On October 31, 2026, an attacker withdrew approximately 97 million CORE from assets staked through b14g and transferred them to attacker-controlled addresses. The protocol paused the affected contracts and coordinated with security partners and exchanges to trace the stolen funds. Approximately 68 million CORE remained on Core, while exchanges froze another 9 million CORE. BTC staked through b14g was unaffected and remained time-locked on Bitcoin

On October 31, 2026, the Bitcoin dual-staking protocol b14g suffered a security incident in which approximately 97 million CORE tokens staked through the protocol were withdrawn without authorization and transferred to attacker-controlled addresses. The team paused the affected contracts and is coordinating with the Core team, security partners, and exchanges to trace, freeze, and recover the funds. BTC staked via the protocol remained time-locked on Bitcoin and was unaffected.