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🎯 'Pay for slay': Palestinian Authority may have to compensate families of Hamas terrorists. The Palestinian Authority may be compelled to shell out nearly $3M a month in dead Hamas terrorist rewards. Fox
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🌎 US Treasury plans to designate international crypto mixers as money-laundering hubs. FinCEN said that mixing services are used by a "variety of illicit actors throughout the world." CoinDesk
🌎 China weighs options to blunt U.S. sanctions in a Taiwan conflict. In a war with the U.S. over Taiwan, China would create a global network of companies under U.S. sanctions, seize American assets within its borders, and issue gold-denominated bonds. Reuters
🌎 New York sues crypto firms for losing over $1B. New York Attorney General Letitia James accuses Gemini, Genesis, and Digital Currency Group of fraudulently lying to crypto investors about their risks. Verge
🌎 How the West – and Israel Itself – Funded Hamas. Terrorist organization diverted humanitarian assistance and levied taxes after blockade of Gaza was eased. WSJ
🌎 Russian court rules that $21M in Credit Suisse assets may be seized. The court also ordered the seizure of almost 100% of shares in Bank Credit Suisse (Moscow) and Credit Suisse Securities (Moscow). Reuters
🌎 US senators ready bill to fund office helping Iran oil seizures. Lawmakers are debating several pieces of legislation to pressure Iran after the Oct. 7 attacks on Israel by Hamas that killed at least 1,400 people. Reuters
🌎 Ragnar Locker ransomware site taken down by FBI, Europol. The full scale of the operation is not yet known, and it’s unclear whether the gang’s infrastructure was also seized. TechCrunch
🌎 China Forced to Give Up Land Owned in US. Arkansas has become the first state to order that a Chinese company give up ownership of local land, amid fears of attempts by Beijing to malignly infiltrate and influence the U.S. Newsweek
🌎 The New Economic Security State. To address the new problems of economic security and avoid a downward spiral that could threaten the global economy, U.S. officials must reckon with nothing less than a transformation of the U.S. government. Foreign Affairs
🌎 Sanctions Fail to Stop Kim Jong Un Snapping Up Luxury Watches, Bags. North Korea has resumed its buying of luxury goods for Kim Jong Un despite an international ban on key exports to the country. Bloomberg
🌎 SEC Drops Charges Against Ripple CEO Garlinghouse, Chairman Larsen. The regulator had included them as defendants in its securities violation case revolving around XRP transactions, and the agency now says it's just pursuing the central Ripple case. CoinDesk
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