Crypto Weekly Roundup: SBI Hacked, Vanguard Mulls ETFs, & More

This week in crypto, SBI Group’s crypto arm was hit by a massive exploit as North Korean hackers drained $21 million from its crypto mining pool. Meanwhile, Vanguard is considering offering customers crypto ETFs to meet growing client demand, and Starknet announced the launch of Bitcoin staking and a 100 million STRK incentive ￰0￱ Layer2 network Starknet launched several new initiatives, including Bitcoin staking, a 100 million STRK incentive program, and an institutional-grade BTC yield ￰1￱ CME Group is planning to launch 24/7 trading for cryptocurrency futures and options in 2026, pending regulatory ￰2￱ group believes the move will make its regulated crypto offerings ‘always on’ and match a market that never ￰3￱ Group Holdings has partnered with Ethena Labs and the Suo Foundation to launch two native ￰4￱ move aims to expand the Sui ecosystem’s liquidity and ￰5￱ is considering offering customers crypto ETFs on its platform, a significant departure from its previously cautious stance towards ￰6￱ is the world’s second-largest asset manager, managing over $11 trillion in ￰7￱ issuer Tether has purchased 8,888 BTC worth over $1 billion on September ￰8￱ purchase is the company’s second major acquisition for 2025 after a similar purchase on March ￰9￱ Cronje’s Flying Tulip , a full-stack on-chain exchange, has announced a $200 million fundraise through a private funding ￰10￱ platform also plans to open an on-chain public sale of the FT token at the same ￰11￱ completed a $500 million funding round at a $15 billion ￰12￱ raise comes amid reports that the exchange is preparing for an initial public offering (IPO).

Web3 dYdX has partnered with Pocket Pro Bot to create a new Telegram trading ￰13￱ new trading bot is designed to address lone wolves and has also been optimized for social ￰14￱ sat down with Magnus Ahmad, CEO of Blocksense , to discuss the company’s evolving focus, why verification is the missing piece for the autonomous economy, and what comes next for the ￰15￱ SBI Crypto , a subsidiary of Japan’s SBI Group, was hit by a major breach as hackers linked to North Korea drained $21 million from its crypto mining ￰16￱ hack was discovered by on-chain investigator ZachXBT, who flagged suspicious outflows from the mining ￰17￱ The United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is reviewing plans to allow blockchain-based versions of publicly traded stocks on approved cryptocurrency ￰18￱ platforms, including Nasdaq, Robinhood, Coinbase, and Kraken, are seeking regulatory approval or testing tokenized stock products.

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