How One Executive Recruitment Firm Is Using M&A To Turn Earnings Into Bitcoin

Connecting Excellence Group (XCE) has signed binding Heads of Terms for its first proposed recruitment acquisition, targeting a specialist UK and U.S. recruitment business that generated £1.79 million in revenue and £431,000 in EBITDA over the last 12 months. The target also holds 8.216 Bitcoin. The deal has not yet closed and remains subject to … Read more

Robinhood Chain to Generate $160M in Annual Fees by 2028: Bernstein

Trading platform Robinhood’s blockchain network is expected to generate as much as $160 million in annual fees by 2028, Bernstein analysts forecast in a Tuesday report shared with Cointelegraph. The analysts cited growing demand for tokenized stock trading on the network, which grew to account for about 27% of the chain’s total trading volume, while … Read more

Liquid Recovers 85% of Bitcoin Withdrawn in Exploit

Purported white-hat hackers returned 3,400 Bitcoin worth about $270 million to the Liquid Federation wallet after withdrawing roughly $320 million from the Bitcoin sidechain’s reserves.  On Monday, JAN3 CEO and former Blockstream executive Samson Mow said the return followed confirmation from Blockstream that the affected bridge nodes had been patched. He said about 598 BTC … Read more

Liquid Network Hack Fallout: $320 Million Recovered, But What’s Next for Bitcoin’s Sidechain?

On September 7th, 2026, the cryptocurrency world was shaken by a massive security breach on the Liquid Network. This Bitcoin-linked blockchain, known for its faster transactions, was exploited for a staggering $320 million in Bitcoin. The event sent shockwaves through the market, raising concerns about the security of sidechain technology and its impact on the … Read more

Liquid Network Pauses After $320M Bitcoin Withdrawal

Bitcoin sidechain Liquid paused operations after actors claiming to be white-hat hackers withdrew about 4,000 Bitcoin worth $320 million from its federation wallet.  On Sunday, Liquid said that bridge nodes were disabled, preventing new transactions, while exchanges had halted or were preparing to halt L-BTC deposits and withdrawals. Blockstream, Liquid’s technology provider, started contacting the … Read more

Alleged White-Hat Hackers Withdraw 4,000 Bitcoin From Blockstream’s Liquid Network Federation Reserves

The Liquid Network said Sunday that purported white-hat hackers withdrew about 4,000 bitcoin, worth about $320 million, from the federation wallet that backs L-BTC. Bridge nodes were disabled, and the sidechain was paused. Other issued assets, including USDT, DePix and RWAs, were unaffected, the official account said on X. The Liquid Network is a federated … Read more