves 3,832 NFTs
Old Magic Eden NFT approvals could still put some former users at risk months after the company closed its Ethereum marketplace. A September 25 warning from wallet security service Revoke.cash says that a vulnerability in Limit Break's Payment Processor V2 affects wallets that still authorize the co...
- The BlockScore: 70
SEC crypto FAQ addresses token buybacks, network upgrades and promises of profit
Promoting a network’s current uses generally would not create an expectation of profit, SEC staff said.
- CoinDeskScore: 70
U.S. SEC's steadiest crypto advocate, Hester Peirce, to depart next week
The long-anticipated exit of the commissioner sometimes known as Crypto Mom is Oct. 2, announced as the agency was sending out its latest crypto work.
- CoinDeskScore: 65
Bitcoin ETFs have erased a $5.8 billion hole
At one point in July, ETFs were down $5.8 billion in net outflows for the year. Now, that’s turned into $800 million in net inflows.
- The BlockScore: 65
Aave V4 on Base adds Coinbase tokenized stocks as collateral for USDC loans
Aave V4 added Apple, Nvidia, Tesla, and four more tokenized stocks as collateral for USDC loans for non-U.S. users.
- CointelegraphScore: 60
Block brings Bitcoin Lightning payments to x402 for AI agents
Block joins Google, Microsoft, AWS and Coinbase in backing x402, an open payment standard enabling agentic AI commerce.
- CryptoSlateScore: 60
Ondo unlocks BlackRock portfolio strategies, but only non-US traders benefit
Ondo Finance launched three on-chain portfolio tokens on Sept. 24 using investment strategies BlackRock developed for the company. The tokens give buyers economic exposure to diversified baskets, but they are securities issued by Ondo, not interests in BlackRock funds. Only eligible non-US investors...
- DecryptScore: 60
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth Holds Bitcoin in a Coinbase Wallet, Filing Shows
Two entries in his annual disclosure put the holding somewhere between $16,000 and $65,000, alongside more than $1 million in cash.
- CryptoSlateScore: 60
Solana DEX volume spike hides circular trades, and automated bots are blamed
Bitquery flagged $117.7 billion in Solana DEX trades in a 30-day sample, where repeated round trips supplied much of the recorded turnover. The blockchain data company's Sept. 24 reconstruction challenges using gross volume as a stand-in for demand from independent traders. It leaves a question of h...
- CointelegraphScore: 60
Magic Eden scare puts 3,832 NFTs in whitehat protective custody
Yuga Labs’ 0xQuit said the NFTs are safe and will be returned once the risk passes, while holders were urged to revoke NFT permissions.
- CoinDeskScore: 60
Altcoins rally across the board as bitcoin consolidates near $84,000
Quant jumped 39% over 24 hours and 93 of 100 CoinDesk 100 constituents rose, with the altcoin season index at its highest in more than three months.
- DecryptScore: 60
Morning Minute: BlackRock Leans Deeper Into Tokenization with Ondo
The biggest financial institutions in the world are bringing more products onchain, and the pace is accelerating.
- DecryptScore: 60
Bitcoin Rally Slows as $15.6 Billion Options Expiry Hits—XRP and Solana Keep Climbing
Pullback or reversal? Here's what the charts suggest for BTC.
- The BlockScore: 60
Man charged in $16 million crypto ‘massive pig butchering’ scam
A man was charged for his role in defrauding someone of millions of dollars' worth of crypto in a "massive pig butchering" scam.
- CointelegraphScore: 60
OG.com seeks CFTC approval for single-stock perpetual futures
OG.com, recently spun out of Crypto.com, joins Coinbase, Kalshi and Kraken parent Payward in seeking approval to bring perpetual futures to individual US stocks.
- CoinDeskScore: 60
Another appeals court rules against prediction market provider Kalshi, says sports contracts are subject to state regulations
A Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals panel ruled that prediction markets' sports-related events contracts are not swaps, and therefore aren't subject to federal regulatory oversight.
- CoinDeskScore: 50
Bond volatility surges while bitcoin and Wall Street stay calm
Bond volatility is at its highest since March, while the bitcoin VIX, BVIV and Wall Street's VIX remain near its yearly low.
- CointelegraphScore: 50
SlowMist has yet to confirm crypto theft from iPhone Safari attack
The analyzed Safari sample targets iOS 18.4–18.6.2 using previously patched flaws, while its effectiveness on iOS 26.5 remains unverified.
- CoinDeskScore: 50
Tether confirms minimal EQIBank exposure following $89M US asset seizure
While Tether's stated ceiling places its maximum exposure under $64 million, the incident underscores lingering counterparty risks in fiat gateway networks.
- CointelegraphScore: 50
Crypto Biz: Wall Street and crypto fight for the same turf
Stablecoins and tokenized assets are pushing banks, exchanges and crypto companies into the same markets, from payments to stocks and ETFs.
- DecryptScore: 50
Google Built an AI That Hunts Its Own Security Bugs
Google's PageBreak agent autonomously finds and verifies real vulnerabilities in its own web apps, cutting through the flood of noisy AI-generated security reports.
- DecryptScore: 45
AI Agents Hacked Their Own Test Environment to Cheat, Cybersecurity Firm Finds
Darktrace's new Signal Labs found AI agents hacking their own evaluation environment to fake a perfect score—and tricking coding assistants into running unauthorized network attacks.
- CointelegraphScore: 40
Australian PM warns of AI’s ‘furious pace’ after agent breached government site
Anthony Albanese said governments must help shape AI’s development, after revealing earlier that an OpenAI agent accessed non-public files on an Australian Medicare data portal.
- The BlockScore: 40
Ethena expands USDe backing strategy into bStocks and equity perpetuals on Binance
Ethena is adding Binance bStocks and equity perpetuals to the basis trade used for USDe's backing strategy.
- CoinDeskScore: 40
Bitcoin holders are cashing out, just not the way they did at prior market tops
Your day-ahead look for Sept. 25, 2026
- CryptoSlateScore: 40
Bitcoin faces a new inflation test after diesel hits a nominal $6.53 record
US on-highway diesel climbed to $6.529 a gallon on Sept. 21, up 24.4 cents in a week, according to the Energy Information Administration. The rise raises a freight-cost inflation risk for Bitcoin investors watching how long interest rates stay elevated. Because EIA had called the lower Sept. 14 pric...
- CryptoSlateScore: 40
Why a $2.38 XRP price target is actually hiding a $1.18 crash risk
XRP's rebound has brought the token close to CryptoSlate's $1.63 median forecast for Dec. 23, just a day after it hit an intraday low of $1.44. At press time, XRP traded near $1.61 after a 9.81% rise over 24 hours. The speed of that move shifts the focus from reaching the median to sustaining it thr...
- CryptoSlateScore: 40
Strategy’s daily dividend proposal puts Bitcoin funding back in investors’ hands
The @saylor account said Friday that Strategy wants to pay dividends daily on four of the preferred shares it uses in its Bitcoin financing strategy. The proposal would put cash in holders' hands sooner without changing the securities' economics at their current rates. Its value to Strategy depends ...
- The BlockScore: 40
Blockchain Association CEO Summer Mersinger to step down, Kristin Smith to return as interim CEO
The Blockchain Association is switching up its leadership with CEO Summer Mersinger set to step down next month.
- CointelegraphScore: 40
Ex-CFTC leader to leave Blockchain Association after CLARITY vote fails
Former CFTC Commissioner Summer Mersinger joined the Blockchain Association in 2025 after resigning during her second term at the federal commodities regulator.
- CryptoSlateScore: 30
Two obscure pools fuel 2.8B XRPL volume, but only 185 trades caused it
Two pools that exchange TIX for other issued tokens accounted for 97.24% of the seven-day automated market maker (AMM) volume in XRP Ledger (XRPL), according to XRPL.to's Sept. 24 feed. Neither pool contains XRP, so the outsized reading says far more about the provider's volume measure. XRPL.to list...
- CointelegraphScore: 30
IBIT options price trading more calmly after Bitcoin rebound
IBIT’s expected volatility sits near the bottom of its 12-month range, according to Saxo Bank’s analysis of options data from Sept. 23.
- DecryptScore: 30
Morgan Stanley Joins NEXTPredict as Prediction Markets Bet on 'More Institutional' Play
The bulk of prediction market trades are still sports bets, while valuations are predicated on rising institutional interest.
- CoinDeskScore: 30
Tokenization is moving faster than Washington
Regulatory clarity is not simply a legal or political issue, argues former New York Governor Andrew Cuomo. It is an economic one.
- CointelegraphScore: 30
Strategy seeks shareholder approval for daily preferred stock dividends
Strategy’s proposal would move STRC and its three other preferred stocks to daily dividend payments, following a similar move by Bitcoin treasury firm Strive.
- CoinDeskScore: 30
Blockchain Association sees leadership shift shortly after crypto Clarity Act fizzles
The trade group will be run again by its original CEO, Kristin Smith, when Summer Mersinger leaves at the end of a long congressional tussle.
- CointelegraphScore: 20
Samourai Wallet co-founder faces new transfer after 30-day ordeal
Keonne Rodriguez says he and 70 others face another move after their treatment program was deactivated. His previous transfer took 30 days.
- The BlockScore: 20
Strategy proposes daily dividends for STRC, STRD, STRF and STRK preferred stocks
Strategy is seeking shareholder approval to pay daily dividends across its four U.S.-listed preferred stocks.
- CoinDeskScore: 20
Strategy proposes daily dividends to bring STRC back toward $100
STRC has remained below $100 since May, despite a 12% dividend rate and roughly $1 billion in preferred share buybacks.
- DecryptScore: 20
OpenAI Is Building a $500 per Month ChatGPT Pro Max Plan, Leaks Suggest
Leaked code strings and screenshots point to a new tier that would cost 25 times more than ChatGPT Plus, aimed at people who need the bot to work faster, not just longer.
- DecryptScore: 15
Strategy Wants Its Preferred Stock Dividends to Accrue 365 Days a Year
STRF, STRC, STRK and STRD would accrue dividends on weekends and holidays, in a move Strategy says will dampen volatility.