
Asia Leads Crypto Adoption; Bitget Suffers $351M Hack
Nine Asia-Pacific nations rank in the top 20 of Chainalysis’s 2026 Global Crypto Adoption Index, while exchange Bitget confirms a $351.6 million security breach.
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Nine Asia-Pacific nations rank in the top 20 of Chainalysis’s 2026 Global Crypto Adoption Index, while exchange Bitget confirms a $351.6 million security breach.

Crypto exchange Bitget suspended withdrawals after detecting unauthorized transfers of approximately $351.6 million from its hot wallets.

New York Attorney General Letitia James and Governor Kathy Hochul filed a lawsuit against Polymarket, alleging the crypto prediction platform operates as an unlicensed gambling business.

DoubleZero introduced a dedicated fiber network feed for Hyperliquid, enabling professional trading firms to access full order book data with greater speed and consistency than public APIs.

Bitcoin held steady near $84,500 as the 10-year US Treasury yield reached 5.18%, its highest level since July 2007, while Ondo Finance surged following a new BlackRock-backed product launch.