Crypto news today

BitMart disclosed a ~$319.5M deficit after its 2021 hack and proposed three options for fund recovery. The plan awaits court approval and a 3–4 week review.

September 2026 saw the highest crypto hack losses of the year: PeckShield reported $766.5M across 55 incidents, CertiK $768.4M across 97. Largest were Bitget an

MetaMask reported a security incident affecting part of its infrastructure. No threat to wallets has been detected. The company is withdrawing affected validato

The CFTC has submitted a proposal to OIRA to classify event contracts as swaps and a separate rule excluding casino-style products. Both are under review.

MetaMask is withdrawing its validators from Lido as it investigates a security incident. Lido expects the process to finish by October 7; ETH returns may take u

On Hyperliquid, most top NEAR traders are short; the largest short has an unrealized loss of nearly $13M, while the largest long shows a $17.35M profit.

Donald Trump called for Jerome Powell's immediate resignation from the Fed after an inspector general's report showed HQ renovation costs exceeded $2 billion.

Hyperliquid Labs will begin unstaking $320M in HYPE tokens today; on October 7, the tokens will be distributed to the team and sold via an OTC deal.

Stand With Crypto will support Husted, Hinson, and Pappas for Senate, and Miller-Meeks and Figures for the House. Fairshake PAC pledged $30M to Husted and spent

Base launched its third Cobalt upgrade, adding Validity Transactions, enhanced compliance checks, corporate actions, and managed token transfers to its L2 netwo

Bloomberg has launched an on-chain stablecoin dashboard on Terminal, offering hourly metrics and coverage of over 98% of the market for all users.

Petrobras created two Cardano-based apps: CS-SAF tokens for SAF attributes and digital checkpoints for Diesel R; data may support Scope 3 reporting.

Bitget will resume withdrawals for all tokens on Friday after a $388M hack. Access to BTC, ETH, and USDT is restored. The company's protection fund reached $309

Open Standard has launched the OUSD stablecoin with 200+ partners, available on Coinbase, Kraken, and Uniswap, and operates on Base, Ethereum, Solana, and Tempo

The US Treasury will buy back up to $6 billion in 10–20-year Treasuries on October 1, raising the limit. 30-year bond yields reached 5.62%, the highest since 20

Tom Lee said at Korea Blockchain Week 2026 that the current crypto cycle could be the strongest, with institutional buying expected in Q4 2026 and market potent

THORChain stated it will not and cannot block addresses linked to the $387.5M Bitget hack. NEAR Intents stopped $50M. A lawyer explained the legal risks.

Petrobras has launched two research projects on Cardano: tracking sustainable jet fuel certificates and monitoring the renewable diesel supply chain.

CryptoQuant recorded 78,000 altcoin deposits to exchanges in the week to Sept. 28, up 160% since Sept. 14; number of addresses reached 51,600, highest since Oct

The European Commission closed its consultation on the MiCA regulation review on September 30, focusing on proportionality and CASP compliance costs.

Standard Chartered projects ENA to reach $2 by end of 2028, with targets of $0.42 in 2026 and $1.10 in 2027, based on USDe issuance rising to $40 billion.

US spot Bitcoin ETFs saw inflows for a ninth straight day, adding $66.2M Tuesday and $3.1B for the series; YTD inflows near $1B. Ether ETFs saw $3M outflows.

SlowMist traced the $388M Bitget theft to an August 31 zero-day exploit involving two third-party security products and a custom withdrawal tool.

BAL holders approved Balancer's closure; V3 pools run until Oct. 30. Abracadabra proposes liquidating MIM: $900K collateral for 22M tokens, over 95% unbacked.