🔍Crypto Markets Balance Macroeconomic Pressure, Security Breaches, and Institutional Infrastructure Growth

The direct market context does not provide a current Bitcoin price or 24-hour percentage change metric. In the absence of explicit pricing and performance data in the primary context, short-term market trajectory and price momentum cannot be directly quantified, indicating an unconfirmed immediate t

NEAR Intents suffers $3.8M exploit after assistance with Bitget breach

NEAR Intents suffers $3.8M exploit after assistance with Bitget breach

Cross-chain protocol NEAR Intents reported a security breach that resulted in the loss of $3.8 million in user funds.In a Thursday X post, the protocol said that the incident was the result of a “bug in the Omni deposit and withdrawal infrastructure interaction with NEAR Intents smart contract.” NEA

Stablecoins can drain from banks and nations at lightning speed

Stablecoins can drain from banks and nations at lightning speed

Anyone who’s ever sent a bank transfer overseas is familiar with the painful process of waiting for things like working hours, correspondent banks and settlement times.In many cases, it would be faster, cheaper and just more efficient to strap the physical cash to a homing pigeon, or slap it in an e

Bitget’s $388M hack pushes Q3 crypto security losses past $1B

Bitget’s $388M hack pushes Q3 crypto security losses past $1B

Losses from crypto security incidents climbed to $1.26 billion in the third quarter of 2026, largely driven by the $387.5 million hack of crypto exchange Bitget.Losses rose 53.9% from $819.4 million in Q2, while the number of security incidents increased about 13% from 219 to 247, according to data

Bitcoin Caught Between Strong Demand and Persistent Risks — Market Talk

Bitcoin Caught Between Strong Demand and Persistent Risks — Market Talk

Bitcoin's price is in a tug-of-war between strong ETF and corporate demand on one side and persistent inflation and rate risks on the other, Bitget Wallet's Lacie Zhang says in a note. It is trading around $83,500, with Zhang seeing $82,000 as the key downside level and $87,500 as the trigger to a b

BTC Price Target: Citi Raises Bitcoin Forecast To $113K, Ethereum Target To $3,028 As ETF Inflows Return

BTC Price Target: Citi Raises Bitcoin Forecast To $113K, Ethereum Target To $3,028 As ETF Inflows Return

Bitcoin (BTC) and Ethereum (ETH) edged higher in early morning trade on Thursday, with Citigroup raising its 12-month price targets for both leading cryptocurrencies, pointing to stronger crypto market activity, a more supportive macroeconomic backdrop and a resumption of exchange-traded fund inflow

EU questions Binance over continued operations despite wind-down order, FT reports

EU questions Binance over continued operations despite wind-down order, FT reports

EU officials are questioning Binance over its use of a legal exemption to continue serving customers in the region despite an order to wind down its business in the bloc, the Financial Times reported on Thursday, citing people familiar with the matter.Binance, the world's largest cryptocurrency exch

Crypto Hacks and Exploits Top $766 Million in September, Security Firms Say

Crypto Hacks and Exploits Top $766 Million in September, Security Firms Say

Crypto suffered its worst month of the year for hacks and exploits in September, with two blockchain security firms estimating losses at more than $766 million. According to Cointelegraph, PeckShield counted 55 major incidents that resulted in $766.5 million in stolen funds, while CertiK recorded 97

Bitcoin wipes out shorts but still can’t hold $85,000: what buyers are missing

Bitcoin wipes out shorts but still can’t hold $85,000: what buyers are missing

Bitcoin surged above $85,500 after softer US inflation revived hopes that the Federal Reserve could delay further tightening, but the breakout faded quickly.BTC slipped back towards $84,000 on Thursday even after weeks of short liquidations cleared speculative positioning that had amplified moves hi

ENS Founder Nick Johnson Denies Issuing Token on Robinhood Chain

ENS Founder Nick Johnson Denies Issuing Token on Robinhood Chain

ENS founder Nick Johnson denied on X that he issued a token on Robinhood Chain. According to Odaily, he said the account in question was created for a Twitter contest in which participants had to find the account mnemonic from an image, and that both the account and mnemonic had already been made pu

Web3 Losses Reach $766.4 Million in September 2026, CertiK Data Shows

Web3 Losses Reach $766.4 Million in September 2026, CertiK Data Shows

CertiK data showed that confirmed Web3 vulnerability attacks and phishing incidents caused about $766.4 million in total losses in September 2026, the highest monthly loss of the year and the month with the most incidents in 2026. According to Foresight News, Bitget lost $387.5 million and Liquid Ne

Crypto hacks top $768M in September, worst month of 2026

Crypto hacks top $768M in September, worst month of 2026

Crypto suffered its worst month of the year for hacks and exploits in September, with two blockchain security firms estimating losses at more than $766 million.PeckShield counted 55 major incidents resulting in $766.5 million in stolen funds, while CertiK recorded 97 incidents and estimated losses a