// RECENT_TRANSMISSIONS (347 posts)
Step Finance Treasury Drained of 261,854 SOL; STEP Craters 93%
Step Finance lost 261,854 SOL (~$27M) in a treasury key compromise, causing the STEP token to crash 93% as operational security failures plague Solana DeFi.
Nu Holdings Wins Conditional OCC Charter for US Bank; NU Slides to $17.75
Nu Holdings secures a rare conditional OCC charter to launch a US national bank, paving the way for federally regulated crypto custody services.
ZEC Slides 10% After Viral Thread Alleges Epstein Influence on Zcash Governance
Zcash drops nearly 10% as unverified rumors of Jeffrey Epstein forcing protocol changes circulate on Reddit, compounding recent governance instability.
MicroStrategy’s $54B Bitcoin Bet Hits Breakeven as Price Wicks Below $76k
MicroStrategy’s average Bitcoin cost basis of $76,037 was breached intraday, while its stock premium evaporates, threatening Michael Saylor’s capital raising strategy.
First US Bank Failure of 2026 Hits Chicago; Markets Flush on Contagion Fears
Illinois regulators close Metropolitan Capital Bank in the first failure of 2026, triggering a cross-asset sell-off as fears of banking contagion resurface.
Bitcoin Hashrate Plummets 12% as US Freeze Forces Miner Shutoff
A severe US winter storm triggered a massive miner curtailment in Texas, slashing Bitcoin’s hashrate by 12% and crushing daily revenue to $28 million.
BitMine’s $6B ETH Hole: Tom Lee’s Treasury Gamble Underwater
BitMine Immersion Technologies faces a reported $6 billion paper loss on its 4.24 million ETH treasury as Ethereum prices break below $2,750.
Bitcoin Whales Scoop 100k BTC as Retail Capitulation Drags Price to $78K
Retail traders panicked as Bitcoin slid to $78,000, but on-chain data shows whales accumulated over 104,000 BTC during the drop.
Bitcoin Tests $81K as Warsh Nomination & Silver Crash Rattle Markets
Bitcoin slides to $81K as a historic 36% silver crash and the nomination of hawk Kevin Warsh as Fed Chair spark a $1.7B liquidation event.
Crypto Markets Bleed $100B as Middle East Tensions Ignite $850M Liquidation Cascade
Bitcoin breaks $81k and $850M in longs are wiped out as geopolitical shocks expose crypto’s correlation to global risk.