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According to the post-incident report released by Tectonic, the Cronos blockchain lending protocol Tectonic suffered an oracle manipulation attack at 12:49 UTC on August 30, 2026. By repeatedly borrowing and re-collateralizing TONIC tokens 98 times within a single transaction, the attacker drove up the TONIC collateral price by approximately 195 times. Leveraging this artificially inflated value, they subsequently extracted assets with a nominal value of $120.4 million from nine lending markets, spanning USDC, USDT, WBTC, WETH, and other assets. The attacker then bridged the stablecoins to Ethereum and converted them to ETH, while selling the remaining assets for CRO on the Cronos chain before withdrawing them. Approximately $9.19 million in total successfully escaped before the network halt. At 14:32 UTC, Cronos validators emergency-paused the network, rolling back the on-chain state to pre-attack conditions and restoring assets still held on Cronos. Currently, Tectonic's supply and borrowing functions remain suspended, while withdrawal and repayment capabilities continue normally. Tracing efforts for the stolen funds are being coordinated by blockchain forensics firms, law enforcement agencies, and stablecoin issuers, with freeze requests already filed with the relevant issuers.
Odaily News: A British man named "Chris" has recovered 61 Bitcoin after a 12-year legal dispute following the shutdown of UK cryptocurrency exchange Intersango in 2014, now worth approximately $4.4 million.Chris purchased the Bitcoin in 2011 and left the assets under the exchange's custody without transferring them to a self-custody wallet. Intersango, formerly known as Britcoin, was among the first UK exchanges to offer Bitcoin trading against the pound.Ryan Sweetnam, Director of Financial Litigation at CEL Solicitors, assisted in recovering the assets. The firm spent four months preparing and submitting required documents to US courts, and the return was ultimately completed through negotiation. Chris said he now opens the wallet containing his Bitcoin about 20 times a day. (Bitcoin.com News)
Odaily News: According to on-chain analyst Ai Yi's monitoring, a whale has been building a WBTC position in stages through 4 addresses since 2022. The initial entry price was below $20,000, with each position-building transaction ranging from $20,000 to $30,000. Since August 10, the whale has deposited a total of $21.73 million worth of tokens into Binance. The whale's most recent accumulation occurred between November 2025 and April 2026, buying through a downward trend from $92,000 down to $66,000, ultimately accumulating 178 WBTC at an average price of $73,286, worth approximately $13.05 million.
According to on-chain analytics platform Lookonchain (@lookonchain), Abraxas Capital has once again purchased 13,000 ETH (worth approximately $32.39 million) in spot to hedge its short position of 141,180 ETH (approximately $353 million) held on Hyperliquid.
According to on-chain analyst Auntie Ai (@ai_9684xtpa), a professional ETH swing trader purchased 1,650 ETH (worth approximately $4 million) on September 3 at $2,417. Nine hours ago, they fully closed the position to lock in profits at $2,474, yielding gains of roughly $108,000. Since July, this address has executed five ETH swing trades, accumulating a total profit of $1.157 million.
According to on-chain analyst Ai Yi (@ai_9684xtpa), Justin Sun has again unstaked 5,000 ETH, increasing his total Lido redemptions to 10,000 ETH since August 26. Following the prior redemption, he deposited $12.3 million worth of ETH into Poloniex across two transactions at an approximate price of $2,481 per ETH. From this latest batch of 5,000 redeemed ETH, 3,500 were routed to a Poloniex hot wallet (purpose unknown), while the remaining 1,500 were deposited into Morpho. Justin Sun currently holds 238,000 stETH on-chain, valued at approximately $594 million.
According to on-chain monitoring by analyst PeckShield (@PeckShieldAlert), the Liquid Network was targeted by white-hat hackers. Approximately 4,000 BTC (roughly $320 million) were transferred from a Liquid Federation wallet. The funds were consolidated into address bc1ql4mfu6aundtkksxklfajs2h3t9nzcd6gyqjlte, accompanied by an on-chain message: "We are white hats, please contact us on-chain." Subsequently, the hackers completed on-chain negotiations with Blockstream, returning 3,400 BTC (approximately $315 million, or 85% of the total) while retaining around 598.5 BTC (about $47.38 million) as a bug bounty.
: Harmony has released an update on the exchange reconciliation progress following the August 11 incident. It has verified on-chain deposits/withdrawals and cross-platform fund flows with Binance, Gate, KuCoin, MEXC, OKX, and Binance.US, prioritizing the coordination of restoring ONE deposits, withdrawals, and trading, with specific timelines to be announced separately by each exchange.Harmony stated that after matching 295 cross-exchange transfers totaling approximately 3.493 billion ONE and adjusting for circular transfers and returned funds, the preliminary shortage has been reduced from approximately 10.234 billion ONE to 6.581 billion ONE, a decrease of about 3.653 billion ONE. This change reflects an adjustment in reconciliation methodology and does not equate to newly recovered funds.Among these, Binance's data remains a preliminary upper-bound estimate, while some data from Gate and OKX are still pending final verification. Exchange teams have already frozen significant ONE balances and hacker proceeds. These efforts will be coordinated with the ONE migration and validator transition proposal, and validators may cease operations starting 22:00 Beijing time on September 10.
Odaily News Analyst Killa stated on platform X that, based on historical performance, when BTC begins to form a bottom and slowly trends upward, it often represents a favorable accumulation phase for altcoins. During the previous cycle, as BTC rose from $16,000 to $74,000, a large number of altcoins recorded gains of 300%–500%. However, as BTC continued to strengthen thereafter and its market dominance increased, many altcoins began to face downward pressure.Killa believes that if BTC has already formed its bottom this cycle, some altcoins may have also established cyclical lows, prompting a recent resumption of selective altcoin positioning. His SOL position, bought at $76, is currently up approximately 50%. The ASTER long position shared recently has a target of at least 50% to 100% upside. Additionally, the HYPE spot or long position established earlier at $51.55 has since risen roughly 70%.
Odaily News - The unrealized profits of Bitcoin short-term holder whales reached $9.07 billion on September 4, setting a new all-time high since this metric began being recorded in 2016. The figure fell to $7.51 billion on September 5, still ranking among the top five highest readings during the observation period.Unrealized profits reflect the difference between an asset's current market value and its on-chain cost basis, and do not indicate that holders have sold or realized those gains. Short-term holders typically refer to Bitcoin that has been recently transferred and held for no more than 155 days, with the metric further focusing on large-scale holders.On September 7, Bitcoin traded in the $79,300 to $79,500 range at one point, reaching an intraday high of $80,537 before slipping below $79,000, putting pressure on the immediate support level near $79,013. If that level fails to hold, the next support zone lies between $76,300 and $77,000. (Bitcoin.com News)
A CoinShares report shows that recent significant capital inflows and outflows in the cryptocurrency market are primarily driven by investors positioning around anticipated changes to the Federal Reserve's interest rate policy, rather than a diminished willingness to hold assets long-term. As macro policy signals shift, a portion of the previously outflowing capital has already begun to return.
According to Lookonchain tracking, trader 0x3305 has been continuously buying HYPE over the past 10 days, accumulating a total of 194,210 HYPE tokens valued at approximately $16.79 million.
Odaily News: According to on-chain analyst Ember CN’s monitoring, Garrett Jin, the proxy for the “1011 Insider Whale,” has just closed a $107 million BTC long position, totaling 1,331 BTC.
Bitcoin News posted on the X platform that Chilean cryptocurrency exchange Orionx suspended withdrawals and gradually wound down operations after a forensic audit revealed that over $7 million had been transferred to wallets beyond its control. Orionx has filed a criminal complaint naming founders Joaquín Díaz and Roberto Zibert, alleging that client assets were used in external trades between 2018 and 2021. Chile's Financial Market Commission stated that Orionx continued operating after its fintech business authorization was rejected in July. More than 100,000 users are not guaranteed full recovery of their assets.
Odaily News: According to Lookonchain monitoring, US Bitcoin ETFs recorded a net inflow of 2,038 BTC today, while Ethereum ETFs saw a net inflow of 22,023 ETH.
Odaily News DWF Labs stated that last week, BTC and ETH ETFs recorded a combined net inflow of approximately $1.2 billion, marking the third consecutive week with inflows exceeding $1 billion — the first time since July 2025. Among this, BTC ETFs saw net inflows of around $987 million, with a single-day inflow of $731 million on September 3, ranking as the third highest this year. The AUM of BTC ETFs rose to $103.3 billion, accounting for approximately 6.32% of BTC's total supply.Meanwhile, open interest denominated in BTC dropped from 762,200 BTC in mid-August to 669,600 BTC. Over the same period, BTC climbed from around $63,000 to $80,000, indicating that the recent price movement has been driven more by spot capital flows rather than leverage.
Odaily News - According to the Bitfinex Alpha analysis report, August employment data has reinforced expectations of a Fed rate hike in September. The market now estimates the probability of a 25-basis-point hike on September 16 at approximately 60%. However, Bitcoin remains near $80,000, with US spot Bitcoin ETFs recording net inflows of approximately $986.7 million last week.Data shows that US non-farm payrolls increased by 162,000 in August, while the unemployment rate held steady at 4.1%. The manufacturing PMI rose to 54.6, indicating that the economy has not shown signs of a sharp slowdown. Nevertheless, input costs remain elevated, and inflationary pressures have shifted market policy discussions back toward rate hikes.Meanwhile, US Treasury yields continue to weigh on risk assets, with the 2-year yield climbing to 4.37% and the 30-year yield holding at a high of 5.24%. Bitfinex notes that Bitcoin has encountered resistance near $82,000 recently and remains range-bound between approximately $77,200 and $82,100.Bitfinex believes that sustained ETF inflows and growth in stablecoin supply are providing support for Bitcoin, but Fed policy expectations and elevated Treasury yields are limiting upside potential. If this week's inflation data comes in below expectations, the market may once again price in a pause in rate hikes for September; conversely, persistent inflationary pressures could further strengthen rate hike expectations. Until a breakout from the current consolidation range occurs, Bitcoin is more likely to maintain a relatively strong sideways trend rather than confirming the start of a new upward rally.
Odaily News, Binance Research's September monthly market report shows that the total cryptocurrency market capitalization rose 17.6% in August to $2.70 trillion, with ETF inflows that month posting their strongest performance since 2026. BTC rose 24.8% within a seven-day period, ranking in the top 1% of weekly gains since 2020. In terms of user asset allocation, the crypto allocation ratio among equity holders rose from 64% to 72%, while stablecoin allocations fell 22%; TradFi perpetual futures trading volume share dropped from 40% to 20%, signaling a clear回流 of capital and trading activity into crypto assets.
: Cathie Wood has re-bought Robinhood (HOOD) after a 9-day pause, adding 28,589 shares via the ARK Innovation ETF on September 4, valued at approximately $3.5 million. She had previously sold 25,009 shares on August 26.Robinhood has been performing strongly recently, with its stock price climbing over 30% in the past month. During the same period, Bitcoin rose about 23% and is approaching $80,000. On September 4, Deutsche Bank raised its price target from $115 to $136, maintaining a "Buy" rating, driven by explosive growth in Robinhood Chain fee revenue — daily revenue jumped from under $200,000 in mid-August to over $3 million in early September. Deutsche Bank projects the annualized run rate will exceed $100 million.As of September 4, HOOD has become the seventh-largest holding in the ARK Innovation ETF, with a weight of 4.28%. During the same period, Wood also bought shares of Veracyte, Intellia Therapeutics, and the 3iQ Solana Staking ETF, while reducing positions in Tempus AI and Twist Bioscience.
Lookonchain monitoring shows that trader 0x60b0, who previously profited $2 million from going long on PUMP, has opened another PUMP long position within the past hour, using 10x leverage to go long on 2 billion PUMP tokens, with a position value of approximately $9.02 million.