Binance’s $4. 3 billion deal with the US government is reportedly under fresh scrutiny from federal prosecutors. The Justice Department is reviewing whether the crypto exchange has lived up to the terms of its 2023 settlement, reports Bloomberg, citing Tyson Duva, head of the department’s Criminal Division

South Korea's Supreme Court has promulgated Rule 3280, establishing standardized procedures for courts to freeze, transfer and liquidate digital assets in order to recover unpaid debts. The rules cover cryptocurrencies held in exchange accounts and in private wallets. They take effect in November and apply to cases already before the courts, with existing attachment and preservation orders remaining valid. It marks South Korea's first clear judicial enforcement process for disposing of digital assets.

The office of Senator Cynthia Lummis, who proposed the strategic reserve at the Bitcoin Nashville conference on Saturday, shared a draft of the legislation with CoinDesk.

Thailand’s SEC has finalized rules for Bitcoin and Ether ETFs, with the framework taking effect October 16 and strict fund design limits.

Hashi, a cross-chain bridge project in the Sui ecosystem, has gone live. In its first phase, the project is bridging $500 million worth of Bitcoin to the Sui network. The goal is to make Bitcoin a yield-bearing collateral asset within DeFi protocols. The launch is intended to raise Bitcoin's capital efficiency in decentralized finance markets and expand Sui's on-chain locked value, while opening up non-custodial Bitcoin lending and yield use cases.

Volatility Shares won Cboe BZX approval for the first 3x leveraged Bitcoin and Ether ETFs in US history. The listing rule cleared Oct 2. The Federal Register published Oct 7. But the products cannot trade until the S-1 registration statement becomes effective.