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Binance Was Supposed to Stop New EU Accounts in July, but August Tests Found They Could Still Be Opened
Sandmark’s Aug. 19 tests found new Binance accounts could still be verified from five EU countries,…

Crypto Tax Rules Are Changing Across Germany, Italy, Cyprus, Spain, the Netherlands and Illinois
Some changes are already in force, while others remain proposals or draft rules that could alter…

£10,000 Reward Offered After ‘Planned’ Violent Crypto Attack Targeted Birmingham Couple Expecting Baby
The attackers allegedly received instructions from a fourth person over a video call, but police have…

While Altman Warned the UN Humans Could Lose Control of AI, Australia Said an OpenAI Agent Scaled the Fence
Transluce traced months of AI agents bypassing access restrictions as Australia investigated an OpenAI agent’s unauthorized…

Morgan Stanley’s Deal Leak Exposed Something More Valuable Than 100 Potential Transactions
The internal file mapped prospective issuers, financial backers and stalled projects across Asia and other markets.

FBI Says It Still Doesn’t Know if FBIJobs.gov Breach Hit a Vendor or the Bureau After Hackers Claim Employee PII Theft
A 5,000-record sample appears to include real FBI and DOJ personnel, but its source and connection…

Z.ai Open-Sources ZCode After Researchers Found It Packing Entire Git Histories for Alibaba Cloud
Z.ai removed ZCode’s repository snapshot pipeline after researchers found encrypted workspace archives being prepared for Alibaba…

$16M in Crypto, $1M to Deputies, $2.6M Unreported: What the Crypto ‘Godfather’s’ Ex Admitted in Her Plea
Iris Au was sentenced to 18 months for a false tax return. Her plea maps about…

A $61M Iran Crypto Seizure Put Binance Accounts Under Scrutiny; Now Prosecutors Testing What the Exchange Knew
Binance had already reviewed the two firms months before a US court filing detailed an alleged…

Celsius Sent 350 Bitcoin to Top Up a BitMEX Position; 8 Minutes Later, It Was Liquidated. Estate Sues
The Celsius estate is seeking 6,360 Bitcoin over two March 2020 liquidations, including a second position…

North Korea Used Fake Recruiters and Job Applicants in Crypto Hiring Scheme
A suspected North Korean IT worker applied to bitFlyer with a forged résumé. Investigators later tied…

Polymarket’s U.S. Push Hit a Payment Wall as Its Processor Rejected Over 80% of Card Deposits
A stolen-card campaign hit thousands of U.S. accounts months after waitlist admissions, while fraud attempts reached…

