0x Says More Than Half of Uniswap v4 Hooks It Studied Were Malicious
0x said 54.2% of 84,163 Uniswap v4 hooks it analyzed were malicious, prompting Hayden Adams to place screening duties on aggregators.
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Chainflip Halts Network After TRON USDT Memo Flaw Triggers $736,442 in Unauthorized Payouts
Chainflip patched a TRON USDT memo flaw after six duplicate LP-withdrawal payouts drained 736,442.17 USDT from its TRON vault.
XRP Ledger’s Batch V1.1 Upgrade Is One Validator Vote From Activation
XRP Ledger’s Batch V1.1 has 29 of 35 trusted-validator votes, starting a 14-day countdown toward activation if support remains intact.
Ethereum and Base Abandon Shared Account-Abstraction Standard, Leaving Wallets With Two Paths
Ethereum and Base developers abandoned a shared native account-abstraction standard on Sept. 15, leaving wallets to weigh EIP-8141 and EIP-8130.
Trezor Phishing Breach Exposes 347,000 Subscribers to Reusable Wallet Scams
Trezor says 347,000 newsletter addresses may be reusable in phishing after attackers abused Brevo access to send a fake wallet security alert.
CoinEx Begins Wind-Down, Setting December 22 Deadline for Exchange Closure
CoinEx has begun an orderly wind-down, restricting new activity now, ending trading in September and keeping withdrawals open until December 22.
Balancer DAO Proposal Would Wind Down the Protocol and Return Treasury Assets to BAL Holders
Balancer DAO is considering a wind-down that would cancel a BAL buyback, liquidate treasury assets in kind and require token burns for redemption.
Bitcoin Needs $81,700 to Confirm a New Bull Market — Is the Threshold Still Useful?
Bitcoin traded near $77,572, about 5% below CryptoQuant’s $81,700 bull-market threshold, but resistance may extend toward $88,700.
Solana Sets a Record With 263,000 New Tokens Issued in a Single Day
Solana minted more than 263,000 SPL tokens on September 10, 2026, while launchpads recorded 40,360 launches led by Pump.fun.
Bitwise Pulls the Plug on Its Dogecoin ETF Less Than a Year After Launch
Bitwise will liquidate its Dogecoin ETF, BWOW, after less than a year, with final NYSE Arca trading expected on October 14, 2026.