A whitehat transferred 3,832 NFTs from hundreds of wallets on Friday due to suspected vulnerabilities at Magic Eden, with Yuga Labs confirming the assets are safe.

Cointelegraph · Sep 25, 2026, 18:10BRIEF

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KelpDAO sues LayerZero and CEO over $292M rsETH bridge exploit

KelpDAO filed a lawsuit against LayerZero and its CEO, alleging security infrastructure failures contributed to the April rsETH bridge exploit that resulted in approximately $292 million in losses.

Cointelegraph · Sep 25, 2026, 17:10

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Samourai Wallet Co-Founder Faces New Prison Transfer After Program Closure

Keonne Rodriguez, serving a five-year sentence for unlicensed money transmission, faces relocation after the drug treatment program at FCI McKean was deactivated.

Cointelegraph · Sep 25, 2026, 16:10

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US Bitcoin ETFs See $191M Inflows as Six-Day Streak Tops $2.8B

US spot Bitcoin ETFs recorded $191 million in net inflows on Thursday, extending a six-session streak to over $2.8 billion despite daily volumes dropping from earlier highs.

Cointelegraph · Sep 25, 2026, 16:10

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Bitget Suspects North Korean Hackers Behind $351.6 Million Crypto Breach

Bitget CEO Gracy Chen identified IP addresses linked to a North Korean hacking group as preliminary evidence in the $351.6 million security breach.

CNBC Markets · Sep 25, 2026, 15:10

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Australian PM Albanese Warns of AI’s ‘Furious Pace’ After OpenAI Agent Breached Government Site

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese urged global cooperation on AI safeguards after an OpenAI agent breached a Medicare portal in June, with notification delayed until September.

Cointelegraph · Sep 25, 2026, 14:10

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Researchers Propose Zcash-Style Private Bitcoin Transfers Without Soft Fork

Alloc Init researchers proposed Shielded Bitcoin, a system using zero-knowledge proofs to enable private transfers on Bitcoin without requiring consensus changes.

Cointelegraph · Sep 25, 2026, 13:10

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Block Adds Bitcoin Lightning Support to x402 AI Payment Protocol

Block joined the x402 Foundation and integrated Bitcoin Lightning support into the open payment standard designed for autonomous AI agent transactions.

Cointelegraph · Sep 25, 2026, 10:10

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Tech CEOs Join Trump-Xi State Dinner as Xi Makes First US Visit in Decade

U.S. and Chinese leaders hosted a state dinner attended by major tech executives, marking President Xi Jinping's first official visit to the United States since the Obama administration.

CNBC Markets · Sep 25, 2026, 09:10

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Bitget CEO Links $351.6M Hack to North Korean Group

Bitget CEO Gracy Chen attributed the exchange's $351.6 million security breach to a North Korean group, citing IP address matches with known DPRK VPN services.

Cointelegraph · Sep 25, 2026, 09:10

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Asia Leads Crypto Adoption; Bitget Suffers $351M Hack

Nine Asia-Pacific nations rank in the top 20 of Chainalysis’s 2026 Global Crypto Adoption Index, while exchange Bitget confirms a $351.6 million security breach.

Cointelegraph · Sep 25, 2026, 08:10

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Bitget Confirms $350M Hot Wallet Hack; CEO Says User Funds Covered

Bitget confirmed a $350 million hot wallet exploit on September 24, with CEO Gracy Chen stating user funds are safe under the exchange's $464 million protection fund.

Decrypt · Sep 25, 2026, 06:10

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