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White hat hackers pull 4,000 BTC from Liquid sidechain as Bitcoin ETFs mark 2026 inflow high

9/7/2026

Bitcoin's strongest ETF inflow run of 2026 arrived in the same period as a major security event on the Liquid sidechain.

Purported white hat hackers removed 4,000 Bitcoin from Liquid in what has been described as a major breach, while spot Bitcoin ETFs posted their best three-week inflow stretch of the year.

The Liquid incident carries the sharper operational edge. The actors described themselves as white hats, though that framing remains purported and intent unconfirmed.

Four thousand Bitcoin is the established scale of the removal. The ETF reading runs in a different direction for $BTC.

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