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Empowa, a Cardano ecosystem project, disclosed two interrelated unauthorized asset transfer incidents across its three project wallets. Between November 2025 and June 2026, approximately 143,710 ADA were transferred out of one project treasury wallet in 18 transactions. The corresponding Midnight airdrop for this wallet was also registered and claimed by an unknown party using the private key, with approximately 36,000 NIGHT already transferred away. From June 2026 to August 2026, a cumulative total of approximately 4.24 million EMP tokens were transferred out of the other two project wallets, with portions sold via platforms such as Minswap and VyFi. Empowa stated that the funds from both incidents ultimately flowed into the same intermediate wallet, indicating they are controlled by the same party, although the identity of the individuals operating these private keys cannot currently be confirmed. The team has hired a professional blockchain investigation firm and plans to seek KYC information from the centralized exchange where the related funds ultimately entered.
Wanchain’s cross-chain bridge suffered a vulnerability attack on Monday, resulting in the withdrawal of 290 million NIGHT tokens. The price of NIGHT briefly dropped approximately 43% to an all-time low, before partially recovering nearly 19% within 24 hours. Charles Hoskinson stated that the issue originated from an outdated cross-chain bridge architecture built by a third party, and that AI-driven vulnerability discovery is accelerating the exposure of vulnerabilities across all software, not limited to the crypto space. He believes that zero-knowledge systems such as Midnight are long-term solutions, which can replace trust in cross-chain bridge operators and multi-signature mechanisms with cryptographic proofs.
According to the official announcement, Bitget PoolX will soon launch the NIGHT project, with a total airdrop of 9,000,000 NIGHT tokens. This campaign features two BTC staking pools and two ETH staking pools, each allocated 4,500,000 NIGHT tokens for the airdrop. Each asset offers both standard and dynamic staking pools; the dynamic pool’s tiered staking limit is unlocked based on the user’s trading volume over the past 15 days, and corresponding staking quotas are allocated accordingly. The staking window opens from April 14 at 19:00 to April 19 at 19:00 (UTC+8). Users with positive net BTC and ETH deposits during the campaign period will receive 5% BTC and 8% ETH yield-boost vouchers upon PoolX completion. Additionally, users who meet the net deposit requirement and participate in PoolX for the first time will receive 10% BTC and 15% ETH yield-boost vouchers. Net deposit calculations conclude at 19:00 on April 18 (UTC+8). For more details, please refer to the official Bitget platform.
Bitget has launched a new edition of CandyBomb with a total prize pool of 600,000 NIGHT tokens. New users can earn up to 6,000 NIGHT tokens each by completing tasks such as net deposits and futures trading. Detailed rules have been published on the official Bitget platform. Eligible users must click the “Join Now” button to register in order to participate. The campaign ends on April 16 at 19:00 (UTC+8).