MEXC says withdrawals continue while FinCEN orders a US financial cutoff; the transfer ban takes effect 30 days after Federal Register publication.
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FinCEN's final order under section 9714(a) bars U.S. financial institutions from dealings with MEXC Global 30 days after Federal Register publication, citing at least $16B in alleged illicit flows.
Kaiko Research breaks down how basis compression unwound carry trades and triggered a cascade in crypto markets.
Onchain records show repeated drains from Binance's hot wallets, but experts say they cannot verify Binance's internal signing controls or transaction limits behind the $6.3B hack.
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Keplr paused Google and Apple social login after reports of unauthorized transactions. Recovery-phrase and hardware-wallet users are unaffected so far; social-login users should stop funding those accounts.
Thailand's SEC filed a criminal complaint against Bitget's operator for unlicensed trading from 2022 to 2025, ahead of a Dec. 5 access block.
A Labor Department rule allowing crypto in 401(k) menus has reached White House review, bringing public release close.
Optech #430 covers TCP hole punching for home-router nodes, a draft BIP on co-signer spending policies, and BIP54 discussion.
Nigeria's central bank now requires offshore stablecoin issuers serving Nigerians to incorporate locally, hold 10-15B naira capital and add 2% reserves.
Chainalysis revised its breach disclosure: password hashes and live tokens were exposed, not just non-sensitive customer data.