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ViaBTC chief analyst Jeff Ko stated that spot bitcoin ETF holders have no direct exposure to Binance because underlying bitcoin assets are held with regulated custodians

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Babylon Labs submitted a governance proposal to let Bitcoin holders borrow stablecoins through Aave V4 without selling their BTC, moving it to another blockchain, or handing it to a custodian

Publicly traded Bitcoin mining companies earned roughly $2 billion in revenue during the first half of 2026.

The 28% decline in 2026 blockchain revenue closely aligns with a 30% drop in overall cryptocurrency and Bitcoin prices during the same period.

Itaú Unibanco offers crypto trading on its platform for several digital assets, including Bitcoin, Ether, and USDC.

Google Cloud's initial Multi-Party Compute service supports conventional ECDSA signing for Bitcoin and Ethereum, with Ed25519 support planned for Solana.

TRM Labs estimated that $2.4 billion in Bitcoin and Ethereum stolen during the October 29, 2026 Binance hack will never be recovered.

DeFiLlama data showed that blockchain projects lost a cumulative $16.69 billion to hacks and exploits as of June 2026, with roughly 40% attributed to private-key compromises.

Google researchers estimated that a sufficiently powerful future quantum computer could theoretically derive a Bitcoin private key from an exposed public key in approximately 9 minutes.

Google Multi-Party Compute splits private cryptographic key fragments across separate environments, allowing financial institutions to distribute key shares across on-premises hardware, Google Cloud, and competing cloud providers.

In June 2026, attackers compromised private keys belonging to a Humanity Protocol foundation member, draining more than $32 million from at least 17 wallets.

Google Cloud states that key shares are held in encrypted form and that Google cannot access customers' key material in unencrypted form on its infrastructure.

Following the October 29, 2026 Binance hack, Bitcoin dropped as much as 5% below $76,000 and broader cryptocurrency markets declined up to 9%.

Google Multi-Party Compute allows financial institutions to set threshold signing requirements, such as requiring two-of-three or five-of-seven key share holders to authorize a transaction.

Chainalysis reported that compromised private keys accounted for 43.8% of all stolen cryptocurrency in 2024, representing approximately $2.2 billion in total losses.

Google Multi-Party Compute adds MPC-based transaction signing, policy enforcement, and key recovery to Google Cloud Key Management Service and Cloud HSM infrastructure.

The Singapore Police Force requested members of the public with information on cryptocurrency hardware wallet tampering crimes to call its hotline or submit reports online.

The Singapore Police Force urged cryptocurrency holders to be wary of unsolicited messages offering wallet verification or recovery assistance.

The 10 Grayscale products eligible for in-kind transfers are tied to Bitcoin, Ethereum, Avalanche, Chainlink, Dogecoin, Hyperliquid, Solana, Sui, XRP, and Zcash.

Direct in-kind transfers shift digital asset custody responsibilities to institutional third-party custodians, reducing self-custody burdens and cybersecurity threats such as DeFi exploits for investors.