Bitget asks THORChain to halt service for $387.5M breach addresses
THORChain (RUNE)
Editor:
Eugene Serbin
bitcoinethereumnews.com reports that Bitget CEO Gracy Chen has publicly requested THORChain to deny service to addresses linked to an exploit that drained approximately $387.5 million from the exchange's wallets. As noted by Cryptopolitan, Circle and Tether have already intervened to stop nearly $318,000 in stablecoins related to the incident. The exchange is seeking to halt transactions tied to the specific addresses involved in the breach.
How the market reacted
Whalio's own Binance spot order flow for RUNE, measured when this story was written up on 26 September 2026. Not the outlet's figures.
RUNE is trading at $0.6550 with a 24-hour spot volume of $6,551,513. The 1-hour buy ratio is 61.6%, which is higher than the 4-hour ratio of 54.1% and the 24-hour ratio of 58.8%, indicating that buying pressure is building in the short term. The volume delta shows net buying of +$454,471 over the last hour and +$574,781 over four hours, contrasting with a 24-hour cumulative delta of +$1,153,498. This means that over the past day, buyers have consistently outpaced sellers, with net buying occurring in 20 of the last 24 hours.
The latest daily buy ratio of 45.1% sits at the 6th percentile of the last 323 days, against a median of 50.3% - among the weakest buying days it has had.
Was that an ordinary day?
The same Binance spot measurements for RUNE, averaged over the days leading up to the story.
Over the preceding week, the average buy ratio was 49.8%, making the current 24-hour ratio of 58.8% an unusual day with an 8.9-point increase. Weekly volume was 2.43 times the average, reflecting significantly higher activity than usual. While the 24-hour volume delta was +$1,153,498, the total volume delta for the eight-day period was +$665,653, showing that recent buying has been stronger than the weekly average. Net buying occurred on five of the last seven days, contributing to a price change of +21.3% over eight days.