Ethereum locks in FOCIL and Frame Transactions as 2027 Hegotá headliners
The Ethereum Foundation's Protocol cluster graded all 62 EIPs proposed for the 2027 Hegotá upgrade, locking in FOCIL and Frame Transactions as headliners and declining 28.
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Harmony Proposes Sunsetting Its Layer 1 and Moving ONE to Ethereum
Harmony has proposed shutting down its Layer 1, snapshotting ONE balances and airdropping matching ERC-20 tokens on Ethereum, with future emissions redirected to an AI video venture.
‘Structurally upside down’: Router Protocol’s post-mortem on why bridges can’t pay their bills
Router Protocol says bridge economics are "structurally upside down" as it shuts down by Sept. 30 and burns 303.3 million ROUTE, roughly 30% of supply.
Purported white hats drain ~4,000 BTC from Liquid Network, leaving L-BTC holders frozen out
Purported white-hat hackers drained roughly 4,000 BTC from the Liquid Network federation wallet, and the sidechain is paused. L-BTC holders cannot redeem while reserves sit near empty.
Coldcard Hacker Moves 45% of Bitcoin Stolen in Third Attack Wave
Galaxy Research says the third-wave Coldcard attacker has moved roughly 45% of stolen BTC, about $7.7 million, draining the 11 largest compromised vaults.
Harmony Proposes Shutting Down Layer 1, Migrating ONE to Ethereum
Harmony proposed shutting down its own layer-1 blockchain and migrating its ONE token to Ethereum, weeks after an exploit forced the network to discard more than 109,000 transactions.
Liquid Network Pauses After Purported White-Hat Hackers Withdraw $320M in Bitcoin
Purported white-hat hackers withdrew roughly 4,000 BTC (~$320M) from Blockstream's Liquid Network federation reserves, pausing the Bitcoin sidechain and triggering LBTC suspensions at exchanges.
Coinbase-Backed Router Protocol to Shut Down, Burn 303 Million ROUTE Tokens
Cross-chain infrastructure project Router Protocol will cease operations by Sept. 30 and permanently burn 303 million ROUTE tokens after failing to find a buyer or sustain bridge revenue.
600 BTC from mining-era wallets moved after 16 years as decade-old coins stir again
Twelve bitcoin wallets dormant since 2010 moved 600 BTC worth $48M, while a separate batch of decade-old wallets shifted $15.7M with one tranche landing on Coinbase.
Orionx Closure Follows $7M Custody Gap: Tether-Backed Chilean Exchange to Wind Down
A forensic audit found more than $7 million in customer assets moved out of Orionx's custody, forcing the Tether-backed Chilean exchange to permanently close and file a criminal complaint against its co-founders.