Interpol Cybercrime Sweep Recovers Over $105 Million, Nets 1,462 Arrests
Angolan authorities seized more than 2,000 crypto-mining devices; a Nigerian probe traced more than $2.4 million in suspected fraud proceeds…. Read the full story at The Defiant
Matter Labs Introduces Prividium Commander for Existing Blockchains
Institutions can add application permissions without moving to Prividium Ledger, while retaining their existing custody and signing providers…. Read the full story at The Defiant
Chinese Prosecutors Seek Confiscation of 61,896 Bitcoin in Qian Case
The Tianjin application provides for victim restitution, while ownership claims to the UK-held coins must be assessed under Chinese law…. Read the full story at The Defiant
Alpha Modus Reports $250 Million-Plus Bitcoin Holding From Share Swap
The Nasdaq-listed company exchanged 51.6 million shares and matching warrants for 3,170 BTC, expanding its asset base while diluting existing shareholders…. Read the full story at The Defiant
CoinDCX Co-Founder Denies New Hack After $16 Million Wallet Alert
Sumit Gupta says the flagged addresses were compromised in July 2025 and that no funds from CoinDCX’s current wallets were affected…. Read the full story at The Defiant
Base Active Addresses Jump 82.5% to a 30-Day High
Transactions and user-paid fees also rose as the Ethereum Layer 2 recorded 629,142 active addresses on Oct. 21…. Read the full story at The Defiant
Yuga Labs Launches Mudwater Trading-Card NFTs on Solana
Each Bored Ape qualifies for 10 packs and each Mutant Ape for two, while OpenSea reports 78.3 ETH in pack trading volume…. Read the full story at The Defiant
Vantage and Rio Bank Use Tokenized Deposits for Loan Payment on Ethereum
Participate says principal and interest reached the receiving bank’s wallet in under three minutes, with loan balances and notices updated alongside the payment…. Read the full story at The Defiant
Mastercard Opens AI Machine-Payment Pilot to Developers
Buyer- and seller-side APIs, a toolkit and a sandbox extend developer testing, while Agent Pay for Machines remains a noncommercial pilot…. Read the full story at The Defiant
Matter Labs Debuts Prividium Commander For Institutions
The control plane for bank digital-asset operations is generally available at launch. Its revenue goes to Matter Labs, not ZKsync tokenholders, CEO Alex Gluchowski told The Defiant…. Read the full story at The Defiant