Exchanges and hardware wallets have both been hit in 2026. CertiK puts gross hack losses at about $9.2bn. Firmware now demands more entropy. Multisig across different manufacturers is also gaining traction. Where should your $BTC live?

Exchange OS brings institutional-grade execution to X Layer. X Layer EVM handles assets, gateways and governance. TradeZone powers matching, margining and settlement. Native state sync connects the two. Self-custodial & verifiable onchain. Learn more:

Exchange OS is now accessible via OpenAPI. You can now connect trading bots, terminals and other trading systems to execute Spot and Perps strategies onchain. Fully self-custodial and verifiable onchain. More details:

Exchanges often think a large bonus is enough to attract traders. It may create registrations, but it rarely creates loyalty. A trader might sign up for $20, complete the required trade and disappear. The bonus brought traffic, but it did not give them a reason to stay. What keeps traders active is much simpler: good liquidity, fair fees, reliable withdrawals, useful campaigns and support that actually responds. The bonus opens the door. The trading experience decides whether they stay. GM bitcoin:native

Exchange OS launches today on @XLayerOfficial, a permissionless, builder-first protocol where anyone can deploy spot, perps, and outcome markets on shared infrastructure. Glassnode is supporting @OKX and @XLayerOfficial as a data provider. Our unified on-chain, spot, and derivatives intelligence was built for exactly this kind of cross-market environment, feeding deployers, market makers, and the wider ecosystem with reference data and analytics. Excited to see what builders ship on top.

The exchanges will take the extracted retail liquidity and spot buy the asset at the induced lows thereby liquidating the shorts and extracting further liquidity to the upside - this is how this market functions without market structure and consequences.

Centralized exchanges reaching out daily for partnerships. “What is your trading volume?” My friends, you will be lucky just to have people even share your shit with hacks happening every minute.