Bitcoin reached levels above $87,000 this week, supported by nearly $1 billion in inflows to spot BTC-ETFs during a single session. Total assets in these products exceeded $108.4 billion, while Ethereum funds saw inflows of $689.9 million. The overall crypto market capitalization grew from $2.75 trillion to $2.91 trillion.
Bitget confirmed a security incident involving unauthorized transfers from its hot wallets, with total losses estimated at $387.5 million. The exchange has engaged Mandiant and SlowMist for assistance and launched a recovery bounty program offering 5% of recovered assets. User balances remain unaffected, and the platform has begun a phased resumption of withdrawals.
The Central Bank of Russia has established new regulatory requirements for crypto exchanges, digital depositories, and information system operators, effective October 5. Entities must now register with the regulator and provide detailed information about shareholders, management, and operational procedures to gain legal market access.
Researchers at Anthropic utilized AI agents powered by Claude to identify a new enzyme system in bacteriophage genomes. Approximately 950 agents analyzed 1.9 billion protein clusters over 21 hours, identifying over 200,000 reverse transcriptases. This process, which would typically take humans weeks or months, led to the discovery of the array-associated reverse transcriptases system.
