APAC nations hold nine of the top 20 spots in the 2026 crypto adoption ranking while Bitget revised its breach figure to about $387.5 million from an initial $351.6 million. Regional banks are also testing 24-hour settlement and blockchain bond issuance.

Updated Bitget breach figure from initial ~$351M to Bitget’s revised ~$387.5M ($388M headline) after Zcash/TRON transfers were counted; pointed source_url to Bitget’s Sep 25 incident update.
Nine APAC countries rank in the top 20 of Chainalysis’s 2026 Global Crypto Adoption Index.
https://x.com/GracyBitget/status/2103235655879074084
Bitget confirms unauthorized transfers of roughly $351 million and suspends withdrawals.
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