The Defiant reports that the Bitcoin staking protocol b14g claims 97 million CORE has been drained. The protocol also stated that exchanges have frozen approximately 9 million CORE, while staked BTC remains unaffected. This pause in contracts follows the significant loss of CORE tokens.

AI-assisted source briefing. Based on the The Defiant RSS report; not independently verified.

Source published: Sat, 31 Oct 2026 16:46:50 GMT