A crypto scam operation allegedly run like a full-scale business in Kyiv has been dismantled by Ukrainian authorities after targeting victims across more than 20 countries with fake investment platforms and a wallet-draining scheme.

According to the announcement from Binance, the exchange will extend its Monitoring Tag to include more tokens on 2026-09-04. The tokens to be added to the Monitoring Tag list are AVA (AVA), Gains Network (GNS), Scroll (SCR), and Towns Protocol (TOWNS). Binance said tokens with the Monitoring Tag show notably higher volatility and risk than other listed assets and are subject to regular review. The exchange added that these tokens may no longer meet listing criteria and could be delisted if future reviews indicate they do not satisfy its standards. Monitoring Tag Review Criteria Binance said it conducts periodic project reviews to determine whether the Monitoring Tag should be added to or removed from tokens based on its latest findings. The review criteria include the team’s commitment to the project, the level and quality of development activity, trading volume and liquidity, and the stability and safety of the network against attacks. Binance also considers network and smart contract stability, the level of public communication, responsiveness to periodic due diligence requests, material or unjustified increases in token supply or changes to tokenomics, evidence of unethical or fraudulent conduct or negligence, and contribution to a healthy and sustainable crypto ecosystem. Binance said other services related to the listed tokens will not be affected, and the Monitoring Tags will be updated shortly after the announcement is published.

Parabola Intelligence (06682) rose 12.7% to HK$30.44, with about 19.19 million shares traded for HK$574 million, after Macquarie initiated coverage with an Outperform rating and a target price of HK$59, according to ETNet. Macquarie said Parabola Intelligence is increasingly shifting from a traditional AI software company toward an AI infrastructure platform. It forecast full-year revenue of RMB 10.95 billion, up 53.5% year on year, and said operating leverage should improve as revenue growth outpaces cost, research and operating expense growth. The company’s interim results for 2026 showed first-half revenue rose 43.4% and net profit swung to a profit of RMB 119 million from a loss. Parabola Intelligence said the stronger revenue growth was driven by continued upgrades to its shared technology platform across business lines, which lifted token throughput efficiency for owned and leased computing resources and accelerated business revenue growth.

Hong Kong Marathon 2027 will be held on January 17 next year and has added 4,000 half-marathon entries, lifting total race slots to 78,000, a record high, according to ETNet. The organisers also plan to add a new 5-km seaside run on January 16 and expand the Youth Run, bringing the expected total number of runners to 84,000. Public ballot registration will open at 2:00 PM on this month 11. The organisers said last year’s Hong Kong Marathon drew 120,000 applicants. As demand for half-marathon places has been strongest in recent years, the half-marathon quota for this edition will rise 16% to 29,000. The event will again include marathon, half-marathon, 10-km and wheelchair races, with age categories unchanged and places reserved for people with disabilities.

Anthropic is planning a large initial public offering that could value the artificial intelligence company at as much as $2 trillion. According to Sina Finance, the company’s external Long-Term Benefit Trust controls a majority of board seats, raising questions about whether its experimental governance model can withstand public-market scrutiny. The trust does not own any Anthropic equity, but it can appoint or remove a majority of directors. Four of the company’s seven directors were chosen by the trust, including Netflix co-founder Reed Hastings and Novartis CEO Vas Narasimhan. The trust currently has three members out of a maximum of five, chaired by Neil Buddy Shah, CEO of the Clinton Health Access Initiative. Other members include former Fed Chair Ben Bernanke and Richard Fontaine, CEO of the Center for a New American Security. Former California Supreme Court Justice Mariano-Florentino Cuéllar briefly joined the trust before leaving months later to become Anthropic’s head of global affairs. People familiar with the plan said Anthropic wants the trust to set a benchmark for future AI governance. One source said Bernanke was invited in July to make the trust more authoritative and institutionalized. The trust is deeply involved in company oversight. Major actions, such as the release of new AI models, must be disclosed to it in advance. Members meet internally every week and with company leadership every other week, and they attend regular board meetings to discuss major issues with the founders. Despite its broad authority, the trust has mainly served an advisory role so far. One person familiar with its operations said it has never drawn a hard line or forced the company to make a major trade-off between profit and mission. Harvard Law School corporate governance professor Jesse Fried said the structure “builds in conflict.” He wrote in a recent paper that Anthropic is raising money from profit-seeking investors while letting a small group of self-selected trustees decide how much profit to sacrifice for the mission. Other experts warned that Anthropic’s trust design has no precedent. The company is still losing money and will eventually need long-term sustainable profitability, when the mechanism will face real pressure. According to Sina Finance, the trust includes an emergency mechanism under which 85% of shareholders can vote to remove trust members, though that supermajority provision may change after the IPO.

APX Lending has launched a five-year revolving credit product backed by Bitcoin and Ethereum, with rates starting at 10.49%. According to ChainCatcher, borrowers can draw and repay credit as needed, and the product carries no origination fee, prepayment fee, or liquidation fee.

AnomaPay, a privacy payment app based on Anoma, has launched a native ETH withdrawal feature. According to Foresight News, users can fund a new Ethereum address, and the protocol will automatically convert WETH to ETH without requiring gas transfers from another address.

Utah’s SB 73 is now enforceable, requiring adult websites to verify the age of users physically in the state even when they use VPNs to hide their location. The law also bans websites from helping users bypass age checks and allows fines of up to $2,500 per violation, while VPN providers say they will not change their services.

Over the next decade, it will be sufficient to simply maintain a portion of gold, BTC, and high-quality productive assets while controlling leverage and avoiding excessive exposure to long-term nominal debt.

In the future, blockchain itself may be treated less and less as an independent product, and users will not need to care which blockchain they are using. Ultimately, blockchain may just be a part of the backend.

A tiny Chinese mushroom seller suddenly became one of the most explosive stocks on Nasdaq after a crypto frenzy built around a token carrying its ticker spilled into the traditional market.

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The FBI has confirmed it is investigating an alleged breach of a widely used identity verification company based in Louisiana

Thailand is tightening its grip on crypto transfers, requiring digital asset operators to verify who controls self-custodial wallets as part of a new Travel Rule framework aimed at bringing the country's crypto market closer to global anti-money laundering standards.

Bitcoin breaking through $80,000 during a period of AI system downtime is quite symbolic.