Weekly digest spanning major exchange security breaches, institutional crypto investments, RWA tokenization partnerships, regulatory actions, and substantial ETF inflows across BTC/ETH/SOL.
Security & Exploits ·
Bitget's CEO acknowledged a $387.5M theft affecting the exchange while asserting user funds remain secure, marking a significant security incident during a week of substantial institutional crypto activity. Institutional investment continued with Strategy purchasing $80.5M in Bitcoin and $174M in STRC stock, while Binance committed $100M to Circle equity and the DTCC announced plans to launch a tokenization service for $114T in assets by Q4 2026. Bitcoin ETFs recorded net inflows of $2385.8M, with Ethereum and Solana ETFs adding $689.8M and $188.1M respectively, as regulatory scrutiny intensified with New York suing Polymarket and the Federal Reserve soliciting public comment on stablecoin frameworks.