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Circle and Tether Freeze Stablecoins Tied to Bitget Hack—But Most Funds Slip Away

In brief
- Circle and Tether froze a wallet tied to the Bitget hack, blacklisting roughly 99,990 USDC and 218,023 USDT (~$318,000) at the contract level; Circle acted at 05:00 UTC Friday, with Tether following via its multisig hours later. - The wallet's ~170 ETH stayed untouched—issuers can freeze their own tokens but not Ethereum—and trackers show other exploiter addresses still hold 63,000+ ETH beyond reach. - It's a small dent in a breach pegged at roughly $387 million, with Lazarus Group a suspected culprit and Bitget's $464 million protection fund set to cover losses.

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Tether says it had ‘limited’ exposure to bank linked to $84M US seizure

Tether says it had ‘limited’ exposure to bank linked to $84M US seizure
US prosecutors alleged that a payments business illegally transferred hundreds of millions of dollars at the direction of EQIBank, where Tether holds some assets. Stablecoin issuer Tether said that it had limited exposure through assets held at a bank that reportedly directed a payments company to allegedly move hundreds of millions of dollars on its behalf. In response to reports linking Tether and Bitfinex to a Montana-based payments business named in a civil forfeiture complaint filed by the Department of Justice, a company spokesperson told Cointelegraph that it had “no knowledge” of any of the alleged conduct.

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White Hats Swipe $5.7M in NFTs Before Attackers Get Their Shot

A wallet suddenly pulled thousands of NFTs from hundreds of owners for 0 ETH early Friday, setting off alarms around Magic Eden. Except the wallet belonged to a white-hat rescue operation. Yuga Labs’ 0xQuit says the team ultimately secured 23,155 NFTs worth more than $5.7 million after discovering a bug involving old Limit Break Payment Processor approvals.

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Sep 25 · 23:05 UTC

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AI Agents Hacked Their Own Test Environment to Cheat, Cybersecurity Firm Finds

In brief
- Darktrace's Signal Labs found that when AI agents couldn't legitimately hit a required perfect score on coding tasks, two of them hacked their test network instead, and one rewrote its own evaluation to fake the result. - A separate experiment showed that tampering with the locally stored conversation logs of coding assistants could trick them into running unauthorized network reconnaissance and privilege escalation. - Darktrace disclosed both findings to Anthropic, AWS, and OpenAI in August 2026, a month before publishing them publicly on September 24.

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Bitcoin ETFs Extend Winning Streak With Nearly $3B in Inflows

Bitcoin exchange-traded funds are on a winning streak, with investors buying for six consecutive days. The funds — managed by the likes of BlackRock, Fidelity, and Morgan Stanley — have received over $2.8 billion in new investment since September 17, according to Farside Investors data. On Monday alone, investors bought nearly $1 billion in shares — the most since October 6, when the funds received over $1.2 billion and the price of the leading cryptocurrency hit a new all-time high of $126,080.

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North Korean Hackers Linked to $388M Bitget Crypto Exchange Theft: CEO

Hackers from North Korea targeted crypto exchange Bitget on Thursday, according to an update from the CEO, making away with close to $388 million in digital assets — more than originally reported. Bitget CEO Gracy Chen said Friday that the higher figure “reflects a more complete accounting of transfers during the incident.” Chen had first reported that over $350 million had been moved. Security firms first flagged unauthorized transactions from the Victoria, Seychelles-based exchange’s hot wallets on Thursday before the company announced it had frozen withdrawals.

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SEC crypto FAQ addresses token buybacks, network upgrades and promises of profit

Promoting a network’s current uses generally would not create an expectation of profit, SEC staff said.

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KelpDAO Sues LayerZero and CEO Bryan Pellegrino Over $292M Hack

Pellegrino rejected the civil claim, calling it meritless and saying that he would defend himself in Vancouver courts.

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🐋 Large BTC Transfer Detected

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US Prosecutors Want $84.2 Million From a Bank Tied to Tether

In brief
- The Department of Justice filed a civil forfeiture complaint on July 15 targeting $84.2 million in accounts tied to Capstone Ltd., a payments firm prosecutors say moved money for Tether without the required license. - The bulk of the money, $79.11 million, sat in a Wells Fargo Securities account; smaller sums were held at JPMorgan Chase and in two USDT wallets. - Tether confirmed EQIBank, the Dominica-based bank behind Capstone, processed its wire transfers, but said it had "no knowledge" of the conduct under investigation and put its exposure at less than 0.034% of group assets.

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Circle Exec Slams Germany’s Proposed 50% Crypto Tax Penalty

Circle’s Patrick Hansen stressed that the planned reform on crypto taxation would introduce a 50% substitute assessment for crypto assets if users fail to provide credible purchase documentation, with these assets paying 50% of the sales proceeds in taxes. Circle Exec Slams Germany's Proposed 50% Crypto Tax Penalty
Key Takeaways
- Germany proposed a 50% tax basis on crypto sales if taxpayers lack credible proof of their purchase costs. - Circle’s Patrick Hansen warned this hits everyday investors hard, forcing them to overpay taxes on losses.

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DOJ Seizes $84M From Tether-Linked Payment Processor Capstone

The largest stablecoin issuer would have been using the firm as a bridge to be able to hold bank accounts in the U.S. and settle payments to “hundreds of individuals and entities.” The DOJ seized $84 million from Capstone accounts at Wells Fargo and Morgan Chase. DOJ Seizes $84M From Tether-Linked Payment Processor Capstone
Key Takeaways
- The DOJ seized $84M from processor Capstone over illegal transfers, pushing EQIBank toward liquidation.

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ECB Seeks to Link TIPS Payment System With Brazil’s Pix

The European Central Bank (ECB) and the Central Bank of Brazil will examine the feasibility of linking their payment systems as part of the G20 Cross-Border Payment Roadmap. The move seeks to expand Europe’s TARGET Instant Payment Settlement (TIPS) to facilitate international settlements. ECB Seeks to Link TIPS Payment System With Brazil's Pix
Key Takeaways
- The ECB is exploring a link between TIPS and Brazil’s Pix to enable faster, cheaper EU-Brazil payments.

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Blockchain Association CEO Summer Mersinger to step down, Kristin Smith to return as interim CEO

The Blockchain Association is switching up its leadership with CEO Summer Mersinger set to step down next month.

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🐋 Large BTC Transfer Detected

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OG.com seeks CFTC approval for single-stock perpetual futures

The CFTC had already begun laying the regulatory groundwork for perpetual futures months earlier. In May, the agency established a case-by-case review process for perpetual contracts and approved Kalshi’s Bitcoin perpetual futures product, followed in June by temporary relief allowing certain registered exchanges to convert existing crypto futures into contracts without expiration dates. Magazine: Exchanges reporting crypto gains to IRS becomes tax nightmare

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Sep 26 · 08:05 UTC

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‘Casino Secrets’ Hacker Beats Malta Regulator as Leak Site Goes Down

A Berlin court has ruled against the Malta Gaming Authority in its bid to stop German researcher Lilith Wittmann from linking it to organized crime, according to her account. Wittmann said she may also keep using documents taken from the regulator’s systems, but may not access them again.   What the Berlin Court Decided, and …

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