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Headlines and short briefings we actually use when reading the market — filtered for relevance, not volume.
Suspected thefts linked to compromised Ledger hardware wallets are approaching $90 million. Tether has responded by freezing USDT stablecoin associated with the incident, while investigations continue.
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Bitget said its Protection Fund is back above $300 million after covering a $388 million loss from a Sept. 24 security breach, with customer balances untouched and a phased withdrawal restart underway.
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Bitget disabled XRP withdrawals on Sept. 26 and will reopen them Oct. 2 as part of its post‑breach recovery plan, while 27.6 M stolen XRP is being moved toward THORChain and swapped to Bitcoin.
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Visa's September 18 data refresh reduced adjusted stablecoin volume while transaction counts held steady, revealing a classification shift rather than a drop in actual activity. The reset expands the Allium identity set from roughly 15 million to 600 million labeled addresses, changing how value-weighted transfers are measured.
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Bitget revised its estimate of stolen assets in this week’s security breach to $387.5 million, up from $351.6 million. The exchange detailed a phased plan to resume withdrawals starting September 28th.
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Bitget raised its loss estimate from $351.6 million to $387.5 million after identifying additional Zcash and TRON assets, and launched a Recovery Bounty Program offering 5% rewards for frozen or returned stolen funds. The exchange also partnered with Binance, Bybit and security firms to trace and freeze the assets.
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Microsoft and Coinbase dismantled EvilTokens, an AI-powered phishing operation that compromised 12,000 inboxes. Coinbase traced $1.1 million in revenue across four Tron addresses.
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Ethereum significantly outperforms Bitcoin as institutional capital floods back into spot ETH ETFs, with BlackRock's fund absorbing nearly all net inflows while broader altcoin markets lag behind.
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B.AI hits 1.51 trillion daily tokens in just 100 days, outpacing OpenRouter by 71,500x. Backed by TRON and YZi Labs, the platform is redefining AI infrastructure with decentralized settlement and global compute access.
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