‘White hats’ take 4000 BTC from Liquid, ETFs see best week of 2026: Hodler’s Digest
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Bitcoin sidechain Liquid pauses after purported ‘white hats’ withdraw $320M in BTC
The actors told Blockstream they would return most of the 4,000 BTC after the Elements vulnerability is patched across the network.
$47M Still Missing After Liquid Hack as Blockstream Bargains With 'White Hats'
The hackers have returned 3,400 of the roughly 4,000 BTC drained from the sidechain, but about 600 BTC remains outstanding—and some doubt the actors' "white hat" claims.
Liquid ‘white hats’ return $270M in Bitcoin as network prepares restart
The actors returned 85% of the Bitcoin withdrawn from Liquid’s federation wallet following the security incident.
Bitcoin ETFs notch best month of 2026 as BTC gains 25% in August
US spot Bitcoin ETFs reduced their year-to-date net outflows by 66% as Bitcoin gained about 25% in August, while Ether ETFs turned positive year-to-date at $732 million and XRP ETFs reached $502 million.
A whale opened a $31.08 million short position in BTC with 40x leverage on Hyperliquid.
According to Foresight News , Onchain Lens monitoring revealed that a whale address starting with 0x77ee opened a 40x short short position in BTC on Hyperliquid, totaling $31.08 million. This position comprises 493 BTC (worth $31.08 million), with an entry price of $63,240.9 and a liquidation price of $73,962.2, resulting in unrealized profit of $112,400 (ROE of 14.47%). This wallet currently holds 92% of its positions in short across 15 accounts, with a total exposure of $79.79 million.
In the past hour, nearly $6 million in SPCX contract liquidations occurred across the entire network, exceeding the figures for BTC and ETH during the same period.
According to Mars Finance, on July 7th, Coinglass data showed that nearly $6 million in SPCX futures contracts were liquidated across the entire network in the past hour, including $4.24 million in SPCX trading pairs and $1.6 million in XYZ:SPCX trading pairs. It's worth noting that while US tech stocks experienced a "Black Tuesday," the Bitcoin and crypto markets remained relatively stable, with only $4.86 million in BTC liquidations and $4.35 million in ETH liquidations during the same period.