You’ve probably already heard it. Binance, the world’s largest cryptocurrency exchange, reported a massive security breach on Thursday involving an estimated $6.3 billion in digital assets.

According to on-chain security investigators and preliminary disclosures by Binance, the unauthorized transactions occurred between approximately 20:04 and 23:56 UTC on October 29, involving multiple Binance hot wallets across at least nine blockchain networks.

The attack reportedly originated from a compromised DevOps engineer’s laptop, allowing the attacker to access internal infrastructure and execute unauthorized withdrawals. Blockchain intelligence firms have attributed the breach with high confidence to North Korea’s TraderTraitor operation, linked to the Lazarus Group.

But the attacker wasn’t simply moving funds between wallets. In an attempt to escape stablecoin freezes, they used DeFi protocols including Aave to borrow nearly $45 million in wrapped Ether against stolen USDT.

Stablecoin issuers Tether and Circle quickly blacklisted addresses linked to the exploit, locking hundreds of millions of dollars in USDT and USDC. Other asset managers and protocols—including those overseeing RLUSD, First Digital (FDUSD), World Liberty Financial USD (USD1), and Arbitrum assets—followed suit.

Markets bleed

News of the breach caused immediate turmoil across spot and derivatives markets.

Bitcoin fell approximately 3–4.5% to around 76,300–76,500, its lowest level in six weeks, before recovering to about $78.800 at press time. Ether declined more than 3%, trading in the low $2,180s, while BNB, Binance’s native ecosystem token, suffered a steeper decline of approximately 7–8%.

According to CoinGlass data, more than $600 million was liquidated within a single hour as Bitcoin’s decline triggered cascading margin calls. The largest individual liquidation identified was an approximately $11 million Bitcoin long position on Binance.

The incident raises questions about internal access controls, employee device security, withdrawal authorization procedures, and the separation of operational infrastructure from wallet management systems.

The apparent compromise of an employee’s laptop also highlights a less obvious vulnerability: attackers do not necessarily need to extract private keys directly if they can compromise the systems and personnel responsible for authorizing transactions.

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Planning to head to Hong Kong next April? The Hong Kong Web3 Festival 2027 returns April 19–21 at the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre, bringing together the people shaping the future of finance, digital assets, and technology.

Co-hosted by Wanxiang Blockchain Labs and HashKey Group, the Festival has established itself as a major Web3 gathering, with more than 150,000 attendees, 500+ exhibitors, and 1,600+ speakers across its first four editions.

Previous speakers have included Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin, ARK Invest CEO Cathie Wood, Binance founder CZ, Chainlink co-founder Sergey Nazarov, Solana Foundation President Lily Liu, and many more/

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Dutch Blockchain Week (DBW) announced the dates for its 2027 edition. From May 17–23, 2027, Amsterdam will once again bring together professionals from across digital assets, finance, payments, blockchain and technology for a full week of events, business and networking.

At the heart of the week, the Dutch Blockchain Week Main Summit will return to the Johan Cruijff ArenA on May 19 & 20, 2027, following the 2026 edition at the iconic Amsterdam venue.

The announcement marks the official start of the ninth edition of Dutch Blockchain Week, which has grown from a Dutch blockchain community initiative launched in 2019 into an international business event bringing together companies, institutions, entrepreneurs, investors, policymakers and industry professionals. Today, DBW has grown into one of the top 3 European events for blockchain and digital assets.

Two days at the Johan Cruijff ArenA

On May 19 & 20, the Johan Cruijff ArenA will once again become the central meeting point of Dutch Blockchain Week.

The DBW27 Main Summit will feature two official stages.

The Main Stage will host the larger industry conversations, including keynotes, panels and interviews with executives, entrepreneurs, policymakers and industry leaders.

The Amsterdam Stage will offer a more focused environment for company presentations around specific markets, technologies, regulation and real-world applications.

An entire week in Amsterdam

Dutch Blockchain Week extends beyond the Main Summit.

From May 17–23, companies, communities and partners will organize events across Amsterdam, ranging from industry sessions and networking events to private dinners, meetups and community gatherings.

The format gives attendees an entire week to meet and reconnect with the industry rather than limiting those opportunities to two conference days.

The official DBW27 event calendar will continue to expand in the months leading up to May, with companies and communities able to submit their own events to become part of the wider Dutch Blockchain Week.

A business event for the industry

Dutch Blockchain Week 2027 will continue its development as a business event for professionals working across digital assets and adjacent industries.

The event will bring together professionals from exchanges, banks, payment providers, investment funds, market makers, infrastructure companies, regulators, professional services, technology companies and the wider digital asset ecosystem.

Topics across DBW27 will reflect the developments affecting these industries, including digital assets, stablecoins, payments, tokenization, institutional adoption, infrastructure, regulation, custody, artificial intelligence and emerging financial technology.

At the same time, blockchain and Web3 communities will remain an important part of the week and the wider DBW ecosystem.

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In a post on X on Wednesday, the official ETHDenver account said the event is still being planned and promised more details in October. The statement follows weeks of uncertainty around the future of the Denver gathering, as the organizers had yet to announce a 2027 edition and third-party event listings began appearing online.

“What we’re cooking for the tenth anniversary is bigger than a conference or a festival. It stays weird, it’s built around the core of Ethereum, and we’ll share it in October,” reads the post. “Please DO NOT buy tickets from sites advertising ETHDenver 27. ETHDenver is, and always will be, free.”

Third-party websites have meanwhile moved ahead with 2027 listings, with some publishing February dates and venue information. One current listing, for example, gives Feb. 17-21, 2027 and the National Western Center, even though ETHDenver had not yet announced those dates officially.

A Decade of ETHDenver

ETHDenver began in 2018 as an Ethereum-focused hackathon and community gathering at Denver’s Sports Castle. The inaugural event ran from Feb. 15-18, 2018, with 438 participants registered for its hackathon and $59,750 in prizes.

The event subsequently evolved into a much larger combination of hackathon, conference, workshops, community events and informal gatherings. By 2024, organizers described ETHDenver as the world’s largest and longest-running blockchain-focused #BUIDLathon, with more than 25,000 innovators from over 120 countries.

ETHDenver also maintained its free-access model as it grew, including the 2021 edition, held entirely online because of the pandemic.

The event has since become closely associated with SporkDAO, the community-owned organization behind ETHDenver. SporkDAO describes itself as the “community-owned, community-powered engine” driving ETHDenver and related initiatives. Its membership system is also built around participation in the event, with free ETHDenver admission among the stated member benefits.

That community structure helps explain why ETHDenver’s ticketing model differs from a conventional conference. Admission has generally been tied to an application or membership process rather than simply purchasing a pass from a ticket marketplace.

From Hackathon to Ethereum Ecosystem Gathering

To date, the #BUIDLathon has remained central to the event, but ETHDenver has expanded far beyond software development.

The 2026 program at Denver’s National Western Center included dedicated tracks for security, developer talks and workshops, policy and regulation, DeFi, venture capital and pitch sessions, alongside an AI-agent demo day and a 24-hour #BUIDLathon submission period.

The 2026 edition also featured a Museum of Ethereum exhibition documenting the network’s history and an extensive makerspace built around hands-on projects and experimentation.

The speaker roster illustrates how broad the event has become. ETHDenver’s 2026 lineup included Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin, Ethereum Foundation co-executive director Tomasz Stańczak, Consensys co-founder Joe Lubin, Base creator Jesse Pollak and executives and officials from companies and institutions including Circle, Robinhood, Ledger, the SEC and the White House.

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Tujamo confirmed for a 3,000-capacity night at one of Asia’s most storied venues, with a headliner announcement still to come.

The exchange detected the unauthorized transfers at 18:31 UTC on Thursday suspending withdrawals while keeping deposits and trading operational, according to Bitget’s security notice.

Bitget CEO Gracy Chen said the investigation had ruled out a private-key compromise, potentially narrowing the scope of the breach.

“The attacker compromised a critical backend system within our wallet infrastructure, used it to spoof transaction data, and triggered our authorization process to move funds out,” Chen said in post on X. “Private key compromise has been ruled out — this excludes the more severe risk scenarios.”

According to Chen, the specific method of system intrusion remains under active investigation, with a full technical report to follow once the exchange confirms the details.

Bitget said the affected funds are covered by its User Protection Fund, which holds more than $464 million. The exchange has also said that its cold wallets remain secure and that the incident was contained to parts of its hot and warm wallet infrastructure.

“User funds are safe,” Chen said in her initial statement. “We will not run from this. Every dollar and every decision will be accounted for, transparently and in full.”

Withdrawals Remain Paused

The exchange has not yet given users a timeline for when withdrawals will resume.

“Multiple technical teams are working in parallel on system remediation and security hardening,” Chen said. “Withdrawal restoration is being prepared in parallel.”

She added that Bitget would announce a restoration timeline only once it had been confirmed.

“We will not commit to a window we cannot guarantee.”

Onchain analysts had flagged unusual movements from Bitget-linked wallets before the exchange publicly confirmed the breach. More than $170 million in assets had initially been identified moving to an unidentified address, according to The Block. The stolen assets included ETH, USDT, USDC, AVAX and BNB.

Bitget’s $351.6 million estimate makes the incident the largest reported crypto theft of 2026 so far, if the figure holds, with the amount exceeding the roughly $319 million in bitcoin stolen from the Liquid Network earlier this month.

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Tujamo confirmed for a 3,000-capacity night at one of Asia’s most storied venues, with a headliner announcement still to come.

The Best Event, the production house behind more than 130 events across 24 cities globally, will bring AFTERDARK to Singapore’s Capitol Theatre on October 5 — a single, standalone night built for the week Token2049 and the Singapore Grand Prix collide on the same calendar. Tujamo is confirmed on the lineup, with a headliner announcement still to come and additional artists to be named in the following weeks.

The Best Event is expecting more than 5,000 registrations for a room that holds 3,000. GA is free, but entry isn’t guaranteed — VIP is the only way to lock your spot, and doors open early for everyone else on a first come, first served basis.

Tickets are live now at luma.com/tbe-afterdark.

AFTERDARK lands ten minutes from Marina Bay Sands, the same week The Best Event also runs CoinFerenceX × The Best Event Singapore during the day on October 5th and 6th— giving the city back-to-back marquee events during the industry’s most concentrated week of the year.

“AFTERDARK is where we’re going all in,” said Tobias Bauer, Co-Founder of The Best Event and General Partner at TBV. “We built this night from the ground up for the people who travel around the world and trust our events to meet the leaders of our industry — builders, investors, institutions, creators who are tired of the same formula and want a night that matches the scale of what they’re building. Capitol Theatre, a headline lineup, and the full weight of our production behind it. This sets the bar for what a Web3 event night looks like in Singapore, our home market.”

Two Nights in One

The evening opens with two hours of VIP-only networking, anchored by a KOL Awards ceremony on the main stage — before doors open to General Admission, first come, first served.

The lineup is confirmed so far by Tujamo, the German electro-house producer behind chart-topping collaborations with Steve Aoki, Chris Lake, and Plastik Funk, and a fixture beston festival mainstages worldwide, and Ariel Estrella, the Afro House DJ and producer who’s built a global following from Europe to Asia. A headliner announcement — along with more tier-one names — is coming in the weeks ahead.

The Best Event is planned for a crowd of more than 5,000, with VIP networking, global press and media coverage on the night to match. It’s shaping up to be one of the most talked-about nights of Token2049 week.

The Venue

Capitol Theatre isn’t a standard rental — it’s Singapore’s restored art deco landmark, and one of the only venues in the region built with a fully convertible, rotational seating system that flips from tiered theatre to open dance floor in under eight minutes. The stage has hosted private performances from Ed Sheeran, Eric Prydz, Calum Scott, Tinashe, Yungblud, The Darkness, Passenger, and The Red Jumpsuit Apparatus. It’s the rare room built for both spectacle and a proper dance floor — which is exactly what this night needs.

Event Details

• Date: Monday, October 5, 2026

• Location: Capitol Theatre, 17 Stamford Road, Singapore 178907

• Lineup: Tujamo, Ariel Estrella, and more tier-one artists to be announced

• Tickets: https://luma.com/tbe-afterdark

• Admission: GA is free, but capacity is limited to 3,000 and 5,000+ registrations are expected — entry is not guaranteed. VIP ticket holders get guaranteed priority access; GA is first come, first served, so arrive early. VIP is strongly recommended while early bird pricing lasts.

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The U.S. Senate failed to advance the CLARITY Act on Tuesday, dealing a major setback to the cryptocurrency industry’s years-long campaign for a federal market-structure framework.

The procedural vote fell short of the 60 votes required to invoke cloture on the motion to proceed to the bill.

The defeat does not formally kill the Digital Asset Market Clarity Act, but it leaves the legislation with little time to recover before Congress turns its attention to the November midterm elections. The current congressional session ends in January, when a new Congress will take office.

For an industry that has spent years lobbying for legislation to settle the regulatory boundaries between the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), the vote marks a sharp reversal after months of bipartisan negotiations.

Republican negotiators had released a revised version of the bill Monday, saying it incorporated 126 substantive changes requested by Democrats. Those changes included new ethics restrictions, additional enforcement authority for state attorneys general and other provisions addressing consumer protection and financial stability.

Sen. Cynthia Lummis, the Wyoming Republican who has been one of the bill’s principal advocates, made a final appeal before the vote.

“Do not let this day be the day we handed our future to someone else because we were too afraid to finish what we started,” she said on the Senate floor. “Let’s vote yes. Let’s not only join the 21st Century economy. Let’s not only join the digital age. Let’s lead it. Let’s define it.”

But the revised language failed to bridge the remaining political divisions.

Ethics Fight Derails Bipartisan Negotiations

The most contentious issue had become provisions governing the ability of public officials to hold or profit from crypto-related businesses.

Democrats had pushed for stronger restrictions aimed in part at President Donald Trump and his family’s crypto interests. The Trump administration and Republican negotiators agreed to additional ethics provisions in the final draft, but Democrats argued that the restrictions did not go far enough.

The banking industry also opposed parts of the legislation, particularly provisions involving stablecoin rewards that banks argued could encourage customers to move deposits away from traditional financial institutions.

The political arithmetic was difficult from the start. Republicans hold 53 Senate seats, meaning the bill needed at least seven Democratic votes even with complete Republican support. Some Republicans were themselves reluctant to back the final version.

The CLARITY Act had already cleared the House in 2025. In the Senate, its supporters had spent more than a year negotiating the details before reaching the final procedural test.

The bill’s central purpose was to establish a federal framework for digital assets, including clearer definitions of which assets fall under SEC jurisdiction and which would be regulated by the CFTC. It would also give the CFTC a substantially larger role in overseeing spot digital-commodity markets.

Congress Still Has One Major Crypto Law

The setback also highlights how much the industry’s legislative progress has depended on issue-by-issue victories.

Congress passed the GENIUS Act, establishing a federal framework for payment stablecoins, earlier this year. That legislation became the first major piece of U.S. crypto-specific legislation to become law after years of congressional deadlock. Market structure was supposed to be the next step.

Instead, the CLARITY Act now faces an uncertain future. Lawmakers could theoretically revive the measure later in the session, but the approaching midterms leave a shrinking legislative window. The Senate is also dealing with other major priorities before lawmakers leave Washington to campaign.

If the bill is not revived this year, the next Congress would have to decide whether to start the market-structure process again.

A change in congressional control could make that considerably harder. Democrats are widely expected to compete aggressively for the House, while a Democratic Senate would put Sen. Elizabeth Warren, one of crypto’s most prominent congressional critics, in line for a potentially influential role on the Senate Banking Committee.

For now, the industry’s biggest legislative campaign has run into the same obstacle that has blocked previous attempts at comprehensive crypto regulation: finding 60 senators willing to agree on what the rules should actually say.

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KBW (Korea Blockchain Week), Asia’s leading digital asset and blockchain conference, will return to Seoul from Sept. 29 to Oct. 1, bringing together global leaders across crypto, finance, technology and public policy for KBW2026 with Upbit.

Headline speakers include Tom Lee, chairman of Bitmine; Arthur Hayes, chief investment officer at Maelstrom; Joseph Lubin, co-founder of Ethereum and founder and CEO of Consensys; Kyoungsuk Oh, CEO of Upbit (Dunamu); and Jeff Yan, CEO of Hyperliquid Labs.

They will be joined by Bo Hines, CEO of Tether USA₮; Harry Jung, former deputy director at the White House; Brian Quintenz, former commissioner of the CFTC and Monica Long, President of Ripple.

The lineup reflects the growing convergence of digital assets, global capital markets and public policy as governments and financial institutions increasingly engage with stablecoins, tokenization and blockchain-based financial infrastructure.

“KBW2026 will bring together the leaders defining how digital assets move into the next phase of institutional adoption,” said Andrew Park, CEO of FactBlock. “The conversation is increasingly being shaped not only by founders and investors, but by policymakers, financial institutions and governments engaging directly with stablecoins, tokenization and blockchain-based financial infrastructure. Seoul is a natural place for that dialogue, connecting global decision-makers with one of the world’s most active and sophisticated digital asset markets.”

South Korea has long been one of the world’s most active digital asset markets and is becoming an increasingly important hub for institutional adoption. KBW2026 will explore the forces shaping the next phase of digital finance, including market structure, stablecoins, tokenized assets, regulation and the growing intersection of blockchain and artificial intelligence.

The conference will open Sept. 29 with the Upbit Institutional Summit, a private, invitation-only session co-hosted by Upbit and FactBlock. The main conference of KBW2026 with Upbit, will take place Sept. 30 through Oct. 1 at Walkerhill Hotels & Resorts.

Now entering its ninth year, KBW was founded and has been hosted by FactBlock since 2018. Last year’s main conference attracted 28,000 attendees over two days, including 35% from outside Korea, with more than 5,200 companies represented and over 400 side events held across Seoul.

Additional speakers and programming will be announced ahead of the event.

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Bitcoin came within striking distance of $80,000 on Friday, but the rally lasted only hours. After dropping to around $76,200, BTC surged almost $4,000 before retreating to the mid-$77,000s, capping a week defined by inflation surprises, fading ETF demand and growing bets on the Federal Reserve's next move. Meanwhile, the U.S. crypto industry moved closer to a potentially consequential CLARITY Act vote, while breaches, phishing attacks and a suspected Bitcoin-related killing underscored the security risks that come with holding digital assets.

Bitcoin Gives Back Gains as Crypto Market Weakens

Bitcoin (BTC) closed lower for the week of Sept. 7–13, falling about 3% as the market digested hotter inflation data and repositioned ahead of the Federal Reserve’s Sept. 15–16 meeting. BTC opened near $80,340 and spent most of the week moving lower, hitting a low around $76,393 before stabilizing in the mid-$77,000s. It was trading around $77,300 at press time Sunday, with the week’s range stretching from roughly $76,393 to $80,494. The decline followed a strong August rally and left Bitcoin struggling to regain the $80,000 level.

Friday, Sept. 11, provided the week’s clearest attempt at a recovery. Bitcoin initially fell to around $76,200 after the release of August CPI, then reversed sharply and climbed toward $80,000, briefly reaching roughly $79,900. The rally wiped out most of the week’s losses in a matter of hours but could not hold. Selling returned near $80,000 and BTC gave back much of the move, closing around $77,200. The sharp reversal suggested that traders were still willing to buy the dip, but that the area around $80,000 remained difficult to break.

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The broader market was being pulled in different directions by the U.S. macro backdrop. August PPI, released Thursday, showed producer prices rising 0.4% month over month and 5.4% year over year, helping trigger Bitcoin’s steepest daily decline of the week. CPI the following day came in at 0.4% month over month, while rising oil prices, higher Treasury yields and hawkish Federal Reserve signals pushed markets to price a greater chance of a September rate hike. U.S. spot Bitcoin ETFs recorded about $462.7 million in net outflows during the week, their largest weekly withdrawal in 10 weeks, including $282.7 million on Thursday and another $13.29 million on Friday.

Major altcoins mostly followed Bitcoin lower, although Ethereum (ETH) stood out for its relative strength. ETH was roughly flat on the week, ending up 1% near $2,500–$2,510, while Solana (SOL) fell about 5% to $101, XRP about 4.3% to $1.36, and BNB about 4% to $721. Zcash (ZEC), which last week broke above $1,200, is down 5.5% over the past seven days, currently changing hands at around $1,111, while Hyperliquid (HYPE) fell as much as 11% over the same period of time, down to about $78.50.

ETF flows also showed some rotation: Ethereum funds attracted about $216 million on Friday even as Bitcoin ETFs saw a small outflow, while XRP funds continued to attract money.

Bitcoin’s ability to hold the mid-$76,000s after Thursday’s sell-off and Friday’s failed push through $80,000 leaves the market in a relatively narrow range heading into the Fed meeting. For now, the macro picture is doing more to set the direction than crypto-specific catalysts, with the FOMC decision, rate guidance and the Senate’s CLARITY Act proceedings among the main events ahead.

Why it matters: Bitcoin showed buyers are still willing to step in after sharp drops, but the failed Friday rally and renewed ETF outflows suggest the market needs a stronger catalyst to turn the $80,000 resistance level into support.

U.S. Senate Republicans Revise CLARITY Act Ahead of Key Vote

Senate Republicans released a revised 630-page version of the Digital Asset Market CLARITY Act on Thursday, adding new provisions aimed at crypto trading protocols that claim to be decentralized while remaining subject to meaningful control by an individual or group. The updated language would require such “decentralized-in-name-only” protocols to register with the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), extending the bill’s market-structure framework into a contentious area of decentralized finance.

Sen. Cynthia Lummis (R-Wyo.), the bill’s lead Senate sponsor, said the latest draft incorporates more than 100 changes requested by Democrats during negotiations over the August recess. The legislation is scheduled for a procedural Senate vote on Sept. 15, with 60 votes needed to advance it. Republicans hold 53 seats, meaning the bill will need Democratic or independent support to clear the hurdle.

In the meantime, POLITICO reported that President Donald Trump met with advisers on Friday to discuss ethics provisions under consideration for the CLARITY Act. The closed-door meeting came four days before the Senate’s procedural vote and focused on language that Democrats have pushed to constrain potential conflicts involving Trump and his family’s crypto interests. No decision from the meeting had been disclosed as of Sunday.

The ethics provisions remain among the issues complicating bipartisan negotiations over the bill. Despite the uncertainty, White House crypto adviser Patrick Witt struck an optimistic tone Saturday, posting that it was a “bad day to be a Clarity Act doomer.”

Why it matters: The revised DeFi language could establish a federal test based on actual control rather than how a protocol markets itself, while the Sept. 15 vote may determine whether the U.S. gets a comprehensive crypto market-structure framework this year. Trump’s involvement also reflects how closely the bill’s regulatory framework is tied to political and ethics disputes, but Witt’s comments suggest the administration still expects the legislation to have a path through the Senate.

Revolut Exposed Bitcoin Transaction Histories in Fake Government Data Request Scam

Fintech company Revolut confirmed a customer data breach after a malicious actor impersonated a government agency and submitted fraudulent information requests using an unauthorized email account on the agency’s legitimate domain. Because the messages carried valid domain authentication credentials, Revolut initially treated the requests as genuine and provided customer information.

“Revolut recently identified a sophisticated external impersonation scam where an unauthorised third party utilised a legitimate government agency domain email to submit fraudulent requests for information,” a company spokesperson told TechCrunch.

The exposed records included names, dates of birth, occupations, addresses, email addresses and phone numbers, as well as identity documents and verification selfies. Revolut said biometric facial telemetry was not involved. The company did not disclose which government agency was impersonated or how many customers were affected, describing the number as limited.

For crypto users, the disclosure of financial records is particularly concerning. The information, obediently provided to the attacker, included account statements containing IBANs and wallet reference numbers, withdrawal records and complete transaction histories, including Bitcoin activity. Revolut said its systems were not compromised and customer funds were unaffected, and said it had blocked the offending email address and notified the relevant agency, law enforcement and regulators.

Crypto investigator ZachXBT said the incident appeared to involve high-net-worth users, raising concerns about the physical-security implications of exposing identities alongside detailed Bitcoin holdings and transaction histories. The incident comes amid a rise in so-called wrench attacks, in which criminals target crypto holders through physical coercion or violence to obtain their assets.

In a separate, but similar incident earlier this week hardware wallet maker Trezor warned users that hackers compromised its third-party email provider and used access to send a phishing email disguised as a critical security alert. The fraudulent message, titled “Critical Security Alert: STM32 Entropy Vulnerability,” falsely claimed that a hardware-level flaw in STM32 microcontrollers affected around one in four devices and could compromise the randomness used to generate recovery phrases. The Czech manufacturer stressed the email did not originate from the company and urged recipients not to click its links.

The incident was reported by users hours before Trezor’s warning, while Casa CEO Nick Neuman said the campaign could extend beyond Trezor, citing reports from BitBox users. The phishing message appeared designed to exploit concerns following a recent Coldcard-related exploit that resulted in more than $130 million in Bitcoin losses.

Other key events of the week

• Crypto Heist Suspected in Killing of Mexican Musician and Family

• Coinbase Wallet is Back

• Consensys Splits Into Two Companies as MetaMask Goes Independent

• Nasdaq Invests $100M in Kraken Parent Company Payward

• Block Seeks Federal Trust Bank Charter for Bitcoin Custody

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For the fifth consecutive year, LABITCONF chooses Argentina to host its 14th edition. The region’s flagship conference and one of the world’s oldest on Bitcoin and Blockchain technology adds Artificial Intelligence this year as a key protagonist in its conversations.

LABITCONF stands out for its scale, energy, and variety: an event designed both for those already part of the industry and for enthusiasts, entrepreneurs, and people just beginning to explore it.

In 2026, it will open its doors on October 30 and 31 at BAFerial (formerly Costa Salguero), Buenos Aires, as the closing event of Tecweek 2026—an initiative by the City of Buenos Aires that brings together leading players in innovation, technology, and the creative industries. During those days, companies, entrepreneurs, investors, universities, creators, and sector leaders connect to share the ideas, trends, and opportunities shaping the years ahead.

HODL: much more than not selling

Each year, LABITCONF chooses a concept that runs throughout the entire event. In 2026, that concept is HODL which in Bitcoin slang means, essentially, “don’t sell BTC.”

But LABITCONF is not here to talk about prices. HODL represents the knowledge, the forward-looking vision, the financial revolution, and the philosophy needed to build conviction and understand why someone chooses to hold Bitcoin beyond its ups and downs.

For Rodolfo Andragnes, LABITCONF organizer and founder of ONG Bitcoin Argentina, it’s about believing in the future of Bitcoin—not driven by the price, but by a different understanding of economics.

The orange pill, as we call it, is like taking that pill that opens our eyes and leads us to rethink the role of the State, banks, trust, the origin of value, and so much more,” said Rodolfo

LABITCONF HODL is for everyone.

“At the event you’ll find suit-wearing executives alongside developers with their laptops, families with children, or people in costume. It’s a unique event, designed for different levels and featuring various simultaneous stages,” explains Andragnes.

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What is LABITCONF HODLing this year?

Over the two main days there will be six stages, ranging from financial education and first steps in Bitcoin and Blockchain to advanced coding, trading, workshops, and business. There will also be dedicated spaces for philosophical, economic, and social reflection, as well as a stage focused on the future, technology, and the impact of Artificial Intelligence.

Among the highlights will be a permanent self-custody space called “la Bitcoineta,” where attendees can personally learn how to protect their assets: generate keys, set up wallets, pla inheritance, and understand the risks and benefits of self-custodying their Bitcoin through free talks and consultations with BitcoinAR specialists.

And to capture the kind of energy that defines the event, attendees will also enjoy the HODLween party at the closing on Saturday, October 31.

But LABITCONF doesn’t end there. Those who opt for the four-day “Experience” ticket will also take part in exclusive activities before and after the main conference.

On the evening of October 29, an executive networking event will be held alongside a special unveiling of a monumental statue of Satoshi Nakamoto at the Parque de la Innovación—an event that will place Buenos Aires alongside Lugano (Switzerland), Bitcoin Beach in El Zonte (El Salvador), Tokyo (Japan), Hanoi (Vietnam), Miami, and Wall Street in New York (United States), all of which already feature public tributes to the creator of Bitcoin.

Saifedean Ammous, appearing at a South American conference for the first time

The headliner will be Saifedean Ammous, author of The Bitcoin Standard and one of the central figures in global Bitcoin thought.

Joining him will be Giovanni Santostasi, scientist and creator of the Bitcoin Power Law theory; Giacomo Zucco, Joe Nakamoto, Lunaticoin, Alberto Mera, and many other highly regarded analysts and communicators on the global adoption of Bitcoin; as well as international specialists in quantum computing, Artificial Intelligence, and mining.

The event will also feature leading local influencers, podcasters, and community figures, along with representatives from private companies and the Argentine public sector.

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Mark your calendars: the Hong Kong Web3 Festival 2027 is happening April 19–21, 2027 at HKCEC. It’s co-hosted by Wanxiang Blockchain Labs and HashKey Group, organized by W3ME, and this will be year five for what’s become one of the biggest annual gatherings in Web3, connecting devs, project teams, investors, regulators, and everyone else in the ecosystem.

The numbers from the last four editions are quite impressive: 500+ exhibitors, 1,600+ speakers, 150,000+ attendees, and 600+ side events. And the speaker lineup has been stacked: Paul Chan Mo-po (Hong Kong’s Financial Secretary), Wanxiang/HashKey’s Xiao Feng, Vitalik Buterin, Cathie Wood, CZ, Sergey Nazarov, Bo Feng, Hong Fang, He Yi, Sandeep Nailwal, Lily Liu, Avery Ching, Yat Siu, and more.

Looking back at these four editions, you can basically watch the industry grow up in real time—from “let’s build the infrastructure” to “let’s actually get people using this stuff.” Hong Kong itself has changed a lot too: regulation’s matured, compliant stablecoins are moving from approval to actual commercial rollout, tokenized deposits and digital assets are being piloted for real, and traditional finance is increasingly showing up for asset tokenization.

So now the industry’s hitting a new stage, and some big questions are on the table: How does tokenization actually go from pilot projects to real scale? How do you make issuance, circulation, and trading feel like one connected system instead of separate steps? What happens to global finance as stablecoin payments and on-chain settlement pick up speed? And what does AI + blockchain actually unlock once they really start colliding?

These aren’t hypotheticals anymore, this is something the industry is grappling with right now. So in April 2027, the Festival’s bringing together builders, investors, regulators, and researchers from around the world to dig into all of it and figure out what’s next for Web3.

The official site is coming soon. In the meantime, early-bird tickets are live at a limited-time rate of $169 via Luma: https://luma.com/hkweb3festival_2027. Speaker, sponsor, media partner, community, and side-event applications will roll out in phases—stay tuned.

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The latest edition of Blockchain Life is set to bring together participants from more than 130 countries as the conference expands its focus beyond digital assets to cover artificial intelligence, robotics and emerging technologies.

Organizers say the event will feature more than 200 speakers and 200 sponsors, with founders, executives, investors, traders and representatives of major technology companies expected to attend.

The conference will span three stages, covering areas including Web3, digital finance, investment, crypto and emerging technology. A large exhibition area will also showcase crypto projects, exchanges, mining companies, Web3 businesses, AI startups and other technology firms.

AI Future Forum makes debut

One of the biggest additions to this year’s event is the inaugural AI Future Forum 2026, which will run alongside Blockchain Life.

The new forum is designed to explore the increasingly close relationship between artificial intelligence, crypto and business. Its agenda will focus on practical AI applications, robotics, emerging technologies and their potential impact on the digital economy.

The AI-focused program will also include a Startup Pitch, giving early-stage companies an opportunity to present their projects to an international audience and connect with investors and funds.

The organizers are offering the AI Future Forum as part of the broader Blockchain Life experience: tickets to the new AI event will include full access to Blockchain Life 2026.

Dubai event aims to extend beyond two conference days

Blockchain Life 2026 is being positioned as more than a two-day conference. Organizers expect a broader week of networking activity around the event, including hundreds of side events, private meetings and other industry gatherings.

The conference will also coincide with the Formula 1 Grand Prix Final, which is expected to add another major international audience to Dubai during the week.

As with previous Blockchain Life editions, the event will conclude with the legendary afterparty at a Dubai nightclub featuring an international headline performer.

The expanded format reflects a broader trend across the technology industry, where the boundaries between crypto, AI and digital finance are becoming increasingly difficult to separate. Blockchain Life is now seeking to capitalize on that convergence by putting all three sectors under the same event umbrella.

Blockchain Life 2026 and the inaugural AI Future Forum will take place in Dubai on December 1–2, 2026.

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Crypto markets endured a week of sharp reversals and shifting narratives. Bitcoin whipsawed between macro-driven rallies and sharp pullbacks, Zcash blasted back above $1,000 for the first time in nearly a decade, and capital continued flowing toward crypto’s more speculative corners. At the same time, Wall Street kept pushing deeper into the industry, with major banks building a stablecoin venture, the London Stock Exchange moving toward tokenized equities and Kraken parent Payward expanding its ties to traditional finance even as its IPO slips into 2027.

Crypto market consolidates as Zcash smashes back into four-figure territory

The crypto market spent the week consolidating after Bitcoin’s 25% August rally, with major assets largely range-bound and traders rotating into higher-beta narratives rather than pushing the entire altcoin market higher.

The largest cryptocurrency entered the week around $78,550, briefly slipped below $78,000 as September opened, and then staged a sharp reversal. By Thursday, Bitcoin had ripped from an overnight low near $77,000 to above $81,000 and briefly reached roughly $82,200—its highest intraday level since May—before giving back a large portion of those gains.

The whipsaw was largely a macro story. At the start of the week, rising oil prices and renewed U.S.-Iran tensions pushed Treasury yields higher and revived fears that the Federal Reserve could raise rates in September. Markets were also digesting hawkish comments from Fed officials, keeping Bitcoin pinned below the psychologically important $80,000 level.

Then the narrative flipped. Fed Governor Christopher Waller said he could support holding rates steady at the September meeting if inflation continues to improve, triggering a broad risk-asset rally. Bitcoin jumped above $81,000, while U.S. spot Bitcoin ETFs recorded more than $730 million of net inflows on Thursday, their strongest single day since January. The move was amplified by short covering, with more than $400 million in crypto shorts reportedly liquidated as BTC accelerated higher.

But the relief proved short-lived. Friday’s U.S. jobs report delivered another shock: August payrolls increased by 162,000, roughly three times the consensus estimate, while unemployment remained at 4.1%. Treasury yields jumped and the probability of a September Fed rate hike climbed back toward 60%, sending Bitcoin briefly below $80,000 after its $82,000-plus run.

By Sunday, Bitcoin had stabilized around $79,700-$79,900, leaving it only about up 0.5% over the week despite the considerable intraday swings. The action suggested that traders were unwilling to abandon the August rally, but were equally unwilling to chase it aggressively while the Fed’s next move remains uncertain. With August CPI due Sept. 11 and the Fed meeting scheduled for Sept. 15-16, another volatility trigger is already on the calendar.

Ethereum (ETH) was similarly subdued, moving from around $2,467 to roughly $2,490, per CoinGecko.

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Underneath Bitcoin’s relatively flat weekly performance, however, the market was anything but flat, with the strongest moves concentrated in a handful of ecosystem and narrative-driven tokens. PONS, the token associated with a launchpad on Robinhood Chain, surged roughly 181% for the week, while Arbitrum (ARB) gained about 127%, helped by activity around the Arbitrum-based Robinhood Chain. Dash (DASH) advanced roughly 67% as traders rotated into privacy-focused assets, and Uniswap (UNI) gained around 40%. Other notable performers included Lighter (LIT), Falcon Finance (FF), PancakeSwap (CAKE), Pendle and Curve (CRV).

The standout large-cap move came from Zcash (ZEC), which rose from a Aug. 31 close of $847.71 to over $1,200 at press time on Sunday, putting it up roughly 36% over the past seven days. The asset’s market capitalization climbed to about $20.5 billion. while daily trading volume exceeded $1.6 billion.

More importantly, the move marked a major historical milestone for Zcash: ZEC reclaimed the $1,000 level for the first time in nearly a decade, breaking decisively above a price threshold it had not sustained since the cryptocurrency’s early years. The move was accompanied by a surge in ZEC’s value relative to Bitcoin, with the ZEC/BTC exchange rate spiking above 0.015 BTC on Sunday,.

Several factors have converged behind the rally. Grayscale’s ZCSH spot Zcash ETF, which launched Aug. 25, has provided institutional investors with a regulated route into the privacy-coin trade, while the Ironwood upgrade earlier this year addressed a shielded-pool vulnerability and restored confidence around Zcash’s supply verifiability. The break above $1,000 then appears to have accelerated momentum, with short positioning adding fuel to the move. Zcash’s performance also came alongside a broader revival in privacy-coin interest.

Why it matters: Bitcoin’s relatively modest weekly gain masked a much more aggressive rotation underneath the surface, but Zcash’s return above $1,000 is the week’s clearest signal that capital is once again willing to chase specialized crypto narratives, with privacy emerging as one of the market’s strongest themes.

Other key events of the week:

• Strategy returns to Bitcoin buying with $370 million purchase

• CLARITY Act heads toward September 15 Senate test as sheriffs drop opposition

• Payward expands its Wall Street footprint as Kraken IPO slips to 2027

• Wall Street banks unite around a new dollar stablecoin

• Firelight raises $8 million to build DeFi protection for fintechs

• Trezor breach widens to expose data of 67,000 more U.S. customers

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Common S3nse, a two-day privacy-focused conference and hackathon, is now just nine days away, taking place September 4–5 in Amsterdam as part of Cypherpunk Week Amsterdam.

Bringing together privacy advocates, developers, cypherpunks, researchers, and builders, Common S3nse is set to explore the technologies and ideas shaping a more private digital future.

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New York City is set to become a meeting point for the global blockchain industry this September as UN Blockchain Week 2026 takes place from September 10–19, bringing together more than 1,000 participants across more than 100 events, panels, workshops and networking sessions.

The 10-day program is being held alongside the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) and New York Fashion Week (NYFW), positioning the event at the intersection of blockchain technology, international policy, finance, artificial intelligence, energy and culture.

Organizers describe the week as a platform connecting policymakers, investors, technology builders and industry professionals while exploring how blockchain and related technologies could influence financial markets and emerging industries. The official program identifies Bitcoin, AI, energy, space, money, blockchain, technology, fashion and investment among its principal themes.

A Two-Day Conference Anchors the 10-Day Program

The centerpiece of the week will be the UN Blockchain Week Conference, taking place on September 16–17 in New York.

The two-day conference is designed around high-level discussions covering Bitcoin, AI, energy, space and blockchain adoption, bringing together policymakers, institutional representatives, entrepreneurs and builders.

The program reflects the increasingly interconnected nature of the digital-asset sector. Bitcoin and blockchain infrastructure will be discussed alongside artificial intelligence, energy markets and the emerging space economy, while the event’s broader schedule extends into fashion and consumer technology.

Among the announced speakers are Brock Pierce, futurist, philanthropist and economist; Vít Jedlička, president and founder of Liberland; Michael Terpin, entrepreneur, adviser and investor; Bruce Porter Jr., CEO of GlobalBoost; and Lou Kerner, founder of DAIAA and CryptoMondays.

The event’s official program also includes BitcoinPalooza, scheduled for September 17 at the Hard Rock Cafe Times Square, followed by the Washington Elite Investment Summit & Gala on September 18.

From Blockchain Policy to Fashion-Tech

One of the defining features of UN Blockchain Week is its effort to move beyond a traditional crypto conference format.

The organizers are using the simultaneous concentration of international leaders and fashion-industry participants in New York to create programming around the convergence of blockchain with creative industries and emerging technologies.

The official themes include Bitcoin and the future of money, AI-powered autonomous agents, decentralized applications in the space economy, energy innovation and fashion-tech.

That broader scope is reflected in the week-long schedule, which includes panels, workshops, networking events and runway programming alongside more conventional blockchain discussions.

According to the organizers, the objective is to create opportunities for different sectors to meet at a time when New York is hosting a particularly concentrated international audience.

Washington Elite Gala to Close the Week

The week will culminate with the Washington Elite Investment Summit & Gala on September 18 in Times Square.

The event, hosted by Bruce and David Porter, combines a closed-door investment summit with a black-tie gala and networking program. Its stated focus spans energy, fashion, crypto and digital assets, privacy, AI and space.

The gala is being presented as the flagship event of Blockchain Week, with participation subject to approval. Organizers say the gathering is intended to connect investors, policymakers, institutional leaders and innovators, with the evening running from 6 p.m. until midnight.

The investment-focused format adds another dimension to a week otherwise dominated by conferences and community events, giving founders and investors an opportunity to discuss capital, partnerships and emerging technology away from the main conference floor.

The final day, September 19, is scheduled to feature the Pause the World for Peace clean-energy and peace concert in Times Square, providing a public-facing conclusion to the program.

A Meeting Point for the Broader Blockchain Industry

UN Blockchain Week arrives at a time when the blockchain industry increasingly overlaps with traditional finance, artificial intelligence, energy infrastructure and other technology sectors.

Its timing in New York is a central part of the proposition. With international policymakers, financial institutions, technology companies, investors and media organizations converging on the city, organizers are seeking to make blockchain part of broader conversations around technological and economic development rather than treating it as a standalone industry.

For attendees, the 10-day format also offers a different proposition from a conventional two- or three-day conference. Participants can combine the flagship September 16–17 conference with specialist events, networking sessions, cultural programming and investment-focused gatherings throughout the week.

The event offers general admission and VIP options, with VIP access including additional networking opportunities and access to the Washington Elite Gala.

For members of the Bitcoin and wider Web3 communities, UN Blockchain Week 2026 is therefore shaping up as an opportunity to connect with participants from outside the traditional crypto ecosystem — from investors and policymakers to AI, energy, space and fashion professionals.

UN Blockchain Week 2026 runs September 10–19 in New York City.

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The past 24 hours have been wild. Earlier this morning a fresh article went live on our website, but ten minutes later it was old news, at least regarding the price action part.

So what happened?

• Bitcoin surged past $71,000 on Thursday morning—its highest price since early June.

• This follows the biggest single-day gain since March, when Bitcoin rallied past $69,000 on Wednesday, climbing as much as 8.7% to an intraday high of $69,892

• The trigger: the U.S. Treasury announced it will double its long-bond buybacks to $4 billion per operation, weakening the dollar and pushing traders into risk assets like crypto.

• Over $1.14 billion in short positions were liquidated in a single hour Wednesday, accelerating the move upward in a classic short squeeze.

• The White House hosted crypto executives alongside SEC and CFTC chiefs the day after the SEC proposed its first formal token offering framework.

• Strategy +12%. Coinbase +9%. Circle and BitMine both up ~10%.

What Does the Market Think Comes Next?

As recently as Tuesday, the distribution of contract prices on Glimpse, a Bitcoin-native prediction market, was skewed toward downside ranges, with bearish price buckets attracting the most market interest. By Wednesday evening, as Bitcoin held above $68,000, that distribution had rotated sharply, with bearish price ranges losing ground and upper buckets attracting significantly more market interest, reflecting genuine uncertainty among participants about whether the move has legs or will fade before the week is out.

Analysts and data both suggest bulls should temper their enthusiasm, at least in the short term. Short-term holders have an average cost basis near $68,700, very close to where Bitcoin was trading after the spike. That means many buyers from the recent decline have just reached break-even, a price level where historically many choose to sell. Just above that sits the 200-day exponential moving average at roughly $71,491—a level Bitcoin has not managed to close above since the bear market began.

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Bitcoin-native platform broadens its offering, giving traders more ways to earn Bitcoin through accurate market forecast

Glimpse, the Bitcoin-native forecasting market backed by Stillmark, Timechain, Wolf and Entrepreneurs First, today announced the expansion of its platform beyond Bitcoin, with forecasting markets for Ethereum, Solana and Gold now available to users.

The launch marks the next stage in Glimpse’s growth following the successful introduction of its Bitcoin forecasting market earlier this year. By expanding into additional assets, Glimpse is giving traders more opportunities to turn market conviction into Bitcoin rewards, regardless of whether markets are rising, falling or trading sideways.

Unlike traditional trading platforms, Glimpse allows users to forecast where an asset will trade within a future price range rather than simply buying or selling it. Users who make accurate forecasts earn Bitcoin, creating a new way to participate in financial markets through probabilistic forecasting.

The addition of Ethereum, Solana and Gold reflects growing demand from users looking to apply the same forecasting approach across a broader range of globally traded assets.

Speaking of the update, James Pierog and Ruban Sundara Raj, co-founders of Glimpse, said: “Bitcoin was always just the beginning. Our vision is to build the world’s leading forecasting market, where people can express conviction across financial markets while earning Bitcoin for being right. Whether you think Ethereum is undervalued, Gold is about to rally or Bitcoin is entering a range, Glimpse lets you put that view to the test. Every forecast also contributes to a live picture of where the market collectively expects these assets to go, giving traders valuable insight alongside the opportunity to earn Bitcoin.”

Rather than focusing solely on price direction, Glimpse enables users to trade future price ranges, creating opportunities even when markets move sideways. Every trade contributes to a live, market-generated probability distribution that shows where participants collectively expect an asset to trade, providing a transparent view of market expectations rather than individual opinions.

The expansion also represents another step towards Glimpse’s vision of becoming the leading forecasting market for digital assets and global financial markets.

Key benefits for traders include:

• Earn Bitcoin by making accurate forecasts rather than simply buying and selling assets.

• Find opportunities in sideways markets as well as periods of strong volatility.

• Put market conviction to the test against other traders.

• See where the market collectively expects an asset to trade.

• Fast Bitcoin deposits and withdrawals via the Lightning Network.

The company plans to continue expanding the number of available markets over time as it builds what it believes will become the home for financial forecasting on Bitcoin.

Glimpse operates with a compliance-first approach and is progressing through the Bermuda Monetary Authority’s in-principle approval process. Participation is available to eligible users who complete identity verification requirements.

About Glimpse

Glimpse is a Bitcoin-native forecasting market that allows users to earn Bitcoin by accurately forecasting where financial assets will trade. Rather than simply buying or selling assets, participants forecast future price ranges, creating live market expectations while competing against other traders. Built on Bitcoin with Lightning Network support, Glimpse combines financial incentives with probabilistic forecasting to create a new way to engage with global markets.

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The 12th edition of the European Blockchain Convention (EBC12) returns to Barcelona at a pivotal moment for the industry. It is the region’s first major institutional gathering since the world’s first comprehensive cross-border digital asset regulation (MiCA) became fully law, and the event where European deal flow happens.

Rather than chasing mandates city by city across London, Paris, Frankfurt, Zurich, and Barcelona, EBC12 compresses the European digital asset market into a single two-day commercial arena. It takes place on 16–17 September 2026 at the Palau de Congressos de Catalunya, a new premium venue reflecting the event’s institutional evolution.

The debate about whether institutions will enter digital assets is over: Deutsche Börse has invested $200 million in Kraken; Santander’s digital bank, Openbank, has expanded its crypto trading for customers across Germany and Spain. Both will be among the institutions discussing what comes next, with 80 of Europe’s top 100 banks landing in Barcelona this September.

“Eight years ago, we built EBC because we believed Europe would be where this industry matured. A lot of people thought we were early. In 2026, European banks are deploying capital, institutional products are live across major markets, and the regulatory framework is in place. EBC is where the people driving that change meet once a year to do real business,” said Victoria Gago, Co-CEO of European Blockchain Convention and Digital Assets Forum.

Sessions cover institutional capital allocation, real-world asset tokenisation, regulatory market structure, and the future of stablecoins and CBDCs as global settlement infrastructure.

Alongside the main programme, EBC12 features 10,000 pre-arranged one-to-one meetings, a Buy Side Breakfast for allocators and institutional investors, and a dedicated press room with direct access to speakers.

EBC12 expects over 5,000 attendees from 90+ countries for two days of market intelligence, strategic networking, and commercial momentum at the Palau de Congressos de Catalunya.

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Bitcoin Asia 2026 hits the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre August 27–28, and while the conference itself is expected to pull in a 10,000-plus crowd from 125+ countries, the more interesting story is what’s happening on the business side. Deal Day and the Bitcoin for Corporations Symposium are running as a concentrated enterprise track alongside the main event, giving companies, investors, and operators an actual structured environment to do business rather than just work a conference floor.

Hong Kong has spent the last couple of years turning itself into one of the more serious regulatory sandboxes for digital assets anywhere in the world—a licensing framework for virtual asset service providers, approved Bitcoin ETFs, and an increasingly open posture toward institutional crypto activity. For companies trying to build relationships with capital across Asia-Pacific, it’s hard to think of a better base of operations right now.

Deal Day is invite-only, every participant is vetted, and every meeting is pre-scheduled: 30-minute one-on-ones running throughout the day on August 27, with schedules curated in advance by BTC Inc. based on what each company is actually trying to accomplish. At Bitcoin 2026 in Las Vegas, this format produced 23 presenting companies, 23 investing partners, and over 200 structured meetings, with names like Kraken, Metaplanet, BitGo, Bitdeer, Barclays, Cantor Fitzgerald, and Bitwise all in the room. Hong Kong is set up to do the same thing for Asia-Pacific’s financial center of gravity.

The whole institutional program runs on one open floor anchored by the BFC Symposium stage on one end and Deal Day on the other, with a Deal Flow Zone in the middle offering in-app table booking for one-on-one meetings. This way, corporate treasuries, capital allocators, and infrastructure providers are put in the same physical space to let them actually transact.

The BFC Symposium itself runs August 27, 10 AM to 3 PM, and is squarely focused on governance, capital formation, yield strategies, and the operational questions companies face once bitcoin is actually on the balance sheet. It follows successful editions in Las Vegas and New York (Amsterdam is next, in November), and it’s included with a GA+ or Whale Pass.

“Hong Kong sits at the center of the conversation between Eastern capital markets and the global Bitcoin ecosystem,” said Brandon Green, CEO of BTC Inc. “The Bitcoin Asia networking opportunities, Deal Day, and BFC Symposium together give companies and investors the infrastructure to turn that conversation into outcomes.”

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AFX Trade, the Verus Ethereum Bridge, and B² Network were all hit within hours of each other on July 22–23, underlining the persistent vulnerability of the infrastructure connecting blockchains.

Three separate exploits drained a combined $35.5 million from decentralized finance protocols within a six-hour window on Wednesday, in what security researchers are calling one of the more concentrated bursts of losses the sector has seen this year.

The attacks struck AFX Trade, the Verus Ethereum Bridge, and B² Network—three unrelated protocols with three different failure modes, but a common thread: in each case, the problem was not a flaw in the blockchain itself but in the systems layered on top of it.

AFX Trade — $24.15 million

AFX Trade, a decentralized perpetuals exchange that settles in USDC, was drained of about $24.15 million after an attacker compromised the validator signing keys behind a bridge the protocol operates on Arbitrum, a popular Ethereum scaling network.

Cross-chain bridges work by holding assets in custody on one blockchain while issuing equivalent tokens on another. To authorize withdrawals, most bridges require a set number of appointed validators to sign off. In AFX’s case, the on-chain logic functioned as designed: five hot-validator signatures met the quorum needed to authorize the withdrawal. The problem was with the private keys that generated those signature—attackers had compromised the private validator signing keys held offchain by the bridge’s operators. In other words, the smart contract did exactly what it was told to do.

The attacker then moved the stolen USDC from Arbitrum to Ethereum, with PeckShield reporting the funds were swapped into 12,467.5 ETH and traced to a single wallet, 0x6276…ebAC.

Blockaid, a blockchain security firm, flagged the security incident and noted the exploit was “specific to a bridge that AFX operates,” adding that it was working with the Arbitrum team to coordinate a response with the affected protocol.

Offchain Labs co-founder Steven Goldfeder moved quickly to clarify the scope of the incident on X:

“We can confirm that the transaction in question originated from a third party protocol, and the Arbitrum native bridge has not been hacked or exploited in any way.”

The incident is similar in character to the roughly $285 million Drift Protocol loss in April, where attackers spent months working their way toward privileged access rather than breaking any contract code. SunSec, founder of Web3 security community DeFiHackLabs, said the evidence pointed to compromised keys rather than a smart contract logic flaw.

The AFX team suspended bridge operations. No recovery mechanism or timeline has been announced.

“We continue to work closely with leading security firms, ecosystem partners, exchanges, and relevant authorities to monitor fund movements and support the ongoing investigation. We will keep the community updated as more verified information becomes available,” AFX wrote while extending a white hat settlement offer to 30% of the stolen funds to the party responsible for the recent bridge incident.

Verus Ethereum Bridge — $7.55 million

Hours after the AFX incident, Blockaid flagged a second exploit, this time targeting the Verus Ethereum Bridge, which allows users to move assets between the Verus network and Ethereum.

An attacker used the bridge’s import path to trigger unbacked Ethereum-side payouts, draining approximately $7.54 million in ETH, tBTC, USDC, USDT, EURC, MKR, and scrvUSD from bridge reserves. “Unbacked payouts” means the bridge released funds on the Ethereum side without a corresponding deposit having been made on the Verus side — essentially, the attacker tricked the system into handing over assets it had no right to release.

Blockaid noted this appears related to the previous Verus Ethereum Bridge incident in May 2026: same bridge contract, same entry path, and same bug class — though the July attack involved a new transaction and a different attacker and loot wallet.

That May incident, reported by CoinDesk, saw roughly $11.5 million drained through a forged cross-chain message that passed the bridge’s verification checks while requesting a payout far larger than any underlying deposit. After negotiations, the attacker in May returned 4,052.4 ETH, keeping the rest. Apparently, funds were subsequently redeposited into the bridge while the underlying vulnerability was never fully patched.

The fact that the same entry point was exploited twice, by different attackers, in the space of two months will raise serious questions about the Verus development team’s post-incident response. A critical bridge failure that recurs through an identical mechanism is not bad luck; it is an engineering and governance failure.

B² Network — $3.86 million

The third incident targeted B² Network, a Bitcoin layer-2 project. The B² Network lost roughly $3.86 million after an attacker seized its staking contract’s upgrade authority — the administrative permission that controls whether and how a smart contract can be modified.

Lookonchain traced the transactions after approximately 8.59 million B2 tokens reached an attacker-controlled address and were exchanged for 5,409 BNB, worth about $3.01 million, implying roughly $850,000 in slippage and price impact during the sale.

The B² team said the incident has been contained, that staking has been suspended pending a security review, and that no further impact is expected. The team also pledged to fully compensate affected users.

As CoinDesk noted, this failure mode—compromised keys and permissions rather than broken cryptography—remains the primary cause of major crypto thefts, being the same mechanism behind the largest heists in the sector’s history, from the Wormhole and Nomad bridge hacks of 2022 to KelpDAO’s roughly $290 million loss earlier this year.

A punishing year gets worse

The three incidents bring July’s total hack losses to roughly $97 million across 14 recorded incidents, already surpassing the $75.32 million in losses from June. The broader picture for 2026 is grimmer still: attackers carried out 207 separate hacks and stole $972 million in the first half of the year alone.

Cross-chain bridges—the pipes that allow assets to move between separate blockchains—have long been among DeFi’s weakest points. They concentrate liquidity, rely on off-chain key management, and are often built and audited under time pressure by small teams. What Wednesday’s events illustrate is that the problem has not become easier to solve: the largest losses continue to stem not from novel cryptographic attacks but from failures of key custody and access control — problems the industry has been discussing since at least 2022.

The Verus bridge exploit is particularly difficult to excuse. A known vulnerability, left unpatched after a nine-figure loss two months prior, was exploited again by a different attacker using the same method. That is a failure of a different order to a novel zero-day.

AFX has not publicly detailed how its validator keys were compromised, and both AFX and Verus have yet to release formal post-mortems as of publication.

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