Bitcoin sidechain Liquid pauses after purported ‘white hats’ withdraw $320M in BTC

The actors told Blockstream they would return most of the 4,000 BTC after the Elements vulnerability is patched across the network. Source: Cointelegraph

The actors told Blockstream they would return most of the 4,000 BTC after the Elements vulnerability is patched across the network. Source: Cointelegraph

Harmony proposed sunsetting its layer-1 blockchain and migrating ONE to Ethereum, weeks after an exploit led to plans to discard 109,000 transactions. Source: Cointelegraph

Purported white hat hackers have taken 4000 Bitcoin from the Liquid sidechain in a major security breach. The Bitcoin ETFs see the best three weeks of inflows in 2026. Source: Cointelegraph

Polish lawmakers failed to overturn a presidential veto of crypto legislation as the Zondacrypto investigation expands and its Estonian operator enters bankruptcy. Source: Cointelegraph

US spot Bitcoin ETFs drew nearly $1 billion in the latest week as Friday inflows stayed positive despite Bitcoin briefly falling below $79,000. Source: Cointelegraph

The US economy added far more jobs than expected in August, pressuring Bitcoin lower as traders repriced the odds of a Federal Reserve rate cut this month. Source: Cointelegraph

The mortgage lender plans to bring more than $10 billion in historical loans onchain, turning thousands of mortgage files into blockchain-based records. Source: Cointelegraph

The agency reported that “transnational criminal organizations” based in compounds in Southeast Asia were largely behind digital asset scams targeting US residents. Source: Cointelegraph

Corporate crypto bets are getting bigger as rising markets reward direct exposure, putting balance-sheet strategies and institutional adoption back in focus. Source: Cointelegraph

QuFi’s new platform uses post-quantum cryptography to verify digital asset transactions without requiring changes to existing blockchain settlement networks. Source: Cointelegraph