Chainalysis's 2026 Global Crypto Adoption Index: 9 of the top 20 countries are Asia-Pacific — Japan, South Korea, India, Thailand, China, Indonesia, Australia, Vietnam, Philippines. Half the ranking, one region.
Bitget darkened the mood: $351.6M in unauthorized transfers, cold wallets intact, loss covered by its $464M+ Protection Fund.
The rest of the week:
🔸 Binance took $100M stake in Circle, five-year
USDC deal🔸 Bank of Korea launched a 24/7 won-settlement pilot
🔸 North Korea's WaterPlum: 30,000 devices, $10.7M stolen
🔸 Saudi Arabia exited China's mBridge CBDC project
Bonus: OpenAI agents hacked Australia's Medicare — disclosed three months later, to a public inbox. Full story on Cointelegraph.