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OFAC, DOJ target Xinbi; $52 million seized or restrained
OFAC and DOJ targeted Xinbi, a Chinese-language illicit marketplace, seizing or restraining over $52 million in crypto, including DPRK-linked funds.
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Marcus Feld
DeFi & On-chain Analyst · 6 years covering crypto · 209 stories
Marcus Feld is CoinScoop's DeFi and on-chain analyst. He digs into L2 activity, stablecoin flows and protocol revenue, translating raw chain data into plain-English calls.
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Altcoins
Tether, Fasanara launch $400M StableFund
Tether and Fasanara Capital launched StableFund, a $400 million private credit vehicle to direct institutional capital to SMEs using USD₮ settlement infrastructure.
DeFi
Visa stablecoin settlement run rate tops $20 billion
Visa's stablecoin settlement run rate has topped $20 billion, growing more than 15x year over year, driven by onchain credit funding card programs and fintechs.
Markets
Binance sets September 11 delistings for margin and spot pairs
Binance announced the delisting of several margin and spot trading pairs, with margin positions closing and spot pairs removed on September 11, 2026.
Bitcoin
Liquid recovers 3,400 BTC, but 598 BTC remains missing
Liquid Network has recovered 3,400 BTC from a recent withdrawal, but 598 BTC remains missing, leaving nearly $47 million under purported white hats' control.
Ethereum
Ethereum Foundation’s Protocol cluster publishes first unified tier list for 62 Hegotá EIPs
The Ethereum Foundation's Protocol cluster published a unified tier list for 62 Hegotá EIPs, placing FOCIL and Frame Transactions in S-tier as headliners.
Bitcoin
Liquid attacker offers to return most of roughly 4,000 BTC after bug fix
An attacker offered to return most of roughly 4,000 BTC withdrawn from a Liquid Federation wallet after Blockstream confirmed a bug fix, with the withdrawal valued at approximately $317.6 million.
Markets
Binance removes 14 Alpha tokens, adds four to monitoring
Binance removed 14 tokens from its Alpha featuring list and added four, including AVA and GNS, to its monitoring list on September 4, signaling delisting risk.
Markets
Kraken adds Stellar USDT0, margin pairs and fixed-rate rewards
Kraken launched USDT0 deposits/withdrawals on Stellar, added JTO, GRASS, and WLFI margin pairs, and introduced fixed-rate rewards up to 6% APY on cash and stablecoins.
Altcoins
Solana rent cut puts excess SOL within reach
Solana's first phase of rent reduction allows authorities to reclaim excess SOL from over-funded accounts, using a new Token Program instruction.
