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Crypto swap guides, coin analysis, and exchange comparisons.
NEAR jumps 45% as Confidential Intents pass $70M: how private swaps work
NEAR climbed from $2.34 to $3.45 between September 15 and 18, 2026, about +45%, as funds in NEAR Confidential Intents, its private cross-chain swap mode, passed $70M and triggered the [email protected] reward drop.
CFTC no-action letter: self-custodial wallets and front-ends aren’t brokers
On September 17, 2026, CFTC staff said passive wallets and front-ends routing derivatives orders to registered firms needn’t register as introducing brokers, if they hold no user funds and meet ten conditions.
Symbiosis bridge exploit: $46B in fake syBTC minted, $336K cashed out
On September 11, 2026, a bug in Symbiosis’s BridgeV2 contract let an attacker mint about $46.1 billion in unbacked syBTC. Thin liquidity meant only ~$336,000 was cashed out; the team has recovered about 15 BTC.
Kraken delists 21 tokens on September 11, 2026: what to do before Dec 10
Kraken’s delisting of 21 tokens took effect on September 11, 2026: trading and deposits stopped at 14:00 UTC, withdrawals stay open until December 10, and leftover balances will be force-sold December 14–18.
Liquid Network exploit: 4,000 BTC drained via Elements bug in the L-BTC peg
On September 6, 2026, attackers used a bug in Blockstream’s Elements software to create invalid L-BTC on Liquid and peg out 3,996 BTC (about $320 million) — roughly 95% of the federation’s bitcoin.
Core DAO and Injective chain halts, September 2026: when L1s hit pause
On 2 September 2026 Core DAO announced an emergency hard fork after validators drew excess CORE rewards, days after Injective stalled for about 3h42m to stop a $4.9M exploit — four chains paused in one week.