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Coinbase Clears CFTC, Treasury Yields Hit 2007 Highs & Bitget Trail Deepens
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A crypto market update packed with signals: Coinbase wins CFTC clearinghouse approval, Treasury yields hit generational highs, and the Bitget $387M hack investigation tightens around North Korean suspects with amateur opsec mistakes. Six stories every serious crypto investor needs today.
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Sophisticated hackers stole three hundred eighty-seven point five million dollars from Bitget, then asked for customer support in public chat rooms using the same accounts that moved the stolen funds. That's the detail that defines this investigation so far: the technical execution was advanced, but the operational security was almost comically poor.
The important distinction here is where the trail ran into a wall. Bitget's CEO formally requested that THORChain block the attacker's addresses.
The breach itself didn't come from Bitget's core wallet code. It exploited a third-party security vendor.
Away from the hack, Coinbase cleared a significant regulatory milestone. The CFTC registered Coinbase Clearing LLC as a derivatives clearing organization, making it the first USDC-native, fully collateralized clearinghouse in crypto, with twenty-four-seven settlement.
The SEC also updated its guidance on token buybacks, clarifying that buyback arrangements without a centralized actor may not qualify as investment contracts under the Howey test. For token issuers, that reduces one specific area of legal uncertainty.
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