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According to Cointelegraph, Alex Shevchenko, General Manager of NEAR Intents, stated that the team has identified the hackers behind the previous security incident and given them a 48-hour deadline to return the stolen funds through a "responsible disclosure." NEAR Intents previously suspended its services due to a vulnerability in the interaction between the Omni deposit and withdrawal infrastructure and its smart contracts. Initial investigations revealed that approximately $3.8 million in user funds were stolen in the incident, and the team has committed to fully compensating affected users. On-chain detective ZachXBT stated that the stolen funds were subsequently transferred to KuCoin and cross-chain converted into Bitcoin.
Odaily News: NEAR Intents has stated that it has identified the attacker responsible for the loss of user funds and has demanded the return of $3.8 million within 48 hours through a "responsible disclosure" mechanism, after which the window will be closed.NEAR Intents suspended services on Thursday after discovering a vulnerability in the interaction between the Omni deposit and withdrawal infrastructure and its smart contracts. A preliminary investigation showed that the attack resulted in the theft of $3.8 million in user funds, and the platform has committed to fully compensating affected users.On-chain investigator ZachXBT disclosed that the related funds were transferred to the KuCoin exchange and subsequently bridged to Bitcoin. (Cointelegraph)
the Bitwise CEO posted on X platform that investors bought in today as NEAR pulled back. Bitwise NEAR ETF NRR recorded approximately $9 million in net inflows on the third day.
Odaily News — Gracy Chen, CEO of cryptocurrency exchange Bitget, said the company is not optimistic about recovering the $388 million in crypto assets lost in last week's security incident. Citing the Bybit hack in 2025 as a reference, she noted that approximately one year after that incident, only about 3.5% of the stolen funds had been frozen, and that this does not equate to a completed recovery.Bitget has set up a bounty program offering 5% rewards for frozen funds and recovered funds respectively. The NEAR Intents team said it has intercepted over $50 million in assets related to the attack and frozen approximately $500,000. Tether and Circle have blacklisted the relevant wallets, freezing $318,000 worth of USDT and USDC.Gracy Chen stated that preliminary investigations indicate the attack may match VPN addresses used by North Korea-linked groups, but Bitget has not yet fully ruled out the possibility of an insider job. Bitget has resumed withdrawals in phases, starting with Bitcoin transactions on Monday and continuing with ETH transactions on Tuesday. (Cointelegraph)
according to Onchain Lens monitoring, MK4 (0x773...bf66) holds a 5.84 million NEAR long position, with a position value of $29.21 million and an unrealized profit of $15.47 million. Bitwise's NEAR spot ETF has begun trading on the New York Stock Exchange. Its total unrealized PnL is a profit of $13.55 million, with a historical cumulative profit of $56.54 million.
Odaily News — According to monitoring by Ai Yi, trader mk4 (@mk4_lul, 0x773...bf66) holds the largest NEAR position on Hyperliquid, accounting for 7.68% of open interest. The trader holds a 10x long position of 5.838 million NEAR, valued at $31.28 million, with an average entry price of $2.35 and a current price of $5.36, resulting in an unrealized profit of $17.55 million. This position is currently their only long position; NEAR has risen 187% this month, and mk4 opened the position in early September, with gains of nearly 128% so far.
Odaily News: According to Onchain Lens monitoring, Hyperliquid trader @mk4_lul currently holds approximately $43.63 million in open positions, with an unrealized PnL of +$12.95 million. Their cumulative PnL has reached approximately $57.04 million (spot and perpetual contracts). Among these, their largest position is a NEAR long, holding approximately 5.84 million NEAR tokens valued at about $28.48 million, with an average entry price of $2.35, and current unrealized PnL of approximately $14.74 million.
A Hyperliquid address MK4, suspected to belong to X account @mk4_lul, currently holds a NEAR long position worth approximately $29.7 million, with an entry price of around $2.35 and 10x leverage.
According to on-chain analyst Ai Yi, Bankless co-founder David Hoffman cleared his ETH position in May and accumulated VVV, NEAR, ZEC, HYPE, and LIT in June. To date, the gains on all the aforementioned tokens he holds have outperformed ETH over the same period, with LIT rising approximately 293%, while NEAR, ZEC, and HYPE have gained roughly 223%, 173%, and 106%, respectively. Hoffman recently reiterated his bullish outlook on the future trajectory of ZEC and NEAR.
Odaily News: Bankless co-founder David Hoffman posted on X, stating, "We are now in altcoin season, and the real market moment is coming sooner than expected." It is reported that David Hoffman announced the liquidation of his ETH holdings on May 21, and subsequently bought VVV, NEAR, ZEC, HYPE, and LIT, all of which have significantly outperformed ETH.
Odaily News DeFi researcher Ignas posted on X: "After David Hoffman (Bankless founder) sold his ETH, he reallocated his portfolio into some of the best-performing tokens, such as LIT and ZEC. NEAR also performed well, and only VVV underperformed the broader market. Although the market was full of fear, uncertainty, and doubt (FUD) at the time, and it was also very close to the ETH bottom, the goal of aggressive crypto investors has always been to outperform BTC and ETH. Well done, David."Previously reported, Bankless co-founder David Hoffman announced in June this year that he had sold all his ETH and bought VVV, NEAR, ZEC, HYPE, and LIT.
According to on-chain analyst Specter, B² Network on BNB Chain suffered a hack, resulting in a loss of approximately 8.591 million B2 tokens (approximately $3.86 million). The attacker swapped them for 5409 WBNB (approximately $3.11 million) and bridged to Ethereum, and is currently transferring the funds to Zcash via NEAR Intents.
Odaily News, June 9th — BitMEX co-founder Arthur Hayes stated in his latest article "Reality Test" that if oil prices continue to rise due to the US-Iran conflict, it could trigger a collapse of the AI stock bubble and drag the entire crypto market down.Hayes said that if traffic restrictions in the Strait of Hormuz persist deep into the second quarter, spot prices for hydrocarbons and other key commodities could rise in the third quarter. If oil prices continue to climb and inflationary pressures impact the US midterm elections, Trump might pivot to a tough stance targeting data center construction, AI regulation, and taxation. Hayes believes the market could anticipate Trump limiting AI capital expenditure and taxing AI companies, thereby triggering the burst of the AI stock bubble.Hayes also noted that since November 2022, the scale of AI-related debt issuance has been approximately $1.5 trillion, and US M2 has increased by roughly the same amount during the same period. He believes the three factors that could pop the AI bubble include rising energy costs, the market's inability to absorb three major AI-related IPOs — namely SpaceX, Anthropic, and OpenAI — and Trump's shift to opposing AI. In terms of portfolio, Hayes stated that Maelstrom's stock portfolio holds significant positions in US-listed energy producers; he has sold AI-related stocks and offloaded non-core crypto assets, having dumped HYPE, NEAR, and WLD last week, as well as selling ZEC due to the Orchard Pool vulnerability. He still holds Bitcoin and ETH and will execute tactical short trades via derivatives.
ZachXBT posted a message questioning BitMEX co-founder Arthur Hayes about how much exit liquidity he created by utilizing his fans over the past few days.Within two weeks, Arthur Hayes publicly promoted and then liquidated four tokens: NEAR, HYPE, ZEC, and WLD. In response, Arthur Hayes stated that he sold to willing buyers at specific prices and noted that this time he successfully achieved his trading goals. (cryptopolitan)
According to Onchain Lens monitoring, as ZEC and HYPE continue to decline, whale Loracle's 10x leveraged long position in ZEC has suffered losses exceeding $3.2 million, and the 2x leveraged long position in HYPE has lost $1.567 million. The whale also holds long positions in NEAR, TON, ASTER, and XMR, with total losses amounting to $6.65 million.
Odaily Odaily News: Bankless co-founder David Hoffman responded to investors by disclosing his entry costs for four major tokens: NEAR, HYPE, ZEC, and LIT. Among them, the entry price for NEAR was approximately $1.40, HYPE around $45, ZEC about $560, and LIT approximately $1.35. According to previous reports, after liquidating his ETH holdings, the founder split the capital allocation, deploying 50% of the principal into VVV, NEAR, ZEC, and HYPE. The remaining 50% was kept for periodic dollar-cost averaging, with the subsequent funds fully used to purchase LIT.
According to on-chain analyst Onchain Lens (@OnchainLens), Arthur Hayes (@CryptoHayes) has fully liquidated his HYPE and NEAR holdings, selling a total of 247,334 HYPE tokens—valued at approximately $18.02 million—as well as an undisclosed amount of NEAR. Notably, this sale occurred shortly after Arthur Hayes publicly entered a bet with Kyle Samani regarding HYPE’s performance by year-end: Hayes claimed HYPE would outperform all top-ten cryptocurrencies, while Samani bet on SOL; the wager involved a $100,000 charitable donation.
Arthur Hayes 在 X 平台发文表示，他已清仓全部 HYPE 和 NEAR 持仓，并将在下周二发布的文章“Reality Test”中解释原因。Arthur Hayes 称，伊朗战争和库存补充将推高能源价格；当前至第三季度初之间将有 3 家大型 AI 企业 IPO；预测特朗普将为帮助共和党赢得中期选举而转向反 AI；其认为市场高点将在当前至 9 月之间出现；现在是止盈的时候，可以在无需担心持仓的情况下抽身。
Bankless co-founder David Hoffman posted on platform X, stating that after selling his ETH, he immediately allocated approximately 50% of the capital to VVV, NEAR, ZEC, and HYPE, and used the remaining funds for dollar-cost averaging into projects that have not yet seen significant price increases (NEAR was priced at around $1.40 at the time). He added that the remaining 50% of the capital has completed its position building in LIT.
Hyperliquid has recently significantly outperformed the broader market. Its token, HYPE, hit an all-time high following the launch of two related ETFs in the United States. Meanwhile, European traders are accelerating their migration to the platform due to restricted access to perpetual contracts on regulated exchanges. Market analyst Michael van de Poppe stated that with Hyperliquid's continued rally and renewed interest in AI-related crypto projects, signs of improving risk appetite are emerging in the altcoin market. Hyperliquid’s expansion into tokenized stocks, commodities, and pre-IPO assets is strengthening the on-chain asset tokenization trend. He suggested that if market sentiment continues to improve, HYPE’s price could target $100 or even higher.However, Michael van de Poppe also stressed that while Hyperliquid holds a short-term advantage, Solana offers greater long-term investment certainty, transitioning from a "speculative ecosystem" to institutional-grade infrastructure. In the AI track, he noted that NEAR Protocol and Bittensor remain significantly undervalued, citing a disconnect between their fundamental growth and valuations. He pointed out that NEAR’s revenue growth potential and Bittensor’s subnet expansion could support higher valuation ranges. Additionally, he indicated that the privacy sector retains long-term demand, but fully anonymous systems face regulatory pressure. The future is more likely to be dominated by zero-knowledge proofs and compliant privacy solutions.On the macro level, Michael van de Poppe highlighted that bond yields and central bank policies remain the core drivers of the crypto market, with changes in Japanese government bond yields potentially serving as a key barometer. (CoinDesk)