
Ex-CFTC Commissioner Mersinger to Exit Blockchain Association CEO Role
Summer Mersinger will leave her position as CEO of the Blockchain Association on October 16, following the failure of a key digital asset market structure bill in the Senate.
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Summer Mersinger will leave her position as CEO of the Blockchain Association on October 16, following the failure of a key digital asset market structure bill in the Senate.

Investors poured $2.8 billion into Bitcoin ETFs over six consecutive days, with Monday alone seeing nearly $1 billion in purchases.

Bitget CEO Gracy Chen attributed a theft of nearly $388 million in digital assets to North Korean hacker organizations, citing on-chain analysis and IP behavior patterns.

Circle and Tether blacklisted a wallet tied to the Bitget hack, freezing roughly $318,000 in stablecoins while leaving over 63,000 ETH beyond issuer control.

Crypto exchange Bitget updated its security incident report, clarifying that approximately $388 million in assets were affected, an increase from the initially reported $352 million.