🍌 Users of the Telegram bot Banana Gun have reported hacks on their wallets

The developers are currently investigating the issue. 🧑‍💻

It's estimated that 563 ETH was stolen from 36 victims.

Some believe that Banana Gun itself wasn't compromised, as the number of affected users is quite low. 🤔

Tron Fees Will Decrease ⬇️

The community has approved a vote to reduce fees on the Tron network by 50%.

⚙️ The update will occur around 12:00 UTC.

This means trading meme coins on Tron will be even more profitable, and USDT-TRX payments will become cheaper. 🧐

World Premiere of the Ethereum and Vitalik Buterin Documentary 🎞

On September 18, a documentary about the cryptocurrency Ethereum and its founder, Vitalik Buterin, premiered in 23 countries, created by Optimist studio.

Titled Vitalik: An Ethereum Story, the film took over three years to produce. Funding was raised in July 2021 through a crowdfunding campaign on the Mirror platform, collecting 1,035.96 ETH (around $1.9 million at that time) in just three days.💰

🌐 Starting September 20, the on-chain screening of Vitalik: An Ethereum Story will be available on streaming services.

🚀 Louisiana Accepts Bitcoin for State Services! 💰

Louisiana has started accepting Bitcoin and USDC payments for state services, partnering with Bead Pay to convert crypto into US Dollars, reducing volatility risks. 💪

🐟 The Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries is the first agency to implement this, aiming to enhance transaction security and reduce fraud.

Top 4 countries by the amount of BTC on their balance!

1. USA – $12,160,000,000

2. UK – $3,670,000,000

3. Bhutan – $785,460,000

4. El Salvador – $351,750,000

Honorable mention: Germany now has "ZERO" (after a $3.56 billion sale). 😁

🚨 BingX Exchange Hacked: $43M Lost!

🥷On September 20, hackers breached the hot wallet of crypto exchange BingX, leading to potential losses exceeding $43 million.

🕵️‍♂️ Analysts from PeckShield report that the majority of stolen funds were drained from Ethereum and BNB Chain networks, impacting others like Arbitrum, Polygon, and Avalanche.

👀 In total, the attackers stole 5,300 ETH, 4,100 BNB, and 1.65 million MATIC. Withdrawals have been halted, and users are urged to revoke approvals for active smart contracts to prevent further losses.

BingX reassures users that most assets are stored in cold wallets, with only a minimal amount in hot wallets. The exchange plans to resume withdrawals within 24 hours and is developing a compensation strategy for affected users.🤔

Five 2009 Wallets Awaken and Move Bitcoins 💰

👀 Within just one hour, five wallets—each holding 50 bitcoins mined in January 2009—transferred their coins to new, unknown addresses.

At current prices, each batch of 50 BTC is worth $3.12 million. 🙀

These funds had been dormant for over 15 years, with no other transactions in these wallets.

🕵️‍♂️ Analyst ZachXBT revealed that he played a key role in identifying the criminals behind the $243 million theft from one of Genesis's creditors, which involved a sophisticated social engineering attack.

💰 The majority of the stolen funds were converted to Monero.

🎥 Leaked videos—reportedly recorded in real-time during the attack and the subsequent efforts to hide the stolen assets—exposed the suspects' identities and their money laundering scheme.

🤷 ZachXBT did not disclose how they obtained the videos or the numerous chat logs from Telegram and Discord he referenced.

Two of the three hackers have been arrested, and authorities seized the stolen funds during the arrests. 🚓

🥷Hackers pushed a scam token using the YouTube channel of India's Supreme Court 🇮🇳

They compromised the channel, renamed it to “Ripple,” and uploaded a deepfake featuring Brad Garlinghouse. 😁

🌐 BNB Chain Integrates with Telegram💎

🚀 BNB Chain is set to integrate with Telegram, allowing developers to launch new mini-apps directly within the messaging platform.

🤝 This partnership will also utilize Telegram authentication for enhanced security.

Additionally, the integration simplifies the use of BNB Chain in Telegram bots with the Privy SDK and adds support for BNB in various Telegram wallets. 💪

CATI Token Now Trading at $1! 🚀

😸 The CATI token has listed on major exchanges and is currently trading around $1!

👀 According to Catizen's creators, their game ranks first in revenue among all Telegram mini-apps, attracting over 34 million users in just six months. Of these, 2 million have connected TON wallets, with 800,000 making in-game transactions using Toncoin.

Despite user dissatisfaction and criticism regarding token distribution through airdrops, the excitement surrounding the CATI listing is palpable. 🤷

TON developers have warned that the token launch will test the blockchain's capabilities.

To manage the token distribution load, the TON Foundation has paused The Open League program for various ecosystem projects. A special token standard (TON Mintless Jetton) for Hamster Kombat has also been developed to ease blockchain pressure. 🔨

We’ll soon find out if TON can handle millions of hamsters, or if it will face challenges like with $DOGS. 🤔

US Judge Dismisses Consensys' Lawsuit Against the SEC

⚖️ A Texas federal judge dismissed Consensys’ lawsuit against the SEC, which aimed to declare Ethereum (ETH) as not a security.

👀 Judge Reed O'Connor ruled that the SEC’s actions regarding MetaMask, including a Wells notice, do not represent final agency decisions.

The judge also dismissed claims related to the SEC’s investigation into Ethereum, noting that the probe was dropped after Ethereum ETFs were approved. 🧐

Consensys considers this a partial win for the Ethereum ecosystem and vows to continue fighting the SEC’s case related to MetaMask. 🎉

🎮 Play Solana has unveiled their first portable Web3 gaming device, the PSG1 (Play Solana Gen1), powered by Solana.

They promise an extensive ecosystem.

The pre-order announcement is expected tomorrow at the Solana Breakpoint event.

Pubkey bar, where Donald Trump made a spectacular crypto burger purchase yesterday, is riding the hype wave to the fullest (and rightfully so – such luck comes once in a lifetime).

This time, the Pubkey account tagged Michael Saylor with his "Bitcoin burger." 🍔

"We open at 3pm, BTW."

- they added.😁

President of El Salvador Nayib Bukele (as you know, El Salvador adopted a Bitcoin strategy and buys 1 BTC every day) met with Elon Musk (one of his sneezes can significantly pump some meme coin), the SEC has approved options trading on the iShares spot Bitcoin ETF from BlackRock. 🔥

Why is Bitcoin still $63,000? 👀

Why are we still in the early stages of Bitcoin's adoption ? 🧐

Let’s compare Bitcoin's value to the market capitalizations of gold, art, fiat currencies, stock markets, bonds, and real estate.

7 out of 10 largest central banks in the world have already begun to lower interest rates 📉

BTC gained nearly 6% over the week and reached $64,000 for the first time since August 26. 🚀

The S&P 500 closed above 2,700 for the first time in history, while gold surpassed $2,600, and the value of global bonds continues to break records.

Do you sense the smell of something big in the air? 🤔💰

MicroStrategy's stock leads the top 10 most profitable securities since August 20, 2020 (the start of MicroStrategy's Bitcoin strategy), surpassing even NVIDIA. 🚀

Clearly, in commercial terms, MSTR is not doing more than NVIDIA. Therefore, such success can only be attributed to BTC. 👍

Any individual, family, company, or country can copy MicroStrategy and enjoy the same outperformance.

- Michael Saylor

Last week, MicroStrategy issued bonds worth $1 billion and purchased another 7,420 BTC for $458 million—now the company holds a total of 252,220 BTC. 💰

Kamala Harris has spoken about cryptocurrencies for the first time as a candidate for U.S. president.

Uniswap Labs CEO Hayden Adams described this move as a positive signal. 👍

🗣 Kamala Harris stated that if elected president, she intends to 'will encourage innovative technologies like AI and digital assets while protecting our consumers and investors.'

BTC ETF vs. Gold ETF 🧐

Eric Balchunas compared the inflow into BTC ETFs with Gold ETFs, highlighting that these assets are often used for diversification.

In just 9 months, BTC ETFs have attracted $17.7 billion, representing 5% of BTC's market capitalization.

In comparison, Gold ETFs account for only 1% of gold's market cap. 👀

Gold took 22 years to reach this level, while BTC achieved it in just 9 months. 🚀

But let's be real—gold has a much bigger market cap. For now 😉.

📈 The correlation between U.S. stocks and cryptocurrencies has hit a two-year high of 0.67, getting close to the record level of 0.72 set in the second quarter of 2022.

A correlation value of 1 would indicate total synchronization between these assets. 👀