NES trading resumes on Binance Alpha and Kraken, but recovery rules split holders
Binance Alpha reopened NES trading with a two-snapshot swap rule and a separate refund track, while Kraken migrated Ethereum NES and dropped BNB Chain.
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Blockstream refuses ransom as Liquid Network hackers still hold nearly 600 BTC
Blockstream refuses to pay a ransom for roughly 598 BTC still held by the hackers who drained the Liquid Network, vowing law-enforcement and forensic pursuit.
XRP Healthcare shuts down after wallet flaw exposed 4,000 accounts and $450,000 drain
XRP Healthcare is winding down after a flaw in its XRPH Wallet let attackers drain roughly $450,000 from 4,010 XRP Ledger wallets.
The IPO and token question Consensys won’t answer
Consensys split into two companies without saying whether MetaMask will go public or launch the MASK token.
Ink Foundation and GSR back Charter Foundation to halve token launch costs
Ink Foundation, GSR and partner law and audit firms launched Charter Foundation, a shared Cayman-based legal framework that cuts upfront token launch costs by more than half.
‘Highly risky’: India warns crypto and NFT investors have no regulatory recourse
India's FIU-IND flagged 15 offshore crypto platforms for AML non-compliance and warned that crypto and NFT investors may have no recourse for losses.
Kraken Withdrawals Stuck as Funding Problems Hit 23 Services
Kraken says withdrawals are delayed as 23 of 725 funding services degrade, compounding a deposit pause on 20+ networks running since September 4.
Cronos Rolled Back Two Hours of Chain History to Recover $111M After Tectonic Hack
Cronos validators rewound 10,961 blocks to recover $111.2 million of the $120.4 million Tectonic exploit, per a Sept. 8 post-mortem.
82% of Coldcard’s stolen Bitcoin still hasn’t moved, and that’s the problem
The Wave 3 laundering made headlines, but most of the stolen Bitcoin is still frozen at attacker-controlled addresses.
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.