Turkey’s Capital Markets Board notes an increasing number of crypto license applicants. Crypto companies have continued flocking to Turkey, seeking a license. The number of license applicants has nearly doubled within a week. Among the applicants are major players in the crypto industry. Turkey has witnessed a new wave...

Turkey Sees 29 Additional Crypto License Applicants Under New Regime

Binance re-enters India after settling $2.25 million penalty with FIU. The following is adapted from The Block’s newsletter, The Daily, which comes out on weekday afternoons. Happy Thursday! In today's Daily, the SEC approves a MicroStrategy ETF, Binance re-enters India, ETH and SOL show heightened price sensitivity and more.

The Daily: Leveraged long MSTR ETF, Binance re-enters India, Uniswap Labs's auditing competition and more

National Pension Service’s latest holdings report showed it bought MicroStrategy shares in the second quarter of this year. The pension fund’s Coinbase holdings amounted to 229,907 shares, worth about $51 million, at the end of June. South Korea’s National Pension Service, the world’s third-largest pension fund by assets,...

South Korea’s national pension fund bought $33.7 million worth of MicroStrategy shares in Q2

Binance has reportedly achieved its 19th global regulatory milestone with registration in India. As part of their ongoing efforts to uphold regulatory standards, Binance says it is pleased to announce that firm has “registered as a reporting entity with India’s Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU).”. This achievement marks Binance’s...

Binance Reports Global Regulatory Milestone with Registration in India

Crypto exchange Binance is resuming its services in India after complying with the nation’s registration requirements. Late last year, India blocked Binance along with nearly a dozen foreign crypto exchanges for failing to register as a reporting entity with the Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU) as required by the country’s anti-money laundering law.

Binance Secures Registration With India’s Financial Intelligence Unit Following $2,200,000 Fine in June

Business Insider

Small merchants in China have been holding rallies this month to protest Temu's fines and refund policies, multiple outlets reported.

Dozens of angry Chinese suppliers swarmed Temu's office, saying they're tired of giving Westerners refunds without returns

The US Sun

LENSCRAFTERS agreed to a $39 million settlement to resolve a class action lawsuit regarding deceptive advertising. The settlement offers direct payments to consumers who claimed they fell victim to false advertising. The lawsuit claimed that LensCrafters made misleading statements about the AccuFit Digital System. LensCrafters said its system was accurate...

LensCrafters is giving customers one-time payments from $39 million settlement – but three criteria must be met

AMERICANS have the opportunity to claim a one-time payment from a billion-dollar class action settlement. Visa and Mastercard agreed pay $5.6 billion after consumers paid excessive fees to accept their payment cards. The lawsuit alleged that Visa and Mastercard violated the antitrust laws. Antitrust laws also referred to as competition laws, are statutes developed by […]

Americans to receive one-time payment from $5.6 billion Visa Mastercard settlement – and the deadline has been extended

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The Lantern

On Tuesday, licensed Ohio dispensaries began legally selling non-medical marijuana to consumers; however, the drug’s possession, growth and/or usage are still prohibited on Ohio State’s campus. Credit: Jefferee Woo/Tampa Bay Times/TNS [Original caption: Four citizen-led petitions with proposals to update Dallas’ charter hit the 20,000 valid signature threshold to make it on the Nov. 5 election ballot, including one that would ban police officers from arresting or citing people carrying less than four ounces of marijuana.] As of Tuesday, students 21 and older can now legally purchase marijuana in Ohio.

Dispensary sales of recreational marijuana began Tuesday; possession and usage still prohibited on Ohio State’s campus

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It's called proof of funds and it's pretty self-explanatory. You need to show, usually with a bank statement, that you have plenty of money to cover costs in the country you're entering from the United States. According to the website Nairaland, you must show this proof when you're applying for...

Proof of $2,000 in the Bank Now Required to Travel to These Countries

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Who: Plaintiff Jeffrey Stevens is suing TD Bank. Why: Stevens claims the bank unlawfully shares its customers’ personal information with Meta. Where: The TD Bank class action was filed in a New Jersey federal court. A new class action alleges that TD Bank unlawfully shared its customers’ personal information...

TD Bank class action claims bank shares customer info with Meta

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Daily Coffee Press

A 40-year-old man has been sentenced to over 28 years in prison for distributing significant amounts of fentanyl and other controlled substances to dealers in the Middle Georgia region. Authorities revealed that investigators uncovered evidence linking the drugs provided by the defendant, 40-year-old Lagary Williams, also known as "Frog," from Atlanta, to a fatal overdose.

Atlanta Man Sentenced to 28 Years for Supplying Deadly Fentanyl Linked to Fatal Overdose

With the growing convenience of smartphones, many users have become accustomed to storing sensitive information such as credit and debit card numbers, as well as social security numbers, directly on their devices. However, security experts are warning against this practice due to the risk of exposing personal information to unauthorized parties.

Never store credit cards or Social Security Numbers on your phone

Texas State

No further specifics were given, but these schemes typically involve fraudsters tricking employees at a company — often in finance or with access to the executive suite — into initiating a bank transfer of company funds to a bank account controlled by the fraudsters. These schemes can involve the hacking of email accounts used by executives to send fraudulent instructions to staff on their behalf, or even use deepfakes in efforts to trick unsuspecting employees into transferring funds.

Texas firm says it lost $60M in a bank wire transfer scam

Tom's Guide

Scammers are calling victims on the phone impersonating their bank while an accomplice goes to their home to get the chip and PIN from their debit card.

FBI issues warning over scammers impersonating banks to steal your debit cards

In a massive data breach, hackers have reportedly stolen and released personal data, including Social Security numbers, of nearly three billion people from North America and the UK. The data was stolen from National Public Data, a major data broker that provides personal information for background checks among other services. The breach was first reported by a notorious hacking group, USDoD, in April, and the data was initially offered for sale on a hacker forum for $3.5 million. However, the data was later released for free on an online marketplace for stolen personal data.

Billions Of Social Security Numbers Compromised

Colorado State

David Heitz

A bill quietly introduced this spring in the Colorado legislature to decriminalize the possession of drug paraphernalia obtained by harm reductionists has become law. As low-key as the legislation was introduced, the bill was signed into law without fanfare June 6. It garnered little to no media attention.

Colorado legalizes needles, pipes for meth and crack if obtained by harm reduction group

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The Associated Press

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Treasury Department is warning that state laws that restrict banks from considering environmental, social and governance factors could harm efforts to address money laundering and terrorism financing. The Associated Press obtained a copy of the letter sent Thursday to lawmakers. The letter singled out a...

Treasury warns that anti-woke banking laws such as those in Florida are national security risk

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Some beachgoers were in for a surprise this week when a bizarre looking prehistoric fish washed ashore in Colleton County along Edisto Beach at Edisto Beach State Park. It turned out to be an atlantic sturgeon.

Rare Atlantic sturgeon washes ashore on South Carolina beach

Beaufort County, SC

Yes, there are monkeys in the Lowcountry of South Carolina. You won’t see one crossing the road and you don’t have to worry about them crashing your backyard BBQ looking for a meal, either.

On this South Carolina Island, only monkeys are allowed to hang out

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Binance re-enters India after settling $2.25 million penalty with FIU

Binance announced today that its website and app are now fully available for Indian users. One Binance spokesperson told The Block that the exchange has paid...

Binance re-enters India after settling $2.25 million penalty with FIU

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