NEAR Intents2026-10-01 18:18:28NEAR Intents pauses after $3.8 million hack tied to Omni deposit and withdrawal systemNEAR Intents, a multichain transaction protocol, halted services on October 1 after suffering a $3.8 million exploit involving its Omni deposit and withdrawal infrastructure. The team disclosed the incident at 2 p.m. GMT+1 and said services would resume within an hour after fixing what it described as a "contract-side vulnerability." Even so, deposits and withdrawals across BSC, Polygon, TON, Optimism, Avalanche, Stellar, Monad, LayerX, Adi, Scroll, and Plasma remained offline pending further work on the Omni infrastructure. Crypto investigator ZachXBT said the protocol’s BSC hot wallet showed irregular outflows before transaction processing stopped, adding that the stolen funds were quickly sent to KuCoin and then bridged to Bitcoin. Following the disclosure, NEAR fell from $5.1 to $4.79 within minutes. The incident came days after NEAR Intents said it had helped block part of the funds stolen from Bitget, with General Manager Alex Shevchenko saying $50 million attempted to move through the protocol, $503,000 was frozen, and only $166,000 got through while the remainder moved to other providers.100
THORChain2026-10-02 13:30:00Bitget hack reignites clash between THORChain and NEAR over blocking stolen fundsA dispute over Bitget’s hacked funds has turned into a broader argument about what permissionless crypto systems should do when stolen assets move through their rails. After Bitget was hacked on Sept. 24, about $387.5 million in stolen funds began moving across chains, with some of the flow reaching THORChain. Bitget CEO Gracy Chen publicly asked the protocol to refuse service to attacker-linked addresses, but THORChain did not intervene. The decision drew criticism from those who argue decentralized protocols should stop known illicit flows when they can. NEAR Intents, a cross-chain competitor, took the opposite route. Its automated security layer SHIELD said it identified more than $50 million in attempted flows tied to the Bitget incident, stopped $503,000 during execution, and said $166,000 passed through. That response has also drawn backlash, with critics saying intervention weakens claims of decentralization and permissionlessness. The debate now centers on whether neutrality is an absolute principle, or whether protocols can draw a line when stolen funds are reliably identified.100
NEAR2026-10-02 07:00:00NEAR Intents loses about $3.8 million in exploit while NEAR mainnet remains unaffectedNEAR ecosystem protocol NEAR Intents was hit by an exploit on Oct. 1, with roughly $3.8 million drained from its underlying treasury. The incident triggered a sharp intraday drop in NEAR, which briefly fell from around $5.5 to about $4.74, according to the source article. NEAR founder Illia said the issue affected NEAR Intents, a cross-chain intents protocol built on NEAR, rather than the NEAR Layer 1 consensus layer, and that the core protocol and native token security were not compromised. The report said the attacker exploited a logic flaw in the interaction between Omni deposit-and-withdrawal infrastructure and NEAR Intents contracts. The attack was limited to a USDT pool on BNB Chain, where about 3.87 million USDT was withdrawn and then moved to exchanges and swapped into Bitcoin. The team said it identified the vulnerability and deployed a hotfix within one hour, while suspending deposit and withdrawal functions across 11 networks tied to the Omni fix for about 12 hours. It also said affected users would be reimbursed in full. The article also highlighted the contrast with an earlier case in which NEAR Intents’ SHIELD monitoring layer detected and blocked most attempts to move more than $50 million in illicit funds linked to the Bitget hack.80
Quant2026-10-02 08:49:20QNT Goes Live on Solana via Sunrise, Starts Trading on RaydiumQuant’s token QNT is now available on Solana through the cross-chain infrastructure Sunrise and can be traded on decentralized exchange Raydium, according to Techub News, citing NewsBTC. The move gives Solana users a direct route to QNT liquidity without requiring Quant to give up its existing deployment on Ethereum. The report said Raydium is one of Solana’s core decentralized trading venues, and the listing places QNT in a more active on-chain market. It also noted that Quant has long been associated with interoperability infrastructure and enterprise connectivity, while Solana has developed into one of the more liquid blockchain environments geared toward retail and payment use cases.80
NEAR Intents2026-10-02 07:36:31NEAR Intents loses about 3.865 million USDT as team says attacker identified and given 48 hours to return fundsNEAR Intents, a cross-chain trading system built in the NEAR ecosystem, suffered another security incident after roughly 3.865 million USDT was drained from a BNB Chain vault address used by the protocol. The team said the issue came from a vulnerability in the interaction between its Omni deposit-and-withdrawal infrastructure and NEAR Intents smart contracts. Services were paused after the anomaly was detected, and the contract-side flaw was patched in about an hour, according to the team, which also said affected users will be fully reimbursed. Blockchain analytics firm Bitquery said the attacker moved the funds in five transactions between the evening of Sept. 30 and Oct. 1 over roughly six hours. The stolen assets were then swapped into BNB and split across dozens of new addresses. By the afternoon of Oct. 1, Bitquery said it had traced about 99% of the funds: around 76% had been converted into 34.69 BTC across four Bitcoin addresses, about $802,000 had flowed into KuCoin-linked addresses, and roughly $90,000 had been turned into Monero-related assets. On Oct. 2, NEAR Intents general manager Alex Shevchenko said the team had identified the attacker and opened a 48-hour "responsible disclosure" window for repayment.100
BNB Chain2026-10-01 17:09:13BNB Chain Integrates With Phantom Wallet for Cross-Chain Asset ManagementBNB Chain has been integrated into Phantom Wallet, according to an official announcement cited by Techub News. With the integration now live, users can access BNB Chain directly from the Phantom interface and carry out cross-chain asset management and trading operations without leaving the wallet environment. The update adds BNB Chain support to Phantom’s existing multi-chain wallet setup. Phantom had previously been known mainly for serving the Solana ecosystem, and the latest move expands the range of networks users can reach through its interface. The announcement came from BNB Chain’s official channel.80
NEAR Intents2026-10-01 13:08:42NEAR Intents confirms exploit, with losses topping $3.8 millionNEAR Intents said it was hit by an attack and traced the issue to a flaw in how its Omni deposit and withdrawal infrastructure interacted with smart contracts. The project said the contract vulnerability has already been fixed and that core services are expected to resume within one hour. It also said affected users will be fully reimbursed for damaged assets. At the same time, deposit and withdrawal services on several chains, including BSC, Polygon and TON, will remain suspended for about 12 more hours. NEAR Intents said the case has been reported and on-chain tracking is under way. Separately, on-chain investigator ZachXBT said NEAR Intents’ BSC hot wallet showed multiple abnormal outflows. According to his statement, the stolen funds were moved to KuCoin and then bridged onward to the Bitcoin network. The amount involved now exceeds $3.8 million.110
USD.AI2026-09-30 16:05:26USDai and sUSDai Expand to Solana via LayerZero OFTUSD.AI said USDai and sUSDai have expanded to Solana through LayerZero’s Omnichain Fungible Token, or OFT, standard. The two assets can now move across supported networks as unified assets rather than existing as separate versions on each chain. In addition to Solana, both USDai and sUSDai are supported on Arbitrum, Ethereum, Plasma, and Base. The update adds Solana to that list and broadens the assets’ cross-chain reach within the LayerZero framework. USD.AI also cited LayerZero data showing that cumulative cross-chain transfer volume completed through the OFT standard has now exceeded $2 billion. The announcement was reported by Odaily.90
