Hyperliquid’s native token $HYPE has been in the spotlight after its recent Binance spot listing. Binance opened HYPE/USDT, HYPE/USDC and HYPE/TRY trading on September 24.
Meanwhile, Hyperliquid continues to buy and burn HYPE. The latest reported burn added 10,400 HYPE to the protocol’s permanent burn total, bringing cumulative burns to nearly 49 million HYPE.
📊 The key things to watch: • Binance spot-market liquidity • Upcoming HYPE token unlocks • Protocol revenue & buybacks • Whale movements • HYPE supply dynamics
⚠️ More tokens becoming available can create selling pressure, while ongoing burns and demand can work in the opposite direction.
$HYPE is definitely one of the tokens to watch as Q4 approaches. 👀
A large token release can increase the amount of XRP available to the market, potentially creating short-term selling pressure if released tokens are sold.
However, the actual market impact depends on how the unlocked XRP is used, market demand, exchange flows, and overall liquidity.
👀 Key levels to watch: • Resistance: $3.20 • Support: $2.50 • Next support: $2.20
The unlock itself doesn't guarantee a price drop — market reaction will depend on supply and demand.
Seoul is about to become a major meeting point for the global Web3 community.
📅 Sept. 28 – Oct. 1, 2026 📍 Seoul, South Korea
Several major blockchain events are taking place, including:
⚡ Solana Summit Korea 🔷 Ethereum Korea One Genesis 🏦 Upbit Institutional Summit 🌐 Korea Blockchain Week
With builders, investors, institutions and Web3 leaders gathering in Seoul, the week could bring plenty of important announcements and ecosystem updates. 👀
Key Dates to Watch This Week & Beyond Q4 is heating up here's what's on the calendar:
🔹 Sept 28 Solana's Alpenglow activation window opens 🔹 Sept 30 Optimism & Celestia token unlocks 🔹 Oct 1 Sui unlocks ~$61M worth of tokens 🔹 Oct 7–8 TOKEN2049 Singapore
Token unlocks can add short-term selling pressure, so keep an eye on SOL, OP, TIA, and SUI over the next week. And TOKEN2049 usually brings a wave of partnership announcements and market narratives worth watching closely. 👀
Hackers drained over $350 million from Bitget in one of the biggest exchange breaches of the year. In response, Bitget is offering a 5% bounty to anyone who helps freeze or trace the stolen funds. The exploit has also sparked a wider debate in the industry including a public clash between THORChain and OKX's founder over how decentralized cross-chain protocols should handle stolen fund routing. Security incidents like this are a reminder: always double-check where your assets are custodied. 🔐
New York State has sued Polymarket US, alleging the platform is operating unlicensed gambling through its prediction markets.
This is shaping up to be a major regulatory test for the prediction market industry will states be able to regulate these platforms as gambling, or will federal law take precedence?
Spot Bitcoin ETFs pulled in another $190.65M today, marking a sixth consecutive day of net inflows. Total holdings have now pushed past $108.92B a signal that institutional demand is holding steady even as spot price action stays choppy.
📌 Key numbers: - Bitcoin ETFs: +$190.65M today (Day 6 of the streak) - Ethereum ETFs: +$66.01M today (Day 5 of their own streak), cumulative net inflow at $13.85B - Ethereum ETF total net assets: $17.70B (5.39% of ETH's total value) - Total crypto market cap: ~$2.97 trillion, up ~0.5% in 24h - 24h exchange volume: ~$107B - BTC dominance: 57% | ETH dominance: 11%
💡 Why it matters:Six straight green days for BTC ETFs and five for ETH ETFs is a rare synchronized inflow streak. It suggests institutions are accumulating through the volatility rather than stepping back often read as a bullish undertone even when spot price is range bound.
Back in April 2026, KelpDAO's rsETH bridge was drained of $292M in an exploit involving its LayerZero-powered cross-chain bridge. Now that dispute has escalated into a lawsuit against LayerZero and its CEO.
📌 What happened: - An attacker sent a forged cross-chain message to LayerZero's EndpointV2 contract, draining 116,500 rsETH (~$292M). - LayerZero says KelpDAO was running a risky "1-of-1" verifier setup with no backup verification. - KelpDAO disputes this, claiming LayerZero itself defaulted to that configuration and never flagged it as a risk. - The attack is suspected to be linked to North Korea's Lazarus Group. - About $71M of the stolen funds got frozen on Arbitrum, sparking a legal fight now underway in a New York federal court. - KelpDAO has already migrated its cross-chain infrastructure away from LayerZero to Chainlink CCIP.
⚠️ One of 2026's biggest DeFi exploits and now the "who's responsible" argument between protocol and infrastructure provider is playing out in court.