Crypto investigators flag suspected $106M theft, $786K Solana bot drain
An unidentified EU entity may have lost $106 million from crypto exchange accounts, while a Solana arbitrage bot-linked wallet may have lost $786,000.
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Tether’s excess reserves nearly double to $8B as Q3 profit hits $1.5B
Tether reported $1.5 billion in third-quarter operating profit, with excess reserves at $7.95 billion, US Treasury holdings of $132.4 billion and Bitcoin reserves worth $8.37 billion.
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Tampered Ledger wallets cost Singapore users $2.7M: Police
Singapore police reported tampered Ledger wallets as early as Sept. 10, with malicious components linked to losses of about S$3.5 million ($2.7 million).
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Coinbase Customer Data Hit in Analytics Vendor Breach, Funds ‘Not Impacted’
An Amplitude security incident exposed contact data from a small subset of Coinbase customers, but Coinbase said its systems and customer funds were unaffected.
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South Korea lawmakers mull pushing crypto tax implementation to 2029
South Korea may delay its 22% crypto gains tax from 2027 to 2029, when the US is set to join the OECD’s crypto reporting framework.
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India’s CoinDCX Confirms $16 Million Loss Days After CEO Called It a ‘False Alarm’
CoinDCX admitted losing $15.99 million USDT after initially denying a breach, blaming a failed process for clearing deposits from retired wallets. Customer funds remain safe.
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Malaysia, Thailand join Singapore’s cross-border stablecoin push
Malaysia and Thailand’s central banks joined Singapore’s BLOOM initiative to lower cross-border payment costs using stablecoins and tokenized deposits.
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Dogecoin Gets a Dedicated Company to Build Out Its Ecosystem
Dogecoin Labs will unite MyDoge, DogeOS and Such App to expand DOGE use across payments, commerce, DeFi, gaming, AI and social apps.
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OpenAI Buys Orchestra Bio to Put AI Agents in Charge of Drug Development Grunt Work
OpenAI acquired Orchestra Bio and will integrate its drug-development scheduling agents into Rosalind; financial terms and a launch timeline were not disclosed.
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Alphabet, Microsoft add objections to OKX-ICE proposed tokenized stock platform
Sixteen of 62 companies, including Microsoft, Alphabet and Goldman Sachs, objected to inclusion in OKXICE’s proposed 24/7 tokenized stock platform.
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