Brian Armstrong states that the US Senate is about to reach an agreement on the Bitcoin Clarity Act

The People's Bank of China and public security organs jointly cracked a batch of new underground money laundering cases using virtual currency, involving a total amount of 130 million yuan. Criminal gangs use free credit card refunds as a pretext to induce the public to provide information and assist overseas gambling and telecommunications fraud gangs in money laundering. After fictitious consumption, the funds are converted into virtual currency by coin merchants and transferred to a designated address for export. The Digital Currency Research Institute of the People's Bank of China used large-scale models and on chain analysis systems to assist the public security organs in destroying more than 10 dens, and several members of the gang were sentenced. (Source: CCTV Finance)

Chainalysis investigation shows that threat organizations associated with North Korea transfer and launder stolen cryptocurrency assets worth millions of dollars through the Xinbi Guarantee. Hackers use the Black U money laundering service on the Xinbi platform to exchange traceable stolen assets with stablecoins obtained from pig killing disks and emotional scams, and then exchange them for fiat currency through unlicensed over-the-counter trading platforms. This model involves funds related to Bybit and WazirX attacks. (Source: Chainalysis)

[Criminal Gang Uses Virtual Currency for Money Laundering, 7 Members Sentenced] The criminal gang lured victims with the promise of free credit card repayments, fabricated transactions to launder illegal funds, and worked with cryptocurrency dealers to exchange the funds into virtual currency for transfer abroad. Seven members involved in the case were sentenced to prison terms ranging from one year and two months to two years and six months, along with fines. (Source: CCTV Finance)

The Singapore Exchange has been authorized by the US Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) to allow US institutional investors to directly trade perpetual futures on Bitcoin and Ethereum. KC Lam, head of encrypted derivatives at the Singapore Exchange Group, stated that this move connects traditional financial trading institutions in the United States with liquidity pools in Asia. The perpetual futures of Bitcoin and Ethereum on the Singapore Exchange will be launched at the end of November 2025, with a cumulative trading volume of $5.8 billion, approximately 400000 lots.

OKX has announced the addition of xSNDK/USDC, xMU/USDC, xSPCX/USDC, and 20 other trading pairs to multiple services, including spot trading, officially launching on 2026-09-10 at 08:00 (UTC+8). Notes: - Tokenized stocks do not provide direct ownership or shareholder rights. - Prices and liquidity may vary during non-trading hours. - The launch date is September 10, 2026, supporting 20 USDC spot trading pairs and the buying/selling and instant exchange of 90 tokenized equity assets.