Bitcoin Holds Sixty-Four Thousand as Q2 Becomes Most-Hacked Quarter on Record

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Welcome to Stock Market Today, your market briefing with actionable insights on stocks, bonds, crypto, and the events moving markets. Let's get into it. Bitcoin trading at $65,035, Ethereum at $1762, Solana at $74, BTC range bound between $60,000 support and $68,000 resistance as US-Iran negotiations continue in Switzerland. Six consecutive weeks of spot ETF outflows now totaling nearly $6 billion, though selling pressure easing from earlier June levels. Q2, 2026, now the most hacked quarter on record. 83 incidents, $755 million stolen. Bridge exploits dominate, $351 million via cross-chain attacks. KelpDao and Drift Protocol account for $573 million combined. Taiko halted its Layer 2 network Monday after $1.7 million bridge exploit. Attacker used exposed signing key on GitHub to forge withdrawal proofs. Secret Network lost $4.7 million to Infinite Mint Bug.
Humanity Protocol, Thor Chain, Syscoin, and all hit. Ironic twist, Jared from Subway.Eath, the notorious sandwich bot responsible for 70% of Ethereum's sandwich attacks, drained of $7.5 million. Attacker deployed fake token contracts mimicking USDC, USDT over several weeks. Bot's automated system approved fraudulent routes. Attacker exploited open approvals. Funds routed through tornado cash. Bank of England reverses course on stable coin restrictions. Scrap $20,000 individual holding limits, 10 million pound corporate caps. New framework, 40 billion pound aggregate issuance cap per systemic stablecoin.
70% reserves allowed in yield generating UKT bills.
Final rules expected 2027
Strategy added 520 Bitcoin last week at 67,000 average, but also loaded 300 million cash. Total reserves now 1.4 billion to support STRC preferred dividends. STRC recovered to $90 after hitting record low, 83
JP Morgan warns mining network increasingly sensitive to price swings. Mining difficulty now points 6.2 beta to BTC price. That wraps your market intel. Trade smart out there. For deeper insights and real time analysis, visit capitalcopilot.io.