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according to an official announcement, Bitget Stock+ has launched its "Multi-Leg Options Strategy" feature. The specific strategies include Covered Call/Put, Vertical Spreads, Straddle & Strangle, and Collar, further catering to users' professional trading needs in risk hedging, volatility trading, and directional speculation.Additionally, this feature supports a Portfolio Margin mechanism. When options positions are opened and form a risk hedge against a user's existing holdings, the system will automatically reduce or offset the corresponding margin requirements, helping to improve users' capital efficiency.Furthermore, the multi-leg strategy supports users in flexibly building and closing positions leg by leg (Leg in/Leg out). Currently, this feature is available during regular trading hours from 9:30 to 16:00 EST. For more product details, please refer to Bitget's official platform.
Bitget PoolX is about to launch a new round of its ETH locking event. Users can lock ETH to participate in sharing a $200,000 airdrop, with a personal locking cap of 1,500 ETH. The locking period is from October 5, 15:00 to October 9, 15:00 (UTC+8).This round of PoolX supports a long-term holding bonus mechanism. The system will provide a 1x additional bonus on the locked amount based on the user's minimum holding of the corresponding locked asset over the past 15 days. For more details, please refer to Bitget's official platform.
Concrete (CT) will soon be available on Bitget PoolX. Users can lock BTC to participate in claiming the 1,111,111 CT airdrop, with an individual lock cap of 50 BTC. The lock-up period runs from October 4, 22:00 to October 12, 22:00 (UTC+8).
Odaily News: Bitget PoolX has launched a new round of lock-up events, where users can lock XAUT, SOL, or XRP to participate in sharing a 100,000 BGB airdrop. The lock-up channel will be open from October 2 at 14:00 to October 9 at 14:00 (UTC+8).Among them, the XAUT lock-up pool has a total airdrop of 45,000 BGB, with an individual lock-up cap of 300 XAUT; the SOL lock-up pool has a total airdrop of 35,000 BGB, with an individual lock-up cap of 10,000 SOL; the XRP lock-up pool has a total airdrop of 20,000 BGB, with an individual lock-up cap of 400,000 XRP.This round's XAUT lock-up pool supports a long-term holding bonus mechanism. The system will provide an additional bonus on the locked amount based on the user's minimum XAUT holdings over the past 15 days. For more details, please refer to the official Bitget platform.
According to the official announcement, Bitget has launched the USDS-margined CT perpetual contract with up to 20x leverage, and the futures trading bot will also go live simultaneously.
Odaily News: Cosine disclosed the interim investigation reports by SlowMist and Google Cloud's Mandiant on the Bitget hot wallet breach. Both reports indicate that the attackers first compromised systems related to third-party security products, then moved laterally into Bitget's wallet business environment.SlowMist's investigation revealed that one of the third-party security product nodes had a zero-day vulnerability, with related malicious activity traced back to as early as August 31. On September 25, the attackers also used an internal employee identity to access the management platform of another third-party security product and used highly customized withdrawal tools to interact with the wallet system's withdrawal logic. Mandiant stated that after gaining persistent access through third-party security devices, the attackers moved laterally to production wallet task servers and deployed malicious programs.Mandiant also stated that no evidence of Bitget private key leakage has been found so far, and cold wallets were not affected. Both security teams are continuing to investigate the specific intrusion paths the attackers took between the relevant systems.
According to official announcements, Bitget has released its 47th Proof of Reserves (PoR). The total reserve ratio stands at 131%, covering 19 asset types. Specifically, the reserve ratios for BTC, ETH, USDT, and USDC are 142%, 110%, 107%, and 154%, respectively. Since December 2022, Bitget has updated its Proof of Reserves on a monthly basis. In September this year, it expanded its coverage from 4 asset types to 19, providing users with broader visibility into platform reserves. Bitget's historical average reserve ratio has remained above 120%, exceeding the 100% coverage benchmark and fully covering insured user assets.
Bitget has launched multiple wealth management and reward campaigns. During the campaign period, users can subscribe to USDT and USDGO flexible earn products via "Simple Earn" to enjoy an APR of 10% for USDT and 12% for USDGO. The participation window runs from 22:00 on September 29 to 21:59 on October 9 (UTC+8). Meanwhile, Bitget has introduced the USDGO HodlerYield position reward campaign. Users holding USDGO in their Unified, Spot, or Futures accounts will automatically enjoy time-limited boosted yields of up to 8% APR without needing to register. Additionally, Bitget PoolX has simultaneously launched BTC and ETH staking events: participants in the BTC staking campaign can share a total pool of 100,000 BGB, while participants in the ETH staking campaign can share 500,000 USDT. Please refer to the official Bitget campaign page for full details.
Bitget PoolX has launched a BTC locking campaign. Users can lock BTC to participate in sharing 100,000 BGB airdrops, with a maximum per-user locking limit of 50 BTC. The locking period runs from September 29 at 22:00 to October 4 at 22:00 (UTC+8). This round of PoolX features a long-term holding bonus mechanism. The system will use the lock date as the reference point, taking the lowest daily BTC holding recorded over the 15 days prior to the lock date as the bonus base to provide additional bonuses on the locked amount. For more details, please refer to the Bitget official platform.
Bitget PoolX has launched an ETH lockup event, allowing users to lock ETH to share a 500,000 USDT prize pool. As of press time, the current ETH lockup pool yield stands at 37.11% APR. The individual lockup cap is 1,500 ETH, and the lockup channel will be open from September 29, 15:00 to October 5, 15:00 (UTC+8).
Bitget PoolX has launched an ETH staking campaign, allowing users to lock their ETH to share a 500,000 USDT prize pool, with a personal staking limit of 1,500 ETH. The staking period runs from September 29 at 15:00 to October 5 at 15:00 (UTC+8). This round of PoolX features a long-term holding bonus mechanism. The system will apply additional bonuses to staked amounts based on users' minimum ETH holdings over the past 15 days. For more details, please refer to the Bitget official platform.
Odaily News: According to monitoring by Bitget CEO, Bitget was hacked on September 24, with approximately $387.5 million in funds stolen, a large portion of which was transferred across chains and primarily consolidated on Ethereum. A report released by NEAR Intents shows that its risk intelligence layer SHIELD detected over $50 million in suspected money laundering transfer attempts; of this, $166,000 in funds went through, while $503,000 was frozen during execution. The frozen funds remain restricted pending subsequent legal and recovery proceedings.
According to the official announcement, Bitget has launched the "Companion Program," offering trading rewards, asset rewards, and exclusive benefits across different user segments, designed to reward those who have consistently provided trust and support throughout the recent security incident.
On-chain investigator ZachXBT disclosed that illicit actors assisting a suspected North Korean hacker group with money laundering are currently publicly seeking order processing support on the Discord public servers and Telegram channels of relevant service platforms. The laundered funds originate from the $387 million security breach previously suffered by Bitget.
Odaily News: According to Bitget monitoring, Mandiant and SlowMist are continuing to support the investigation and on-chain tracing of this incident. Bitget has published the identified attacker addresses and related tracing data to support industry collaboration and asset recovery efforts.Bitget expects to complete its internal security report this week and will release further updates once the investigation findings are verified. Bitget stated that the September 24 incident was the first such security event in its 8 years of exchange operations.
DOG 创始人 Leonidas在 X 平台发文喊话 Bitget CEO 称，Bitget 在遭遇黑客攻击数小时后、用户提现仍处于暂停状态时发布 DOG 下架公告，叠加黑客事件引发的信任担忧，导致 DOG在 Bitget 出现严重价格脱锚，并直接影响持有或交易 DOG 的用户。
Bitget updated its security incident report, adjusting the damaged asset amount from $352 million to approximately $388 million. The exchange stated that the situation is now under control and will continue to suspend withdrawals.
Xie Jiayin, Head of Greater China at Bitget, announced the latest updates on the security incident, stating that the security team has accurately identified the hackers' attack vectors and methodologies, and obtained details on how the attackers bypassed security protocols. Tracing the attack back to its source is now highly imminent. Third-party security firms Mandiant and SlowMist are continuing their incident investigation and will release a detailed report subsequently. On-chain tracking confirms that approximately $387.5 million in assets were transferred to attacker addresses, an upward revision from the previously estimated $351.6 million. This adjustment simply incorporates ZEC and TRX into the total and does not indicate any new assets were stolen. No other unauthorized transfers have been detected. Bitget stated that all stolen funds at the platform level will be fully covered by the User Protection Fund, ensuring user assets remain unaffected. Bitget has also officially launched its Fund Recovery Bounty Program. Individuals or entities that voluntarily freeze or proactively retrieve attacker funds will be eligible for a 5% bounty, with prior assistance remaining eligible. The platform has published the attacker's addresses, a real-time fund tracking dashboard, and an information submission portal, and pledged to announce withdrawal times by 12:00 PM on September 26.
Bitget CEO Gray Chen posted on X platform that following the security incident, on-chain tracking confirmed the attacker's address received a total of $387.5 million in assets, revised upward from the previously disclosed $351.6 million.Gray Chen stated that the revised amount incorporates Zcash and TRON assets that were not fully accounted for previously, and does not represent newly stolen funds. No unauthorized transfers have occurred since the incident, and the situation remains under control. Bitget has launched a Recovery Bounty Program, offering a 5% bounty to each party that voluntarily assists in freezing the attacker's funds or recovering the funds. The exchange has also launched a real-time tracking dashboard, an information submission portal, and an attacker address API, while supporting reports submitted through Bybit's Lazarus Bounty platform. Bitget is currently making full preparations to resume withdrawals, with a specific withdrawal plan to be announced before 4:00 AM (UTC) on September 26.
Binance CEO Richard Teng stated that following Bitget's recent security incident, the Binance security team has been closely collaborating with the Bitget team since the breach was identified. The teams are currently sharing threat intelligence, tracking relevant funds, and assisting in asset recovery. Richard Teng emphasized that the industry will collectively tackle attackers in response to such security incidents, with ongoing operations continuing to advance.