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Crypto investment products saw $117.8 million worth of net inflows globally last week, according to asset manager CoinShares.The inflows mark the fifth straight positive week, though the weekly total masked strong outflows that were reversed by a single session on Friday, Head of Research James Butterfill noted.

Aave LLC filed an emergency motion in the Southern District of New York to unfreeze 30,765 ETH worth approximately $71 million.The filing argues the funds belong to users victimized in the April 18 Kelp DAO exploit, not to North Korean hackers.Plaintiffs holding $877 million in unpaid terrorism judgments against North Korea claim the ETH is recoverable DPRK property.

Ripple is opening up its intelligence on North Korea-linked threat actors to the crypto industry.The recent $280 million Drift incident has demonstrated a shift toward more sophisticated social engineering tactics.

U.S. spot bitcoin ETFs recorded over $532 million in net inflows on Monday, extending their positive streak to a third consecutive trading day.BlackRock’s IBIT and Fidelity’s FBTC accounted for around $520 million of the total, with 10 of 13 funds posting zero flows and no outflows recorded.

Ripple is contributing exclusive North Korea–linked threat intelligence to the Crypto ISAC information-sharing platform, arguing that “the strongest security posture in crypto is a shared one.”DPRK hackers have stolen about $577 million in crypto so far in 2026—76% of all hack losses year-to-date—largely via two DeFi exploits on Drift Protocol and KelpDAO.The intelligence covers enriched profiles of suspected North Korean IT operatives and detailed indicators of compromise (IOCs), as attackers pivot from pure technical exploits to long, social engineering–driven campaigns.

Bitcoin funds are flying high again after a short-lived stretch of outflows nearly wrecked their recent run of green weeks.

Andreessen Horowitz's latest fund signals institutional confidence in crypto as the investment landscape shows signs of recovery.

Ark Invest’s new Big Ideas 2026 report projects Bitcoin’s market capitalization could grow at roughly a 63% compound annual rate, rising from about $1.5–$2 trillion today to $16 trillion by 2030.The firm expects the total crypto market to expand from around $2.8 trillion to $28 trillion over the same period, with Bitcoin capturing about 70% and the rest dominated by smart contract networks like Ethereum and Solana.Ark argues that Bitcoin is “maturing as a leader in a new class of institutional asset,” positioning it alongside gold and sovereign bonds as a core macro allocation for large investors.

On-chain intelligence platform Arkham reports that wallets its AI associates with Multicoin Capital have staked a combined $82.02 million worth of HYPE on HyperCore.One such address moved $28.45 million in HYPE to HyperCore for staking, while two other wallets executed similar transactions, bringing total staked HYPE from the trio to roughly 1.96 million tokens.The wallets still hold about 2.83 million HYPE in total, valued near $118 million, underscoring sustained, concentrated exposure to the Hyperliquid ecosystem’s native asset.

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The move follows two nine-figure exploits of DeFi protocols Drift and KelpDAO in April, as DPRK hackers shift to social engineering tactics.

Uphold says the NYAG statement misrepresented key facts about its $5M CredEarn settlement.The NYAG said more than 6,000 Uphold customers lost over $34M after Cred collapsed.Uphold said it froze Cred’s platform access within hours after learning about liquidity issues.

Plaintiffs’ claims hinge on an unproven attribution tying the Kelp DAO exploit to North Korea.DeFi industry efforts have already mobilized over $300 million to plug the shortfall.

Upbit will be the Optimism Foundation’s first client on its “self-managed” enterprise tier, meaning the exchange will manage its own rollup sequencer while being able to rely on Optimism for tech support.“What we hear consistently from the largest exchanges and institutional operators is that they want to own the chain their users transact on, not rent it,” said Jing Wang, Optimism Foundation director.

Base, launched as an optimistic rollup, is hybridizing its tech stack with Succinct’s SP1 zero-knowledge virtual machine, helping move the network toward “1-day finality.”Paradigm-backed Succinct secures some $4 billion in digital assets for protocols like Polygon, Mantle, Celestia, and Lido.

The Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation said it would facilitate “initial, limited production trades of real-world assets” in July, ahead of the service’s launch in October.Interest in tokenization has surged as financial firms explore bringing traditional assets on-chain, a shift that could enable 24/7 trading and faster settlement.