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According to Cointelegraph, Binance announced its official return to the Philippine market through a partnership with BlockShoals, using the sandbox framework of the Philippine Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) as an entry point. Previously, Binance was banned by the Philippine SEC in 2024, and this return is made possible through the compliance sandbox mechanism.

According to reports from the Mobile Payment Network, Alipay announced that "AI Payment" has completed 300 million AI intelligent agent payments and supports 95% of general intelligent agent frameworks, becoming the world's first large-scale commercial AI native payment infrastructure. At the same time, Alipay launched the world's first Token Pay service and AI wallet product, along with the previously launched AI Pay and AI Receive, building a full-stack AI native payment system for the AI era, covering complete services from authorization to management, from payment to settlement, and from security to trust.Currently, the general intelligent agent frameworks supported by Alipay AI Payment include: general agents such as Qianwen, JVS Claw, Claude code, Hermes Agent, smart devices like Qianwen AI glasses, Rokid, future smart AI headphones, smart cockpits from Li Auto, Chery, Geely, Dongfeng, and leading AI tool platforms like TRAE SOLO, Qoder, and Kouzi.

According to Lookonchain monitoring, the crypto KOL @nobrainflip (6TkT...HmUi) with 562,800 followers bought 11.636 million VIRL, worth $37,870.

On the occasion of Bitcoin Pizza Day in 2026, Bitget launched a global branding campaign titled "Flip the Slice," centered around a music short film called "The Infinite Flip." The short film humorously transforms the voices of skeptics into a part of community culture expression, continuing the spirit and narrative tension of Bitcoin Pizza Day.The film portrays the development of the crypto industry through various cartoon characters. Each time the outside world shouts "crypto is dead," the characters reappear with a "resurrection dance," symbolizing the crypto industry's rebirth from doubt and lows. Through this dark humor and the repeatedly "flipping" narrative style, the short film aims to convey the spirit of "crypto is not dead, it flips and is reborn" to the crypto community.Bitget's Chief Marketing Officer Ignacio Aguirre Franco stated that Bitcoin has been declared "dead" hundreds of times, but in this short film, the critics' arguments become plot points rather than conclusions. By flipping these narratives with humor and fun, each "death" serves as a prologue to the resurgence of the crypto world.As part of the overall Pizza Festival activities, Bitget's "Pizza Box Resume Project" will print selected Web3 youth resumes on pizza boxes and deliver them to industry partners in various regions, transforming classic crypto culture memes into career pathways for young people. This initiative also continues the core direction of Blockchain4Youth, which is to help young people establish a connection path from knowledge acquisition and skill demonstration to integration into the industry ecosystem.

Missouri Attorney General Catherine Hanaway has filed a lawsuit against CoinFlip operator GPD Holdings, accusing the cryptocurrency ATM network of facilitating fraudulent transactions while charging high fees, in violation of state consumer protection laws. Over the past two years, Missouri has reported approximately 350 cases related to cryptocurrency ATMs, with losses potentially reaching millions of dollars.The lawsuit seeks compensation for consumers, imposes a civil penalty of up to $1.826 million, and issues an injunction prohibiting the company from operating in the state.

According to Cointelegraph, Missouri Attorney General Catherine Hanaway has filed a lawsuit against cryptocurrency ATM operator CoinFlip, accusing it of "deliberately facilitating fraudulent transactions and profiting from them."The lawsuit claims that these fraudulent activities target "seniors and veterans" in the state, requesting the court to declare that CoinFlip violated the Missouri Merchandising Practices Act, prohibiting it from operating in Missouri, and imposing a $1,000 fine for each violation over the past five years, up to a maximum of $1.826 million, while also seeking restitution for consumers. CoinFlip operates 136 crypto machines in Missouri and 4,229 nationwide. Previously, Bitcoin Depot filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy due to facing lawsuits and regulatory pressure.

B.AI announced full access to China's mainstream payment systems, with WeChat Pay, Alipay, and UnionPay now open to users. Starting today, users can complete the entire process of account recharge, subscribing to AI services, and accessing top AI models and Agent services in a familiar payment environment. This payment upgrade lowers the usage threshold, allowing individual developers and enterprise clients to more conveniently experience cutting-edge AI capabilities, making the entire usage process smoother, more natural, and localized. B.AI will continue to optimize the product experience in the future, committed to integrating smarter and more efficient artificial intelligence services into everyone's daily work and life.

Blockchain analysis company Elliptic has completed a new round of financing of $120 million at a valuation of $670 million, led by One Peak Partners, with participation from Deutsche Bank, Nasdaq's venture capital division, and British Business Bank, while existing shareholders like JPMorgan Chase continue to invest.Founded in 2013, Elliptic provides cryptocurrency transaction monitoring and anti-money laundering, sanctions compliance tools for financial institutions and law enforcement agencies. Currently, the company screens over 1 billion transactions weekly for more than 700 clients to support the compliance operations required for large banks, asset management firms, and fintech companies to conduct digital asset business.

According to BusinessWorld, the Central Bank of the Philippines has warned the public and cryptocurrency users not to trade with unauthorized virtual asset service providers, as this may lead to financial losses due to fraud, security vulnerabilities, and operational failures.The central bank stated that unauthorized VASPs also pose risks such as lack of legal recourse, absence of consumer assistance mechanisms, poor service quality, false advertising, improper handling of private keys, cybersecurity incidents, and data privacy issues. Additionally, access may be restricted due to government enforcement actions against illegal operations. The Central Bank of the Philippines has committed to continuing cooperation with the Securities and Exchange Commission, the National Telecommunications Commission, and other departments to restrict access for Philippine users to unauthorized VASP platforms, and urges consumers to protect personal information, maintain cybersecurity hygiene, and only trade with licensed institutions.

Bitget, through the Blockchain4Her program, continues to promote the popularization of Web3 women's education and community building in emerging markets such as the Philippines. This program focuses on providing a systematic blockchain knowledge framework for women and youth, helping them participate in the long-term development of Web3 with a solid understanding and gain more substantial opportunities within the industry.To achieve this goal, Blockchain4Her has supported several grassroots initiatives led by local female advocates. These include: transforming blockchain technology into practical development opportunities for underdeveloped communities; developing exclusive learning materials titled "Young Learners' Encyclopedia" for youth; and building a learning community focused on risk control and trading discipline. These initiatives not only help local beginners avoid misinformation and establish a rational understanding of Web3 but also align closely with Bitget's partnership with UNICEF in promoting digital skills and blockchain education globally.Bitget CEO and Blockchain4Her founder Gracy Chen stated, "Our original intention is to provide a more equal and open environment for women to explore Web3. Seeing more and more outstanding women engaging in community building shows us how true industry inclusivity takes root and flourishes from the grassroots."

According to Cointelegraph, the decentralized finance platform Flying Tulip, founded by Andre Cronje, has launched a withdrawal circuit breaker mechanism that can delay or queue withdrawals during abnormal capital outflows to limit potential losses and buy time for the team to investigate.The operation of this mechanism varies across different products: in the Perpetual PUT product, withdrawals may be rolled back, and users will need to try again later; in ftUSD, withdrawals will enter a queue and can be claimed after a delay. Flying Tulip stated that this mechanism employs a "fail-open" design, meaning that transactions can continue to be executed even if the safety mechanism fails.

The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) of the Philippines has issued an investor warning, reminding the public not to invest in seven cryptocurrency trading platforms including dYdX, Aevo, gTrade, Pacifica, Orderly, Deriv, and Ostium.The SEC stated that the aforementioned platforms are not registered with the commission and have not obtained the necessary authorization required under the cryptocurrency asset service provider (CASP) framework. At the same time, the SEC warned that individuals promoting these platforms within the Philippines may be held criminally liable, facing fines of up to 5,000,000 Philippine pesos (approximately 89,000 USD) or a maximum of 21 years in prison.

According to RHEA Finance's official disclosure, the NEAR ecosystem lending protocol RHEA Finance (formerly known as Burrow Finance) experienced a margin trading feature hack, resulting in a loss of approximately $18.4 million.The attacker began laying the groundwork several days prior by creating multiple fake token pools on Ref Finance and injecting liquidity, constructing a malicious exchange route that exploited a vulnerability in the protocol's slippage protection mechanism—this mechanism did not account for the scenario where intermediate tokens were reused when calculating the minimum output of multi-step exchanges—leading to the borrowed debt tokens being directed into fake token pools controlled by the attacker, triggering a large-scale forced liquidation that ultimately drained the protocol's reserve pool. During the attack, the attacker deleted a total of 55 intermediate accounts to cover their tracks. Currently, the attacker has returned approximately 3.359 million USDC and 1.564 million NEAR to the RHEA lending contract, while another 4.34 million USDT has been frozen (of which Tether froze 3.291 million and NEAR Intents froze 1.053 million). The protocol contract has been suspended, and the team is collaborating with centralized exchanges for joint tracking and has notified relevant law enforcement agencies.

According to CoinDesk, blockchain analytics firm Elliptic stated that the Drift Protocol attack resulted in a loss of $285 million, with "multiple signs" pointing to the North Korean-supported DPRK hacker organization. Elliptic focused on analyzing on-chain behavior, money laundering techniques, and signals at the network level, all of which align with previous state-affiliated attacks.The Elliptic report noted: "If confirmed, this would be the 18th DPRK attack tracked by Elliptic this year, with over $300 million stolen to date." On a technical level, Elliptic described this attack as "premeditated and meticulously planned," with early test transactions and pre-positioned wallets prior to the main attack. After the execution of the attack, the funds were quickly consolidated and transferred across chains, converted into more liquid assets, forming an organized and repeatable money laundering process aimed at obscuring the source of funds while maintaining control.This incident involved over ten types of assets, with funds being transferred across chains from Solana to Ethereum and other chains, further highlighting the importance of cross-chain tracing capabilities. Drift Protocol is the largest decentralized perpetual contract trading platform on the Solana blockchain, and its token has dropped over 40% to approximately $0.06 since the hack.

According to The Block, stablecoin payment card infrastructure service provider Kulipa announced the completion of a $6.2 million seed round financing, led by Flourish Ventures and 1kx, with participation from White Star Capital and Fabric Ventures. The company helps fintech companies issue white-label stablecoin payment cards without having to manage card operations themselves.According to Kulipa founder and CEO Axel Cateland, this round of financing was actually completed last December, using a Simple Agreement for Future Equity (SAFE) financing model, but he declined to disclose details such as when the financing process began, the structure of the financing tranches, the company's valuation, and the allocation of board seats.

According to Yicai, Alipay has launched the country's first "Payment Integration Skill," deeply encapsulating basic payment capabilities as standardized components.In addition, Alipay has upgraded the "sandbox environment," allowing developers to complete full-link payment testing without real funds and before officially launching payment products.