Bitwise submits amendment to spot Bitcoin ETF application, refuting SEC's previous reasons for rejecting the application | Binance Morning News (September 26)

● Bitwise submitted an amendment to its spot Bitcoin ETF application, refuting the reasons why the SEC rejected the application point by point

Bloomberg analyst James Seyffart wrote that Bitwise has submitted an amendment to its spot Bitcoin ETF application. Bitwise has submitted an amendment to its spot Bitcoin ETF application, and the main change is to add some content to oppose the reasons why the SEC previously rejected its application. Bitwise calls it "objections", and there are 8 objections in this document.

● MicroStrategy purchased 5,445 bitcoins for over $140 million

MicroStrategy founder Michael Saylor posted on X (formerly Twitter) that MicroStrategy once again purchased 5,445 bitcoins for approximately US$147.3 million, with an average price of US$27,053 per coin.

● CZ: Binance’s security team will help HTX track hacker funds

Binance founder and CEO Changpeng Zhao (CZ) posted on X (formerly Twitter) that Binance’s security team will help HTX track down hacker funds whenever possible.

Earlier, Justin Sun, founder of TRON and member of HTX Global Advisory Board, said in a post that HTX suffered a loss of 5,000 ETH due to a hacker attack. HTX has fully borne the losses caused by the attack and successfully resolved all related issues.

● Binance: User registration and product access have been reopened in Belgium

Binance officially announced that it has reopened registration and access in Belgium so that users can use Binance's products and services.

● Binance Law Enforcement Training Director receives letter of appreciation from the Korean National Police Agency

Binance’s Head of Law Enforcement Training Jarek Jakubcek was recognized for his contributions and commitment to strengthening friendship and cooperation between Binance and the Korea National Police Agency (KNPA), particularly in the area of ​​cybercrime investigations. He received a certificate of appreciation from the Director-General of the Korean National Police during the 2023 International Symposium on Cybercrime Response (ISCR).

Jarek Jakubcek is Binance’s Head of Law Enforcement Training, responsible for Binance’s engagement and training with law enforcement agencies. He and his team provide practical cryptocurrency training and workshops to the international law enforcement community, police investigators, and prosecutors around the world.

Jarek is a leading global cybercrime expert and former cryptocurrency specialist at Europol’s Cybercrime Centre (EC3).

● Mitsubishi UFJ Trust Bank and Binance Japan plan to issue new stablecoins in 2024

According to CoinPost JP, Mitsubishi UFJ Trust Bank announced that it will cooperate with Binance Japan to develop a new stablecoin that will support Japanese yen and US dollars. The two companies will issue it based on the newly established "Electronic Payment Instrument Trading Business" license in Japan's newly revised "Payment Services Act". After obtaining this license, the stablecoin is expected to be launched in 2024.

● Paidun: The Mixin incident is the largest hacker attack in the encryption field this year

According to the Paidun report, as of September 25, the top ten hacker attacks in 2023 include Mixin (loss of $200 million), Euler Labs (loss of $197 million, which has been refunded by hackers), Vyper/Curve (loss of $73.6 million, and hackers have refunded $52.3 million), CoinEx (loss of $70 million), Atomic Wallet (loss of $65 million), Stake (loss of $41 million), CoinsPaid (loss of $37.7 million), PolyNetwork (loss of $26 million), low-carb-crusader (loss of $25 million), and phishing against whales (loss of $24 million). Mixin is the largest crypto hacker attack so far this year.

● Mixin founder: The official will compensate up to 50% of the damaged assets, and the rest will be compensated in the form of bond tokens

According to Planet Daily, after the database of Mixin Network cloud service provider was attacked, Mixin founder Feng Xiaodong responded in a live broadcast that the damaged assets were mainly Bitcoin core assets, and assets such as BOX and XIN had not been seriously stolen. The specific attack situation cannot be disclosed yet. Regarding the stolen assets, the official said that at present, a maximum of 50% will be compensated, and the remaining part will be compensated in the form of bond tokens. In the future, the official will use profits for repurchase. In addition, Feng Xiaodong said that Mixin will also launch a new system for user asset migration, but the assets that can be transferred are temporarily only half of the user's balance.

Earlier news, Mixin Network issued an announcement stating that in the early morning of September 23rd, Hong Kong time, the database of Mixin Network cloud service provider was hacked, resulting in the loss of some assets on the main network. Mixin Network has contacted Google and blockchain security company SlowMist to assist in the investigation. After preliminary verification, the funds involved are approximately US$200 million. Mixin Network deposit and withdrawal services have been temporarily suspended. After all nodes discuss and reach a consensus, these services will be reopened once the vulnerability is confirmed and fixed. During this period, transfers are not affected. Regarding how to deal with the lost assets, the Mixin team will announce a solution later. Mixin will do its best to reduce the losses and deeply apologize for this.

● The Hong Kong Securities and Futures Commission will publish 4 lists of virtual asset platforms and 1 list of suspicious virtual asset trading platforms

According to Planet Daily, the Hong Kong Securities and Futures Commission will take a number of measures to strengthen information dissemination and investor education in response to recent public concern about unregulated virtual trading platforms. Hong Kong Securities and Futures Commission CEO Leung Fung-yee said that the Securities and Futures Commission will publish four lists of virtual asset platforms online, including a list of licensed platforms, a list of closed platforms, a list of platforms deemed to have been licensed, and a list of new applicants.

In addition, the SFC will publish a list of suspicious virtual asset trading platforms to help the public be more alert to local unlicensed or suspicious operating platforms. The SFC website will publish the list and consider providing more information on unregulated virtual asset platforms to alert the public as soon as possible.