Bitcoin (BTC) spot exchange-traded funds (ETFs) are recording their largest daily inflow in nearly eight months.

Analyst TedPillows tells his 314,300 followers on X that the funds bought $730.87 million worth of Bitcoin on September 3rd.

He warns that on the two prior occasions when daily ETF inflows topped $700 million, Bitcoin formed a local top shortly afterward.

“The last two times, Bitcoin ETFs had a $700,000,000+ in daily inflow; BTC shortly formed a top. Yesterday, ETFs bought $730,870,000 in BTC, the largest inflow in almost eight months. Is the local top close for Bitcoin?”

On-chain analyst Alex Adler Jr. says Bitcoin ETFs account for a large share of the net flows over the last 30 days.

“Of the ~105K BTC equivalent net capital inflow over the past month, US spot ETFs contributed ~42.8K BTC in net flows, equivalent 41% of that amount.”

Meanwhile, the pseudonymous analyst DonAlt, who has a long history of accurately timing Bitcoin moves, believes BTC is in bull territory as the largest crypto asset by market cap refuses to initiate a deep corrective move.

“You just don’t get massive pullbacks when the market is bullish.

Shallow? Yes.
Deep? No.

The only times when you actually get deep pullbacks are when bulls are proven wrong, in which case you can buy, but just for a bounce, not for continuation.”

DonAlt predicts that Bitcoin will surge to as high as $90,000 before any meaningful pullback.

“I’m not saying there won’t be pullbacks, by the way. I could see $90,000 to $70,000, for example.

It’s just rare that you get an initial impulse like we had and then immediately show weakness.

I’m pretty sure at $90,000, the people upset in my comments would start switching bullish too.”

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A Dallas nonprofit is notifying people across the country about a data breach that put sensitive personal and health information at risk.

The incident at Resource Center of Dallas exposed names, Social Security numbers, government IDs, financial details, health insurance and medical records belonging to 12,490 individuals, reports The HIPAA Journal.

Unauthorized access occurred between February 4th and February 12th of 2026. The organization completed its review on July 2nd of 2026 and began mailing notices on July 15th.

The breach affected 9,048 Texas residents and 13 Massachusetts residents.

Resource Center of Dallas is an LGBTQ health and advocacy nonprofit. The center says it regrets what happened in its notice letter.

“Resource Center values individual privacy and deeply regrets that this incident occurred.”

“Since detecting the incident, Resource Center has reviewed and revised its information security practices and implemented additional security measures to mitigate the chance of a similar event in the future.”

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Robust hiring figures in the most recent employment report have prompted President Trump to spark fresh demands for Federal Reserve interest rate reductions.

Employers added 162,000 positions in August, surpassing economist forecasts of 55,0000 by nearly three times and marking a sharp rebound from prior weakness, reports The Kobeissi Letter.

The unemployment rate held steady at 4.1% while revisions lifted earlier months’ tallies.

President Trump stated on social media that the central bank must lower rates because the United States represents a stronger credit risk than before.

“STRONG COUNTRY MEANS A LOWER INTEREST RATE – IT’S A BETTER CREDIT…Very simple! We should have the LOWEST RATE of any country in the World, like ‘the old days.’ Without the United States agreeing to allow them their big surpluses, and we could stop that immediately, they would no longer be considered financially ELITE! LOWER THE RATE OR I’LL STOP TRADING WITH COUNTRIES WITH WHICH WE HAVE A DEFICIT…”

The US runs its largest deficits with partners including China, Mexico, and Canada, totaling over $1.2 trillion annually according to The Wall Street Journal.

Despite the strong jobs data, the stock market fell as investors brace for a potential Fed rate hike, says The Kobeissi Letter.

“You know the system is broken when stocks FALL after the US unexpectedly adds +162,000 jobs in a month, TRIPLING expectations.

Why? Because a strong jobs report means a higher chance of rate hikes.

This is the product of 60 straight months of 2%+ inflation.

Markets now ‘want’ a labor market collapse.”

The odds of a Fed rate hike at the September meeting have surged to around 53%.

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Scammers have drained tens of millions of dollars from elderly American timeshare owners through an elaborate international resale fraud operation.

Federal prosecutors in Texas have charged Christian Felipe Rodriguez Peraza, also known as Jose Mario Ochoa Rodriguez, of Mazatlan, Sinaloa, Mexico, and his wife Brenda Tamayo Corona also known as Jazmin Oliva Chacon, of Mexico, along with co-defendants Michael Ian Hollands, of the United Kingdom, and Yorlena Alfonso Cuesta, with running the scheme that netted $40 million, according to the Justice Department.

The defendants allegedly contacted victims about selling timeshares on Mexico’s Pacific coast. The alleged fraudsters targeted timeshare owners with a fake sales scheme, claiming the victims’ properties had been sold and that the proceeds were ready for collection. The victims were subsequently told they needed to pay various fees and taxes upfront before they could receive their money.

To make the scheme appear legitimate, the perpetrators allegedly posed as US and Mexican government officials and used the identities of real American attorneys.

According to the indictment, Rodriguez allegedly worked with Hollands and other co-conspirators to move the victims’ money through US-based companies and bank accounts in an effort to launder the proceeds.

Two elderly San Antonio residents sent $1.2 million and received nothing in return.

Rodriguez and Tamayo were arrested in France and extradited to face charges in San Antonio federal court.

Says US Attorney Justin R. Simmons for the Western District of Texas,

“Many of the elderly victims in this case sent all the money they had and more based on the lies told to them by this group of fraudsters. In case you haven’t noticed, this Department of Justice is uniquely committed to rooting out fraud in all of its forms, especially fraud conducted against Americans by transnational criminal organizations like this one. The long arm of American justice will continue to reach out and touch those who seek to enrich themselves to the detriment of Americans.”

Each defendant faces up to 20 years in prison for the wire fraud charge and 20 years for the money laundering conspiracy charge if convicted.

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San Diego County sheriff’s investigators say they’ve arrested two suspects after uncovering evidence of identity theft in a sprawling fraud probe.

Detectives seized boxes of forged documents, stolen credit cards and passports during the operation, reports FOX 5 San Diego.

Katie Ann Rhew, 44, of Temecula and Michael Sundstrom, 46, of San Marcos were arrested after searches at their homes. The probe centers on fraud, forgery and burglary with evidence suggesting dozens of victims in Southern California and Arizona.

Rhew was booked on suspicion of identity theft, possession of personal identifying information belonging to more than 10 victims, forgery, burglary, possession of methamphetamine, committing a felony while on bail and criminal conspiracy. Sundstrom was booked on suspicion of identity theft, mail theft, possession of stolen property and criminal conspiracy.

Detective Brian Bentley outlined the types of property investigators believe may have been stolen.

“Mail, credit cards, personal identifying information stolen from either a mailbox or it could have been someone’s vehicle…

We are in the process of going through all of that evidence and trying to contact as many of these people as possible, so I don’t have an exact number yet. But I can say we seized a lot of evidence yesterday. There was well over 100 different individuals’ personal identifying information.”

Bentley advised residents to regularly monitor bank accounts to guard against financial crimes.

“You really have to be on top of monitoring your online financial presence. One of the ways I tell people quite often is managing and monitoring your own bank accounts. It has to be a regular kind of a thing.”

Bail was set at about $600,000 for each suspect with arraignment scheduled for Tuesday.

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Memphis authorities are accusing a bank teller accused of draining customer accounts through unauthorized cash withdrawals using old slips.

The Memphis Police Department arrested Demeries Coplin Brooks, 24, this week on charges of theft of property, forgery, criminal simulation and fraudulent use of marks and logos, reports WREG.

Brooks worked as a teller for First Bank on Poplar Avenue in Memphis.

Authorities said Brooks made several unauthorized cash withdrawals between December of 2023 and February of 2024 using old withdrawal slips from customer accounts.

The total loss from customer accounts was said to be $60,000.

A fraud investigation identified Brooks as the suspect.

His charges include theft of property, forgery, seven counts of criminal simulation and seven counts of the fraudulent use of marks or logos. He is being held on a $25,000 bond.

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The U.S. Department of Justice has broadened its antitrust probe into high beef prices by seeking six years of records on retail sales, wholesale costs, profit margins and pricing strategies from eight major grocery chains.

The letters go to Walmart, Amazon, Costco, Kroger, Publix, Albertsons, Aldi and Ahold Delhaize USA, says the U.S. Department of Justice.

Associate Attorney General Stanley E. Woodward Jr. sent the letters in mid-July. He called beef prices a critical concern to Americans and a priority for the department.

The letters state.

“We will be seeking data and information that we anticipate to be in your company’s records relating to your company’s retail sales and prices, wholesale purchases and prices, costs and margins for beef products, pricing and purchasing strategy, your company’s analyses of market trends in the wholesale or retail price of beef, and information about factors influencing beef prices.”

The expanded inquiry follows a May investigation of meatpackers after President Trump accused the industry of collusion and price manipulation.

Beef has become more expensive as the U.S. cattle herd shrank and drought and a screwworm outbreak tightened supply.

The administration has eased some tariffs and import limits to try to add supply. The grocers have not commented.

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A US financial giant is accused of secretly intercepting the online communications of its website visitors through embedded tracking technologies.

Plaintiff Franceska Herrera filed the suit against Citigroup Inc. in the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California, reports Top Class Actions.

The complaint alleges the bank and financial services firm deployed third-party tracking pixels that captured users’ page navigations, searches and content interests in real time.

Herrera claims this happened without notice or consent and supported commercial goals including behavioral profiling and monetization through targeted advertising.

The complaint says.

“During her use of the website, [the] plaintiff navigated to multiple pages on the website, unaware that [the] defendant was causing and permitting third parties to intercept the contents of her communications and reveal her personal searches and content interests.”

“[Citigroup] intentionally deploys these technologies to accomplish its commercial objectives, including cross-session behavioral profiling, audience measurement, audience segmentation and the monetization of users’ browsing activity through targeted advertising.”

Herrera accuses Citigroup of violations of the California Invasion of Privacy Act, the Federal Wiretap Act, the California Constitution and Unfair Competition Law, along with unjust enrichment and intrusion upon seclusion.

She requests declaratory and injunctive relief plus statutory, punitive, compensatory and nominal damages.

Similar pixel-tracking lawsuits have targeted other companies including Wells Fargo, PNC Bank, Hilton and LinkedIn.

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President Trump is pledging to allocate up to $500 million from his super PAC to support Republican candidates in the November midterms.

He delivered the comments while speaking to reporters in the Oval Office, reports CNBC.

“I think I have like close to a billion dollars in the super PAC, and I’m allocating probably four or $500 million. We’re going to spend a lot of money because we don’t want to lose our country.”

MAGA Inc. reported $403.45 million in cash on hand as of July 31st, according to its latest Federal Election Commission filing. The political action committee has been relatively restrained with its spending, shelling out roughly $21 million since the start of 2025, including about $1.7 million on independent expenditures.

Despite that, the pro-Trump PAC holds more cash than any of the major party committees, according to the Associated Press.

The group has started spending in key battleground states, including funding an event in Michigan this week featuring Vice President JD Vance. But with less than two months remaining before the election, MAGA Inc. has yet to come close to deploying the level of spending Trump outlined Friday.

The hybrid PAC can make unlimited independent expenditures but cannot contribute directly to candidates.

Trump said he would personally direct the spending toward winnable races and that some funds are expected to remain after November.

“I’m going to spend whatever amount of money necessary to try and help us. This is my money that I control… I’m going to help a lot of the congressmen and senators that need help.”

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A Houston genetics testing laboratory is notifying patients and staff about a cyberattack that exposed their personal and medical information.

Baylor Genetics says the breach occurred in a limited portion of its IT environment. An HHS filing lists 2,810,878 people affected.

The company detected suspicious activity on or around June 15th and later confirmed unauthorized access between June 11th and June 17th.

Affected data includes names, dates of birth, laboratory test results, medical testing details and in limited cases health insurance information or Social Security numbers for patients.

Certain current and former employees also had Social Security numbers, government identification and financial account data exposed.

The firm completed its review around July 30th and has notified affected individuals while reporting the incident to regulators.

Baylor Genetics states it has enhanced security controls and is offering identity protection resources.

The company says it has no evidence of misuse.

“At this time, Baylor Genetics is not aware of any confirmed identity theft, fraud, or misuse of personal information related to this incident.”

“Laboratory operations continued without interruption throughout the investigation, and there was no impact on Baylor Genetics’ ability to provide genetic testing services.”

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Scammers have taken more than $250 million from over 200 elderly victims across Texas and the nation in an alleged gold theft operation.

Authorities in Tarrant County have secured more than 40 indictments tied to the fraud, reports The Dallas Morning News.

Victims received urgent calls from people pretending to be bank officials who claimed accounts or personal data faced compromise.

Scammers directed seniors to withdraw savings and buy gold bars, bitcoin or prepare cash for pickup by individuals posing as federal agents.

Stolen gold and cash moved through shell companies based in New Jersey before reaching a Florida refinery for melting into jewelry destined overseas.

Proceeds converted into cryptocurrency and transferred out of the country to hide the trail.

One Texas victim lost more than $2 million in the scheme while investigators seized over $130 million in gold during raids on jewelry stores in the region.

Muzamil Ahmed, 35, of New Jersey faces charges including organized criminal activity, elder financial abuse and money laundering after his arrest at JFK airport en route to Saudi Arabia.

He remains held in Tarrant County jail under bonds totaling $3.15 million as the probe expands with additional arrests.

Officials warn that law enforcement never requests gold, cash or cryptocurrency from the public.

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A hardware wallet maker is notifying tens of thousands of additional customers about an expanded data breach stemming from its former shipping partner.

The company says ShipMonk notified it on September 2 that order records from November 2019 through August 2021 remained in its systems and were swept up in the same incident first reported in August.

The newly exposed data includes full names, email addresses, phone numbers, shipping addresses, and order numbers for about 67,000 US customers.

Trezor expressed disappointment that ShipMonk did not delete the records despite repeated written assurances tied to contracts and the company’s 90-day retention policy.

Trezor says that it had received repeated written assurances from ShipMonk over the years confirming that customer data from their earlier partnership had been deleted.

“Throughout our entire relationship with ShipMonk, we repeatedly requested and received written assurance confirming the deletion of the data, in line with our contract, data policy, and past communications. We are very disappointed that, despite receiving this confirmation, the data was not deleted in their systems.”

All affected customers received direct email notices from help@trezor.io; those who did not receive a notice are not considered part of the expanded breach.

The incident originated entirely within ShipMonk’s infrastructure, and Trezor’s own systems and hardware wallets were not compromised.

The company warned customers of heightened phishing and physical security risks from the leaked information.

This disclosure adds to the smaller set of recent-order exposures first announced on August 13.

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A former South Carolina police officer faces charges of bank fraud, prostitution and obstruction of justice following allegations of paying for sexual services and attempting to defraud his credit union.

The 43-year-old ex-Pacolet Police Department officer, identified as Fredrick Trent Payne, stands accused of the offenses, reports FOX Carolina.

Arrest documents detail that Payne used a debit card to pay $203 for sexual acts at Royal Springs Massage in Boiling Springs.

Six days later he phoned Founders Federal Credit Union in Spartanburg County to file a false $276 fraud claim on the transaction and then spent the credited amount in person, causing an overdraft.

Payne later gave false statements to investigators during a May interview tied to the probe.

Payne had worked briefly as a deputy with the Spartanburg County Sheriff’s Office before joining the Pacolet department.

Authorities placed him on unpaid suspension once the investigation began and he resigned his position days before his arrest.

The South Carolina Attorney General’s Office is handling prosecution after the sheriff’s office requested assistance from the State Law Enforcement Division.

Payne was booked into the Spartanburg County Detention Center following the charges.

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An Illinois resident has transformed a simple birthday present into a life-changing $1 million lottery victory.

The winning ticket arrived in an envelope from a friend at a celebration organized by his wife, reports UPI.

Numbers 11-17-22-26-36-45 matched the August 8th Lotto Million 2 drawing for the top prize.

The man initially believed the ticket paid only $1,000 after a friend reviewed the results.

“I never would’ve imagined actually winning. I was in complete shock. My wife even started tearing up.”

He added that a $1,000 payout seemed like a solid outcome until the full amount came to light.

Staff at the claims center corrected the misunderstanding by announcing the true jackpot total.

Plans for the money include family trips to Florida, a possible new vehicle, and a cruise marking his 40th anniversary along with his children’s birthdays.

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A woman at a restaurant in Illinois is going viral for declining to pay for a meal she didn’t like.

The customer argued that the items should not appear on her check since the food was not made to her satisfaction.

“I don’t like it, and you can’t make me pay for something that I don’t like.”

The manager countered that the food itself had no apparent issues.

Video of the exchange with the manager triggered a major reaction from viewers.

Not liking your food doesn’t mean you suddenly get to decide you’re not paying for it. Everyone has different tastes. Unless there’s actually something wrong with the food, the restaurant shouldn’t have to eat the cost because you ordered something and decided it wasn’t for you.… pic.twitter.com/Z40xZy4K0t

— Clown World ? (@ClownWorld) August 31, 2026

In Illinois, not paying for food you ordered and received can be treated as theft of services.

Not liking the meal is not the same as the kitchen serving something unsafe or not what you asked for.

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A man in New York stayed seated on a residential roof while repeatedly drinking from cans of an alcoholic iced tea beverage as emergency vehicles gathered below.

The video spread on X, showing the individual in a black tank top near the peak of a gray-shingled house and in no apparent rush to descend.

Buffalo Fire Department and police units set up caution tape around the scene while the man continued gulping the drinks and discarding empties throughout the clip shared from street level.

ALERT: Man who won’t get off the roof is bribed by police with what appears to be Twisted Teas.

The Buffalo Police Department in New York responded to a call about a man hanging on the roof of a home.

It appears that the man would only come down if he could drink his Twisted… pic.twitter.com/SIL9wHAgsC

— E X X ?A L E R T S (@ExxAlerts) September 3, 2026

Posts suggest the officers provided the beverages to encourage him to come down, though independent confirmation remains unavailable.

Says one online commenter,

“Bro faked a hostage negotiation just to get door-to-door delivery on free Twisted Teas.”

Additional reactions questioned the need for a police response and noted the relaxed nature of the situation.

Buffalo police manage thousands of mental health-related calls each year through a dedicated Behavioral Health Team focused on de-escalation.

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A New York man got up and walked away after lightning hit him on the street in Staten Island.

Doorbell video shows a flash and Thomas Fahmy falling, then getting up and calling for help, reports ABC7 New York.

It happened August 27th on Todt Avenue as he walked toward his car for a dentist visit.

He works in Rep. Nicole Malliotakis’s office. A neighbor called 911. He spent the night at Northwell Staten Island University Hospital and went home the next day with no burns.

Doorbell video captured the moment lightning struck a man on Staten Island, knocking him to the ground. He survived the strike and was released from the hospital without any burns. ? pic.twitter.com/JXwwupZole

— AccuWeather (@accuweather) September 4, 2026

He described the hit.

“This very intense burning sensation. Tingling, numbness, pain, severe pain, in both my feet.”

He went to church on Sunday to say thank you. He later bought a lottery ticket. Malliotakis’s office thanked the neighbor and the hospital staff.

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An Oklahoma bank is taking a controlling stake in a New Mexico lender after the owner defaulted on loans and a court put his shares up for auction.

Bank7 Corp. says it won the sale with a net cash price of $89 million.

That buys about 71% of Santa Fe-based Century Financial Services Corp., parent of Century Bank. The first bid was $68 million. The price is $91 million before a $2 million credit.

The bank itself is not in bankruptcy. Majority owner Gerald Peters pledged his Century stock on loans from KS State Bank of Kansas and did not repay them. A receiver in Arizona federal court is selling those shares. The deal still needs bank regulators and is slated for the fourth quarter.

Century Bank has nine New Mexico branches and two Texas loan offices. It had $1.36 billion in assets as of June 30th. Bank7 has about $1.9 billion.

Together they would be about $3.4 billion. Bank7 says it plans to keep the Century name.

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Americans are dealing with higher fuel costs as diesel prices across the country surge to new heights.

The national average is now $5.88 a gallon as of September 5th.

That is the highest average AAA has on its books, above the June of 2022 peak, says AAA.

A week ago the average was $5.60 and year ago it was $3.71. Diesel is the fuel trucks use to move freight, so the jump hits shipping costs. Gasoline is still near $4.15.

September is when diesel demand usually rises, and Bloomberg is tying the latest spike to wars squeezing global supply.

EIA data show distillate stockpiles are thin for this time of year.

U.S. inventories were 104.2 million barrels in the week ending August 28th, down 10 percent from a year earlier.

East Coast tanks held 19.3 million barrels, down 33 percent from a year earlier.

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A nonprofit mental health provider is disclosing a network intrusion that exposed sensitive personal and health data of nearly 50,000 individuals across the United States.

In a filing with the New Hampshire Attorney General, NFI North says an unauthorized third party gained access to its computer network, impacting 49,540 individuals, including 2,813 New Hampshire residents identified in a supplemental filing.

The firm says the hacker stole files that may contain data, including names, Social Security numbers, other personally identifiable information and protected health information.

“On or about September 6, 2025, NFI North detected a network security incident, in which an unauthorized third-party accessed NFI North’s network environment. NFI North engaged third-party forensic specialists to assist with securing the network environment and investigating the extent of any unauthorized activity. The forensic investigation determined that certain files may have been accessed without authorization. NFI North then undertook a comprehensive review of the data potentially impacted in this incident to determine whether personal information may have been involved.”

The organization says it notified the FBI and rebuilt affected systems, while offering 12 months of free credit monitoring, credit report and credit score services through Cyberscout.

NFI North says no evidence of identity theft or data misuse has been reported.

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A bookkeeper at a Connecticut law firm has admitted stealing nearly $754,000 from the business and its owner over more than a decade.

Heather Murdock, 58, of Ellington entered her guilty plea in New Haven federal court to charges of bank fraud and tax evasion, reports CT Insider.

She served as bookkeeper and office manager at the Hartford firm known in court documents as Firm A.

Prosecutors said she generated hundreds of checks made out to herself using the firm’s software and forged the owner’s signature on them.

She then altered bookkeeping entries to disguise the payments as going to real vendors, totaling about $578,279.

The scheme also involved taking $175,559 in cash from rental properties owned by the firm’s principal.

To hide those thefts, she moved funds between accounts and falsified records in the system.

She failed to report any of the stolen money as income on her taxes, underreporting in 2011 and 2012 and skipping filings from 2013 through 2022.

This left her owing $225,991 in unpaid federal taxes.

As part of the plea deal, she must repay $753,838.70 to the firm plus the tax debt, penalties and interest.

Sentencing is scheduled for December 1st, and she is out on a $40,000 bond.

The case drew investigation from the FBI and IRS Criminal Investigation Division.

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The Trump administration is launching a controversial collection of retro arcade-style video games that convert immigration enforcement into pixel-based play.

Details on the project emerged through an official White House announcement on social media.

Two of the five titles center on border security, including one where a player directs a digital border official in pursuit of migrants along a river grid and another that uses falling blocks to block pixel figures from crossing a boundary.

CAN’T STOP WINNING. ?

Build the wall. Deport. Fill a Trump Account.

LIVE – PLAY NOW ? https://t.co/qIR69AxSnm pic.twitter.com/2nr2jG1ZRg

— The White House (@WhiteHouse) September 3, 2026

Additional games address food standards and legislation navigation with lighter themes.

Reaction spread quickly across social platforms with mixed responses ranging from amusement to outrage.

The administration is presenting the games as a fresh method to showcase its record and contrast it with opposing political views.

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A woman in New York has posted a video saying she is on her way to housing court after living rent-free in Manhattan for seven years.

The clip spread on X after first appearing as a YouTube Short from @Nycdeadbeat212.

The on-screen text reads,

“POV: Headed to landlord-tenant court after living rent free in Manhattan for 7 years.” 

This clown is actually bragging about living in Manhattan for seven years rent-free.

Seven. Years. No shame. None.

Just waking to court smirking like she pulled off some genius life hack while real people get crushed.

And this isn’t some isolated freak show. In NYC, about… pic.twitter.com/GgLZxT4hCW

— I Meme Therefore I Am ?? (@ImMeme0) September 3, 2026

Some viewers on X tore into the video. One wrote,

“The law protects the criminal. She’s smiling because she knows her victim, the property owner, can’t do anything. The system is broken. Our justice system has failed.”

The woman’s case file and the outcome are not public in the coverage so far. New York nonpayment cases typically take many months to reach a warrant.

Long unpaid stays in New York are rare, but do happen.

Mickey Barreto lived rent-free at the New Yorker Hotel for about five years after a 2018 housing-court fight.

He later pleaded guilty to filing a false instrument after claiming he owned the building.

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An assisted living facility caregiver in Ohio is accused of making unauthorized ATM withdrawals from a blind elderly resident’s bank account.

The 86-year-old victim resided at The Inn in Joshua Tree senior living campus in North Olmsted, reports Local 12.

Westlake police launched the probe after the victim’s sister noticed the suspicious activity and contacted authorities.

Bank records showed five separate $500 withdrawals at a Citizens Bank branch in Westlake.

Surveillance footage from the bank captured the same individual making the transactions while wearing a mask and sometimes medical scrubs.

Facility management helped identify the suspect as a night-shift nursing aide who cared for the resident.

Police noted the victim often left her purse accessible in her room.

The aide was fired from her position and arrested on charges of felony theft and misuse of a credit card.

Authorities say a conviction could carry enhanced penalties due to the victim’s age and disability.

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An elderly resident in Illinois has lost more than $20,000 through unauthorized debit card transactions.

The victim, who lived at Woodland Towers Apartments in Collinsville, discovered multiple Cash App transfers and an Airbnb purchase on her account, reports RiverBender.

Police identified 41-year-old Tiffani D. Hobson of East St. Louis as the suspect after a yearlong investigation.

Hobson had worked as the manager at the senior complex where the victim resided.

Authorities charged her with theft of property over $5,000 by deception from an elderly person, wire fraud, and unlawful use of a debit card.

The offenses spanned from mid-June to late August 2026 and involved substantial online purchases made without permission.

Hobson turned herself in to Collinsville police and was released pending court proceedings.

Detectives believe additional victims may exist and urge anyone with suspicious Cash App activity linked to stays at the complex to contact authorities.

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Kroger is agreeing to a proposed $17 million class-action settlement resolving claims it overcharged insured customers on prescription copays by not reporting lower Rx Savings Club prices as usual and customary rates.

The settlement resolves claims in Kirkbride et al. v. The Kroger Co. that the company failed to report lower discount club prices as its usual and customary rates when billing insurers, which inflated out-of-pocket costs.

Kroger denies any wrongdoing and maintains it correctly reported retail prices.

The class covers individuals in the U.S. and territories who paid for one or more prescriptions at Kroger using insurance from December 9, 2018, through August 23, 2026.

Eligible people can file claims at KrogerSavingsClubSettlement.com by December 21, 2026, with payouts distributed pro rata from the net fund after fees and expenses.

A fairness hearing is set for January 11, 2027.

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A rural North Carolina Baptist church is facing fallout after its former pastor allegedly stole nearly $58,000 from its funds for personal use.

The proposed charges include 16 felony counts of embezzlement totaling $57,934.13 from Happy Home Baptist Church in Nakina, reports The NC Beat.

Devin Cyrus Carroll, 23, of Conway, South Carolina, was arrested on August 26th and booked into the Columbus County Detention Center on a $75,000 secured bond.

Arrest warrants allege he embezzled the funds on or around February 27th, 2024, while employed at the church before serving as pastor from May 2024 until July 2025.

“Arrest warrants allege he embezzled $57,934.13 from Happy Home Baptist Church in Nakina, North Carolina for personal use,” reported The North Carolina Beat.

The funds allegedly covered $42,925 in Advance America loan payments, $14,685.98 in personal expenses such as restaurants and retail purchases across three states, horseback riding, a cellphone bill, legal fees, and a veterinary visit, plus $323.15 in additional retail purchases.

Carroll was on pretrial release for a pending South Carolina charge of third-degree criminal sexual conduct with a minor when arrested.

His next court date is September 17th, and the church, affiliated with the Southern Baptist Convention, did not respond to media inquiries.

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The United States and United Kingdom are forming a first-of-its-kind alliance aimed at dismantling global scam centers tied to crypto fraud.

The Department of Justice says US and UK authorities are joining forces to crack down on international scam centers accused of defrauding Americans through cryptocurrency and cyber-enabled investment schemes.

The US Attorney’s Office for the District of Columbia, the Crown Prosecution Service of England and Wales, and the UK’s National Crime Agency announced a new Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) between the Scam Center Strike Force and its British counterparts

Officials described the agreement as the first international cooperation framework specifically focused on disrupting scam centers involved in cryptocurrency fraud, cyber-enabled investment fraud and other schemes that collectively cost Americans an estimated $10 billion each year. Under the agreement, US and UK authorities will conduct parallel investigations into shared targets, exchange intelligence on organized crime groups and coordinate on where individual cases should be prosecuted. The agencies will also prioritize investigations involving the threat to maximize the impact of their joint efforts.

Says US Attorney Jeanine Ferris Pirro,

“The United Kingdom is one of our oldest allies and partners. We’ve stood side by side to bring down global threats in multiple wars, and today we commit to stand together in the war on transnational organized crime. Together we will disable the Chinese TOC networks that are operating these scam compounds and depriving our citizens of their hard-earned funds, all while using human-trafficked labor to increase their profit. Standing together, we are invincible.” 

The Scam Center Strike Force was launched by US Attorney Pirro in November 2025 in response to the growing presence of Chinese organized crime groups operating scam centers, primarily across Southeast Asia.

The task force focuses on cryptocurrency investment scams, cyber-enabled fraud, human trafficking and money laundering operations that have collectively caused billions of dollars in losses to American victims.

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Federal prosecutors have charged a 33-year-old illegal alien from the country of Georgia with conspiracy to launder money from a health fraud scheme that billed more than $1.3 billion.

The Justice Department says Erekle Gugava opened bank accounts as the owner of a Pennsylvania medical equipment firm called ND Medical Solutions LLC from February to July of 2025.

Prosecutors say the company sent at least $1.3 billion in false claims for medical equipment using stolen identities. Insurers paid about $6.5 million.

According to the DOJ, Gugava deposited the checks and moved the money overseas to a criminal group based in Russia.

A grand jury in Massachusetts returned the indictment.

The case is part of Operation Gold Rush, which the department calls the largest health care fraud case it has ever brought.

Says Assistant Attorney General Colin M. McDonald,

“Fraud networks cannot function without people willing to launder and transmit their proceeds — and deterring those facilitators is essential to safeguarding taxpayer resources.”

He faces up to 20 years in prison if convicted. The FBI, Postal Inspection Service, IRS and HHS Office of Inspector General worked the case.

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A Florida man stands accused of siphoning tens of thousands of dollars from his aging parents’ retirement funds through unauthorized bank transactions.

Rafael Evelio Barcelo, the 67-year-old resident of Hialeah, allegedly managed the couple’s finances before making two large withdrawals from their Bank of America account, reports Local 10.

One withdrawal involved a $34,000 check labeled as a gift that went to Barcelo’s business, Shophar LLC. The second was a $52,000 cashier’s check that Barcelo cashed personally before moving the money to another bank.

The parents, who moved from Cuba decades earlier and had lived in the same home since 1972, told investigators they never approved the transfers and had no idea where the funds went.

Discovery of the missing money came during a family bank visit prompted by a dispute over the father’s care after his December 2024 fall and subsequent cognitive decline.

Authorities note the withdrawals left the couple with insufficient funds to cover various expenses, including utilities, property taxes, groceries and other bills.

Barcelo now faces multiple charges, including exploitation of an elderly or disabled person involving more than $50,000, grand theft from a person over 65 involving more than $50,000, and organized scheme to defraud involving $50,000 or more.

Barcelo remains in custody at the Turner Guilford Knight Correctional Center on a $22,500 bond.

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A Texas woman lost more than $14,000 after scammers impersonating her bank persuaded her to hand over her debit card to an Uber driver dispatched to her home.

The northeast Bexar County resident, identified as Denise Mumme, says she received an unexpected call from someone claiming to be with USAA who noticed a large charge on her account, reports reports KSAT.

The caller convinced her to turn over the card to the arriving driver, who then passed it along to 26-year-old Haquilla Watson.

Watson used the card for a spree that included ATM cash withdrawals, money orders and purchases at the Apple Store.

Sheriff’s investigators arrested Watson on charges of credit or debit card abuse and fraudulent use of identifying information.

Surveillance footage captured the driver meeting Watson outside a Crumbl Cookies location and later showed Watson making the fraudulent transactions around town.

Mumme noticed the missing funds two days later and alerted authorities, who cracked the case with video evidence.

She now warns others to verify any bank calls directly using official numbers instead of those provided by the caller.

The incident occurred in June and underscores the risks of sophisticated impersonation schemes targeting bank customers.

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Scammers have drained hundreds of thousands of dollars from an elderly Pennsylvania woman by directing her to purchase and surrender gold bars under false pretenses.

The 78-year-old resident of South Whitehall Township fielded calls from people pretending to represent American Bank who claimed her identity and Social Security number faced compromise, reports The Morning Call.

Attempts to wire funds failed after her bank rejected the transfers to invalid accounts.

The callers then instructed her to acquire gold bullion and transport it to specific spots in the Allentown area.

She completed four separate deliveries that handed over $550,000 in gold to various couriers.

Police observed her pass an additional $133,000 in gold directly to one of the men outside her senior living facility.

Authorities charged Jiwan Chen, 57, and Tianhang Zhou, 62, both of New York, with theft, theft by deception, receiving stolen property, financial exploitation of a care-dependent person, criminal use of a communication facility, and conspiracy.

Both suspects remain held in Lehigh County Jail on $500,000 bail each.

Such schemes often exploit fears about identity theft to pressure victims into liquid assets like precious metals.

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FinWise Bank is settling claims from a data breach by agreeing to pay $2.8 million to eligible customers.

The agreement covers U.S. residents whose personal information was exposed, says the official settlement notice.

Class members may claim up to $5,000 for documented losses traceable to the breach or a pro rata cash payment from remaining funds, plus two years of three-bureau credit monitoring.

The official notice states the terms of the resolution.

“A $2,800,000 settlement has been reached in a class action lawsuit against FinWise Bank, FinWise Bancorp, and American First Finance related to a Data Incident experienced by FinWise Bank on or about May 31, 2024.”

Claims must be filed by October 29, 2026, via the settlement website or by mail to PO Box 4390, Portland, OR 97208-4390.

Payments to approved claimants are expected about 90 days after final approval.

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Global central banks keep adding to their gold reserves for a fourth straight month.

Institutions netted 23 tonnes in July after acquiring 51 tonnes the prior month, according to Kitco, using data from central banks, the World Gold Council and the IMF.

China purchased 20 tonnes to reach 60 tonnes for the year while Poland added 8 tonnes and lifted its 2026 total to 90 tonnes.

Year-to-date central bank acquisitions stand at 130 tonnes, down slightly from 160 tonnes over the same stretch last year.

World Gold Council data shows emerging market institutions have accelerated accumulation in recent quarters amid concerns over sanctions and currency stability.

Central banks cite geopolitical risks and the need to diversify reserves away from traditional assets as key drivers behind sustained buying.

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Norway’s enormous sovereign wealth fund is shifting its fixed-income strategy away from heavy reliance on safe government bonds.

The overhaul would slash nearly $80 billion from its U.S. Treasury positions, reports Bloomberg.

This sovereign wealth fund, funded by Norway’s oil and gas revenues, ranks as the world’s largest with assets topping $2.3 trillion.

Managers aim to lower the government bond weighting in the benchmark from 70 percent to 50 percent, freeing capital for corporate debt, mortgage-backed securities and other higher-yielding instruments.

U.S. Treasurys currently make up the biggest slice at roughly $215 billion, and the plan would drop their share of the bond portfolio from 34.1 percent to 21.9 percent.

Overall dollar exposure stays nearly unchanged as the fund boosts holdings of U.S. non-government debt.

The proposal follows a finance ministry review and seeks greater diversification to improve returns without sacrificing liquidity during market stress.

Any reallocation would occur gradually to control trading costs and limit market impact.

The changes would align the benchmark more closely with broad market indexes that include a wider mix of developed-market debt.

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Billionaire wealth has climbed to unprecedented global heights amid intense investment activity in artificial intelligence.

The combined total now stands at $15.1 trillion, reports CNBC, with numbers expanding to 3,795 people worldwide.

North America leads all regions with 1,337 billionaires and the fastest growth pace.

Just 29 individuals each worth more than $50 billion now hold $4.1 trillion or 27 percent of all billionaire assets combined.

This elite concentration has risen sharply from much lower levels in prior years.

Companies pouring resources into AI have delivered 23 percent better market capitalization growth than peers.

All major asset classes posted positive returns last year for the first time since the pandemic period.

Tech-oriented fortunes tied to artificial intelligence are expected to fluctuate with ongoing developments in the sector.

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Florida is distributing 5.67 million free Grade A eggs to food banks and pantries across all 67 counties under a nationwide price-fixing settlement.

The settlement says Florida’s share includes 472,500 dozen eggs in 21 truckloads along with a $348,490 payment for enforcement.

Producers including Cal-Maine Foods are covering all shipping and handling costs for deliveries through Feeding Florida’s network serving more than 2,400 agencies.

The eggs stem from a joint U.S. Department of Justice and 17-state investigation into manipulation of Urner Barry price quotes.

Attorney General James Uthmeier highlighted the relief for working families.

“Eggs are a breakfast staple, not a luxury. When the price of a carton goes up, working families feel it every week at the checkout line. Today 5.67 million eggs are moving to food banks and pantries in every Florida county—at no cost to households, food banks, or taxpayers. That is affordability you can measure.”

The settlement adds five years of antitrust compliance rules for the companies.

Deliveries are wrapping up this week.

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A Texas man has admitted to altering a U.S. Treasury check to create the appearance of a massive deposit, gaining temporary access to more than $100,000 through a bank account.

Authorities say 61-year-old Beaumont resident, Byron Demetrius Franklin, attempted the deposit at a Houston Walmart ATM into a USAA account in January 2025.

He contacted the bank to report an error and received credit for an additional large sum while the original amount became available during verification.

Franklin then made several ATM withdrawals in Beaumont over a couple of days before the bank detected the alteration and shut down the account.

He has received a 27-month federal prison term after pleading guilty to bank fraud, reports KFDM.

Investigators from the U.S. Secret Service and USAA handled the case, which the U.S. Attorney’s Office prosecuted.

Federal prosecutors noted the scheme unraveled rapidly once the check alteration came to light.

The sentencing underscores efforts by banks and federal agencies to combat check fraud schemes targeting financial institutions.

USAA has emphasized its verification processes to prevent similar unauthorized access in the future.

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A Michigan court is barring a prediction market platform from offering sports wagers to state residents or risk massive daily fines for failing to block access.

The order requires KalshiEx, LLC to maintain geofencing using a state-licensed third-party provider, with violations triggering a $500,000 daily fine.

The injunction prohibits offering, facilitating, advertising, or processing any internet sports betting contracts to anyone in Michigan, including users aged 18 and older.

Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel secured the ruling after filing suit in March 2026 alleging unlicensed sports betting under the Lawful Sports Betting Act.

A temporary restraining order was already in place from June 2026 following remand from federal court.

The court cited risks to youth, mental health protections, unfair competition with licensed operators, and lost revenue for schools, tribes, and public services as reasons for the ban.

Attorney General Nessel is highlighting the platform’s efforts to appear legitimate.

“Kalshi long attempted to pass itself off as a legitimate gaming operation in our state, and I am relieved that this order further protects Michigan residents from its predatory, unlicensed practices. My office will continue to defend Michiganders and enforce our gaming laws, which ensure gambling revenue is regulated and distributed back into our communities.”

The court order says Kalshi’s operations are causing harm to Michiganders.

“Michigan and its most vulnerable citizens are suffering and will continue to suffer immediate and irreparable harm absent relief from being exploited by Kalshi’s sports betting operation masquerading as an investment opportunity.”

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September 4th, 2026 – Chicago, United States

Liquid Mercury today announced that ACQUA1, LLC completed the initial closing of its MERC exchange offering on September 1, 2026.

ACQUA1 is a Liquid Mercury subsidiary that operates Liquid Mercury’s Lab Company program, licensing Liquid Mercury technology to companies primarily tokenizing real-world assets and receiving fees plus a minority equity stake in return. Liquid Mercury is the majority holder and Manager.

“Over the past 18 months, dozens of companies have approached Liquid Mercury seeking to tokenize their assets,” said Tony Saliba, CEO and founder of Liquid Mercury. “Many assumed they would need to raise capital and build this infrastructure from scratch. Licensing Mercury RWA lets them launch on systems that were already live and proven, at a fraction of the time and cost. ACQUA1 token holders now own a slice of the business that earns equity, plus fees from the companies in the Lab Company program.”

Verified accredited investors subscribed by exchanging MERC for non-voting Class B units of ACQUA1 at the initial conversion rate of 10 MERC per unit. Under its operating agreement, ACQUA1 must burn 100% of the MERC it receives at each closing within five business days and may not transfer, trade, lend, stake, pledge, or otherwise deploy it. 

On September 2, all 563,230,000 MERC received at the initial closing were burned via a transfer to the dead address, as the offering documents require.

Initial Closing Highlights

• Initial closing: September 1, 2026
• MERC burned: 563,230,000
• Transferred to the dead address September 2, 2026
• Units issued: 56,323,000
• Non-voting Class B units of ACQUA1, LLC under Rule 506(c) of Regulation D
• 10 MERC per unit
• Evidenced on-chain by ACQUA1-C tokens
• ACQUA1-C tokens convert one-for-one into ACQUA1 tokens upon issuance
• Remaining closings: On or about October 30 and December 31, 2026
• ACQUA1 may skip or terminate at its discretion
• The conversion rate at subsequent closings may differ

Verification Links

Burn transaction

ACQUA1-C contract

Verified accredited investors can request full terms at acqua1.liquidmercury.com/contact.

About Liquid Mercury

Liquid Mercury powers professional crypto trading and digital asset marketplaces. The company delivers institutional-grade infrastructure, access to deep liquidity, and best-in-class trading tools and workflow automation across its Pro, OTC, and RWA platforms. Through Mercury RWA, Liquid Mercury is extending that infrastructure into tokenized real-world assets, with MERC serving as the access and platform layer token. For more information, visit www.liquidmercury.com.

Investor Notice

This press release does not constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy any securities. Class B units of ACQUA1, LLC and the ACQUA1 tokens representing them are offered and sold in reliance on the exemption from registration provided by Rule 506(c) of Regulation D under the Securities Act of 1933, solely to verified accredited investors as defined in Rule 501(a) of Regulation D, and solely pursuant to ACQUA1’s confidential private placement memorandum, as supplemented, and definitive subscription documents, which contain important information, including risk factors. ACQUA1 tokens are restricted securities, are subject to transfer restrictions under ACQUA1’s operating agreement and may remain illiquid indefinitely; investors should not assume that Rule 144 will be available. Statements regarding future revenues, valuations, portfolio performance, and subsequent closings are forward-looking and subject to risks and uncertainties; actual results may differ materially. The MERC contract has no burn function; tokens are removed from circulation by transferring to the dead address. Supply outstanding excluding the dead address is 5,436,770,000 MERC, as of the date of publication.

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The Dutch central bank is shifting dozens of tonnes of its gold reserves to London from the US and Canada to improve tradability and crisis readiness.

De Nederlandsche Bank (DNB) says the operation moved about 86 tonnes between March and August 2026 through a combination of sales and physical transfers.

The bank sold roughly 59 tonnes in New York and bought equivalent amounts in London while moving more than 27 tonnes via its Zeist vaults without remelting bars.

After the relocation, London now holds 32.1 percent of the reserves while New York and Ottawa each hold 18.5 percent.

The total Dutch gold stock remains 612.4 tonnes valued at $83.77 billion at the end of 2025.

De Nederlandsche Bank addressed the rationale for the move.

“In view of increasing geopolitical unrest, DNB is strengthening its crisis preparedness. Improving the liquidity and tradability of the Dutch gold reserves is part of these preparations.”

The DNB Governor Olaf Sleijpen further says,

“With this relocation, we have improved the tradability of our gold reserves. We expect that we will never need to use them, but we do need to strengthen our resilience and preparedness.”

President Olaf Sleijpen added that the step improves deployability while noting the bank assumes it will never need to use the gold.

London was selected because it allows the quickest deployment in emergencies.

Gold is trading at $4,480 per ounce at time of writing.

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Traders betting against Bitcoin are getting liquidated as BTC’s price pushes through $81,000.

CoinGlass shows $544.85 million in leveraged crypto bets closed out in the last 24 hours, says CoinGlass.

Most of that is shorts. Long liquidations hit $88.42 million, with short liquidations at $456.44 million.

Bitcoin’s rally coincides with a sharp decline in the US Dollar Index, which fell to 99.001, down 0.58% on Thursday.

USD/JPY is also plunging nearly 2.5% over 24 hours, a move widely viewed as evidence of major intervention by Japanese authorities.

BTC is priced at $80,879 at time of publishing, up 3.98% in the last 24 hours.

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Britain’s sanctions regulator is imposing a multimillion-pound penalty on Citibank’s London branch after the bank processed payments that breached Russia sanctions rules.

The Office of Financial Sanctions Implementation (OFSI) says it levied a $6.39 million fine on Citibank N.A. (CBNA) London Branch after the bank processed 970 payments totaling £19.7 million that breached Russia sanctions rules.

The majority of the transactions occurred between February and November 2022 and involved accounts tied to Russian shipping firm PJSC Sovcomflot and financial institutions such as Alfa-Bank, PJSC Gazprombank and Credit Bank of Moscow.

The regulator determined there was no intent to breach sanctions yet described the errors as material and significant, spanning multiple business areas after the rapid rollout of new restrictions.

The bank self-reported most of the issues and cooperated with investigators.

The regulator noted the lack of intent but highlighted the scale of the problems.

“OFSI does not consider there to have been any intent by CBNA London to breach sanctions. However, the errors and failings referred to above were, in aggregate, material and significant and they occurred across a wide range of business areas and systems within the bank.”

A Citi spokesperson welcomed the case’s conclusion.

“We remain committed to working closely with sanctions authorities and supporting our clients through a strong and effective control environment.”

The firm takes sanctions compliance seriously and remains committed to working closely with authorities while investing in its control framework.

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Federal authorities have charged two finance executives in California’s Bay Area with running a Ponzi-like scheme that allegedly took in more than $100 million from investors.

The pair raised money by promising returns from mortgage loans backed by real estate, says the SEC.

Mark Hanf, 66, was CEO of Pacific Private Money in Novato. Nam Phan, 58, was a top executive at a company affiliate.

Prosecutors say they hid losses on a sour loan and used new investor money to pay older investors.

The SEC says Hanf took more than $7 million for personal use, including credit cards and a mortgage. Many of the investors were retired people in California.

The scheme collapsed in late 2025 when people asked for their money back and the funds could not pay. By early 2026, records showed about $121 million still invested and less than $17 million left to recover.

Pacific Private Money made private loans tied to real estate. The funds later went into bankruptcy.

Both men pleaded not guilty and are free on bond. A wire fraud conviction can bring up to 20 years in prison. The SEC filed a separate civil case. They have not admitted the civil claims.

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Two Thai businessmen are suing Tether for freezing their USDT holdings worth tens of millions of dollars based solely on an informal US government request without any warrant or legal authority.

The complaint filed in federal court details how the stablecoin issuer targeted their Ethereum (ETH) addresses using its blacklist capability.

The plaintiffs had no contract or relationship with Tether.

“On October 30, 2025, Defendants used that power against Plaintiffs —strangers to Defendants, with whom Defendants have no contract and no relationship of any kind —freezing tens of millions of dollars of Plaintiffs’ USDT contained in Plaintiffs’ blockchain addresses at the informal request of a U.S. government agent, without any warrant, order, or legal process of any kind directed to Defendants, and without notice to Plaintiffs.”

A seizure warrant came more than three months later on February 19th, 2026, seeking to destroy the frozen USDT and reissue it to a government wallet.

The filing argues that Tether lacks legal possession or control over the assets and has no authority to maintain the freeze, which continues nine months later while the company profits from retaining reserves tied to the tokens.

Tether controls an on-chain blacklist via its addBlackList function, allowing freezes without court orders while investigations proceed, says a technical analysis.

“No court order is required for the freeze itself. Tether can freeze pre-emptively while an investigation is ongoing,” the analysis notes.

The Thai businessman is asking the court for restitution and disgorgement of all interest, yield, income, profits, and other benefits derived from the reserves attributable to the USDT in the addresses during the freeze period, and to impose a constructive trust over those amounts.

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September 3rd, 2026 – London, UK

class=”ql-align-center”>COINPRO will use Integral’s technology to aggregate liquidity, automate pricing and support wholesale transactions between digital assets and fiat currencies

Integral, a leading currency technology provider, today announced that Grupo Salinas, through COINPRO, has selected Integral Digital as the technology infrastructure for Coinpro’s institutional digital asset trading desk.

The desk is designed to serve corporate and institutional clients seeking to buy or sell digital assets against fiat currencies. Its wholesale model will support exchanges, digital asset companies and other businesses that require institutional pricing, liquidity and execution.

Integral Digital will provide Coinpro with a single environment for liquidity aggregation, price formation, order and position management, risk controls and real-time analytics across digital assets and fiat currencies.

By automating these functions, Coinpro will be able to quote and execute institutional transactions more efficiently and scale its operations as client demand grows.

The infrastructure may also support institutional use cases that require efficient conversion between digital assets and local currencies.

Carlos Díaz Alonso, General Manager of Comission- Based Business of Grupo Salinas, said: “Through Coinpro, Grupo Salinas is developing a specialized institutional capability for digital assets. We selected Integral because its technology brings liquidity, pricing, risk management and operational control into a highly automated workflow. This gives us the infrastructure needed to serve corporate and institutional clients with the speed and discipline this market requires.”Harpal Sandhu, CEO of Integral, said: “Integral Digital enables global partners to seamlessly integrate digital assets into their institutional offerings while navigating market complexity. By combining cross-exchange aggregation with institutional-grade risk management, Integral bridges the gap between client demand and operational requirements. Grupo Salinas is a pioneer in Latin American financial innovation, and we are thrilled to support their execution.”

About COINPRO

COINPRO is Grupo Salinas’s digital asset and blockchain infrastructure platform, enabling cryptocurrency services and next-generation financial solutions across the Grupo’s ecosystem. COINPRO connects traditional financial rails with the digital economy, creating more efficient, scalable and borderless ways to move and manage value.

About Grupo Salinas

Grupo Salinas (www.gruposalinas.com) is a group of dynamic, fast growing, and technologically advanced companies focused on creating economic value through market innovation and goods and services that improve the lives of its customers, social value –with the creation of capacities in society to improve their living conditions– and environmental value –by mitigating negative impacts of its value chain. By bringing well-being to all levels of society, Grupo Salinas fosters the development of the countries where it operates.

Created by entrepreneur Ricardo B. Salinas(www.ricardosalinas.com), Grupo Salinas operates as a forum to develop entrepreneurial ability and support decision-making among the executives who lead Group’s member firms: TV Azteca (www.azteca.com; https://www.irtvazteca.com/), Grupo Elektra (www.grupoelektra.com.mx; www.elektra.com), Banco Azteca (www.bancoazteca.com.mx), Totalplay (www.totalplay.com.mx), among others. The Group shares a common vision, values and strategies to achieve rapid growth, superior results and world-class performance.

About Integral

Integral is the currency technology partner to hundreds of financial institutions, including banks, brokers, investors and cross-border payment companies, who have embedded Integral’s technology in their workflows and customer-facing services.

Adopted first by the financial markets and now integrated across all industries – our embedded FX and crypto services are solving the currency challenges faced every global organization. Founded in 1993, we support customers from our offices in Palo Alto, New York, London, Tokyo, Singapore and Bengaluru.

Additional information is available at www.integral.com.

2026 Integral Development Corp. All rights reserved. Integral technology is protected under U.S. patents and patent-pending applications and related intellectual property rights.

Contact: Integral, 380 Portage Avenue, Palo Alto, California 94306 e-mail: integral@aspectusgroup.com

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A healthcare technology provider is alerting more than 9.5 million individuals after unauthorized access exposed their personal and medical data.

Aesto says the incident occurred through its Amazon Web Services infrastructure between December 2nd and December 18th, 2025.

A separate review confirmed the breach affected 9,540,683 people across 29 organizations.

The firm discovered the unauthorized activity on December 18th, 2025, but did not confirm the scope until May 26, 2026, after a forensic investigation.

“After an extensive forensic investigation and manual document review, on May 26, 2026, we confirmed that between on or about December 2, 2025, and December 18, 2025, certain protected health information belonging to patients of various Covered Entity clients stored within Aesto’s network may have been accessed and/or acquired by an unauthorized actor. The information included full names, dates of birth, medical information, driver’s license numbers, financial account numbers only, health insurance information, individual taxpayer identification numbers, other government identification numbers, and Social Security numbers. The elements of information varied per individual, and Social Security numbers were also potentially involved for a limited number of individuals.”

Aesto Health posted a public notice and began notifying clients on June 26th, 2026, with individual mailings starting August 21st.

The company is offering two years of credit monitoring and identity theft protection through Experian.

Aesto Health states in its official notice that no misuse occurred.

“We have no evidence that your medical information involved in this incident was or will be used for any unintended purposes.”

No threat group has claimed responsibility for the attack.

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September 3rd, 2026 – Road Town, Tortola, British Virgin Islands

DWF Labs, an established, market-tested investor and market maker built to strengthen digital asset market infrastructure at scale, today announced an expansion of its global regulatory footprint with a group entity granted Virtual Asset Service Provider (VASP) regulatory approval from the British Virgin Islands Financial Services Commission (BVI FSC).

Granted under the BVI’s Virtual Assets Service Providers Act 2022, the approval authorizes DWF Labs as a registered VASP, to provide the exchange of one or more forms of virtual assets, as well as to participate in, and provide financial services related to an issuer’s offer and/or sale of a virtual asset.

The approval enables institutional clients access to DWF Labs’ integrated OTC trading and market making capabilities, including spot trading across thousands of digital assets and stablecoins, through a regulated BVI entity. It also strengthens the company’s ability to deliver investment, incubation and ecosystem development services to support token issuers and digital asset projects on a global scale. 

The BVI has established itself as a leading jurisdiction for decentralized ledger deployments and structured real-world asset (RWA) tokenization. The territory now represents nearly 10% of the global tokenization US treasuries market, with $1.5 billion in distributed value. BVI-domiciled entities also facilitate more than $1.2 billion in active, circulating stablecoins – figures underpinned by more than 24,700 stablecoin asset holders and weekly transfer volumes of $694.1 million. These figures (Source: rwa.xyz treasuries and stablecoins) reflect the strength of both the regulatory and market infrastructure DWF Labs is now positioned to operate within. 

Heng Lee, Managing Director and Partner at DWF Labs said, “The Virtual Asset Service Provider (VASP) approval from the British Virgin Islands Financial Services Commission (BVI FSC) is a key step in responsibly expanding and delivering DWF Labs’ regulated digital asset services to international institutional clients.” “As the digital asset market and industry continue to mature, and adoption increases, this addition to our regulatory framework will enable us to deliver a broader range of solutions, products, and services, while reinforcing our focus upon transparency and governance.”

DWF Labs will continue to expand its regulatory footprint across key global markets, supporting its international growth strategy and commitment to operating within robust regulatory frameworks.

About DWF Labs

Established in 2022, DWF Labs is an investor and market maker, focused on giving builders the capital, liquidity, expertise, and partnerships needed to take ideas from concept to scale. DWF Labs is among the world’s largest high-frequency digital asset trading organizations, active on more than 80 centralized and decentralized exchanges. The firm supports over 20% of CoinMarketCap’s Top 100 projects and 35% of its Top 1,000, and has worked with more than 1,000 blockchain companies across Layer 1 and Layer 2 networks, DeFi, gaming, AI, payments, infrastructure, and tokenization.

The firm’s work is organized across four business lines: Liquidity (institutional market making and liquidity provision), Investment and Incubation (strategic capital and token advisory for emerging projects), Ecosystem Development (go-to-market support), and OTC and Structured Markets (tailored trading solutions for institutions, funds, and protocol treasuries). DWF Labs also founded and incubated Falcon Finance, a synthetic dollar and universal collateralization protocol.

DWF Labs operates a globally distributed team on a 24/7/365 basis. 

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A technology powerhouse has expanded its market value to eclipse the combined size of multiple full sectors in the benchmark stock index.

Tech titan and chipmaker Nvidia (NVDA) now makes up roughly 8% of the S&P 500 total capitalization, a share near record levels, reports The Kobeissi Letter.

Its valuation exceeds five of the index’s 11 sectors, with only Information Technology, Communication Services, Financials, Health Care, Consumer Discretionary, and Industrials ranking higher.

“Nvidia’s market cap also exceeds the combined value of the Energy, Utilities, Real Estate, and Materials sectors.”

At $5.3 trillion, the market cap equals 16.3% of US GDP, highlighting rapid expansion fueled by demand for specialized chips in artificial intelligence applications.

Recent trading data places the valuation in a similar range, around $5.3 trillion to $5.4 trillion amid ongoing market gains.

“Nvidia’s rise has been historic.”

The news comes as global money creation expands at a historic pace. Data from The Kobeissi Letter shows that global broad money supply surged +$10.7 trillion year over year in June, or +7.7%, to a record $150 trillion.

“This marks the 9th consecutive YoY increase above +7.0%, the longest such streak since 2021.

The biggest increase over this period was recorded in February 2026, at +11.9%.

Since 2000, global money supply has risen +$124 trillion, a +6.9% compounded annual growth rate over this period.

Since 2020 alone, money supply has surged +$50 trillion, or +50%, equivalent to an average increase of ~$7.5 trillion per year.”

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