Crypto loses $768M in worst hack month of 2026
Crypto hacks have caused more than $766 million in gross losses during September, making it the costliest month of 2026 as the Bitget and Liquid Network incidents dominated the total. Summary
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MetaMask Staking Begins Lido Validator Exit After Security Incident
MetaMask Staking has started exiting its Ethereum validators from Lido following a security incident affecting part of MetaMask’s infrastructure. The final validators are expected to complete
Crypto ETF News Today: Bitcoin, Ethereum, Solana Bloodbath, XRP Quiet
Crypto ETF News Today: BTC, ETH, SOL Bleeds While Market Turns Green Coins are green. The funds tracking them are not. That is the real story in crypto ETF news today, and it is worth sitting
BlockchainFX Explained: October 2026 Super-App and Token Status
Why Is BlockchainFX Getting Attention in October 2026? BlockchainFX explained in one line: the project says it is building a single app for crypto, stocks, forex and commodities, with a token
New Rule in Base’s Cobalt Upgrade Will Affect Token Balances
The Coinbase-incubated network's latest update introduces additional controls that touch how tokenized assets are tracked on-chain. Base, the layer-2 blockchain built on Ethereum and incubate
167 days without Shibarium staking: what you can do now
Anyone holding Shiba Inu who wanted to do something with it inside the ecosystem has been stuck for months: validator staking on the project's own layer-2 chain Shibarium has been under maint
German crypto tax reform: without a receipt, half the sale price is taxed
Anyone who sells their coins and cannot prove the purchase price will in future have to pay tax on half the sale proceeds. This substitute assessment appears in the German Federal Ministry of
Pi Network News: OUSD Deal Opens a Stablecoin Path for Pioneers
Pi Network News: Open Standard Partnership on OUSD Stablecoin Rewards Pi Network news today centers on a new tie-up with Open Standard, the group behind the OUSD stablecoin. Pi announced the
MetaMask Exits Ethereum Staking Validators After Security Incident
TLDR MetaMask disclosed a Sept. 30 security incident affecting part of its infrastructure. The company says it has found no immediate threat to MetaMask wallets. Affected Ethereum validators
Base Cobalt upgrade puts new controls inside tokenized assets
Base activated Cobalt on September 30. For issuers of its B20 tokens, the fork adds a way to schedule balance multipliers, seize balances with a record and combine transfer policies. None of
Bitcoin Whales Sold $2.52B While ETH Whales Bought — What It Means
Key Highlights Bitcoin whales shed 30,000 BTC ($2.52B) between Sept 27–Oct 1 during sideways price action, per Santiment data via @alicharts Ethereum whales added 60,000 ETH (~$162M) over the
Dogecoin Just Got EVM Smart Contracts Without Changing Dogecoin. DogeOS Is the Layer in Between
Dogecoin's base layer still does not run Ethereum smart contracts. That did not stop developers from launching an EVM-compatible application layer around it. DogeOS opened its Chikyū public t