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According to The Block, the UK's Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has obtained a court order requiring two individuals involved in a fraudulent cryptocurrency investment scheme to jointly repay £851,402, with plans to return the funds to the victims.At least 65 investors have collectively lost £1.54 million, and the amount being recovered is approximately half of that.

According to CoinDesk, Franklin Templeton has expanded its "Over-the-Counter Collateral Program" to Bybit, allowing users of the exchange to use their tokenized money market fund shares for cryptocurrency trading. Users can use the shares as collateral to borrow stablecoins USDT or USDC, while the underlying assets continue to generate returns. The relevant shares represent approximately $686 million in net assets.The underlying assets will not be transferred to Bybit but will be held off-chain by the regulated custody platform ByCustody, with their value mirrored in the Bybit trading environment, thereby generating returns while releasing trading liquidity. The shares are issued through the Benji technology platform, which is Franklin Templeton's proprietary blockchain-integrated record-keeping and transfer agency infrastructure, currently paying an annualized return of 3.7% based on the latest 7-day interest rate.This is not Franklin Templeton's first foray into over-the-counter collateral partnerships, as it has previously offered tokenized money market funds to Binance and OKX clients. Sandy Kaul, Head of Digital Assets and Innovation at Franklin Templeton, stated that investors can now use collateral more efficiently across major exchanges and earn returns from it, which is crucial for ecosystem growth. This expansion also reflects industry trends, with platforms like Crypto.com and Deribit allowing qualified users to use BlackRock's BUIDL fund as trading collateral.

Bitget has officially opened the phased withdrawal feature as scheduled, and BTC withdrawal services are now available. According to the previously announced timeline, ETH-related networks will open for withdrawals on September 29 at 16:00, and USDT-related networks will open for withdrawals on September 30 at 16:00.Withdrawals for other tokens, fiat currency, and C2C services will gradually resume starting from October 2 at 16:00. Currently, Bitget's CEO Gracy Chen and the head of the Greater China region, Xie Jiayin, are reviewing and explaining this security incident through a public live broadcast, updating on the latest developments, and answering user questions on-site.

BIT announces that the Hong Kong stock trading feature will enter internal testing starting today, with a targeted public beta launch on October 5 and trading opening on October 12. Users can directly participate in trading using stablecoins.The first phase supports full trading of all stocks on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange's main board and the Growth Enterprise Market (GEM), IPO subscriptions, and financing trading. Hong Kong stocks and U.S. stocks share the same account system, allowing users with a BIT U.S. stock account to directly enable Hong Kong stock trading. During the public beta period, priority experience slots will be granted to invited users; from the start of the public beta until the first month after the official launch (ending November 11), all users can enjoy zero-commission trading, zero interest and zero subscription fees for financing new shares, a HK$100 Hong Kong stock platform fee deduction card, and a Hong Kong stock L2 market data card. Specific qualifications and rules are subject to BIT's official announcement.Elio Cui, head of BIT's brokerage business, stated: "The launch of BIT's Hong Kong stock trading provides customers with a more comprehensive cross-market investment tool. As a key hub connecting domestic and foreign liquidity, the Hong Kong capital market concentrates scarce high-growth and high-dividend quality targets, making it a core channel for investors to conduct cross-regional asset allocation and share regional growth dividends. Relying on the BIT account system, investors can flexibly allocate global mainstream quality assets such as U.S. stocks, Hong Kong stocks, and digital assets, truly achieving 'one account, global allocation' investment efficiency."

The Hong Kong Accounting and Financial Reporting Council (AFRC) announced the signing of a new Memorandum of Understanding with the Hong Kong Securities and Futures Commission, expanding regulatory cooperation beyond the oversight of financial reporting and related auditing work of listed entities.This includes the financial and compliance reporting of licensed corporations, SFC-licensed virtual asset service providers, SFC-recognized funds, and registered open-ended fund companies, as well as the related auditing and assurance work conducted by their auditors.

According to Digital Asset, Yoon Jong-joon, the digital financial policy officer of the Financial Services Commission (FSC) of South Korea, stated that they are considering introducing a market maker system for the virtual asset market to enhance market efficiency and stability. Although the current "Virtual Asset User Protection Act" prohibits market-making activities, this move indicates that the FSC intends to revisit and consider the introduction of this mechanism in the second phase of the legislative process.Yoon Jong-joon also mentioned that exchanges need to have sufficient capital and operational capabilities, and core functions (such as transaction execution, trading support, and abnormal trading monitoring) may shift from self-regulatory oversight to public regulation; governance rules related to major shareholders and management are expected to be strengthened; after the bill is enacted, it is expected to promote business diversification, the establishment of a trustworthy trading environment, a digital asset issuance and disclosure system, a Korean won stablecoin, and enhanced user protection, among other things.

According to CoinDesk, French Hill, the chairman of the U.S. House Financial Services Committee, stated that tokenization has shifted from being viewed as a "futuristic" concept during the discussions of FIT21 and the CLARITY Act to a reality that is happening in real-time.He said, "We may really be tokenizing an asset like a real security— in fact, we are doing that right now."

According to monitoring by the head of Galaxy Research, the COLDCARD Seed Entropy theft incident has resulted in 1,830 BTC being stolen, involving three rounds of attacks and over 30 smaller related signs.A total of 256 victims have reported their situations to GLXY Research, with a median loss of 1.1 BTC, and the tracking of the attackers is still ongoing.

Bitget CEO stated that the attacker's address has been publicly listed and is under continuous tracking. Bitget calls on THORChain to refuse service to these addresses. Decentralization is a design principle and should not serve as a shield to facilitate known stolen funds.

Yuga Labs' Vice President of Blockchain, Quit, posted on the X platform stating that the claims portal for the NFT theft incident currently under construction is expected to go live in the next few hours, and a dedicated address nftsaresafu.eth has been created to accept ETH and other token donations.Quit mentioned that in addition to spending a significant amount of time, he paid approximately $7,500 in gas fees last night to handle related matters and thanked the community for their support through channels like X Money.Previously, it was reported that the NFT marketplace Magic Eden appeared to have a security vulnerability, with white hat hackers transferring 3,832 NFTs from hundreds of wallets, valued at approximately $1.5 million.

According to Crowdfund Insider, SoFi Bank announced that it has used its own stablecoin SoFiUSD for transaction settlement across the entire Mastercard card business network, claiming to be the first national bank in the United States to achieve this model. SoFi previously estimated that after migrating all its debit and credit card operations to stablecoin settlement, the annual transaction volume would exceed $25 billion.SoFi launched SoFiUSD in December 2025 and opened it to users in the SoFi app in May of this year; the two parties announced their partnership in March of this year. RS2 CEO Radi El Haj stated that stablecoin settlement has moved from the previous pilot phase to actual operational phase covering the entire Mastercard network, with related settlements occurring at the underlying level of the existing card payment system, requiring no changes to the current payment methods for consumers and merchants.

Goldman Sachs expects that the five largest hyperscale cloud service providers in the United States will increase their spending on artificial intelligence infrastructure by 54% by 2027, reaching $1.2 trillion, exceeding Wall Street's expectations.

The Central Bank of Brazil issued resolutions No. 588 and No. 589, requiring virtual asset service providers (VASP) to report self-custody wallet transactions that amount to or exceed $10,000, and to strengthen anti-money laundering and counter-terrorism financing regulations.Resolution No. 588 stipulates that relevant transaction data will be submitted to the Financial Activities Control Council (COAF). This agency may compile transactions based on this data and establish a self-custody address database to record the asset status of Brazilian users holding cryptocurrencies through authorized centralized exchanges. Resolution No. 589 prohibits conducting business with virtual asset service institutions or entities operating in Brazil without authorization. The new regulations will take effect on October 1, 2026, and currently, only 5 VASPs have applied for licenses to operate in Brazil.

The cryptocurrency payment card service Gnosis Pay announced that it will close its card business on December 20 and shift its focus to a B2B model.Gnosis Pay stated that funds in users' Safe accounts will still be accessible after the service ends, but if users wish to continue using a card for spending, they will need to open a partner account and switch to a new card.

According to The Block, Bitcoin mining service company Luxor is expanding its business into the AI infrastructure sector and extending its operations in energy, hardware, software, and computing power trading to this sector.Luxor's hardware brokerage has previously traded over 1 billion dollars in Bitcoin mining ASICs.

Meta Platforms has launched a portable AI device equipped with the Muse assistant, named Muse Charm, which will begin shipping during the December holiday season.

According to Reuters, the European Central Bank has launched the Pontes service, connecting its payment system with blockchain-based financial markets, allowing banks and investors to complete on-chain transaction settlements using euros supported by the European Central Bank, rather than relying on stablecoins or other private currencies.The first batch of participating institutions includes Deutsche Bank, Santander Bank, and the clearing institution Clearstream Bank, with the service operating during weekdays from 8:00 to 16:00 Central European Time.

The North Korean hacker group WaterPlum disguises itself as a cryptocurrency, AI, and NFT company recruiter, deploying malware disguised as programming tasks or video conference repair files to software developers and IT professionals.The organization has infected at least 30,000 devices in over 100 countries and extracted funds or account credentials from more than 7,000 cryptocurrency wallets between December 2025 and July 2026, stealing at least $10.7 million.

According to Forbes, a warning jointly issued by multiple agencies including the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and the National Police Agency (NPA) of Japan indicates that the North Korea-linked hacker group WaterPlum (also known as Contagious Interview) will launch attacks on global IT developers from December 2025 to July 2026 by disguising itself as companies in the AI, cryptocurrency, or NFT sectors and offering fake job positions.Attackers contact job seekers on social media and recruitment platforms, luring them into downloading malicious files under the pretext of technical interviews or programming tests. They successfully infected over 30,000 devices, covering more than 100 countries and regions, and stole data from over 7,000 cryptocurrency wallets. Related funds of at least $10.71 million have flowed into wallets controlled by the attackers.

Binance Wallet Security Announcement: iPhone users please check if you have installed the FomoPeek application. Binance has noted a recent security incident disclosed by the community. According to security companies such as SlowMist, the third-party application FomoPeek (versions 1.1-1.2) contains malicious code that can exploit vulnerabilities in the iOS system to gain maximum permissions on the device and may access sensitive data stored on the device, including private keys, mnemonic phrases, login credentials, chat records, files, etc. Please note that such malware directly attacks the device itself. If the attack is successful, all application data on the affected device may be accessed.Please check the following:Are you using an iPhone or iPad running iOS 26.x or earlier?Have you installed the FomoPeek application?If both of the above apply to you, it is recommended to take the following steps immediately:Delete the FomoPeek application and do not reinstall it.Update the iOS system to the latest version.For users with self-hosted wallets: Create a new wallet on a device that has never installed the application and transfer assets to the new wallet address.If you notice any unusual asset activity, please retain the affected device and relevant evidence, and contact customer service for further investigation.At the same time, all users are reminded: Do not install applications from untrusted sources and keep your device software up to date.