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Latest in Ethereum & Altcoins
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Pump.fun's cumulative SOL sales reach $848 million after Kraken transfers, U.Today says
Pump.fun's fee accounts sold about 47,994 SOL (roughly $5.83 million) in two hours via Kraken deposits, taking cumulative SOL sales to about $848 million, according to U.Today's reading of on-chain data.
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NEAR AI Cloud joins OpenRouter as provider, serving GLM 5.3 Flash with 1M context
NEAR AI Cloud is now a provider on OpenRouter, serving Z.ai's GLM 5.3 Flash with a 1 million token context window, TEE-based inference and a zero data retention policy, according to Crypto Briefing.
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SEC issues new crypto Howey FAQs as Bitget resumes Bitcoin withdrawals
The SEC issued new FAQs on how the Howey test applies to token buybacks, network development and staking receipt tokens, while Bitget resumed BTC withdrawals after a breach affecting nearly $388 million.
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USDT issuance grew on Ethereum without a sustained rise in contract holdings, BIS finds
A BIS working paper found more USDT was issued on Ethereum without a sustained rise in smart-contract holdings, with the contract-held share slipping to roughly 10% to 15% after late 2024, CryptoSlate reported.
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Bitget Resumes Bitcoin Withdrawals After $387.5M Breach Disclosure
Bitget restarted Bitcoin withdrawals four days after a $387.5 million breach, with CEO Gracy Chen disclosing that attackers exploited third-party vulnerabilities to steal internal credentials. The exchange's cold wallets and user balances remained unaffected.
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Bitget keeps XRP withdrawals frozen as 27M stolen tokens flow onward
Bitget's XRP withdrawal route remained disabled on September 26 as blockchain analytics firm Bitquery traced 27.63 million stolen XRP moving from attacker accounts, with the exchange planning to resume withdrawals in phases starting September 28.
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Solana ETFs record $188.21M weekly inflow, largest since launch
Solana ETFs attracted $188.21 million in fresh capital during the week of September 21-25, 2026, marking the largest weekly inflow since their launch. All seven ETFs recorded positive inflows, with Bitwise's Solana Staking ETF capturing 68% of the total.
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Jason Calacanis Calls Meme Coins a 'Giant Scam,' Warns Investors
Tech investor and entrepreneur Jason Calacanis has branded meme coins a "giant scam" and warned investors to avoid them unless prepared to lose their entire investment. He's also distanced himself from all meme coin projects.
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Bitget $387.5M breach: Sygnum shields institutions while retail freezes
Bitget's $387.5 million breach on September 24 triggered a withdrawal freeze, but Sygnum's Swiss bank custody service let institutional clients trade with collateral held off-exchange—a protection unavailable to retail traders.
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EIP-4444 slashes Ethereum node sync time to under half a day
EIP-4444, activated July 8, reduces full node storage to under 0.5 TB and enables sync in under 12 hours by pruning pre-Merge historical data, lowering barriers for node operators and strengthening network decentralization.
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Stellar (XLM) Surpasses Bitcoin Cash (BCH) in Market Cap Rankings
Stellar (XLM) has overtaken Bitcoin Cash (BCH) in cryptocurrency market capitalization, ranking 16th with $7.55 billion as XLM rallies 13% in 24 hours following a technical breakout and Protocol 28 mainnet upgrade.
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D'CENT App Wallet Breach Drains 12.4M XRP From 7,393 Users
A security breach in D'CENT App Wallet versions older than 8.1.0 resulted in the theft of approximately 12.4 million XRP from 7,393 wallets between September 15 and 25. Attackers exploited compromised private keys, with roughly 6.3 million XRP already laundered through THORChain and routed to centralized exchanges.
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Nomic Foundation launches slang-solx compiler with 5x speed gains for Ethereum
The Nomic Foundation released slang-solx, an LLVM-based Solidity compiler backend, on September 7, 2026, achieving up to 5x faster compilation speeds in via-IR mode. The Solidity core team followed with version 0.8.37, adding security fixes and support for the SLOTNUM opcode tied to the Amsterdam EVM upgrade.
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Two XRPL AMM pools account for 97% of volume with just 185 trades
Two pools exchanging TIX for other issued tokens accounted for 97.24% of seven-day automated market maker volume on XRP Ledger, despite recording only 185 total trades and no activity in the latest 24 hours.
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Lightning Labs discloses critical bug marking canceled invoices as paid
Lightning Labs disclosed a critical vulnerability in older Lightning Terminal software that could mark a Bitcoin Lightning invoice as paid even after the payment was cancelled and returned to the sender, risking merchants releasing goods without receiving funds. Fixes shipped in 2025.
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Binance lists Hyperliquid's HYPE token for spot trading
Binance has listed HYPE, the native token of Layer-1 trading protocol Hyperliquid, for spot trading. The listing follows perpetual futures contracts available since May 2025, though the token's rapid appreciation and large airdrop distribution present volatility risks for new investors.
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Variational launches VAR token Q4 2026 with 32% airdrop to points holders
Variational, an Arbitrum-based derivatives protocol, will launch its VAR token in Q4 2026 with 32% of total supply airdropped fully unlocked to points holders, while 50% goes to team and investors under a 12-month lockup plus three-year vesting schedule.
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Only 36 of top 100 altcoins profitable as Bitcoin dominance persists
Only 36 of the top 100 altcoins are currently profitable for holders, while Bitcoin has risen 28% over two years. The median mid-cap altcoin has declined 74%, reflecting a structural divergence between Bitcoin's recovery and the broader altcoin market.
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Moscow Exchange launches crypto perpetual futures with 600B ruble turnover
Moscow Exchange launched perpetual futures contracts tied to Bitcoin, Ethereum, Solana, XRP, and Tron on September 22, allowing qualified investors to gain crypto price exposure without holding the underlying assets. Cumulative turnover has exceeded 600 billion rubles.
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Zappin launches on Robinhood Chain with 90% ETH cashback
Zappin, a Telegram-based trading bot built by OnchainLens, launched on Robinhood Chain on September 21, offering users 90% of their trading fees back in ETH for 30 days. The integration brings streamlined token swaps to the Arbitrum Orbit layer-2 network.
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Cardano integrates x402 SDK for ADA-based API payments
Cardano Foundation engineers merged Cardano support into the x402 protocol repository, enabling AI agents and applications to pay for API calls directly in ADA through HTTP requests without accounts or intermediaries.
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Hyperliquid tops 2026 revenue rankings with $429M, burns tokens at scale
Hyperliquid, a decentralized perpetual futures exchange, generated $429 million in revenue between January and September 2026, leading all crypto projects. The platform routes 99% of eligible trading fees into a buyback mechanism that has removed 48.7 million HYPE tokens from circulation.
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DCENT App Wallet users urged to update after abnormal XRP transfers detected
DCENT has urged App Wallet users to update to version 10.0.0 and move assets to a secure wallet after detecting abnormal transfers affecting XRP Ledger and other networks. An XRPL intelligence account identified 6,160 potential victim addresses and 9.3 million XRP stolen.
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PEPE hits $40M trading volume on Solana via Sunrise in one day
PEPE, an Ethereum-native meme token, crossed $40 million in trading volume on Solana within a day of its debut via Sunrise, an asset orchestration layer. The rapid uptake highlights meme token migration to faster, lower-cost networks.