Key Takeaways:
- Corporate Bitcoin purchases rise despite ATH prices
- ETF inflows hit near-record levels
- Altcoins lead as Bitcoin pauses ahead of the weekend
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From a misconfigured bridge to seized assets on Arbitrum, the Kelp–LayerZero fallout lays bare how quickly “non-custodial” systems revert to human discretion under stress.
Korea Investment & Securities is in parallel discussions to buy an equal share, as financial firms rush to consolidate South Korea's smaller exchanges before a new 20% ownership cap takes effect.
The deal makes South Korea's Hana Financial the fourth-largest shareholder in Dunamu and comes with an MOU covering won-backed stablecoins, blockchain remittances and a joint wealth management product, while handing Kakao a roughly 300x return on its original investment.
Both exchanges grew adjusted revenue year-over-year and posted large GAAP losses driven by non-cash items, while signalling deeper moves into derivatives, tokenization and agentic trading.