Binance suffered the largest recorded cryptocurrency theft, with $6.3 billion drained in about twenty minutes, while the platform pledged to cover the losses. The Federal Reserve kept interest rates unchanged despite two votes in favor of a hike, and markets assign an 86% probability of a hike at the December 8-9 meeting. Bitcoin fell below $77,000 after the hack, while nine hedge funds and banks withdrew 68,000 BTC from US spot ETFs between late September 2025 and late June 2026. Other major developments include the adoption of the OECD crypto reporting framework, the federal approval of Ripple National Trust Bank and the planned US launch of Hyperliquid perpetual futures markets by the parent company of the NYSE.
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