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According to Decrypt, the Virtual Currency Unit of the Brooklyn District Attorney's Office in New York, in collaboration with the FBI, successfully dismantled a multinational cryptocurrency investment scam network targeting the Russian-speaking community across the United States, seizing and shutting down 112 servers and 241 associated website domains. The involved servers were primarily hosted in Eastern Europe and the United States, with the core infrastructure and IP nodes distributed in places like Ukraine.Forensic evidence from the servers also indicated that the scammers would strike again weeks later, disguising themselves as "asset recovery service providers" to conduct secondary harvesting of victims, with the total amount involved reaching tens of millions of dollars. The prosecution had previously shut down 400 associated domain names, and this time directly seized the underlying servers to completely deprive the gang of the ability to quickly set up websites and contact victims. Law enforcement has currently seized approximately $300,000 in stolen funds, and the recovery efforts are ongoing.

According to Bloomberg, the Brooklyn District Attorney's Office successfully dismantled a multinational cryptocurrency fraud network centered in Eastern Europe, which had long targeted users in the United States, stealing tens of millions of dollars in total.This operation shut down 241 websites related to cryptocurrency fraud and seized 112 servers hosted by companies in Eastern Europe and the United States.

Binance will launch bStocks tokenized securities trading pairs: BBB/USDT, MDBB/USDT, PENGB/USDT, and UVXYB/USDT on October 14 at 20:00, and will enable spot algorithm trading bots and smart position trading bot services.Within one hour of the bStocks launch, users can exchange for BTC, USDT, or other tokens without any fees, and the zero maker fee promotion will last until November 1 at 07:59.

According to a report by The Paper, the case of Qian Zhimin, involving over 40 billion yuan in illegal fundraising and more than 60,000 bitcoins, has seen new developments in domestic judicial procedures. The Tianjin Second Intermediate People's Court announced that it has accepted the Tianjin People's Procuratorate Second Branch's application to confiscate the illegal gains of the suspect Qian Zhimin as of September 28.According to the property confiscation list published by the Tianjin Second Intermediate Court, in addition to bitcoins, the involved virtual currencies also include 72,745.79502 bitcoins cash, 72,745.78555 bitcoins gold, 72,745.7845 bitcoins Satoshi Vision, 3,605,989.9995 ripples, and 70,081,208.62553222 dogecoins (which have been converted and deposited into an interest-bearing account by British judicial authorities). Additionally, the confiscated assets also include cash in US dollars, euros, and British pounds, jewelry, as well as bank balances and investment portfolios.The Tianjin People's Procuratorate Second Branch believes that Qian Zhimin is suspected of fundraising fraud, and after fleeing, he has been wanted for a year without appearing in court. There is evidence proving that over 61,800 bitcoins and other assets seized in the UK belong to illegal gains and their proceeds, and should be recovered along with the transformed and converted properties and proceeds, except for those legally returned to the harmed fundraising participants, which should be confiscated.

Bitcoin News posted on platform X that U.S. federal prosecutors informed Judge Katherine Polk Failla that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia upheld the conviction of Bitcoin Fog founder Roman Sterlingov on September 25, supporting the trial of Tornado Cash defendant Roman Storm in New York.The appellate court determined that the District of Columbia had jurisdiction to prosecute, reasoning that law enforcement had deposited approximately $250 worth of Bitcoin into Bitcoin Fog from the District of Columbia. Prosecutors stated that user Shakeeb Ahmed accessed Tornado Cash from his apartment in Manhattan, thus the same logic applies. Roman Storm released this letter and noted that FinCEN withdrew the mixer report request made in 2023 on the same day, citing that the proposal could hinder legitimate activities.

According to Law360, the cryptocurrency asset theft case involving Uranium Finance has begun trial in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.Prosecutors allege that Maryland cybersecurity consultant Jonathan Spalletta exploited a vulnerability in the protocol's smart contract to launch an attack in 2021, during which approximately $53.3 million was transferred from 26 liquidity pools in a second attack, leading to the protocol ceasing operations. The statements related to this are allegations by the prosecution and not a conclusion of guilt.

Former White House economic advisor and founder of Geopolitica Institute Pippa Malmgren stated in an interview published by Bitcoin Magazine that the core of the security agreement between the United States and Greenland is not the ice sheet or minerals, but the space race. She pointed out that missile tracking and satellite ground stations give the Arctic region critical strategic value and believes that Diego Garcia and the Chagos Islands will be the next focal points.Malmgren then linked geopolitics to the market, discussing U.S. debt, China's selling of U.S. Treasury bonds, and the future of Bitcoin. She mentioned that the U.S. debt-to-GDP ratio has reached 100% and analyzed the government's plan to escape debt through growth, as well as the reasons behind China's reduction of U.S. Treasury holdings.She also discussed the nationalization of cutting-edge AI laboratories and AI security, the evolution of currency from fiat to digital currency, the application of stablecoins and Bitcoin in AI agent scenarios, and topics such as Austin becoming the "new Shenzhen."

Anthropic disclosed in its IPO prospectus that its revenue for the fiscal year 2025 is expected to be $4.59 billion, a year-on-year increase of 1,088%, but it is facing an operating loss of over $8 billion. The company warned that many large clients have not signed long-term contracts and may cut spending in the future. As of the end of 2025, it holds a total of $20.28 billion in cash and short-term investments, planning to invest $518 billion in areas such as cloud computing over the next year.

According to data submitted by the Korean National Police Agency to Democratic Party member Yoon Kyun-young's office, as of September 15, the Gangwon Provincial Police Agency's Cyber Investigation Team has initiated investigations into 26 Polymarket users, with 18 of them referred to the prosecution. The total betting amount involved is approximately 17.6 billion Korean won, with the highest individual bet being around 5.7 billion Korean won. The police believe that the trading activities on Polymarket clearly constitute illegal gambling.The Korean authorities identified and tracked these users by analyzing publicly available blockchain transaction records using open-source intelligence technology. The Korea Communications Standards Commission decided to block Polymarket on August 18. The KCSC determined that the platform's betting on uncontrollable events and its "winner takes all" profit model fostered a gambling mentality.

The founder of Liebit Mining Pool, Jiang Zhuoer, posted on platform X stating that although the Republican Party has released a new version of the CLARITY Act text and claims to have "conceded 80% of the disputed clauses," the actual concession is about 60%, and the concessions on key clauses are insufficient.For example, regarding the ethical clauses, the Democrats require restrictions on officials, spouses, children, and related entities, but the new text only concedes to restrict officials and spouses, excluding children and related entities; regarding the prosecution clauses, state attorneys general are granted the right to sue, but only to prosecute exchanges for listing non-compliant tokens, and cannot sue the Department of Justice for failure to enforce the law, nor can they sue the President himself.He believes that such concessions lack substantive meaning for the Democrats, and with the midterm elections approaching, the Democrats have no reason to give Trump this political gift at this time. He assesses that the procedural vote on September 16 at 2:15 has almost no hope of passing, and if the CLARITY Act vote fails, it is likely to mark the beginning of a correction after the recent rise in Bitcoin.

According to CoinDesk, the Polish prosecutor's office has charged Roman Ż., a former business partner of the missing BitBay/Zondacrypto founder Sylwester Suszek, with two counts, including fraud.Roman Ż. was arrested last Saturday in the Silesia region of Poland, and his lawyer stated that he had assisted in managing the exchange before BitBay was renamed Zonda. Roman Ż. denies the charges and has provided a detailed statement to investigators, with police seizing valuable watches and documents related to Zondacrypto during the search.The prosecutor's office stated that the arrest was ordered due to concerns that Roman Ż. would flee upon learning of plans to travel to China, with his lawyer describing the trip as a business trip and stating that he held a return ticket for September 13. The court will decide whether to continue detaining Roman Ż. during the investigation.Previously, BitBay was renamed Zondacrypto in 2021, and the exchange ceased trading in April, following customer withdrawal freezes, with estimated losses of at least 35 million zlotys (approximately 9.4 million USD). The Estonian Financial Intelligence Unit partially suspended the license of the brand entity BB Trade Estonia OÜ. The Polish prosecutor's office has launched an investigation into suspected large-scale fraud and money laundering, receiving over 3,600 complaints as of June.The case is also related to Suszek's disappearance in March 2022, with the prosecutor's office merging the Zondacrypto investigation with the Suszek missing person case in August.

According to CriptoNoticias, the Argentine Public Prosecutor's Office (MPF) conducted a special training course titled "Virtual Assets: Financial Analysis, Tracking, Detection, and Seizure" for internal staff, officials, and judges on August 19 and September 2, 2026, via the Zoom platform, with anti-money laundering specialist lawyer Carmen Chena as the speaker.The course covered topics such as digital wallet asset analysis, domestic and international legal frameworks, the cryptocurrency ecosystem, and practical case studies on preservation measures. Previously, the Argentine judicial system had accumulated rich experience in cryptocurrency-related cases, including the freezing of 3 million USDT in December 2024 and the ruling in 2022 for Binance to return stolen BTC.

Prospect Markets announced that it has signed a final agreement with OG Prediction Markets and Crypto.com to launch event-based prediction market services in the United States.The prediction market will be open to U.S. customers through CFTC-registered introducing broker Prospect Brokerage, with the partnership relying on Crypto.com’s CFTC-registered futures commission merchant Foris DAX FCM LLC (OG Broker). Prospect Markets plans to launch related products in the United States in the third quarter of 2026.

Market news: Anthropic plans to release its IPO prospectus after Labor Day (September 7) in the United States, and may go public in late September or early October.

According to CNBC, Goldman Sachs analyst Jim Schneider stated in an interview with CNBC that Nvidia's latest announcement of its second-quarter performance for fiscal year 2027 exceeded market expectations, and the revenue guidance for the next quarter is also higher than analysts' estimates. Driven by the company's optimistic outlook for revenue growth in the next fiscal year, Nvidia's stock price rose about 4% in after-hours trading.Schneider pointed out that Nvidia expects revenue for fiscal year 2028 to still achieve about 70% growth, indicating that the demand for AI infrastructure remains strong. The current focus of the market has shifted from short-term performance to whether the AI computing investment cycle can be sustained, and whether Nvidia's high growth expectations for the next few years can be realized.

According to Bloomberg, Prosus NV plans to invest $100 million in Indian fintech company Navi Ltd., marking Navi's first introduction of institutional capital. This round of investment requires regulatory approval, including from the Competition Commission of India, to be completed.Navi is headquartered in Bangalore and operates in payments, credit, insurance, and mutual funds. Its UPI payment application ranked fourth in India by scale for the fiscal year ending in March; its subsidiary Navi Finserv has surpassed an asset management scale of approximately 130 billion rupees.

According to Cointelegraph, the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Southern District of New York urged the court in court documents to dismiss former Celsius CEO Alex Mashinsky's application to overturn his conviction and reduce his sentence, stating that his legal arguments "lack merit." Mashinsky was sentenced to 144 months in prison and fined $48 million for commodity fraud and securities fraud in May 2025.In May, he informed the court that he would represent himself, and the motion submitted involved allegations related to FTX and former colleague Roni Cohen-Pavon, but prosecutors pointed out that he had not submitted a sworn statement to support the allegations and requested the court to dismiss it without a hearing. Cohen-Pavon has completed his sentence for providing "substantial assistance." Additionally, the CFTC permanently banned Mashinsky from engaging in commodity market trading in June, and the SEC's civil lawsuit against him is still ongoing, with both parties in the "settlement discussions" stage.