🎲 A hacker had access for nine months to the system of Curaçao's gambling regulator and exposed documents of major offshore casinos, including Stake and 1xBet. The international investigation Casino Secrets covered over 84,000 documents and 2 TB of data. Journalists identified approximately 800 owners of nearly 650 gambling companies. What interesting things they discovered:

1️⃣ The hack turned out to be surprisingly simple. The researcher registered in the regulator's system under a false name, provided a regular Gmail address and a fictional company. She was granted access, after which she exploited vulnerabilities in the portal.

2️⃣ Questions for Stake's owners. In the licensing documents, a Serbian entrepreneur who declared assets exceeding $1 billion is listed as the company's owner. However, the regulator found transfers of tens and hundreds of millions of dollars to structures linked to the well-known founders of Stake, who were not listed in the application.

3️⃣ Problems were also found at 1xBet. The regulator doubted who truly controls the betting company, but issued a license in 2024 without receiving the necessary clarifications.

4️⃣ Licenses were issued even under unclear circumstances. According to journalists, some companies received permits, even though questions about their owners, the origin of their money, and their operations in prohibited markets remained unanswered. The regulator itself explains this as a transitional period and the gradual introduction of new requirements.

The leak provided a glimpse into the inner workings of the offshore gambling business. However, the discovered inconsistencies in the documents do not, in themselves, prove financial crimes.

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💸 Bitget will resume withdrawals starting September 28 after the hack of $388,000,000.

The exchange stated that it has fixed the vulnerability — first BTC withdrawals will be opened, September 29 — ETH, September 30 — USDT, and October 2 — other assets, fiat, and P2P.

According to Bitget, user balances were not affected, and all losses will be covered by the protection fund.

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☠️ Scammers launched a fake GIWA mainnet and through a fraudulent bridge collected about 768 ETH from 1335 addresses — ultimately they managed to steal approximately $2,000,000 worth of cryptocurrency.

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🪙 Over the past week, spot Bitcoin ETFs received $2.4 billion in net inflow, and their total assets exceeded $108 billion.

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🚬 Altcoin inflow to exchanges reached highs since October 2025 — it seems some traders are preparing to lock in profits after a strong rally.

CryptoQuant allows for a brief correction or sideways movement, but notes that the current market remains bullish and the scenario of a year-old collapse does not yet appear to be the base case.

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🪙 Strategy bought an additional 1666 BTC, now the company's balance is 847 666 BTC.

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