Coldcard Hacker Uses THORChain to Swap Stolen BTC
A reported Coldcard attacker moved about 10% of the stolen Bitcoin through THORChain, using the cross-chain swap protocol to convert part of the haul into other assets, according to reporting
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BlackRock IBIT Jumps Nearly 6% as Bitcoin ETF Inflows Hit $300M
BlackRock's spot Bitcoin ETF, IBIT, rose nearly 6% during the latest session as estimated daily inflows approached roughly $300 million, a move that market watchers read as renewed appetite f
Foreign Nations Are Pulling Gold Home While China Keeps Buying: 5 Altcoins to Watch as the Dollar Era Faces a New Test
The Netherlands relocated 86 tonnes of gold, increasing the share held in London without reducing its overall reserves. Tokenization is moving beyond experiments, with financial institutions
Chainlink deal to move $16 trillion with Bottomline lifts LINK
On September 4, Chainlink’s LINK was being traded at $11.88, which translates to a change of 6.8% in the last 24 hours. This follows the announcement of a joint venture of Chainlink and Botto
XRP slots into the middle of trades that would price badly on their own
Most traders on the XRP Ledger (@XRPLF) never see it happen, but $XRP is quietly stepping into the middle of thousands of trades every day, improving prices that would otherwise come out wors
Binance extends its USD1 airdrop campaign for another four weeks
New Campaign Runs Through October 2 @binance has launched another four-week leg of its USD1 stablecoin airdrop, keeping the program alive through October 2, 2026. The new campaign window runs
Mantle joins the Global Dollar Network and adds native USDG issuance
USDG Goes Native on Mantle @Mantle_Official announced on Thursday that USDG, the dollar-pegged stablecoin issued by @Paxos, is now live on Mantle as one of the first assets natively minted on
Algorand secures its network without asking holders to lock anything up
Most proof-of-stake blockchains demand that validators lock up their tokens as collateral. @Algorand takes a different approach, one where the native token never leaves the holder's wallet. H
FLOKI routes a slice of every on-chain trade into its treasury
How the tax works Every time $FLOKI changes hands on a decentralised exchange, a small portion of the trade is redirected before it reaches the buyer. A 0.3% transaction tax applies to every
Bitcoin Hits $81,000 After Waller Cools Rate-Hike Bets
Bitcoin climbed to $81,000 after Federal Reserve Governor Christopher Waller cooled expectations for further interest-rate hikes, giving risk assets a fresh macro tailwind and pushing the net
Coinbase Lend deposits pass $500M less than a year after launch
Half a Billion in Deposits @coinbase and @Morpho confirmed on Thursday that Coinbase Lend has crossed $500 million in total deposits, a milestone reached less than a year after the product's
Core Completes Hard Fork to Resolve Reward Issuance Issue
Emergency Upgrade Seals Validator Exploit @Coredao_org has completed a hard fork of version v1.0.26 on its mainnet, bringing a formal close to a serious vulnerability in the network's reward