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The article highlights the limitations of crypto wallet recovery services by reporting a case where specialists recovered a wallet labeled as holding $1 billion but found only $10.

Ontology, a blockchain project, issued a mandatory node upgrade (version 3.1.5) after restarting its chain following malicious activity.

An unnamed Ethereum layer‑2 network has halted new deposits and warned that users must withdraw roughly $10 million of assets before New Year’s Eve or risk losing them permanently.

Traders on prediction market platform Kalshi are placing bets that Bitcoin will reach a high of $82,000 within September.

The article reports Dogecoin (DOGE) failing to recover a key technical level since May, indicating continued bearish price action.

Bitcoin’s hashrate has been stagnant for 316 days due to rising difficulty and high operating costs, while AI and high-performance computing (HPC) workloads are diverting power away from mining, potentially prolonging the downturn.

Three blockchain networks (Cronos, Ontology, ICON) employed distinct emergency measures—restoring state, pausing, or halting—following exploits, demonstrating varied recovery outcomes and highlighting risks in blockchain emergency protocols.

CEL Solicitors has traced over 5,500 BTC (approx.

Firelight, a DeFi protocol, raised $8 million to expand its services beyond XRP, introducing a mechanism for faster loss recovery from DeFi hacks and enabling yield generation for XRP, bitcoin, and XLM holders.

China's manufacturing PMI rose to 51.5 in August, surpassing expectations, indicating continued expansion in the sector.

China's central bank injected 5 billion yuan via 7-day reverse repos at a 1.40% rate, signaling liquidity support and policy stability amid economic recovery efforts.

The article reports that the crypto market is experiencing a 'mini-correction' following a recovery phase, with specific mentions of Hyperliquid (HYPE), XRP, and Solana (SOL) price levels.