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Circle and Tether Freeze Stablecoins Tied to Bitget Hack—But Most Funds Slip Away
The two stablecoin issuers blacklisted a wallet labeled "Bitget Exploiter 8," locking about $318,000 in USDC and USDT—but the attacker swapped most funds into unfreezable ETH before they could act.
Former Hack VC partner Hsin-Ju Chuang’s death ruled a suicide
The crypto executive and Dystopia Labs founder previously held senior roles at Stellar and Solana before joining venture capital firm Hack VC.
Man charged in $16 million crypto ‘massive pig butchering’ scam
A man was charged for his role in defrauding someone of millions of dollars' worth of crypto in a "massive pig butchering" scam.
Bitget Hack Losses Climb to $387M: Here’s What Happened, and Why North Korea Is a Suspect
An attacker faked internal transfer requests to drain $387.5 million from Bitget's hot and warm wallets, and the exchange's CEO says the fingerprints look like Pyongyang's.
Bitget Hack Timeline: How Its Own System Approved a $387 Million Theft
Bitget says hackers used its own system to approve a $387.5 million theft. Here’s the timeline and the evidence behind suspected North Korean links. The post Bitget Hack Timeline: How Its Own System Approved a $387 Million Theft appeared first on BeInCrypto.
Magic Eden Warns Old Ethereum NFT Listings Are Exposed to Payment Processor Exploit
A flaw in Limit Break's Payment Processor V2 put old Magic Eden Ethereum listings at risk, prompting a whitehat rescue of more than 23,000 NFTs.
Bitget Hackers Drain $228M in 18 Minutes, Arkham Tracks 7 Chains
Bitget lost about $350 million in a breach spanning seven blockchains, according to Arkham’s analysis of the stolen funds. The exchange has paused withdrawals while investigators track the assets, including $153 million in XRP. $228 Million Left Bitget in 18…
Circle and Tether step in to freeze hacker wallet after massive Bitget crypto heist
The stablecoin issuer blacklisted a wallet holding about $318,000 in USDT and USDC. Most of the stolen funds sit in ether, which can't be frozen.
Magic Eden legacy approvals leave $5.7 million in NFTs exposed to exploit before rescue
Magic Eden legacy approvals exposed $5.7 million in NFTs to an exploit before whitehats rescued 23,155 tokens.
KelpDAO Developer Sues LayerZero Over $292M Bridge Exploit
Evercrest says LayerZero approved the single-verifier configuration in writing multiple times, then warned a different developer about it.
MultiversX restarts after exploit halt, but Kraken still bars new EGLD trades
Mainnet blocks resumed Sept. 24, while Kraken's latest EGLD notice kept trading cancel-only and deposits and withdrawals paused. The post MultiversX restarts after exploit halt, but Kraken still bars new EGLD trades appeared first on CryptoSlate.
Bitget’s North Korea-linked $352 million hack could drain 76% of its protection fund
At a $464 million reference value, covering the full estimate from the fund would leave about $112 million, below its stated floor. The post Bitget’s North Korea-linked $352 million hack could drain 76% of its protection fund appeared first on CryptoSlate.