Here’s what happened in crypto today

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Today in crypto, Iranian crypto exchange Nobitex was hacked by an Israeli-linked group, multiple public companies raised hundreds of millions of dollars to buy crypto, and the US Senate passed the GENIUS Act stablecoin bill.

Iran-based cryptocurrency exchange Nobitex has been hacked for more than $81 million of digital assets, according to onchain investigator ZachXBT.

The attack, disclosed in a Wednesday Telegram post, drained at least $81.7 million in assets across the Tron network and Ethereum Virtual Machine (EVM)-compatible blockchains.

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