DFSRegulated
United States Crypto Asset Exchange License (CEX)
Main Affected Regions
United States Crypto Asset Exchange License (CEX)
Salvador Crypto Asset Exchange Service (EXS)
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In the first half of 2026, a total of 344 security incidents occurred in the Web3 ecosystem, with cumulative losses amounting to approximately 1.32 billion US dollars. Although this figure represents a 46.8% decline year-on-year compared to the same period last year, excluding the impact of the $1.45 billion loss from Bybit, the scale of losses in the first half of this year actually rose by around 28% year-on-year. In other words, there has been no substantial improvement in the overall security environment of the industry. In the first quarter alone, Web3 projects lost $464.5 million across 43 incidents, with phishing and social engineering attacks inflicting the heaviest losses. Wallet theft was the costliest attack vector, causing $445 million in losses via 33 incidents in the first half of the year; phishing led to $366 million in losses through 63 incidents. The latest case involves DeFi platform Summer. fi (formerly Oasis. app), which was exposed to an attack on July 6,2026, with approximately 6 million US dollars siphoned off. Security firm Blockaid detected that the vulnerability bypassed existing protection measures. In June, crypto platforms lost 75.87 million US dollars in 40 hacking attacks, and the vulnerability of Humanity Protocol was the largest single

Bitcoin slipped below $63,000 on Friday as renewed U.S. military action against Iran added to a broader retreat from risk assets. According to crypto.news market data, $BTC traded near $62,777, down 2.19% over 24 hours, after moving between $62,705 and $64,753. The decline extended $BTCs pullback after sellers rejected prices near $65,000 earlier in the week. Asian equity markets also fell sharply on Friday, although a major selloff in technology and semiconductor stocks was a central driver of the broader market weakness. The MSCI Asia-Pacific index dropped 2.7%, while Japan and Taiwan recorded heavier losses. Meanwhile, geopolitical pressure increased after the U.S. carried out another wave of strikes against Iran. The latest attacks targeted infrastructure and military-linked sites in southern Iran, including bridges and facilities near key ports. Iran also continued retaliatory attacks across parts of the Gulf region. Fresh tension between Washington and Beijing added another source of uncertainty. President Donald Trump released intelligence and alleged Chinese interference connected to the 2020 U.S. election. China denied the allegations, while previous U.S. intelligence assessments found no evidence that Beijing changed the election result. Markets are also watching whether the dispute affects Trumps planned September meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping. Bitcoin traders watch $62,200 support and

CMEs bitcoin options open interest, measured in dollar terms, has dropped from a peak near $290 million in late November to roughly $30 million to $40 million by mid June, according to Cryptoquant data. Put open interest still outweighs calls on most trading days, a pattern that has held since July 2025. When CMEs options book is broken down by expiration, most contracts cluster in the one to two-month window. Longer dated positions, those expiring four months or more out, have thinned considerably since the fall, leaving traders concentrated in near term bets rather than spreading risk further into 2026 and beyond. Futures Open Interest Tells a Different Story Bitcoin futures open interest across exchanges paints a broader picture. Binance leads all venues with 131.97K $BTC in open interest, worth $8.42 billion, good for an 18.22% share of the market, per Coinglass data. CME ranks second among the listed venues at 106.03K $BTC, or $6.77 billion, holding a 14.64% share with a notably high open interest to volume ratio of 1.1547. Bitcoin futures open interest via Coinglass on June 20, 2026. Gate and Bybit sit close together at roughly 60K $BTC each. MEXC holds 71.30K $BTC. Smaller venues like Bitget, BingX, and Bitunix round out
