Cambodia's "Pig Butchering" Gang Busted, U.S. Seizes Nearly 127,000 Bitcoins from Cyber Fraud Leader
The U.S. Department of Justice announced on October 14 that it has seized 127,271 Bitcoins held by Chen Zhi, the founder of Cambodia's "Prince Group," valued at approximately $15 billion, marking the largest asset seizure in the history of the U.S. Department of Justice.
Chen Zhi is accused of orchestrating and operating a transnational "pig butchering" scam network, involving crimes such as forced labor and money laundering. The group established multiple "scam parks" within Cambodia, illegally detaining victims and forcing them to participate in cryptocurrency investment scams.
Singapore's Monetary Authority Launches BLOOM Initiative to Promote Stablecoin Settlements
The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) announced the launch of the "BLOOM" initiative, aimed at promoting the use of stablecoins in cross-border settlements and trade financing. The initiative will bring together financial institutions and technology companies to explore a settlement infrastructure centered around regulated stablecoins, enhancing the efficiency and transparency of cross-border transactions. According to MAS, the BLOOM initiative is a significant step in Singapore's strategy to build a "trusted digital financial center," with plans to expand into compliance practices for tokenized assets and decentralized finance (DeFi) in the future.
Ripple Acquires Financial Management System Company GTreasury for $1 Billion
Ripple announced the acquisition of U.S.-based financial management system provider GTreasury for $1 billion, marking its third major acquisition in 2025. GTreasury has over 40 years of history globally, providing cash management, foreign exchange, risk control, and other treasury tools to thousands of companies. After the merger, Ripple will deeply integrate its blockchain infrastructure with GTreasury's traditional financial systems to help businesses achieve seamless management between digital assets and traditional cash, along with around-the-clock liquidity integration and cross-border instant settlements.
Coinbase Launches Coinbase Business, Supporting Businesses to Send and Receive USDC
Coinbase announced the launch of the "Coinbase Business" platform, providing small and medium-sized enterprises and startups with a one-stop crypto financial operations account. Businesses can use the platform to send and receive USDC stablecoins, enabling instant settlements, cross-border payments, and liquidity management. According to the official blog, Coinbase Business integrates trading, asset management, and automated payment functions, offering up to 4.1% annualized yield on USDC balances to avoid wasting idle funds.
Binance Returns to the South Korean Market, Completes Majority Stake Acquisition of Gopax
Binance has officially completed its majority stake acquisition of South Korean cryptocurrency exchange Gopax, marking its return to the South Korean market. The transaction was initiated in 2023 but was delayed due to regulatory scrutiny. Binance stated that it will assist Gopax in strengthening compliance and user asset protection systems and support the restoration of the withdrawal function for its GoFi wealth management services.
ODDO BHF Launches Euro-Pegged Stablecoin EUROD
French banking giant ODDO BHF officially launched its first euro-backed stablecoin, EUROD, on October 15. EUROD is built on the Polygon PoS blockchain and complies with the European Union's Markets in Crypto-Assets (MiCA) regulation, aiming to provide stable, transparent, and secure payment solutions for institutions, businesses, and individual users. The stablecoin will first be listed on the Spanish cryptocurrency exchange Bit2Me, with liquidity provided by market-making platform Flowdesk and technical support from Fireblocks.
Japan Plans New Regulations to Crack Down on Cryptocurrency Insider Trading
Japan's financial regulatory agency plans to amend the Financial Instruments and Exchange Act to include the cryptocurrency market in its insider trading regulatory framework for the first time. According to Nikkei Asia, the Securities and Exchange Surveillance Commission (SESC) will be granted statutory powers to investigate suspected insider trading and can impose fines on violators, with severe cases potentially leading to criminal prosecution.
Token Unlocking
Vulcan Forged will release 39,680 PYR tokens on October 20, accounting for approximately 0.12% of the current circulating supply.
LayerZero will release 25.71 million ZRO tokens on October 20, accounting for approximately 7.86% of the current circulating supply.
KAITO will release 8.35 million KAITO tokens on October 20, accounting for approximately 3.06% of the current circulating supply.
Hatom will release 2 million HTM tokens on October 21, accounting for approximately 2.65% of the current circulating supply.
Hooked Protocol will release 4.17 million HOOK tokens on October 21, accounting for approximately 1.36% of the current circulating supply.
Slash Vision Labs will release 4.81 million SVL tokens on October 21, accounting for approximately 0.06% of the current circulating supply.
DeLorean will release 387.1 million DMC tokens on October 21, accounting for approximately 10.18% of the current circulating supply.
Scroll will release 82.5 million SCR tokens on October 22, accounting for approximately 43.42% of the current circulating supply.
SPACE ID will release 12.65 million ID tokens on October 22, accounting for approximately 1.03% of the current circulating supply.
MBG By Multibank Group will release 15.84 million MBG tokens on October 22, accounting for approximately 11.97% of the current circulating supply.
Karrat will release 15.11 million KARRAT tokens on October 23, accounting for approximately 6.09% of the current circulating supply.
Morphware will release 10.27 million XMW tokens on October 23, accounting for approximately 1.09% of the current circulating supply.
Tornado Cash will release 91.67 thousand TORN tokens on October 23, accounting for approximately 0.93% of the current circulating supply.
Avail will release 220.24 million AVAIL tokens on October 23, accounting for approximately 7.13% of the current circulating supply.
SOON will release 15.21 million SOON tokens on October 23, accounting for approximately 4.52% of the current circulating supply.
Animecoin will release 66.43 million ANIME tokens on October 23, accounting for approximately 1.14% of the current circulating supply.
Newton Protocol will release 6.25 million NEWT tokens on October 24, accounting for approximately 1.92% of the current circulating supply.
Self Chain will release 1.52 million SLF tokens on October 24, accounting for approximately 0.78% of the current circulating supply.
Undeads Games will release 2.15 million UDS tokens on October 24, accounting for approximately 1.55% of the current circulating supply.
Voxies will release 1 million VOXEL tokens on October 24, accounting for approximately 0.43% of the current circulating supply.
Initia will release 4.84 million INIT tokens on October 24, accounting for approximately 2.95%.
Nillion will release 10.84 million NIL tokens on October 24, accounting for approximately 4.16%.
GT Protocol will release 1.05 million GTAI tokens on October 25, accounting for approximately 1.7%.
Humanity will release 62.5 million H tokens on October 25, accounting for approximately 3.01%.
Euler will release 31.66 thousand EUL tokens on October 25, accounting for approximately 0.12%.
Venom will release 59.26 million VENOM tokens on October 25, accounting for approximately 2.23%.
AltLayer will release 240.1 million ALT tokens on October 25, accounting for approximately 5.37%.
Particle Network will release 6.78 million PARTI tokens on October 25, accounting for approximately 1.63%.
Plasma will release 88.89 million XPL tokens on October 25, accounting for approximately 4.97%.
Bifrost will release 4.1 million BFC tokens on October 26, accounting for approximately 0.22%.
Gamer Arena will release 1.17 million GAU tokens on October 26, accounting for approximately 0.27%.
Tribal Token will release 14.42 million TRIBL tokens on October 26, accounting for approximately 1.9%.
WiFi Map will release 4.17 million WIFI tokens on October 26, accounting for approximately 0.54%.
Mira will release 6.32 million MIRA tokens on October 26, accounting for approximately 3.27%.
Sahara AI will release 84.27 million SAHARA tokens on October 26, accounting for approximately 3.6%.
Blast will release 875 million BLAST tokens on October 26, accounting for approximately 2.67%.
Dexalot will release 67.97 thousand ALOT tokens on October 26, accounting for approximately 0.12%.
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