According to The Paper, Chow Sang Sang, a major gold and jewelry retailer in Hong Kong, announced on November 12 that the group discovered unauthorized access to its systems on November 9. The affected systems include the membership system and official e-commerce channels. Preliminary investigations show that some customer and employee information (including personal data) was accessed without authorization and may have been extracted; the specific situation is still being verified. Currently, C

Wu reported that Anchorage Digital announced a partnership with Visa, whereby some stablecoins issued by Anchorage Digital Bank will be used as native settlement assets on the Visa network. The first supported stablecoin is USDPT from Western Union. Visa and eligible partners can now use USDPT to fulfill their settlement obligations on the VisaNet network. Both parties will explore supporting more stablecoins after the initial launch. Currently, Anchorage Digital Bank has issued stablecoins incl

According to the Italian crypto media Criptovaluta it, the data breach incident previously experienced by hardware wallet manufacturer SafePal has triggered physical mail phishing attacks. Some Italian users received letters impersonating SafePal officials, claiming that their hardware wallet firmware had security vulnerabilities and included a QR code that guided users via Arweave to a fake SafePal website. The letters and phishing websites contained users' real names, addresses, and order info

Wu reported that hardware wallet manufacturer Trezor has announced that the investigation into the hardware implant incident involving devices sold by distributor CryptoBilis has made phased progress: so far, 48 devices from contacted users have been inspected, confirming that 3 Trezor Safe 5 units sold through CryptoBilis and its Tokopedia and Shopee stores between August 20 and September 23, 2026, were implanted with additional circuit boards. This malicious hardware is hidden between the moth

Led by a16z, DeFi Education Fund, Paradigm, and Uniswap, multiple crypto industry organizations including Aave Labs, Aptos Labs, Chainlink Labs, Multicoin Capital, Phantom Technologies, and the Solana Policy Institute jointly submitted an Amicus Brief in support of the Blockchain Association, the Crypto Council for Innovation (CCI), and The Digital Chamber in their lawsuit against Illinois' Digital Asset Tax Act. The bill, signed by Governor JB Pritzker, proposes a 0.2% tax on digital asset tran

Wu reported that Deloitte LLP, one of the Big Four accounting firms, officially launched its enterprise-level AI company Edisyl Inc. under its AI-native venture portfolio D71 Ventures. This company was formed based on Deloitte's acquisition in July this year of the AI business of blockchain data analytics company Flipside Crypto. Flipside's former CEO Dave Balter serves as co-founder of Edisyl, with the entire 24-person operations team joining as part of the overall deal, while Flipside's origin

Wu reported that, according to the official Polygon blog, the US dollar stablecoin SoFiUSD issued by the nationally chartered US bank SoFi Bank has been officially deployed on the Polygon network (previously supported on Ethereum and Solana). Over 17 million users under SoFi can now directly buy, hold, and exchange SoFiUSD within the SoFi App, with each token redeemable 1:1 for US dollars through SoFi Bank. Additionally, SoFiUSD has been integrated into the Polygon Open Money Stack payment and s