Bitget Hacker Tested Controls With $480 Before $388M Theft
Bitget's attacker sent test transfers worth $480 to probe security 27 minutes before stealing $388 million across five blockchains on September 24.
Bitget's attacker sent test transfers worth $480 to probe security 27 minutes before stealing $388 million across five blockchains on September 24.
The Clearing House and seven U.K. banks picked Quant on the same day. U.K. banks went live with customer transactions while the U.S. network targets 2027.
Hester Peirce leaves Oct 2, reducing the SEC to two commissioners. The agency published new crypto guidance the same day she announced her departure.
Plasma released 1.81 billion XPL tokens on September 25, worth $160 million. Traders positioned ahead and the price climbed 20% over seven days.
Validator support briefly dropped below 80%, resetting the entire two-week countdown. The BatchV1_1 feature now activates October 9 instead of Sept 29.
KelpDAO filed a lawsuit claiming LayerZero endorsed a vulnerable setup in 2024. LayerZero says it always recommended the opposite. The hack cost $292M.
Circle and Tether froze $318,000 from the $387.5M Bitget hack while $157M in XRP remains beyond any centralized freeze due to XRP Ledger architecture.
Bitget's $351.6M breach on September 24 pushed monthly crypto losses past $684M, making it 2026's costliest month and reversing August's trend.
The Senate killed the Clarity Act on Sept 15. Within 48 hours, SEC and CFTC issued three regulatory frameworks, moving faster than Congress ever did.
The OCC approved three crypto bank charters on Sept 18, 2026. The agency received 40 de novo applications in 18 months, exceeding 2011-2024.
Strategy bought 950 bitcoin for $75.7 million last week but spent $174 million on STRC buybacks, marking a shift in capital allocation priorities.
The SEC and CFTC issued crypto-friendly relief on September 17, marking the first time both agencies moved toward regulatory exemptions on the same day.
A hacker drained $7.73M in rsETH from an Ethereum wallet. An MEV bot paid $47,000 in gas to front-run the transaction and took 99% of the funds.
The Senate voted 46-43 on the crypto bill September 15, falling 14 short. Republicans incorporated 126 Democratic amendments over 15 months.
OSFI says tokenized deposits are not a new legal product, just bank liabilities under existing rules. Canadian banks get a green light, no on-chain break.
The revised CLARITY Act splits DeFi into two legal classes and aims CFTC registration at protocols that only look decentralized, days before a Senate vote.