PANews reported on October 31 that, according to Cryptopolitan, Australian Federal Police have seized a cryptocurrency wallet containing $6.4 million, believed to be proceeds of organized crime. This operation is part of a broader crackdown on encrypted communication networks believed to be used by criminal corporations. The Australian Federal Police revealed that they deciphered the mnemonic phrase of the criminal wallet and seized a total of $6.4 million. In addition, police arrested 32-year-old Sydney resident Jay Je Yoon Jung, who is accused of developing the highly encrypted communication platform Ghost. Police stated that the platform was specifically designed for criminal organizations.

                                                                               PayPal is adding support for a permissionless version of its PYUSD stablecoin on Tron, Avalanche, and several other blockchains via LayerZero and its Stargate Hydra bridge.                     Payments giant PayPal is expanding its PayPal USD stablecoin across eight new blockchains, seven of which are through an integration with LayerZero’s Stargate Hydra bridge.The integration will create a permissionless version of PayPal USD (PYUSD) — PYUSD0 — which will be “fully fungible” with the PYUSD and interoperable across blockchains, crypto infrastructure firm LayerZero said in a statement on Thursday. Those blockchains include Tron, Avalanche, Aptos, Abstract, Ink, Sei, and Stable, while existing permissionless versions on Berachain (BBYUSD) and Flow (USDF) will upgrade to PYUSD0. A separate announcement on Thursday also revealed that PYUSD has expanded to Stellar.Read more

