BeInCrypto: Core Lightning Confirms Vulnerability, Patch Coming
Bitcoin (BTC)
Editor:
Eugene Serbin
beincrypto.com reports that Core Lightning has confirmed a vulnerability in the Bitcoin Lightning Network. To slow attackers, the developers are hiding the details for two weeks. A patch is coming to address the confirmed flaws.
How the market reacted
Whalio's own Binance spot order flow for BTC, measured when this story was written up on 27 August 2026. Not the outlet's figures.
BTC is trading at $79,023.75 with a 1-hour buy ratio of 44.7% and a 4-hour buy ratio of 43.0%. These short-term figures are lower than the 24-hour buy ratio of 49.9%, indicating that buying pressure is fading. The 1-hour volume delta is -$9,605,302 and the 4-hour delta is -$13,495,762, showing that more money is flowing out than in. The 24-hour Cumulative Volume Delta (CVD) is -$64,526,673, confirming net selling over the day. Spot volume for the period is $1,148,236,056 across 4,284,527 trades.
The latest daily buy ratio of 46.7% sits at the 18th percentile of the last 322 days, against a median of 49.2% - weaker buying than most days.
Twenty-four hours later
What BTC did over the 24 hours after the story broke. The market moves for its own reasons; this is what happened, not what the story caused.
Was that an ordinary day?
The same Binance spot measurements for BTC, averaged over the days leading up to the story.
Over the preceding week, the average buy ratio was 51.6%, making today's 24-hour ratio of 49.9% slightly below the norm. Volume was 0.54x the average, marking an unusual day for the coin. The price rose 14.0% over eight days, with a total volume delta of +$445,688,281. Net buying occurred on 6 of the 7 days in that period.