This week in DeFi (Sep 14–20): sentiment strengthened, while regulatory developments, security incidents, and institutional adoption shaped the market. Here’s a quick breakdown ↓

What mattered this week: 🔸 @symbiosis_fi recovered approximately 15 $BTC after an exploit involving 46.1B unbacked ethereum:0x01a8b61e7b03891a736b5df865e0ef9c511850ad 🔸 The U.S. SEC introduced a five-year exemption for certain tokenized stock trading platforms 🔸 @MMUI_Official completed its post-quantum mainnet migration without requiring asset transfers 🔸 @XPRNetwork reported a ~2.1B ethereum:0xd7efb00d12c2c13131fd319336fdf952525da2af exploit affecting the Proton Swaps AMM 🔸 @SPGlobal made a strategic investment in @KaikoData's Series B extension 🔸 @HyperliquidX launched manual borrowing with $HYPE and BTC as collateral for stablecoin loans 🔸 Over $152M in tokens unlocked this week, including ethereum:0x163f8c2467924be0ae7b5347228cabf260318753, $ZRO, $PUMP, $BR, $sTBL, $ARB, and base:0x98d0baa52b2d063e780de12f615f963fe8537553 🔸 The U.S. Senate failed to advance the CLARITY Act, leaving the proposed digital asset market-structure framework unresolved

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Not all tokens that exist are circulating in the market. So what's the difference between Circulating Supply and Total Supply, and why does it matter for a token's valuation? Let's break it down. 🧵

🔒 Total Supply The total number of tokens that have been created, minus any tokens permanently removed through burning. It includes both circulating tokens and those locked, reserved, or held by the team and ecosystem. More tokens may enter circulation over time.