A Pennsylvania lawyer is accused of stealing more than $156,000 from two clients, including a 76-year-old man whose bank account was left with just $26.21. The Bucks County District Attorney’s Office says Andrew C. Neville, 40, of Pennsauken, New Jersey, faces felony charges including financial exploitation of an older adult or care-dependent person, identity theft, …
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Bank of America Handing $2,000,000 to Customers Whose Unauthorized Debit Card and ATM Disputes Were Denied
Bank of America is paying $2 million to settle claims that it wrongly turned down customers who reported unauthorized debit card and ATM transactions. The class action lawsuit, Dennie et al. v. Bank of America, N.A., alleges the bank violated the Electronic Fund Transfer Act (EFTA) by improperly denying those disputes and failing to properly …
MEXC Launches Canton 0-Fee Carnival with $1M Prize Pool
Mutsamudu, Comoros, October 30, 2026 – MEXC, a pioneer in 0-fee digital asset trading, announced the launch of the Canton 0-Fee Carnival together with Canton. From 10:00 UTC on October 30 to 10:00 UTC on November 30, 2026, users can trade CC spot and futures pairs with 0 fees and share a $1M prize pool …
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Coinbase Says Customer Funds Safe After Analytics Vendor Contact-Data Incident
TL;DR: Coinbase said an incident involving analytics provider Amplitude affected contact information associated with a small subset of Coinbase customers. For exchange users, the practical response is to verify contact through bookmarked official channels rather than links in unexpected messages. Coinbase said an incident involving analytics provider Amplitude affected contact information associated with a small …
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USDD Reports Strong Treasury Performance, Growth in Key Metrics, and Ecosystem Expansion
30 October 2026 — British Virgin Islands — USDD has reported strong treasury performance in Q3 2026, alongside continued growth in key metrics, including circulating supply and total value locked (TVL). These latest milestones reflect the protocol’s expanding ecosystem, with growing multichain adoption, new DeFi integrations, and broader opportunities for users to earn, transfer, and …
Bitcoin Slips Below $80,000 After Fed Holds Rates and Tech Shares Weaken
TL;DR: Bitcoin slipped below $80,000 in early October 29 trading as markets digested the Federal Reserve’s decision to leave rates unchanged and the accompanying hawkish dissent. The immediate market risk is a feedback loop between falling prices and leveraged positions being closed. Bitcoin slipped below $80,000 in early October 29 trading as markets digested the …
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Ethereum Client Updates Address Certificate Risk in Teku and Besu
TL;DR: Ethereum software teams have published updates addressing trust-store exposure tied to compromised certificate-authority keys from eMudhra. For ETH markets, the episode is a reminder that infrastructure risk can arise outside the protocol itself. Ethereum software teams have published updates addressing trust-store exposure tied to compromised certificate-authority keys from eMudhra. The Teku release list identifies …
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Binance hackers raced to move billions before it could be frozen
Attackers raced to convert stolen stablecoins into crypto that issuers could not freeze as industry players like Tether and Circle moved to immobilize billions of dollars in assets. Attackers behind Binance’s estimated $6.3 billion hack still control billions of dollars in stolen cryptocurrency despite efforts by token issuers to freeze the proceeds. The attack, the …
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South Carolina Woman Drains $37,645 From Four West Virginia Bank Accounts Using Stolen Identities and Forged Signatures
A South Carolina woman is headed to prison after using other people’s identities to pull more than $37,000 out of four West Virginia bank accounts that were not hers. Della Palestino, 60, of Lexington, South Carolina, was sentenced to two years in prison and one year of supervised release for aggravated identity theft, the U.S. …
Tether’s excess reserves nearly double to $8B as Q3 profit hits $1.5B
The stablecoin issuer’s US Treasury holdings are comparable to those of major foreign holders, while its Bitcoin reserves were valued at $8.37 billion at the end of September. Tether reported $1.5 billion in third-quarter operating profit as its excess reserves nearly doubled to $7.95 billion, according to figures released alongside its latest attestation prepared by …
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Crypto Biz: Bitcoin’s quantum threat is becoming an economic problem
Bitcoin faces mounting quantum security concerns as Ripple secures a US banking charter, USDC gains ground in Europe and VanEck adds BTC to a new ETF. The debate over quantum computing has raised serious questions about Bitcoin’s long-term security, but the economic consequences could emerge long before the technology seriously threatens the network. Muneeb Ali, …
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Coinbase leads crypto stock selloff following $6.3B Binance hack
Circle, Strategy and other crypto-linked stocks fell sharply Friday, a day after Binance disclosed a $6.3 billion security breach. Shares of publicly traded cryptocurrency companies fell sharply Friday, with Coinbase dropping more than 13% a day after reporting a decline in third-quarter revenue, as the industry dealt with Binance’s $6.3 billion hack. Other crypto-linked stocks …
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Recap: How Binance’s record $6.3B hack unfolded
A recap of Cointelegraph’s live coverage of the Binance hack, including early breach reports and the exchange’s full reimbursement pledge. This recap summarizes Cointelegraph’s reporting on the Binance hack and has been updated with the exchange’s latest statements. The investigation is ongoing, and figures and recovery timelines may change. See our archived live coverage for …
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AI-Powered Bank Scam Drains $423,114 From 170 Victims in Just Three Weeks: Report
Police in the Netherlands have arrested two men suspected of running a new kind of bank scam that used AI-generated phone calls to drain about €380,000 (approximately $423,114) from 170 victims in just three weeks. The Rotterdam police cybercrime team says the men, a 23-year-old from Vaassen and a 25-year-old from Ede, were taken into …
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Up to $8,500 per Person To Be Handed Out by Ivy League University After Data Breach That Impacted 2,973,631 People
Nearly three million people may qualify for payments of up to $8,500 each under a data breach settlement tied to a major university cyberattack. Columbia University has agreed to pay $16,125,000 to settle a class action lawsuit over the May of 2025 attack on its network, the settlement website says. The case is In re …