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Regarding the issue of abnormal asset transfers from user accounts, the MEXC customer service team responded on September 28, stating that they have completed a preliminary investigation and provided corresponding solutions. They will follow up with users via email for one-on-one communication, updating them on progress and required information, and reminding users to pay attention to their registered email and official channel communications.Previously, a MEXC user posted on X that their account was controlled after someone reset the security items. Between 04:12 and 04:25 on September 27 (Beijing time), 322,110 USDT and 9,133,999 ONE were transferred out, totaling approximately $340,000, just 27 minutes after the 24-hour transfer restriction was lifted. The user stated that MEXC has confirmed the account was hacked and has frozen the account to assist in recovery, but has not revoked the API left by the attacker. They have submitted a formal claim, with the ticket number M2026092712031.

On September 27, Doubao Mobile Assistant released a statement in the official community regarding the abnormal usage of the Nubia NaviX Ultra phone in Honor of Kings, stating that starting from the evening of September 24, they have received feedback from users that the Nubia NaviX Ultra equipped with Doubao Mobile Assistant displays an abnormal device environment prompt when logging into Honor of Kings or during matchmaking, and users are forcibly kicked offline.Doubao Mobile Assistant stated: Upon confirmation, they have not made any operations on the Tencent game system throughout the process, and there are no violations such as unauthorized clicks, cheats, or simulation behaviors by the AI. The team is still in communication with relevant parties at Tencent, and as of now, they have not received a clear response, for which they apologize. The assistant also advises users not to repeatedly attempt to log into Honor of Kings on this model. If the account has been banned, users can appeal through the official game customer service channels.Tencent has not publicly responded. On September 28, a reporter learned from informed sources that Honor of Kings ensures game fairness through various security risk strategies, and these strategies have been consistently used over the past period without targeted adjustments.

Slow Fog's Yuxian stated on platform X that the Bitget theft incident has a wide spread, involves a huge amount of money, and the related funds were quickly linked to North Korean hackers. Institutions such as Circle and Tether have promptly assisted in freezing the related funds, with Circle freezing the USDC held by the hackers.Regarding THORChain, Yuxian pointed out that when THORChain previously experienced a theft incident, it also quickly intervened in its so-called "decentralized" platform; however, in response to this major security incident in the industry, it claimed "decentralization and non-interference" and compared itself to Bitcoin and Ethereum, while continuing to earn fees from the hackers' large cross-chain transactions.He stated that decentralization should not just be a slogan; after a major security incident occurs, the key is to distinguish which issues need to be collectively addressed by the industry. He also believes that platforms like THORChain should not be easily compared to Bitcoin and Ethereum, as there are significant differences in the degree of decentralization and mechanisms of different systems.

MistTrack disclosed that following the $1.46 billion hacking incident at Bybit last year, where nearly $1.2 billion in stolen funds were transferred via THORChain, Bitget has recently experienced another significant security incident, with stolen funds suspected to have once again flowed through THORChain.In response, THORChain officials stated that their protocol, like Bitcoin, Ethereum, and BNB Chain, belongs to a decentralized and permissionless network.

Cryptocurrency exchange operators Bullish, Equiniti, Alpaca, Apex Fintech Solutions, and Drivewealth established the Issuer Sponsored Token Coalition on September 24, promoting a direct link between on-chain tokens and the official shareholder register of listed companies.The coalition aims to grant token holders voting rights, dividends, stock splits, and other corporate action rights, and will study the interoperability of technical standards, settlement, custody, and traditional market infrastructure with blockchain. Members plan to meet with listed company issuers at the New York Stock Exchange on October 27.

DoubleZero co-founder Austin Federa posted on the X platform, stating that he recently saw some "boring FUD" from "big names" in private chats, and clarified that DoubleZero firmly supports Solana.Currently, DoubleZero has provided free high-speed connections for over 60% of Solana staking, with about 75% of validators using DoubleZero.

Former U.S. President Biden's son Hunter Biden responded to the market value of the LAPTOP token dropping below 25 million dollars. The token's market value has decreased by 99.9% since its issuance, and reports indicate that the project team is expected to have made tens of millions of dollars in profit.Hunter Biden stated that the profit estimates lack basis, and he previously explained that the project's issuance performance was poor, with accounts to be disclosed. He mentioned that the team wallet has not sold any LAPTOP tokens, and the tokens held by the team are locked for 6 months, followed by a two-year vesting period. Relevant arrangements have been detailed in the disclosure documents, and he requested that individuals claiming the team made tens of millions of dollars in profit disclose the relevant wallet addresses.

According to on-chain analyst tanuki42, the address 0xe07 holds 100,000 USDC and 218,000 USDT, which come from the initial address of stolen funds from Bitget. This batch of funds has been idle for over 2.5 hours, after which they publicly called on Circle and Tether to freeze the assets.At 5 PM, crypto researcher SomaXBT posted that Circle has frozen the USDC assets and specifically called on Tether to follow up. As of the time of publication, Tether has not responded.

Bitget Wallet posted on platform X stating that it operates independently from Bitget Exchange, belonging to a self-custody wallet, where user assets are always on-chain and controlled by the users themselves, isolated from the custodial infrastructure of Bitget Exchange.In response to the recent security incident at Bitget, Bitget Wallet has conducted preventive checks on its internal systems and found no security impact on the Bitget Wallet system or user self-custody assets. Currently, Bitget Wallet is operating normally and reminds users to be vigilant against phishing and impersonation activities, and to obtain the latest information through official channels.

Renowned trader Bonk Guy responded to criticisms regarding long-term holding of tokens and not choosing to sell, stating that long-term holding of high-confidence assets is part of his trading strategy, and he does not believe that one must sell after a significant price increase.Bonk Guy indicated that PONS is the most promising utility token in his portfolio, currently valued at approximately 400 million dollars; USELESS is his most favored meme coin, currently valued at around 270 million dollars. Neither has reached 1 billion dollars, while some meme coins and protocols that performed strongly in the previous cycle had market capitalizations exceeding 4 billion to 5 billion dollars, which is why he has chosen to continue holding them.

The Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs stated that once the United States or other signatories of the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty conduct nuclear tests, Russia will take appropriate response measures.

IcoBeast.eth, the head of Kalshi's cryptocurrency business, posted a statement addressing external concerns regarding Kalshi's cryptocurrency prediction market trading volume fraud and self-clearing members (SCM) of perpetual contracts. He stated that the Artemis chart shows the proportion of prediction market trading volume, not the trading volume of perpetual contracts; Kalshi will not provide rebates for the cryptocurrency prediction market, and the calculation method for the number of contracts and notional amounts in the prediction market is consistent with other prediction markets, thus making it comparable.Regarding the claim that "SCM is a market maker selected by Kalshi," he stated that this is not true. Any institution that meets regulatory requirements can become a self-clearing member of a CFTC-regulated exchange, and "fair access" is also one of the regulatory requirements. He also mentioned that all exchanges improve liquidity through rebates and incentive programs, including CME, Hyperliquid, and Binance. As for Kalshi's perpetual contract business, he acknowledged that it is still in the early stages but stated that unlike offshore perpetual contract trading platforms, Kalshi needs to publicly disclose incentive programs, so the relevant incentive arrangements can be publicly viewed.

According to CoinDesk, as Bitcoin returns to the $80,000 mark, venture capitalist Jason Calacanis wrote a "eulogy" for Bitcoin, stating that "Bitcoin is like CDs in the Spotify era and DVDs in the Netflix era," and that "the dead cat is still bouncing."He further pointed out that Bitcoin is not outstanding in trading and smart contracts, the user experience is daunting, and it no longer sparks the public's imagination; "If Bitcoin were to achieve mass adoption and significant use cases, it would have done so long ago."Calacanis also joked that people expect Bitcoin to remain stable, and it is no longer a quick way to get rich, saying, "It's boring... advocates have transformed from pirates to suit-wearing individuals with orange ties, awkwardly sharing cringeworthy memes."In response, MicroStrategy co-founder Michael Saylor stated, "You have watched Bitcoin grow since 2011; it is now a $1.6 trillion success and the most valuable digital asset in the world." He expressed that "digital capital is a killer application, and preserving wealth across generations is a grander ambition than pleasing dinner guests," and emphasized that "the orange tie will not come off."

ChainCatcher crypto trader Bonk Guy posted on the X platform in response to the recent controversy surrounding his purchase of EMBER and explained his investment logic. Bonk Guy stated that he first noticed the project when EMBER's market cap was about 3 million dollars but did not buy in. After observing for a day due to the rapid growth of platform data, he re-evaluated and bought in from a market cap of about 7 million dollars all the way up to a 20 million dollar market cap.Bonk Guy mentioned that EMBER is the main Launchpad based on Meteora, supporting the use of SOL, USDC, and over 150 tokenized stocks as paired assets for issuing tokens, and employs Meteora Dynamic Bonding Curve technology, while also providing features such as token tax distribution, Daily Jackpots, and DAO governance.According to his disclosure, Ember recorded about 51.7 million dollars in trading volume and 561,000 dollars in fees within 3 days of launch, with a total of 2,041 tokens issued, over 41,800 unique wallet addresses, and 149,000 Solana transactions. Bonk Guy compared his purchase of Ember to his previous trade in PONS, stating that he first saw PONS when its market cap was below 1 million dollars, similarly ignoring it for a whole day, and then began buying in at around a 4 million dollar market cap. Rather than whether a popular token has already emerged, it is more important to observe the real usage data underlying the Launchpad.Additionally, Bonk Guy stated that both Robinhood Chain and BNB Chain have multiple successful Launchpads, and that Solana's meme trading ecosystem has developed over a longer period, so there is no reason to believe that Solana can ultimately only accommodate one successful Launchpad. He also mentioned that his trading decisions are not based on market consensus. Some of his past most successful trades often came from identifying opportunities before the market formed a consensus; by the time everyone recognizes it, the asymmetric upside potential is usually significantly reduced.Regarding the recent controversy, Bonk Guy stated that the claim "EMBER has over 50% of Bubblemaps address clusters" has been clarified by Bubblemaps; his previous statement that Ember "was launched by Meteora" is also inaccurate, with a more accurate description being that Ember is based on Meteora's related infrastructure, which is now included in the Meteora ecosystem page. Bonk Guy emphasized that he has no relationship with the Ember team, and EMBER is a personal trade for him.

According to a report by Decrypt, OpenAI's latest flagship model GPT-6 Astra has seen a surge of user complaints on the X platform about its performance "getting dumber" just a week after its release. An anonymous developer, synthwavedd, posted that "Astra feels noticeably dumber today," joking that it was a "post-release lobotomy." Previously praising the model, developer Pranjal Paliwal stated after reviewing the code Astra wrote for him: "We don't have AGI; what we're encountering is a performance regression."Developer Pankaj Kumar listed the symptoms: faster responses with poorer quality, and he suspects OpenAI has lowered the "juice value" (the computational power invested by the model before answering). Salio and researcher Md Ismail Sojal compared Astra on the release day with the current version using the same prompts, both yielding worse results. T3Chat founder Theo believes Astra is simply less stable than Claude Fable, with users beginning to showcase poor results after the honeymoon period ended. There are also opinions pointing out that OpenAI's previous flagship GPT-5.6 Sol experienced a similar cycle in July, when OpenAI executive Tibo Sottiaux denied intentionally weakening the model but admitted the company had been experimenting with "reasoning effort" settings.OpenAI has not released a statement regarding Astra similar to that of Sol.

F2Pool co-founder and stakefish founder Wang Chun tweeted that Oleksii Trofimchuk filed a lawsuit against Lido Finance and stakefish on September 8 in the Santa Clara County Superior Court, accusing them of allowing competing MEV bots to submit high-priority fee transactions to claim the ETH after his wallet was hacked.

Renowned trader Bonk Guy responded to recent doubts from the STONK community regarding his purchase of EMBER, stating that some community members believe his acquisition of another Launchpad token implies an attempt to challenge STONK's industry position. This reaction is "very exaggerated." The second-largest holder of STONK previously bought EMBER with a market value of 2.8 million dollars and continued to hold it for many days without facing any scrutiny; however, after Bonk Guy purchased EMBER at a valuation approximately six times his buying price, he was viewed as the "villain," clearly indicating a double standard.Bonk Guy emphasized that he remains optimistic about STONK, noting that he has primarily traded low market cap projects for a long time because he believes these assets have a higher risk-reward ratio. He rarely buys large market cap tokens, even if he is optimistic about their future performance. He also stated that his purchase of EMBER had no "PvP" (player versus player competition) intentions, asserting that STONK and EMBER can both succeed simultaneously. He believes that the notion that "there can only be one winner in a race" contradicts the essence of the cryptocurrency industry.

According to Forward Industries (NASDAQ: $FWDI) in a public letter, the company's General Counsel Georgia Quinn officially responded to SEC Commissioner Hester Peirce's statement on July 22, 2026, titled "Headstands and Summervaults," and proposed a three-tier vault regulatory framework centered on "management freedom" as a core variable:• Type I - Use: Developers provide out-of-the-box software, and users configure parameters themselves without registration;• Type II - Follow: Referencing the SEC's 2013 no-action letter regarding AngelList, Angels set strategies for others to follow, meeting conditions such as co-investment and information disclosure, without needing to register as investment advisors;• Type III - Advised: Involves active management, requiring registration or applicable exemptions, suggesting that the SEC and CFTC jointly regulate to avoid dual compliance conflicts.The article also presents five baseline requirements applicable to all vaults, including conflict of interest disclosure, code public audit, exclusion of disqualified persons, applicability of anti-fraud rules, and state law preemption. The article specifically notes that Peirce's statement did not mention the CFTC, and the inter-agency regulatory issues regarding mixed-asset vaults urgently need to be addressed by the SEC and CFTC.

Since this week, the on-chain market driven by Robinhood has temporarily cooled down, with mainstream cryptocurrencies experiencing a pullback. The market is pinning its hopes for the next round of activity on the Arc Chain, which will launch on September 16.Arc Chain, developed by the stablecoin issuer Circle, is an open blockchain network primarily aimed at institutional users. There are differing opinions in the market regarding whether it will support the crypto-native meme coin culture. Platforms such as OpenSea and fomo have announced that they will support Arc Chain as soon as possible. In response to the fomo launch announcement, Circle co-founder Jeremy Allaire has made a positive statement.