What happened in crypto last week? • Bitcoin touched $64.1K • Ethereum held near $1.3K • Japan pension fund planned a 1% crypto allocation • Global Ethereum’s top sandwich bot lost $7.5M in an MEV trap • Global Aave V4 targeted the $12T repo market • Global Axelar-linked exploit drained $4.67M from Secret Network • US CFTC banned Mashinsky from trading for life • US Bloomberg’s Polymarket insider trading probe was dismissed • US ZachXBT traced $475K in fraud-linked BTC • US Kalshi explored an IPO amid $22B valuation optimism • Global Ethereum Foundation co-director resigned from the board • US Kraken added Solana token trading to its mobile app • Global Ethereum trading slowed, but network m

What happened in crypto last week?

• Bitcoin touched $64.1K

• Ethereum held near $1.3K

• Japan pension fund planned a 1% crypto allocation

• Global Ethereum’s top sandwich bot lost $7.5M in an MEV trap

• Global Aave V4 targeted the $12T repo market

• Global Axelar-linked exploit drained $4.67M from Secret Network

• US CFTC banned Mashinsky from trading for life

• US Bloomberg’s Polymarket insider trading probe was dismissed

• US ZachXBT traced $475K in fraud-linked BTC

• US Kalshi explored an IPO amid $22B valuation optimism

• Global Ethereum Foundation co-director resigned from the board

• US Kraken added Solana token trading to its mobile app

• Global Ethereum trading slowed, but network metrics improved

• Global crypto card spending neared $10B annually

• Global Aztec lost $2M in its second hack in a week

• Singapore Bitget launched Playbook for AI trading demand

• India tightened its crackdown on crypto OTC trading

• US Kentucky sued Kalshi and Polymarket over betting markets

• US Trace Finance raised $32M to expand stablecoin infrastructure

• US Kalshi partner enabled employer monitoring of trader activityCryptopolitan (@CPOfficialtx)What happened in crypto last week?

• Bitcoin touched $65.7K

• Ethereum held near $1.6K

• US Polymarket faced criticism over a $3.8M Strategy market dispute

• US Pudgy Penguins phased out Pudgy Party for a new game

• US Saylor called it the “Mag8” after SpaceX IPO

• US Zooko declared Zcash bug-free after Mythos audit

• Global SIREN dropped as a whale continued selling

• US CFTC and states clashed again over Kalshi sports markets

• UAE CZ reassured users after Binance canceled $557M SpaceX tokens

• Global MIM lost its $1 peg

• Japan Metaplanet targeted $7.1T in idle household cash

• US a16z backed Canton to boost institutional adoption

• Netherlands Blockrise CEO called Bitcoin banking the next frontier

• US Coinbase opened trading accounts for AI agents

• US Nakamoto sold 600 BTC to reduce debt

• US Zcash’s Orchard pool saw major withdrawals

• Spain Cecabank entered the crypto custody market

• Singapore Bitget launched a 250K USDT World Cup campaign

• Global Ethereum exchange supply fell to a record 14.5M ETH

• US Fold sold $45M in BTC to clear debt

• US Kalshi added employer checks to curb insider trading

• US Strive CEO and CZ backed a Bitcoin comeback—  https://x.com/CPOfficialtx/status/2066528656131055791

— Cryptopolitan (@CPOfficialtx) Jun 22, 2026