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Bitcoin News posted on X platform stating that education company Genius Group purchased 10 bitcoins worth $854,000, marking the company's first repurchase since selling its entire bitcoin reserve on April 1 to repay $8.5 million in debt. As of February 2025, Genius Group had accumulated 440 bitcoins, after which it was affected by a New York injunction for approximately one year due to a dispute with LZG International. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit lifted the freeze order on August 31, and CEO Roger James Hamilton views this purchase as a signal that the company is restarting its bitcoin accumulation.
Bitcoin News posted on X platform stating that corporate records for Malaysian hardware wallet distributor CryptoBilis show that, as of August 3, an individual named Jiaming, with a registered address in Heilongjiang Province, China, holds 100% of the company's shares. The company's former co-founder confirmed that CryptoBilis completed its acquisition in March, with the original owner withdrawing from all operational, managerial, and administrative roles. The founder has been unable to learn about the company's operations since the handover but still assists with event coordination. This information emerged during an investigation into a suspected supply chain attack on Ledger hardware wallets, where affected devices were implanted with hidden components that could steal seed phrases; there is currently no conclusive evidence linking the change in CryptoBilis ownership to the compromised wallets.
According to CoinDesk, Ripple Prime, the prime brokerage division under Ripple, has begun providing financing services for leveraged equity ETFs, charging financing fees to funds through total return swaps. This market was previously dominated by large banks and securities firms. In October 2025, Ripple acquired multi-asset brokerage Hidden Road for $1.25 billion, entering the clearing, financing, and cross-asset trading businesses. In August 2026, Ripple launched its Delta One business, offering total return swap products linked to U.S. equities, market indices, and digital assets, while maintaining over $1 billion in regulatory net capital and completing a $275 million senior notes issuance.
Odaily News: Russia has registered its first batch of cryptocurrency exchange operators and digital asset custodians under new regulations that took effect on September 1. The Bank of Russia has published the list of the first authorized operators, including 4 exchange operators and 5 custodians.Sberbank, Russia's largest bank, has been included in the custodian list alongside Atomyze, Voltari, and Cloud Infrastructure. Sberbank stated that it has applied for digital asset custodian status and plans to launch its first crypto products on December 1 through the SberBank Online, SberInvestments, and SberBusiness platforms, initially supporting Bitcoin (BTC), Ether (ETH), and USDt (USDT).T-Invest Lab, Zefir, and Sistema-Crypto were included in the exchange operator list, while VTB Bank appears on both lists. The registrations are based on a cryptocurrency bill signed by Russian President Vladimir Putin in August, which brings exchanges, custodians, brokers, and investors under the supervision of the Bank of Russia, and maintains the prohibition on using cryptocurrency to pay for goods and services. (Cointelegraph)
former federal prosecutor Renato Mariotti pointed out that the SEC's crypto asset FAQ, published on September 25 and updated on September 28, is merely non-binding staff guidance that can serve as a reference but is not a "protective charm." The FAQ, issued by the SEC's Division of Corporation Finance, addresses topics including staking receipt tokens, decentralized network buyback programs, and how marketing communications fit into the Howey test, but it does not name any specific assets or protocols and only provides principle-based statements. Mariotti stated that the FAQ only reflects the views of SEC staff, has not been formally approved by the Commission, and carries no legal force; since the rule proposed on August 18 has not yet been finalized and the Clarity Act is stalled in Congress, industry participants still need to rely on staff commentary to make their own judgments regarding disclosure and token design.
Odaily News: Prediction market platform Kalshi has won a partial preliminary injunction against the state of Illinois. On October 2, Judge Martha M. Pacold of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois ruled that the state's sports betting licensing regime and related criminal provisions may be preempted by federal law and cannot currently be enforced against Kalshi.The ruling temporarily blocks Illinois from requiring Kalshi to hold a state license, which was originally intended to restrict traders to those aged 21 or older and physically located within the state, as well as to limit the sporting events that contracts could track. The court also declined to rule on Illinois's newly established prediction market fees.Pacold stated that contracts on championship winners may constitute swaps under the Commodity Exchange Act and should be traded on designated contract markets and subject to federal regulation. This determination differs from the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals' August conclusion that such contracts constitute gambling rather than swaps.This is Kalshi's first victory in federal court since July. Illinois's new budget law imposes a 1.75% fee on the first 5 million relevant transactions on exchanges, then 3.5% thereafter, plus a 15% gross revenue fee and a per-transaction fee of 25 or 50 cents; the court has asked the parties to submit supplemental briefs on the fee issue. (Bitcoin.com News)
According to Crypto Unfolded, Winklevoss Asset Services has filed an S-1 registration statement with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to launch a spot ETF directly holding Zcash (ZEC), with plans to list it on the Nasdaq exchange. Previously, Grayscale launched the Zcash investment product ZCSH in August 2025, which currently manages over $900 million in assets and carries a management fee of 2.5%. The report notes that after a significant rally earlier this year, ZEC is currently trading at approximately $1,350. The new spot ETF filing may further expand avenues for institutional investors to gain exposure to privacy coins, but given the regulatory scrutiny these assets face, it remains uncertain whether the product will receive approval.
The U.S. will release its September non-farm payrolls report at 20:30 Beijing Time tonight. A Reuters survey shows that the market expects September's increase in nonfarm jobs to reach 90,000, down from 162,000 in August; the unemployment rate is projected to hold steady at 4.1% for a third consecutive month, with average hourly earnings expected to rise 0.3% month-on-month and 3.2% year-on-year.
Odaily News — According to monitoring by the Drift Foundation, the Drift Foundation has released an update on fund recovery progress related to the April 1 security incident: approximately $295 million in user assets were stolen. The foundation has engaged Mandiant, zeroShadow, and SEAL 911 to conduct the investigation and trace the funds, with Mandiant identifying the attacker as the North Korean threat group UNC6862.The stolen funds were subsequently bridged to Ethereum, with approximately 130,300 ETH distributed across 4 wallets. Three of these wallets have seen no transfers to date, collectively holding 107,200 ETH; the other wallet transferred approximately 23,100 ETH to Tornado Cash on July 23.Currently, approximately $9.2 million in stolen funds has been frozen. The relevant funds had previously been transferred through Tornado Cash in August, and unfreezing and return still require cooperation with legal procedures. The Drift Foundation will transfer all assets recovered through freezing, bounties, or law enforcement channels into the DFX recovery pool, and is evaluating the subsequent path of the DRIFT token within the broader ecosystem. In addition, the foundation has partnered with Bybit to launch a public bounty program, offering a 10% bounty on successfully recovered funds.
Odaily News: Cosine disclosed the interim investigation reports by SlowMist and Google Cloud's Mandiant on the Bitget hot wallet breach. Both reports indicate that the attackers first compromised systems related to third-party security products, then moved laterally into Bitget's wallet business environment.SlowMist's investigation revealed that one of the third-party security product nodes had a zero-day vulnerability, with related malicious activity traced back to as early as August 31. On September 25, the attackers also used an internal employee identity to access the management platform of another third-party security product and used highly customized withdrawal tools to interact with the wallet system's withdrawal logic. Mandiant stated that after gaining persistent access through third-party security devices, the attackers moved laterally to production wallet task servers and deployed malicious programs.Mandiant also stated that no evidence of Bitget private key leakage has been found so far, and cold wallets were not affected. Both security teams are continuing to investigate the specific intrusion paths the attackers took between the relevant systems.
Odaily News: The U.S. Attorney's Office for the District of Massachusetts filed a civil forfeiture lawsuit on September 28, seeking the forfeiture of 110,300 USDT seized from a Binance account. The case involves phishing text messages impersonating Coinbase, which led to the theft of 33.7 bitcoins, worth approximately $900,000 at the time, from a beneficiary and their family trust held in the same Coinbase account.Investigators said that between June 5 and June 15, 2023, 11.2 of the stolen bitcoins were traced to the Binance account and were quickly converted into Monero. When the FBI requested the account be frozen, it held approximately 758.55 Monero; Binance transferred 110,300 USDT to a government-controlled wallet on August 3, 2026. (Bitcoin.com News)
autopsy results show Hsin-Ju Chuang, a former partner at crypto venture capital firm Hack VC, died by suicide on August 24. The California Highway Patrol stated that the investigation into the specific circumstances of the incident is still ongoing.
Odaily reports: In the first US tax season under the 1099-DA reporting rules for crypto assets, some investors are facing issues such as missing transaction data and difficulty verifying cost basis. An August survey of 1,000 US crypto investors by Awaken Tax showed that 21% of respondents who have already filed or plan to request an extension said they are still waiting for exchanges or crypto platforms to provide the required information; another roughly 20% said their 1099-DA form information was incomplete, or they were unsure whether it accurately reflected their transactions.The US Internal Revenue Service (IRS) stipulates that for 2025 transactions, brokers are generally required to report proceeds from digital asset sales, but in most cases are not required to report cost basis, leaving taxpayers to calculate gains and losses themselves; starting in 2026, brokers will be required to report cost basis for qualifying digital assets. The IRS also emphasized that even if taxpayers do not receive a 1099-DA, they must still report digital asset-related income and gains or losses. (Cointelegraph)
Odaily News: Over the past five months, the market cap of the privacy coin sector grew from $11.97 billion to $36.51 billion, an increase of $24.54 billion, or approximately 205%. Among them, Zcash (ZEC) market cap increased by $20.27 billion, while Monero (XMR) increased by $4.33 billion.In January, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) concluded its investigation into the Zcash Foundation without recommending enforcement action. On August 25, digital asset management company Grayscale converted Zcash Trust into the ZCSH spot ETF and listed it on NYSE Arca, making it the first listed privacy coin spot ETF in the United States.On September 8, Digital Currency Group (DCG) exchanged ZEC for approximately $100 million worth of ZCSH ETF shares. During the same period, the price of ZEC rose from $319 to $1,507, while XMR rose from $330 to $555. (Bitcoin.com News)
Odaily reports: Since August, the Ethereum perpetual contract market on prediction market platform Kalshi has seen nearly 1 million trades of nearly identical amounts, with notional trading volume exceeding $5 billion over the past month. The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) is reviewing the related activity and has not yet decided whether to open an investigation.In the 24 hours up to Wednesday 12:17 UTC, the market recorded 136,474 trades, with a trading value of approximately $584 million. More than 73,200 of those trades were concentrated at roughly $5,426 each, accounting for 54% of the trade count and 68% of the trading value. Open interest stood at $6.6 million, with single-day volume about 88 times the size of open interest.Kalshi said the repeated amounts came from fixed-size orders placed by market makers and involved hundreds of different traders, and were not wash trading. The platform said its system blocks self-trades and that the related transactions are monitored. As of now, regulators have not announced any enforcement action. (Bitcoin.com News)
According to TASS, the Bank of Russia stated its hope that illegal cryptocurrency exchange operators will disappear and that related gray areas should cease to exist before July 1, 2027. Earlier, Russian President Vladimir Putin signed legislation legalizing cryptocurrencies on August 4, which classifies digital currencies as property and assigns market regulatory duties to the Bank of Russia. Its main provisions took effect on September 1, 2026, but cryptocurrency exchange operators may continue to operate without being registered with the central bank until July 1, 2027.
the Central Bank of Russia has stated it wants illegal crypto exchange services and related gray areas to cease to exist by July 1, 2027. Putin previously signed a crypto legalization law on August 4, recognizing digital currency as property and assigning market regulatory responsibilities to the Central Bank of Russia; the main provisions of the law took effect on September 1, 2026, and crypto exchange services not included in the central bank's registration list may continue operating until July 1, 2027.
Odaily News: A person familiar with the matter revealed that the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) is investigating Kalshi for suspected wash trading. Since August, Kalshi traders have executed nearly 1 million trades in the Ethereum futures market, with each trade being almost identical in size, drawing the attention of federal regulators and traders. Kalshi stated that there is no fake trading on the platform, and that the recurring quotes are fixed quotes posted by market makers, which faster traders seize upon. Kalshi co-founder Luana Lopes Lara said that attracting large traders to new markets to promote broader adoption is not uncommon.
Odaily News: Vladimir Chistyukhin, Deputy Governor of the Central Bank of Russia, stated that Russia's crypto industry may already have the conditions needed to operate legally by the end of 2026, with related regulation progressing as planned. A large-scale set of secondary regulatory rules is currently being drafted, and fine-tuning of internal rules is expected to be completed by the end of 2026. Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a law in August establishing a framework for the management of digital currency and digital rights, but Bitcoin payments remain prohibited. The central bank has approved public trading of Bitcoin on Russian crypto exchanges. Non-qualified investors can purchase Bitcoin and other assets worth 300,000 rubles (approximately $3,582) through a single intermediary, while qualified investors are not subject to restrictions. Sberbank, Russia's largest bank, plans to launch Bitcoin and crypto wallets and digital asset custody services in December, and expects trading volume for the related business to reach 4 trillion rubles (approximately $47 billion) in its first year of operation.
Odaily reports: Bitcoin News posted on X that Core Lightning is urging node operators to immediately disable experimental features, as developers are investigating a vulnerability that could put channel funds at risk. This is Core Lightning's second warning within a few weeks, following an August patch and the release of the 26.06.7 upgrade after a series of AI-generated CVE reports. Core Lightning has not yet disclosed how the experimental feature could be exploited.