Bitcoin recorded a massive 25% monthly recovery in August as some of the most important institutional buyers resumed their BTC accumulation.The largest corporate Bitcoin holder, Strategy, returned after a 2-month pause in its Bitcoin accumulation and bought $370 million worth of Bitcoin, while continuing its STRC stock buybacks.Publicly traded asset manager Strive also announced a $143 million Bitcoin acquisition, hence becoming the world’s 5th-largest corporate BTC holder 🏆.Spot Bitcoin exchange-traded funds (ETFs) also logged $3.5 billion in inflows for August, marking their best month on record since the beginning of 2026.In broader industry news, cryptocurrency firms spent a record $638 million 💰 on repurchasing their own tokens from the open market, as some of the leading projects moved closer to TradFi-like financial incentives to reward token holders.However, lending protocol Tectonic suffered a setback after revealing that it was exploited for an estimated $75 million, adding to the concerning rise of DeFi hacks.