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'We Have Identified You, Sir': Near Intents Recovers $3.8 Million After 48-Hour Ultimatum
Near Intents got its money back. The cross-chain swap service said Friday that the roughly $3.8 million drained in an exploit on Thursday has been returned in full. The return came a day after the team publicly told the attacker it knew who they were. Myriad: Where does Ethereum go next? Click to make your prediction. "The funds from the $3.8M NEAR Intents hack were sent back in full," Alex Shevchenko, general manager of Near Intents, wrote on X. "We are stopping the investigation." The turnarou...
Sep 25, 2026
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Circle and Tether Freeze Stablecoins Tied to Bitget Hack—But Most Funds Slip Away
Circle and Tether have frozen a wallet linked to the massive Bitget exchange hack, cutting off roughly $318,000 in stablecoins from the attacker, though the bulk of the stolen fortune moved beyond reach before issuers could act. Blockchain data shows Circle blacklisted the address, labeled "Bitget Exploiter 8" on Etherscan, at 05:00 UTC Friday, using the built-in freeze function in its USDC token contract. Myriad: Where does Ethereum go next? Click to make your prediction. Roughly seven hours la...
Sep 25, 2026
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Strategy Wants Its Preferred Stock Dividends to Accrue 365 Days a Year
Bitcoin treasury firm Strategy wants to pay dividends on its four U.S. preferred shares every day, including weekends and public holidays, executive chairman Michael Saylor said on Thursday. The proposal covers STRF, STRC, STRK and STRD. Dividends would accrue every calendar day and pay the following business day, with the economics otherwise unchanged. A preliminary proxy was filed the same day, a definitive proxy is due on October 5, and shareholders vote on October 28. Strategy is proposing...
Sep 24, 2026
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Bitget Hacked as $350 Million Vanishes From Crypto Exchange Wallets
More than $350 million in crypto assets has been drained from wallets belonging to cryptocurrency exchange Bitget in a confirmed hack, according to CEO Gracy Chen. Chen said company cold wallets, those held offline, remain "fully secure," and that only the exchange's hot wallets, those connected for daily trading, were affected by the exploit. "User funds are safe. The full amount of this loss falls within the coverage of Bitget's User Protection Fund, which currently holds over $464 million," C...
Sep 24, 2026
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£10K Reward Offered After UK Couple Attacked in Crypto Home Invasion
Three men forced their way into a West Midlands home and made a couple transfer a large sum of cryptocurrency while a fourth person relayed instructions over a video call, in an attack police believe was planned and targeted. Crimestoppers, an independent charity that takes anonymous crime tips across the UK, is offering a reward of up to £10,000 for information leading to an arrest and conviction. The appeal went out on Wednesday, more than nine months after the attack. Our charity is offering...
Sep 23, 2026
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China Probes DeepSeek and Moonshot Over Alleged Data Leaks to Anthropic's Claude
China is turning Anthropic's own leak-detection playbook back on two of its most prominent AI labs. The Cyberspace Administration of China has opened an investigation into DeepSeek and Moonshot AI over claims that both companies secretly routed sensitive user data to Anthropic's servers, The Information reported Tuesday, citing people familiar with the matter. Myriad: Who will control Congress after the midterms? Click to make your prediction. Officials reportedly visited the offices of both com...