NEAR Intents successfully intercepted attempts by the Bitget hacker to move more than $50 million in stolen assets, with only $166,000 slipping through and $503,000 frozen during execution. The interception relied on SHIELD, NEAR Intents' risk intelligence layer that automatically detects anomalous fund flows and identifies hacker-linked transactions. NEAR Intents stated it opposes laundering stolen assets and has forfeited the 5%+5% bounty offered by Bitget to help maximize fund recovery.

The Bitget hacker attempted to move stolen funds through Chainflip, but the cross-chain protocol's broker rejected the deposit. The funds were neither transferred nor frozen, ultimately being returned to the hacker's address. Tracking firm MistTrack said it will continue monitoring the movement of the stolen assets as recovery efforts remain ongoing.

On-chain data shows that 3,215.28 BTC (approximately $266 million) has flowed out of Bitget's 5,500 BTC protection fund, leaving 2,284.71 BTC remaining on-chain. The most recent hot wallet transfer occurred 13 hours ago, signaling that the first wave of withdrawal requests is approaching completion. The protection fund was activated following the exchange's security incident.

Samsung Group has invested $1 billion in US-based AI infrastructure company Helix Digital Infrastructure, with Samsung Electronics, Samsung SDS, and Samsung SDI participating. Helix was formed in June by KKR alongside the Kuwait Investment Authority, Nvidia, and US power producer Vistra, and is led by former AWS CEO Adam Selipsky. The investment deepens Samsung's push into the AI infrastructure market spanning semiconductors, data centers, cloud computing, and finance.

Tokenized real-world asset platform Ondo Finance is collaborating with KakaoPay Securities to explore building a global gateway to South Korean stocks. The partnership signals growing demand for tokenized access to Asian equity markets from international investors. KakaoPay Securities is the brokerage arm of Korean tech giant Kakao's payment subsidiary.

CryptoQuant analyst Zizcrypto reports that Bitcoin's adjusted long-term holder MVRV (6 months to 10 years cohort) has moved back above the 1.0 breakeven line, reaching approximately 1.35 as of September 27. The metric had dipped below 1.0 five times between June and August, touching a low of 0.94 on June 30 when BTC traded near $58,500. At current prices near $84,500, long-term holders sit roughly 35% above their realized price of about $62,700, indicating a healthy recovery rather than a deep loss cycle.

XRP open interest on Binance recorded its strongest monthly growth since August 2025, climbing nearly 1.3% on average per month, according to CryptoQuant analyst Darkfost. The token has rallied over 70% since late August, currently trading around $1.50 after gaining approximately 50% in the past month. Darkfost attributes the surge to bullish momentum attracting more traders alongside the mechanical increase in position values as prices rise.

BNB Chain has named Thomas Chen as its Chief Commercial Officer, focusing on revenue strategy, institutional partnerships, and long-term ecosystem value accumulation. Chen brings over seven years of digital asset infrastructure experience, previously serving as CEO of Function and as Managing Director and Global Head of Sales at BitGo. His mandate spans institutional and capital markets, stablecoins and settlement, trading and liquidity, and ecosystem distribution.

Chinese AI agent startup Manus has released its 2.0 version for overseas users, alongside a personal life assistant called Cue. The company is simultaneously assembling a team to develop a product for the Chinese domestic market, with partnerships with domestic model providers and ecosystem partners progressing steadily. Manus said it will disclose more details on its China strategy in the coming period.

Solana's network has reduced its target slot time from 400ms to 250ms, with skip rates remaining stable and stall times dropping from over 1,800ms to approximately 1,200-1,400ms. However, the shorter slot times have increased voting latency, with Asian and South American nodes experiencing the most pronounced effects. Solana noted that average voting latency remains below two slots with no signs of consensus instability, but further reduction to 200ms requires caution before the Alpenglow upgrade.