A suspect has allegedly stolen a $90,000 BMW SUV from a Georgia hotel by pretending to be a professional basketball player with several vehicles parked there. The man walked through the lobby, took items from another car and handed over a valet ticket for the gray 2026 BMW X5 at the Hyatt Regency Savannah, reports WJCL. Surveillance …
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Class Action Lawsuit Claims Flock’s License-Plate Cameras Used to Stalk American Citizens
A surveillance company whose cameras have been deployed across the country is now facing a nationwide class-action lawsuit. Plaintiffs say Flock Safety failed to stop police from using the network to stalk and watch people. The complaint says Flock Group Inc. enabled widespread misuse through weak security features including optional multi-factor authentication that allowed fired …
Massachusetts Convenience Store Sells Record $29,710,000 Megabucks Jackpot Ticket
A convenience store in western Massachusetts has sold the largest Megabucks jackpot ticket in the game’s history. The ticket came from King Mart at 494 Westfield Rd. in Holyoke for the September 7th drawing and matches the numbers 21-28-31-34-40-44, says the Massachusetts Lottery. That prize hit $29.71 million and breaks the previous high of $21.7 million set …
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DBS and Citi Execute First Weekend Tokenized USD Cross-Border Payment on Swift Ledger
Two major banks executed their first successful tokenized cross-border USD payment over a weekend, enabling instant settlement and unlocking 24/7 liquidity movement for global businesses. DBS says the transaction with Citi’s New York office moved funds from Singapore to the United States and settled in minutes on September 5th, using tokenized deposits on the Swift …
Bitcoin faces key support test at $78.3K as US crude oil hits three-month high
Bitcoin fell with US stocks on the opening of Tuesday’s Wall Street trading session as analysis warns that BTC price support at $78,300 must hold. Bitcoin (BTC) dipped below $78,000 at Tuesday’s Wall Street open as risk assets fell on renewed Middle East tensions. Key points: Read more Go to Source
Bitmine buys 28k ETH, completes 97% of treasury accumulation goal
While Bitmine’s completed 97% of its goal to acquire 5% of Ether’s supply, Tom Lee’s team faces a $5.1 billion unrealized loss on its main treasury asset. Bitmine Immersion Technologies, the largest corporate Ether holder, announced another purchase of the second-biggest crypto, bringing the company closer to management’s goal of accumulating 5% of the total …
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Middle East Crypto Transactions Soar to $350,000,000,000 Amid Iran Conflict as Investors Seek Digital Hedges: Report
Crypto trading activity across the Middle East and North Africa is skyrocketing amid the ongoing regional conflict. The Bitcoin Policy Institute (BPI) says in a new report that investors in the Middle East are shifting capital into digital assets to protect wealth during disruptions rather than fleeing the region, which has emerged as one of …
New York Real Estate Firm Paying $5,300,000 Data Breach Settlement, With Hundreds of Thousands of Customers To Receive Cash
A New York real estate finance firm is agreeing to a $5.3 million settlement to compensate people whose personal information was involved in a data incident. SitusAMC Holdings Corporation’s claims site says the November 12th of 2025 incident involved unauthorized access and exfiltration of data from its systems. About 662,796 people were sent notice. The settlement offers …
Massachusetts Dental Firm Hit With Class Action Lawsuit Over Data Breach Affecting 15,000,000 Patients
A dental benefits provider is facing a class action lawsuit over a cybersecurity incident that allegedly exposed sensitive personal and health data belonging to millions of patients. The complaint says DentaQuest failed to meet regulatory and industry standards for protecting records, including training staff on phishing and using multi-factor authentication. Plaintiff Amanda Whitlow filed the …
California Resident Detained in Arizona, Accused of Orchestrating $37,900,000 in Loan Fraud Schemes
Federal prosecutors have detained a California resident accused siphoning tens of millions from pandemic relief programs and commercial lenders. Rodney Rosenstein, 58, of Huntington Beach was ordered held without bond in Arizona after a federal grand jury returned an indictment on conspiracy to commit bank fraud and conspiracy to commit false statements to influence a …
Is Bitcoin too volatile to risk your retirement on?
Bitcoin believers see it as an almost certain long-term investment, but retirement demands a different approach. How much crypto exposure is too much for your retirement account? You stack sats. You farm yield, and you’d rather sell your car than part with your BTC. But does that mean you should bank your golden years on …
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Tether Alloy Gold-Backed Reserves Cross $210M
Tether’s Alloy gold-backed synthetic dollar reserves have crossed $210 million, according to the company’s transparency materials. The milestone relates to Alloy and aUSDT, not standard USDT reserves. That distinction matters because Tether’s main stablecoin is fiat-backed, while Alloy uses a different structure: a synthetic dollar overcollateralized by Tether Gold. In simple terms, Alloy is designed …
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Bitwise Amends Ethereum ETF Filing To Include Staking Mechanics
Bitwise has filed an amended S-1 registration statement for its spot Ethereum ETF, adding language around staking mechanics, validator operations, slashing risk, and staking-yield accounting. The filing is significant because staking remains one of the biggest unresolved questions around spot Ethereum ETFs. ETH is not just a passive asset. It secures a proof-of-stake network, and …
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Kraken Files For CFTC-Regulated U.S. Perpetual Futures Product
Kraken parent Payward has filed to launch CFTC-regulated perpetual futures for eligible U.S. traders through Bitnomial, the Designated Contract Market acquired by the company. The proposed products would cover BTC, ETH, SOL, XRP, and ADA perpetual derivatives, according to Kraken’s announcement. The filing marks an important step because perpetual futures are one of crypto’s most …
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Securitize Expands BlackRock BUIDL Collateral Use Across Prime Brokers
Securitize has expanded institutional collateral support for BlackRock’s BUIDL fund across participating crypto prime brokerages, giving tokenized Treasuries another step toward deeper use in trading infrastructure. The expansion means qualified institutional traders can post BUIDL token shares as off-exchange collateral across supported prime brokerage relationships. That matters because tokenized funds become more useful when they …
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