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  1. 01

    Treasury orders U.S. transfer ban involving MEXC

    FinCEN ordered U.S. financial institutions to block transfers involving MEXC, citing $16.7 billion in alleged illicit flows; the restriction starts in December.
  2. 02

    Zcash activates NU7, cutting target block time to 25 seconds

    Zcash activated NU7, cutting target blocks to 25 seconds and expanding shielded capacity, while changing fee rules and making old Sprout funds unspendable.
  3. 03

    Consensys brings cross-ledger settlement stack to institutions

    Consensys launched a routing stack for institutional ledgers, coordinating settlement while assets stay on their native networks; EVM chains are available now.
  4. 04

    Zcash activates NU7, cutting target block time to 25 seconds

    Zcash activated NU7 at block 3,543,405, cutting target block spacing to 25 seconds and limiting shielded activity to ease payment waits and wallet syncing.
  5. 05

    FinCEN orders U.S. financial firms to cut off MEXC

    FinCEN says MEXC handled at least $16 billion in illicit flows and has ordered a U.S. transfer ban, which takes effect 30 days after Federal Register publication.
  6. 06

    Zcash NU7 goes live, cutting target block time to 25 seconds

    Zcash activated NU7 at block 3,543,405, cutting target block spacing to 25 seconds while changing fee flows and leaving daily ZEC issuance essentially unchanged.
  7. 07

    FBI links $6 billion Binance theft to North Korea

    The FBI says North Korea stole more than $6 billion from Binance, as investigators track funds converted into Ether and urge crypto services to block transfers.
  8. 08

    Binance details how hackers drained $6.34bn from its wallets

    Binance says a $6.34 billion wallet breach began with employee compromises and unauthorized signing access; it says 98% of affected assets were replenished by Nov. 3.
  9. 09

    Binance says it has replenished 98% of assets affected by incident

    Binance says it has replenished 98% of assets affected by its $6.3 billion security incident, while low-liquidity tokens and reserve verification remain outstanding.