Police in Penang, Malaysia, arrested 141 people, mostly foreigners, in 14 raids on suspected scam call centres between 9 and 29 October 2026. The groups are accused of cheating people in several countries, including through fake investment offers, romance scams and a second scam targeting people who had already lost money.
WeatherlyCanva is cutting 1,271 jobs, about 22 per cent of its staff, after its growth slowed and competition from AI design tools grew. Those leaving will get at least six months' salary, 12 months of healthcare cover where offered, career support, their company laptops and the chance to apply for a US$10,000 startup grant.
AnaisHackers linked to North Korea stole $6.3 billion from Binance and are now moving some of it through Chinese money-laundering networks, with hundreds of thousands of dollars already traced there. About $3 billion has been frozen, but close to $1 billion has started moving through laundering channels.
WeatherlyCointelegraph tweeted that SEC approved iShares' Bitcoin (BTC) Spot ETF, but was confirmed to be false by BlackRock.
AaronThis development follows a transaction made just three weeks ago, where another wallet linked to Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin sent 400 ETH, valued at approximately $600,000, to Coinbase.
DavinFake spot Bitcoin ETF news’ approval disseminated by Cointelegraph caused BTC price to pump to $30k before dropping while the news outlet quickly jumped on damage control.
CatherineiSanctuary did not name the exchanges.
ClementFour suspects in South Korean cryptocurrency-linked murder case face possible capital sentence.
Hui XinThe U.S. government has emerged as a major player in the cryptocurrency realm, holding a substantial bitcoin stash valued at over $5 billion.
JasperCointelegraph, a leading cryptocurrency news publication, issued a clarification and apology for the inadvertent dissemination of unverified information regarding a spot Bitcoin ETF approval by the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).
Jasper