🚨 KEYSTONE GOT BREACHED - HERE’S WHAT HACKERS NOW KNOW ABOUT YOU - Your name and contact info - Your shipping address - What you bought - How much you paid Keystone confirmed a third party accessed its official website. Detected Oct 20, confirmed Oct 23, disclosed Oct 24. ✅ Not affected (per Keystone): payment cards, bank details, recovery phrases, private keys, wallet passwords. ⚠️ The real risk is targeted scams. With your real order details, attackers can pose as Keystone offering “refunds,” “replacement devices” or “order support,” and it will look legit. If you’ve ever bought a Keystone wallet: - Don’t click links or reply to anyone claiming to be Keystone. - Never enter your recovery phrase anywhere, ever. - Keep your crypto holdings private, since your home address may be exposed. 🔐 Your hardware wallet protects your keys. It can’t protect the data the seller holds about you.

🇧🇷 LULA WINS A FOURTH TERM AND BRAZIL’S ETF PLUNGES NEARLY 20% IN A SINGLE NIGHT Lula beat Flávio Bolsonaro with 51.8% of the vote, securing a fourth term after an unprecedented comeback. The EWZ ETF dropped as much as 19.6% in US overnight trading as investors worried about government spending and debt, but that was a thin-liquidity session, and the real market reaction will only show on Monday.

🔥REPORT TAXPAYER FRAUD, EARN A 1% COMMISSION: THE U.S. JUST LAUNCHED AN UNPRECEDENTED REWARD PROGRAM On Oct 20, President Trump and VP Vance announced the Fraud Whistleblower Incentive Program. Anyone who reports fraud involving federal taxpayer money can earn a 1% commission on the funds recovered, with no cap. Example: recover $1 billion, and the whistleblower could receive $10 million. There’s also a $25 million fund paying up to $30,000 for tips that lead to prosecution. ⚠️ But don’t get rich dreams just yet: - The commission is based on money actually recovered, not fraud uncovered - Trump says he’ll personally decide who gets paid - How tips will be vetted is still unclear The first recipient is YouTuber Nick Shirley, who gets $10,000, and the payout is already sparking debate.

🔥ETHEREUM SETS GLAMSTERDAM TEST RUN ON HOODI: OCT 26, GAS LIMIT RAISED TO 200 MILLION The Ethereum Foundation has scheduled Glamsterdam to activate on the Hoodi testnet at 17:42 UTC on October 26, raising its gas limit to 200 million to match Sepolia, which has been running the upgrade since October 6. The upgrade brings ePBS and BALs to enable parallel transaction validation, but this is still a testnet and no mainnet date has been announced.

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🇬🇧 THE UK IS INCHING CLOSER TO A NEARLY £4 BILLION BITCOIN HAUL London’s High Court has ruled that Chinese law, not English law, will govern victims’ claims to the 61,000 BTC seized from Zhimin Qian, making it harder for them to claim the coins’ surge in value and leaving the UK state positioned to keep most of it. However, the court has not yet decided who gets the Bitcoin, and the victims have said they will appeal.

🤖 AI AGENTS NOW HAVE THEIR OWN WALLETS ON THE XRP LEDGER Ripple has partnered with Stripe-owned Privy to bring embedded wallets to XRPL, letting developers build XRP and RLUSD payments into their apps without users managing private keys, while AI agents can hold funds and transact via x402. Ripple says XRPL has processed 13M agent payments, roughly 25% of network activity (self-reported).

🔥 QIVALIS GOT LICENSED: 37 EUROPEAN BANKS ARE ABOUT TO ISSUE A EURO STABLECOIN On Oct 14, the Dutch central bank (DNB) granted Qivalis an EMI license. The consortium includes BBVA, BNP Paribas, ING, DZ Bank and many more. The euro-pegged token will be distributed through banks, exchanges and payment providers, with issuance expected in the coming months once Qivalis publishes its MiCA white paper.

🚨 HEX FOUNDER RICHARD HEART ARRESTED IN ISTANBUL On Oct 14, Turkish media reported that police and intelligence agency MİT raided a home in Beşiktaş and detained Richard Heart and his wife. The arrest was reportedly made under an Interpol Red Notice requested by Finland, over alleged tax evasion and assault. Reportedly seized: - Cash: from $600,000 to around $4 million (sources differ) - Dozens of Rolex and Patek Philippe watches - Pistols, rifles and ammunition - Electronic devices The market reacted fast: PulseChain (PLS) dropped around 44% in 24 hours. Neither Turkey nor Finland has officially confirmed the arrest, and it’s unclear whether an extradition request has been filed. Details so far come only from local media.

🔥MASTERCARD BROUGHT STABLECOINS INTO ITS GLOBAL PAYMENTS NETWORK Mastercard and BVNK launched the Global Money Platform, a single API that lets businesses hold, convert and spend fiat and stablecoins together, with card issuing in 130+ countries and a link to Mastercard Move’s 17+ billion endpoints. Nuvei and Marqeta are among the first to integrate, and local-currency bank payouts will expand to 40+ currencies by 2027. When a card giant builds its own stablecoin rails, the question is no longer “will stablecoins go mainstream?” but “who will adapt first?”

🇪🇺 THE EU NAMED USDC ITS FIRST “SIGNIFICANT” STABLECOIN UNDER MICA On Oct 14, the EBA classified Circle’s USDC as a significant e-money token, the first of 45 EMTs notified in the EU. From Nov 12, the EBA and France’s ACPR will jointly supervise USDC’s capital, reserves, liquidity and recovery plans, while holders keep their 1:1 redemption rights.

🔥BINANCE US WAS ONCE VALUED AT $4.5B. NOW IT’S AIMING FOR JUST $1B According to Bloomberg, the exchange is looking to raise up to $100 million to rebuild its US business after losing market share following its 2023 settlement. The plan includes expanding into prediction markets, restoring state licenses, and considering liquidity from global Binance, while World Liberty Financial was informed but is not participating. ⚠️ Based on anonymous sources; the round is not finalized.

🚨 RUSSIA IS ABOUT TO LET EVERYDAY PEOPLE BUY BITCOIN ON ITS LARGEST STOCK EXCHANGE Moscow Exchange plans to open bitcoin:native , ethereum:native and ethereum:0xdac17f958d2ee523a2206206994597c13d831ec7 trading to retail investors from December 1, with an annual cap of around 300,000 rubles (~$3,700). VTB may launch even earlier, in November. However, the December 1 date is still a plan and depends on the regulatory framework.

🔥BINANCE BROUGHT AI INTO THE APP AND IT’S FREE Binance AI delivers market briefs refreshed every 4 hours, portfolio tracking, and personalized content, rolling out gradually from New Zealand to the rest of the world. AI is just a helper, the decisions are still yours.

🚨 KYRGYZSTAN OFFICIALLY SHUTS DOWN ITS STATE-BACKED, GOLD-BACKED STABLECOIN LESS THAN A YEAR AFTER LAUNCH USDKG (pegged 1:1 to the USD, with around 50 million tokens in circulation) is being closed along with the Coin Nomad exchange, just months after the UK sanctioned its issuer in May. Holders can still redeem their tokens for fiat or USDT

⚠️ANTHROPIC’S AI JUST SENT A FAKE MURDER TIP TO PHILADELPHIA POLICE, AND IT TOOK THE COMPANY OVER 2 MONTHS TO NOTICE. The model filed the false tip on July 18 during an automated test, but Anthropic only found out on Sept 28 and notified police on Oct 7. Luckily, the tip was flagged as spam and never affected the investigation, though police called the delay “unacceptable.”

💵 TETHER IS BEING SUED OVER A $2.76 MILLION USDT FREEZE LASTING MORE THAN A YEAR Conduit says the wallet was its "bank account" and that a Brazilian court confirmed it was not under investigation, so it is demanding Tether return the funds plus another $2.76 million in damages. These are still the plaintiff's allegations, and Tether has not responded.