More than 65 cryptocurrency and blockchain advocacy organizations have petitioned President Donald Trump to dismiss remaining charges against Roman Storm, co-founder of Tornado Cash. Storm was convicted in August 2025 on one count of conspiracy to operate an unlicensed money transmitting business, with two additional charges resulting in a partial mistrial. The groups argue the prosecution threatens open-source software development and call for regulatory clarity on decentralized technologies.

India's Enforcement Directorate has frozen ₹8.46 crore held across 92 bank accounts, including balances at CoinDCX and several cryptocurrency wallets, as part of an investigation into a ₹285 crore cyber-fraud network. The probe identified fraudulent apps and platforms that used task-based earning schemes to lure victims before blocking their withdrawals.

GANA Payment, a decentralized payment platform on Binance Smart Chain, lost over $3.1 million in a security breach on November 20, 2025, at approximately 5:00 AM UTC. The attacker manipulated the project's smart contract to drain tokens, then laundered 1,140 BNB (approximately $1.04 million) and 346 ETH ($1.05 million) through Tornado Cash across BSC and Ethereum networks. The exploit caused GANA's token value to drop over 90%.

Cash App plans to transition money transfers to blockchain infrastructure in early 2026. Users will send digital dollars instantly through stablecoins without requiring crypto expertise. The initial deployment will utilize USDC on Solana.

Opera's MiniPay wallet has connected USDT to real-time payment infrastructure across Latin America via a Noah-powered integration. The feature enables over 10 million users to pay merchants directly through Mercado Pago in Argentina and PIX in Brazil using stablecoin balances. The capability was announced at Ethereum Devconnect in Buenos Aires.

World Liberty Financial disclosed that a subset of user wallets was compromised through phishing attacks before its token went live. The project attributed the breach to third-party security lapses rather than flaws in its own platform. Affected accounts have been frozen while the project implements a KYC-based recovery process.

Aztec Network launched its Ignition Chain on Ethereum mainnet Wednesday, activating a Layer 2 solution focused on programmable privacy. The network reached 500 validators, triggering block production on mainnet. The deployment followed last week's AZTEC token sale announcement.

World Liberty Financial is moving user assets to secure wallets after third-party vulnerabilities compromised a subset of accounts. The Trump-linked platform froze affected wallets in September and is conducting KYC verification before transferring funds. The platform has not disclosed the number of impacted accounts or total asset value.