Legal
Tether, Binance and a $1.5 billion Iran oil network converge in new US forfeiture case
Prosecutors are targeting $61 million in frozen USDT while tracing a broader flow through crypto and traditional banking channels.
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Exchanges
CoinEx quits after 9 years as crypto trading activity concentrates at biggest exchanges
The exchange is winding down with $253.6 million still across Nansen-labeled wallets as five major platforms control nearly 88% of tracked trading volume.
Analysis
XRP’s path back to $2 now hinges on whether the Senate passes the CLARITY Act
XRP’s six-month-to-two-year cohorts carry nearly 75% of realized capital as Binance sees heavy two-way flows before the Senate’s Sept. 15 CLARITY cloture test.
Exchanges
Crypto exchange recovery rules split NES holders into winners and losers after $286M exploit fallout
Binance Alpha uses two eligibility snapshots for swaps and refunds, while Kraken now supports only Ethereum-based NES.
Tokenization
Binance traders just put a $2.1 trillion valuation on Anthropic before its IPO terms are even set
Anthropic's leveraged contract uses a one-billion-share denominator that can change before IPO terms create an external anchor.
Market
Bitcoin holds near $78,500 as a surging Japanese yen threatens global risk assets
Bitcoin faces a fresh liquidity test as the surging yen forces carry trades to unwind ahead of the BOJ decision.
Regulation
How FBI turned Hamas’ crypto fundraising pipeline into a law-enforcement trap
Agents seized more than $560,000, then took control of infrastructure used to solicit new donations.
Derivatives
Binance deepens TradFi push with physically settled options on over 1,000 US equities
Eligible users trade physically settled contracts through Binance while Nest routes orders and Alpaca executes, settles and custodies the shares.
Market
Bitcoin weekend blip wiped out $250M in over leveraged long traders while open interest weakens
Open interest fell 2.65% and funding stayed near baseline, pointing to leverage clearing rather than longs rebuilding.
Crypto
Pakistan gives crypto platforms a September 5 deadline to comply or leave
Exchanges and other providers already serving the country must enter the new licensing process or stop affected services.
Regulation
Crypto crash liquidations face massive data gap as public records contradict $18B Solana claim
The paper trail instead reveals Binance pricing failures, on-chain ADL and a disclosure gap regulators have yet to close.
Analysis
A mysterious whale just funneled 6,494 BTC into Binance, triggering massive sell-off fears
The full confirmed balance was swept through transactions paying a historically Binance-attributed wallet, leaving customer deposit and internal staging unresolved.
