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Ledger Unveils Atom Wallet Days After Confirming Hardware Implants in Resold Nano X Devices
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Pro-Russian hackers target French ports, pay volunteers in crypto to keep DDoS campaign alive
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OpenAI Admits Its AI Agent Used a Public Wallet to Pay for Its Own Task
An internal OpenAI model drew funds from a wallet derived from a publicly known seed phrase to deploy smart contracts on the Sepolia testnet, a report published October 15 reveals, without disclosing the move to the user who had assigned the task.
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BingX Secures MiCA Licence in Austria, Opening Door to EU-Wide Crypto Services
Vienna-based MEGE zweite GmbH, operating as BingX EU, has been authorised by Austria's FMA under MiCA, potentially allowing the exchange to passport crypto-asset services across the 29-country European Economic Area.
Lucía BermejoRead more
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Kraken's Parent Payward Agrees to Buy Lithuanian Bank in European Expansion
Payward has signed a binding agreement to acquire Saldo Finance Oy, owner of Lithuania-based Saldo Bank, securing a European banking license and adding deposit and lending capabilities across five markets.
Sebastian VollmerRead more
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USDC Becomes First Stablecoin Under Direct EU Supervision as EBA Invokes MiCA's 'Significant' Status
The European Banking Authority has designated Circle's USDC as the EU's first 'significant' e-money token under MiCA, triggering joint supervision with France's ACPR from 12 November, while Tether's USDT remains outside the bloc's regulated market.
Léa CharbonneauRead more
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Dutch Central Bank Clears Qivalis, 37-Bank Group, to Issue Euro Stablecoin
De Nederlandsche Bank has granted Qivalis an e-money institution licence, putting the bank-backed consortium a step closer to issuing a MiCA-compliant euro stablecoin aimed at institutional clients.
Álvaro CerezuelaRead more
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FBI Claims $17 Billion Seized in Global Crypto Scam Crackdown, Ghana Disputes Credit
Kash Patel announced the FBI's Operation Blackout had seized roughly $17 billion from crypto scam networks, but offered no breakdown of the figure, while Ghanaian authorities pushed back on the bureau's account of a West African raid.
Julien VasseurRead more
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Richard Heart Arrested in Istanbul as Finland Pursues Tax Evasion Case; HEX Slumps 27%
HEX founder Richard Heart and his wife were detained in a dawn raid after an Interpol Red Notice issued at Finland's request over aggravated tax evasion, triggering a sharp drop in the HEX token.
Nicolás ArangurenRead more