**🔓 Bitcoin hacks – Saturday, 3 October 2026** **NEAR Intents hacker returns $3.8M** The attacker who exploited NEAR Intents' Omni deposit system on October 1 returned the full $3.8 million after a 48-hour deadline. NEAR said the breach was isolated to USDT on BSC and traced to infrastructure tied to its HOT Bridge treasury, caught by its SHIELD monitoring layer.

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NEAR Intents Hacker Returns $3.8 Million After 48 Hour Deadline - CoinCentral

NEAR Intents confirms the full return of $3.8 million lost in an October exploit tied to its Omni deposit and withdrawal system.

**Bitget CEO: little recovery expected** Bitget CEO Gracy Chen told CNBC on October 2 she is "not expecting to recover a lot" of the $388 million stolen, with only $1.1 million frozen so far. She said the exchange rebuilt its protection fund above $300 million from its own capital rather than passing losses to users.

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Bitget 'not expecting to recover a lot' from $388 million hack, CEO tells CNBC

Bitget has frozen a tiny fraction of the $387.5 million stolen in last week’s hack, and restored much of its protection fund.

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