IBM is warning about UnregStealer, a sneaky banking trojan hiding behind a fake Chrome extension and bogus SSL update prompt to steal credentials, OTPs, and session cookies from Latin American banks, especially in Brazil.
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Fidelity is entering the stablecoin reserve game with FYMXX, a money market fund built to hold Treasuries and other liquid assets as U.S. regulators edge closer to clearer rules. It’s a quiet power move with big implications for crypto’s dollar plumbing.
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WhiteBIT EU secured MiCA authorization in Austria, giving it a regulated base to expand crypto services across the EEA. It’s a win for compliance and credibility, but also another sign that Europe’s crypto free-for-all is ending.
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Strategy’s STRC preferred stock got smoked in market stress, briefly tanking below its $100 reference level and exposing how leveraged Bitcoin-linked credit products can unravel fast.
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CFTC permanently bans Celsius founder Alex Mashinsky from regulated markets, closing another chapter in the Celsius blowup. No new fine, but the message is brutal: mislead users about safety, profit, or regulation, and the fallout can haunt you for years.
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SEC and CFTC are reopening crypto derivatives rules as CME threatens to sue over Kalshi’s Bitcoin perpetual futures, exposing a messy futures-vs-swaps fight that could reshape U.S. crypto market regulation.
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South Korea is set to launch a new crypto transfer licensing regime in December, and fintech firms may be allowed in alongside exchanges. The goal: legitimize blockchain remittances while tightening AML oversight and dragging cross-border crypto out of the regulatory gray zone.
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SpiderPool mined Bitcoin block 954,352 with only the coinbase transaction after a 62-second block gap, likely due to stale template timing rather than any Bitcoin problem. Valid block, lost fees, zero drama for consensus.
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Oman has launched Omanhash, a state-supervised Bitcoin mining pool for licensed operators, aiming to keep mining legal, visible, and onshore. It’s a big industrial bet on Bitcoin — with clear upside, and a healthy dose of government control.
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Australia’s High Court handed ASIC a win in the Block Earner case, ruling its crypto yield product was a regulated financial product and derivative. The message: clever branding won’t dodge licensing rules.
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