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On-chain analytics platform Arkham announced the launch of Arkham Enterprise, an enterprise-grade crypto analytics platform designed for professional investigators, compliance teams, and transaction researchers, offering features such as on-chain fund tracking, risk scoring, case management, and transaction analysis. Meanwhile, Arkham has also updated the feature access for its free platform: Tracer 2.0, transaction screening, complete transaction history, creating custom tags and entities, and the counterparty section on the browser page will now be exclusively available to enterprise users. Free users' access to transaction records for individual addresses or entities will be limited to the most recent 100 transactions, but they will still be able to use Visualizer 2.0, the block explorer, prediction markets, and Arkham tags.
OneKey founder Yishi posted on X platform that in response to recent incidents where Ledger hardware wallets purchased by some users through CryptoBilis were found to have unauthorized hardware implanted, leading to asset theft, OneKey has not yet received any reports of its own users experiencing asset theft as a result. However, out of security concerns, OneKey has terminated CryptoBilis's authorized dealer status.OneKey also announced that it will immediately stop accepting new dealers and will re-conduct qualification reviews for all existing authorized dealers. Additionally, for users who purchased OneKey hardware wallets through CryptoBilis between March 1, 2026 and the date of this statement, regardless of device model or usage status, they may apply for a free replacement. The application deadline is December 31, 2026.Furthermore, Yishi advised users who have already used the affected devices to treat their original seed phrases as potentially compromised and to transfer their assets to wallets using new seed phrases as soon as possible, without waiting for replacement devices to arrive.
CZ posted on X, stating: "KYC is not just 'killing your customers.' It tries to tie people to the land, just like feudalism once did. People can move freely, staying from one hotel to another. But KYC requires everyone to have a 'permanent address,' which is a discriminatory policy against free individuals."
Odaily News: Airport retailer Dubai Duty Free launched Crypto.com Pay on August 5, 2026, available to eligible UAE residents, covering Dubai International Airport, Al Maktoum International Airport, and its online store. Customers can select Crypto.com Pay in-store, scan a QR code displaying the amount in UAE dirhams, and authorize the transaction through the Crypto.com App; online customers can choose this method at checkout and confirm payment. Dubai Duty Free settles transactions in UAE dirhams through regulated payment infrastructure. The payment service operates under the regulatory framework of the Central Bank of the UAE's (CBUAE) stored value facility. Crypto.com previously obtained a CBUAE stored value facility license, enabling it to provide regulated payment services in the UAE.
According to Malaysian media "New Straits Times", Malaysian police yesterday raided and shut down an illegal cryptocurrency mining den located in a warehouse at Pulau Indah, Port Klang Free Zone. During the raid, two foreign men aged 20 and 31 were detained, and mining equipment was seized. According to Malaysian law, this act violates the Penal Code and the Electricity Supply Act. If convicted, the two face ten years imprisonment and a fine of 100,000 Ringgit (approximately 24,500 USD).
Although the GENIUS Act and the CLARITY Act are pushing for stablecoin compliance, stablecoins remain essentially "private money" and could introduce structural risks to the financial system.The article points out that stablecoins aim to combine the stability of the US dollar with the payment efficiency of blockchain, but because they operate on fragmented, privatized infrastructure, they lack the uniformity of the traditional dollar system. While USDT and USDC are pegged to the US dollar, their prices can still deviate from $1.Additionally, stablecoin issuers have incentives to boost yields by allocating capital to high-risk, low-liquidity assets. Should the value of these assets decline, it could trigger de-pegging and concentrated redemption risks. Citing Chainalysis data, the article states that stablecoins account for 84% of illicit crypto activity, primarily involving sanctions evasion and money laundering, while their use in real economy payments accounts for less than 1%.The Wall Street Journal argues that stablecoins are essentially repeating the path of the private money experiments seen during the "Free Banking Era" in 19th-century America. In the future, they may need to accept stricter regulation, similar to banks, and require deeper integration into the central banking system. (Wall Street Journal)
According to an official announcement, the blockchain infrastructure protocol project IOTA has named Kenya, Morocco, and Nigeria as the first countries to implement the ADAPT initiative. These three countries were selected through a rigorous evaluation process assessing their political commitment, regulatory readiness, maturity of digital infrastructure, and private-sector engagement. Launched in November 2025, the African Digital Access and Public Infrastructure for Trade (ADAPT) initiative is spearheaded by the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) Secretariat and co-developed with the Tony Blair Institute for Global Change, the World Economic Forum, and the IOTA Foundation. ADAPT aims to build shared digital infrastructure for intra-African trade, covering digital identity, cross-border data exchange, and payment interoperability.
Crypto.com has announced that its UAE entity, Foris DAX Middle East FZE, has obtained a Stored Value Facility (SVF) license from the Central Bank of the UAE, becoming the first Virtual Asset Service Provider (VASP) in the region to receive this license.With this license, Crypto.com will officially launch a partnership with the Dubai Department of Finance, allowing UAE residents to use crypto assets to pay for government service fees. Related fund settlements will be conducted in UAE dirhams or dirham-pegged stablecoins approved by the Central Bank of the UAE.Furthermore, upon obtaining regulatory approval, Crypto.com also plans to leverage this license to advance the integration of crypto payments with Emirates Airlines and Dubai Duty Free.
Odaily Odaily PaperImperium, the head of MegaETH, disclosed on X platform that documents from the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York show that a U.S. court has issued an injunction against the Arbitrum DAO, prohibiting it from transferring approximately $71 million in ETH assets that were previously frozen during the KelpDAO hacking incident. In response, on-chain detective ZachXBT posted on X platform, stating that certain U.S. law firms are using his investigative work and on-chain forensics to help victims of some hacking incidents file legal claims. However, this practice may actually slow down or hinder victims from receiving compensation or recovering funds.ZachXBT added that in previous hacking incidents involving the Lazarus Group, such law firms often stepped in after on-chain fund tracking or freezing was completed, proposing subsequent legal actions that were weakly related to the crypto incidents themselves. Similar "free-riding claims" strategies were used in events like Harmony and Bybit. He called on the crypto community to establish a DAO to resist such practices.