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Coldcard hack 2026: Wave 3 thief tests THORChain with 20.5 stolen BTC
On 2 September 2026 the Coldcard “Wave 3” thief moved 20.50 BTC through THORChain to a new Ethereum address and kept getting refunded — the first on-chain movement from the ~1,816 BTC stolen in July and August.
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.
Singapore MAS stablecoin law, September 2026: no interest, freeze powers
On 1 September 2026 Singapore’s MAS opened a consultation to write its stablecoin framework into the Payment Services Act: licensed SGD and G10 issuers, par redemption, no interest, and tools to freeze and burn tokens.
HTX under sanctions: 5 CEX risks every user still carries in 2026
HTX joining the sanctions registry is a specific event. The pattern behind it — what every centralized exchange concentrates — is the broader story.
RetoSwap Hack: $2.7M Lost and Why Privacy Isn't Security
RetoSwap, a Haveno fork for private P2P trading, lost about 7,000 XMR (~$2.7M) in a recent exploit. What it means for Monero users and non-custodial swaps.