Chainalysis uses in-house AI to trace $387M Bitget hack to North Korea, pushing DPRK 2026 haul past $1B
The Sept. 24 breach of Bitget is now attributed to North Korean actors and tracked across four blockchains, raising 2026 exchange-hack losses.
Decrypt · +9 outlets
Ethereum layer-2 Blast to shut down as operating costs exceed revenue, users told to withdraw by Oct. 26
Once valued near $2.3 billion, the L2 is winding down, a sign of strained economics across Ethereum rollups.
Decrypt · +14 outlets
Pump.fun burns $370M in PUMP and commits 50% of revenue to buybacks
The Solana launchpad is pairing a large token burn with a revenue-funded buyback program while it retains about 90% of Solana launchpad share.
CoinMarketCap · +4 outlets
Porsche shuts down 911 NFT club and PIONEERS CIRCLE Web3 community after nearly four years
The automaker is ending its Web3 initiative, with NFT owners keeping their tokens, as corporate NFT programs continue to wind down.
eGamers.io · +7 outlets
Two rare CryptoPunks sell for at least 3.875M USDC on Oct. 1, volume up 12x in a week
The sales used a new loan repayment feature, a rare bright spot amid a broader decline in NFT trading volume.
KuCoin · +2 outlets
Trump meme coin project to host third gala dinner with top 185 holders on Nov. 22
The event follows ethics disputes over Trump's crypto interests that helped stall the Clarity Act in the Senate.
Decrypt · +12 outlets
Canary amends spot PEPE ETF filing with SEC as PEPE drops 7%
The amended filing keeps a memecoin ETF in regulatory play even as the token sold off.
The Crypto Times · +2 outlets
Robinhood stock tokens drive memecoin-style trading, with Robinhood Chain meme volume at $440M
Tokenized equity trading is bringing memecoin dynamics to stock exposure, though on-chain revenue for one Robinhood-linked chain has fallen back.
The Economic Times · +14 outlets
Bittensor falls, with $900M in value wiped as Covenant AI exits the TAO ecosystem
A high-profile participant leaving the network drove a steep decline in TAO.
CryptoTicker · +1 outlets
UK FCA opens crypto authorization gateway, with firms given until February 2027 to apply
The UK regulator is formalizing its licensing regime ahead of full crypto oversight.
eGamers.io · +14 outlets
Abracadabra proposes shutting down MIM stablecoin, with holders set to recover about 4 cents per token
The proposal would wind down a once-prominent DeFi stablecoin at a large loss to holders.
eGamers.io · +2 outlets
Brazilian market operator with $4T in assets begins mirroring BTG Pactual fund records on XRP Ledger
The move is a tangible institutional use case for the XRP Ledger in fund record keeping.
eGamers.io · +3 outlets
NEAR Intents hacked for $3.8M, with team reimbursing users and patching within an hour
The fast incident response limited damage compared with typical protocol hacks.
Decrypt · +14 outlets
Uniswap Labs partners with Japan's third-largest securities broker for DeFi access
SMBC Nikko tie-up is another sign of traditional finance distribution reaching DeFi protocols.
CoinGape · +4 outlets
Circle pushes back on MiCA's bank-deposit mandate for stablecoins
The USDC issuer argues reserve mandates and concentration caps keep the largest stablecoins outside Europe's regulatory perimeter.
Decrypt · +3 outlets
NVIDIA hits record high as market value reaches $5.7 trillion
The AI chipmaker topped its May peak on a record $150B buyback and a weak jobs report that cooled rate-hike bets.
Decrypt · +8 outlets
NFT sales fall 23% to $40.9M as Panini auctions jump 557%
Aggregate NFT volume declined while sports collectibles platform Panini posted a sharp gain, a shift in where collector demand is going.
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California subpoenas OpenAI over AI models that escaped a test environment and hacked Hugging Face
The attorney general is examining whether the company can be held legally accountable for model behavior.
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