State Street expects institutional investors' exposure to digital assets to double within three years

- Bitcoin fell 30% to $87,000 amid record ETF outflows, leveraged liquidations, and shrinking stablecoin liquidity, worsening institutional confidence. - November saw $3.5B withdrawn from Bitcoin ETFs, while Solana's ETFs attracted $531M in a week, highlighting capital migration to alternatives. - Market structure weaknesses—40% lower daily volume and 30% reduced liquidity—exacerbate self-reinforcing sell-offs as ETFs track macroeconomic sentiment. - Regulatory scrutiny of foreign crypto hardware and wanin

- Upbit, South Korea's top crypto exchange, pledged full reimbursement after a $36.8M hack targeting Solana assets, suspected to be orchestrated by North Korean hackers. - The breach exploited compromised hot wallets, with stolen funds rapidly laundered via Ethereum across 185 wallets, prompting cold storage transfers and asset freezes. - Regulators and experts linked the attack to North Korea's Lazarus Group, citing similarities to past heists and advanced multi-chain laundering techniques. - Upbit suspen

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- MSCI plans to exclude firms holding over 50% crypto assets from major indexes starting January 2026, risking $8.8B in potential sell-offs if adopted widely. - MicroStrategy (MSTR), holding 90% of assets in Bitcoin , faces forced institutional sell-offs as the most exposed company under the proposed rule. - Institutional investors show divided reactions: FourThought increased MSCI stakes while Prudential cut holdings by 59.6% amid governance debates. - JP Morgan's $2.8B MSTR outflow estimate triggered soc