NEAR Intents Bug Sends $3.8M Racing Across Crypto Networks
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Title	NEAR Intents Bug Sends $3.8M Racing Across Crypto Networks	metadata
Category	etf	metadata
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Sentiment	neutral	metadata
Published Date	2026-10-01T14:01:33.311Z	metadata
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Content	A bug in NEAR Intents triggered roughly $3.8 million in assets to move rapidly across multiple crypto networks, exposing a weakness in the protocol’s cross-chain transaction handling. The incident is centered on NEAR rather than Bitcoin, and the available report does not indicate that Bitcoin’s network or consensus rules were affected. For Bitcoin users, the episode underscores the risks of bridges and interoperability services that handle wrapped or routed BTC....	content
Citation 1	https://news.bitcoin.com/security/near-intents-bug-sends-3-8m-racing-across-crypto-networks/	source

NEAR Intents Bug Sends $3.8M Racing Across Crypto Networks

Oct 1, 2026

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A bug in NEAR Intents triggered roughly $3.8 million in assets to move rapidly across multiple crypto networks, exposing a weakness in the protocol’s cross-chain transaction handling. The incident is centered on NEAR rather than Bitcoin, and the available report does not indicate that Bitcoin’s network or consensus rules were affected. For Bitcoin users, the episode underscores the risks of bridges and interoperability services that handle wrapped or routed BTC.

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