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Lead story · Risk

Circle and Tether step in to freeze hacker wallet after massive Bitget crypto heist

Circle and Tether froze funds in a hacker wallet following a Bitget crypto heist.

  • Circle and Tether froze funds in a hacker wallet following a Bitget crypto heist.

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What happened

Circle and Tether froze funds in a hacker wallet following a Bitget crypto heist.

Why it matters

Circle and Tether froze funds in a hacker wallet following a Bitget crypto heist.

What to watch

24h breadthMixed · 54/100
Latest available market pulse.A compact snapshot of whether BTC, ETH, SOL moved higher or lower over the prior 24 hours.
Lower50 = flatHigher

Tracked assets were close to neutral overall.

Breadth starts at 50, adds three points for each 1% of average 24-hour movement across the tracked assets, and is capped between 0 and 100.
BTC$83,960.00−0.26%
BTC was 0.26% lower than the provider quote 24 hours earlier. Snapshot: 04:58 UTC.
ETH$2,689.04+0.35%
ETH was 0.35% higher than the provider quote 24 hours earlier. Snapshot: 04:58 UTC.
SOL$120.65+3.61%
SOL was 3.61% higher than the provider quote 24 hours earlier. Snapshot: 04:58 UTC.

CoinGecko snapshot at 04:58 UTC. Prices and 24-hour moves refresh automatically without rerunning the newsroom.

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@tolytoly 🇺🇸

This is what I’ve been saying about all the anti mcp validators.

RailsdevelopingOriginal ↗
@VitalikButerinvitalik.eth

qwen3.8-flash-next ethereum client 100+ GB of local downloaded wikipedia + gutenberg + science articles what else? (Getting rid of the need for centralized pinning services in IPFS is definitely high up the prio list)

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@EleanorTerrettEleanor Terrett

A little more here: @KristinSmith, who also serves as president of the @BlockchainAssn board, will remain in her current role at @SolanaInstitute while serving as BA’s interim CEO. A Solana Institute spokesperson says Smith will serve in the interim role until there is “a clear path forward.”

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Latest market data · 24h snapshot

What moved, and by how much.

This panel compares each provider quote with the quote 24 hours earlier. Editorial stories remain in the Editor-in-Chief’s priority order instead of being repeated or pulled into this fixed data region.

Mixed · breadth 54/100. A score of 50 means the tracked assets were flat on average.

24-hour price changeLatest · 04:58 UTC
Each row compares the current provider quote with its quote 24 hours earlier. Bar length is scaled to the largest move shown.
BTC$83,960.00
−0.26%BTC was 0.26% lower than the provider quote 24 hours earlier. Snapshot: 04:58 UTC.
ETH$2,689.04
+0.35%ETH was 0.35% higher than the provider quote 24 hours earlier. Snapshot: 04:58 UTC.
SOL$120.65
+3.61%SOL was 3.61% higher than the provider quote 24 hours earlier. Snapshot: 04:58 UTC.

Exact percentages are printed beside every row; color is supplemental.

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