Robinhood Chain’s $1.5 billion boom is attracting memecoin rug factories
A second suspected memecoin rug factory has surfaced on Robinhood Chain as the fast-growing network attracts increasingly coordinated scam activity. On Sept. 28, blockchain security firm GoPlus said it identified…
Nearly 5,000 BTC leaves Bitget as hackers begin laundering $387 million haul
Nearly 5,000 Bitcoin has left Bitget’s tracked reserves after the crypto exchange reopened withdrawals following its $387.5 million hack. On Sept. 28, Bitget Chief Executive Officer Gracy Chen said the…
Strategy makes first back-to-back Bitcoin buys since June as accumulation picks up
Michael Saylor-led Strategy (formerly MicroStrategy) has made back-to-back weekly Bitcoin purchases for the first time since June, rebuilding its holdings after selling some of the cryptocurrency earlier this quarter. On…
Lido’s 1,500 ETH reserve target could slow stETH withdrawals in a crunch
When stETH holders seek ETH through Lido’s withdrawal queue, the protocol can use ETH in its buffer to finalize their requests. Some of that buffer is also protected for new…
XRP Price Slides 2.9% as $1.50 Reclaim Becomes Critical
XRP lost its $1.50 price pivot today, sliding to $1.47 after a daily decline of about 3%. The break forces a binary question onto the chart: does the selling pressure…
Bitget says Bitcoin withdrawals are open after $387M hack, but ETH and USDT must wait
At about 04:20 UTC Monday, Bitget’s public feed showed BTC and ETH futures trades taking place after the exchange’s Sept. 24 security breach. On Sept. 28, Bitget said it had…
USDT grew on Ethereum through 2024, but smart contract holdings stalled, BIS data show
More USDT was issued without a sustained rise in balances held by smart-contract accounts on Ethereum, according to a Bank for International Settlements working paper published Sept. 15, 2026. On…
Bitcoin dips below $83,000 to start the week as Asia markets sell, extending last week’s retreat
Bitcoin slipped below $83,000 during Monday’s Asia session, moving beneath the lower edge of the $83,000 to $85,000 range reported late last week. BTC price sits around $82,953 at press…
Ethereum’s next scaling leap may come from making everyone stop doing the same work
Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin says advances in cryptography could turn decentralization from a performance cost into a scaling advantage for the network. In a Sept. 27 essay, Buterin described Ethereum’s…
Pons V2 Exemptions Put Robinhood Chain Memecoins Under Scrutiny
A reported $18.43M pulled from 53 memecoin launches sounds like a network-wide failure. The documented evidence, however, sits almost entirely in token-launch mechanics, wallet funding trails, and anti-sniping exemptions on…