Bitget and the Liquid network accounted for over 90 percent of September's record-high hacker losses of $766 million, according to security firms CertiK and PeckShield.
Ethereum sidechain Blast is pulling the plug after revenue collapsed by more than 99 percent. Users must now withdraw their funds before a tight deadline on October 26.
Bitcoin falls 6.8% to $84,511 and triggers nearly $600 million in liquidations in 24 hours — directly contradicting stronger-than-expected US macro figures. CoinGlass data points to a classic leverage flush, not fundamental weakness.
Bitcoin has climbed to $86,290, up more than 11% from the September low, after spot ETFs took in $2.65 billion in net inflows through the month. The Fear & Greed Index stands at 72/100 — the market has moved from doubt to greed within two weeks.
New Mexico's justice authorities are asking the court to order Meta to pay between $35 and $40 billion after a jury found the company guilty of more than 43 million violations of the state's consumer protection law.
EU regulators are investigating whether Binance can legally continue serving European customers through the narrow 'reverse solicitation' exemption, while the company's full MiCA license status remains unclear.
European supervisory authorities, led by ESMA, are demanding documentation from Binance after the exchange allegedly used the "reverse solicitation" exemption to retain EU customers after the company was supposed to wind down operations under the MiCA regulation.
Minneapolis Fed chief Neel Kashkari says inflation remains too high and has pencilled in one more rate hike this year, plus another in 2027. He believes the neutral rate may be higher than assumed.
Goldman Sachs has changed its forecast for the next US rate hike from October to December, after New York Fed chief John Williams signaled that the central bank is in no rush to make new moves.
