​Microsoft is working to resolve a known issue that causes an anti-spam service to mistakenly block Exchange Online and Microsoft Teams users from opening URLs and quarantine some of their emails.

In a service alert seen by BleepingComputer, the company stated that the issue is caused by the anti-spam engine incorrectly tagging URLs contained within other URLs as potentially malicious, which has also led to some emails being quarantined.

The issues began impacting Exchange Online and Microsoft Teams users on September 5th, when Redmond said that admins might see alerts titled “A potentially malicious URL click was detected involving one user,” even though the URLs had already been confirmed as safe.

“We’ve identified over 6,000 URLs that are affected and are working to unblock them before replaying messages to recover any messages or URLs that were incorrectly flagged,” Microsoft said the day it discovered the bug.

“Redmond’s engineers have deployed a fix that addresses these problems by ensuring that the syncs no longer enter the quarantine state, after a previous configuration change that would’ve changed the configured delay interval to one hour wasn’t successful.”

While Microsoft engineers have partially resolved these false positive issues, they are still working to address the impact caused by more URLs being disabled by its faulty anti-spam models.

“We’ve identified a new subset of URLs that are impacted and we’re working to address the new set and any residual impacted messages. We are confident that a majority of the impact has been resolved, and we’re actively addressing lingering impact while we perform our root cause analysis,” the company added in a September 8th update.

Although the company has yet to disclose the number of customers or the regions affected by these ongoing anti-spam problems, this service issue has been classified as an incident, which usually involves noticeable user impact.

Microsoft has addressed similar issues since the start of the year, resulting in emails being incorrectly tagged as spam or quarantined. For instance, in May, Microsoft resolved another issue causing a machine learning model to incorrectly flag emails from Gmail accounts as spam in Exchange Online.

Redmond fixed another machine-learning bug that mistakenly flagged Adobe emails in Exchange Online as spam one month earlier, as well as an Exchange Online false positive that caused anti-spam systems to incorrectly quarantine some users’ emails in March.

Trump-linked decentralized finance (DeFi) project World Liberty Financial (WLFI) said it blocked hacking attempts targeting its token launch by blacklisting compromised wallets onchain. 

On Wednesday, WLFI said that a designated wallet executed “mass blacklisting” transactions to disable accounts identified as compromised before it launched. The team said the hacking attempts stemmed from end-user compromises like private key losses and stressed that the incidents were not an exploit of the WLFI project itself. 

WLFI said the project’s blacklisting efforts prevented attempts to hack its “Lockbox,” a vesting mechanism that safeguards locked token allocations for its users. “This allowed us to block the theft attempts from the Lockbox,” WLFI wrote, linking to two Etherscan transactions showing the blacklist in action. 

The team added that they are working with compromised users so that they can regain access to their accounts. 

Bad actors continue to target WLFI users

On Monday, World Liberty Financial unlocked 24.6 billion WLFI tokens as it opened trading for the first time. Since then, hackers and scammers have attempted to profit from the event, targeting users and the project. 

Analytics firm Bubblemaps identified “bundled clones,” which are look-alike smart contracts that imitate the project. This aims to trick unsuspecting users into engaging with fake contracts instead of legitimate ones and steal their crypto. 

Yu Xian, the founder of security company SlowMist, reported that some WLFI holders are being drained of their tokens through a known exploit using the Ethereum Improvement Proposal (EIP)-7702 upgrade. 

Xian said WLFI holders are being drained using a “classic EIP-7702 phishing exploit.” He explained that bad actors plant hacker-controlled addresses in victim wallets, allowing them to snatch the tokens when a deposit is made. 

Related: Trump-backed WLFI to unlock 24.6B tokens at launch

EIP-7702 upgrade opens offchain attack vector

In May, Ethereum’s Pectra upgrade introduced EIP-7702, which allowed externally owned accounts to temporarily act like smart contract wallets. This enabled the delegation of execution rights and allowed batch transactions, with the goal of streamlining user experience. 

However, while the upgrade’s goal was to enhance user experience, security experts identified a new attack vector that could allow hackers to drain funds using only an offchain signature. 

Solidity smart contract auditor Arda Usman previously told Cointelegraph that it’s possible for attackers to drain user funds with only an offchain signed message with no direct onchain transaction being signed.

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My node has crashed, I’m trying to restore it.

What I have:

• wallet.db (and password)
• LND Wallet XPRV
• Channel.backup (many backups available)

What I don’t have:

I started a new node and tried to copy the wallet.db and channel.backup /data/lnd/data/chain/bitcoin/mainnet.

Here is the log I get:

2025-08-21 19:08:04.923 (ERR) LTND: Shutting down because error in main method: unable to start server: unable to refresh backup file: unable to extract on disk encrypted SCB: unable to de-serialize w/ unknown version: 131
2025-08-21 19:08:04.923 (WRN) HSWC: Htlc Switch already stopped
2025-08-21 19:08:04.923 (WRN) SRVR: failed to stop htlcSwitch: htlc switch already shutdown
2025-08-21 19:08:04.923 (INF) HSWC: Onion processor shutting down...
2025-08-21 19:08:04.923 (INF) INVC: InvoiceRegistry shutting down...
2025-08-21 19:08:04.923 (WRN) SRVR: failed to stop invoices: InvoiceRegistry stopped more than once
2025-08-21 19:08:04.923 (INF) HSWC: InterceptableSwitch shutting down...
2025-08-21 19:08:04.923 (WRN) SRVR: failed to stop interceptable switch: InterceptableSwitch stopped more than once
2025-08-21 19:08:04.923 (INF) SWPR: TxPublisher stopping...
2025-08-21 19:08:04.923 (WRN) SRVR: failed to stop txPublisher: TxPublisher stopped more than once
2025-08-21 19:08:04.923 (WRN) SRVR: Unable to stop BestBlockTracker: BestBlockTracker is not running
2025-08-21 19:08:04.923 (INF) CHFT: ChannelEventStore shutting down...
2025-08-21 19:08:04.923 (WRN) SRVR: Unable to stop ChannelEventStore: ChannelEventStore stopped more than once
2025-08-21 19:08:04.923 (WRN) SRVR: unable to shutdown liveness monitor: monitor already stopped
2025-08-21 19:08:04.923 (INF) RPCS: Stopping RPC Server
2025-08-21 19:08:04.923 (INF) RPCS: Stopping ChainRPC Sub-RPC Server
2025-08-21 19:08:04.923 (INF) RPCS: Stopping NeutrinoKitRPC Sub-RPC Server
2025-08-21 19:08:04.923 (INF) RPCS: Stopping SignRPC Sub-RPC Server
2025-08-21 19:08:04.923 (INF) RPCS: Stopping WatchtowerRPC Sub-RPC Server
2025-08-21 19:08:04.923 (INF) RPCS: Stopping InvoicesRPC Sub-RPC Server
2025-08-21 19:08:04.923 (INF) RPCS: Stopping AutopilotRPC Sub-RPC Server
2025-08-21 19:08:04.923 (INF) RPCS: Stopping WalletKitRPC Sub-RPC Server
2025-08-21 19:08:04.923 (INF) RPCS: Stopping RouterRPC Sub-RPC Server
2025-08-21 19:08:04.923 (INF) RPCS: Stopping PeersRPC Sub-RPC Server
2025-08-21 19:08:04.923 (INF) RPCS: Stopping WatchtowerClientRPC Sub-RPC Server
2025-08-21 19:08:04.923 (INF) RPCS: Stopping VersionRPC Sub-RPC Server
2025-08-21 19:08:04.923 (INF) TORC: Stopping tor controller
2025-08-21 19:08:04.923 (ERR) TORC: DEL_ONION got error: invalid arguments: unexpected code
2025-08-21 19:08:04.923 (ERR) LTND: error stopping tor controller: invalid arguments: unexpected code
2025-08-21 19:08:04.926 (INF) LTND: Shutdown complete
unable to start server: unable to refresh backup file: unable to extract on disk encrypted SCB: unable to de-serialize w/ unknown version: 131

Does anyone know how to solve this? Chantools can also be used.

Thank you for your cooperation,

The GENIUS Act contains a little-noticed clause that prevents technology giants and Wall Street behemoths from dominating the stablecoin market, according to Circle Chief Strategy Officer Dante Disparte.

“The GENIUS Act has what I’d like to call — just for my own legacy sake — a Libra clause,” Disparte told the Unchained podcast on Saturday. Any non-bank that wants to mint a dollar-pegged token must spin up “a standalone entity that looks more like Circle and less like a bank,” clear antitrust hurdles and face a Treasury Department committee with veto power over the launch.

Banks don’t get a free pass either. Lenders that issue a stablecoin must house it in a legally separate subsidiary and keep the coins on a balance sheet that carries “no risk-taking, no leverage, no lending,” Disparte noted.

That structure is even “more conservative” than the deposit-token models JPMorgan and others have floated. “It creates clear rules that I think in the end the biggest winners are the US consumers and market participants and frankly the dollar itself,” he added.

Related: Nasdaq files application to add staking for BlackRock iShares ETH ETF

GENIUS Act passes with bipartisan backing

Passed last week with more than 300 House votes, including support from 102 Democrats, the Guiding and Establishing National Innovation for US Stablecoins (GENIUS) Act gives the dollar “rules-based” firepower in the global digital-currency race, Disparte argued.

“Crypto is finally getting what it wanted: legitimization, a path for legal and regulatory clarity in the United States and an opportunity to compete,” he said.

The bill preserves the patchwork of state money-transmitter laws for issuers under a $10 billion threshold but demands a national trust-bank charter once assets breach that level.

Notably, the law bans interest-bearing stablecoins, pushes rigorous disclosure standards and introduces criminal penalties for unbacked “stable” tokens. Terra-style experiments are “gone,” Disparte said.

However, critics argue the ban on yield could stunt consumer adoption and hand an advantage to overseas issuers. Disparte claimed that yield “is a secondary-market innovation” better delivered by decentralized finance protocols once the base layer is rock-solid.

Related: Bank of England governor warns against private stablecoin issuance

DeFi gains edge as GENIUS bans yields

The GENIUS Act’s ban on yield-bearing stablecoins could redirect investor demand toward Ethereum-based decentralized finance (DeFi) platforms.

With no interest incentives left in stablecoins, DeFi becomes the primary option for generating passive income onchain, according to analysts like Nic Puckrin and CoinFund’s Christopher Perkins, who predicted that “stablecoin summer” may now evolve into “DeFi summer.”

The ban is especially significant for institutional investors. Unlike retail users, financial institutions have fiduciary duties to generate returns, making yield opportunities essential. Analysts suggest this could lead to a surge in institutional capital flowing into DeFi, particularly on Ethereum, which dominates total value locked in the sector.

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In a strict repression of regulations, Turkey has blocked access to 46 cryptocurrency platforms. Thousands of Turkish crypto users have suddenly found themselves unable to access the crypto trading platform.

Turkish financial authorities have made that clear – they target both centralized and decentralized exchanges.

This crackdown is alongside the introduction of new rules for crypto exchanges operating in Türkiye. This includes required user verification or KYC for all platforms. There is also withdrawal delays to enhance monitoring of suspicious transactions.

There is also an increase in cooperation between the exchange and the authorities to go ahead and report illegal activities.

Turkey blocks 46 crypto platforms in regulatory crackdowns

The Turkish Capital Markets Board (CMB) blocked access to 46 fraudulent cryptographic platforms in July alone.

– Global (@coinnessgl) appointment July 7, 2025

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Moves serious repulsion in the face – “In countries with high inflation and low trust in lira, cryptography has become a lifeline.”

However, the move was filled with serious repulsion. Shyft Network states, “Turkey has just passed the cleaning cryptography. But this is not just about compliance. It’s not about control. Turkey must register, follow AML rules and comply with FATF travel rules.”

“Down the FATF grey list, but there is a deeper play below it. “We will extend the state’s surveillance of the rapidly growing, high-recruiting crypto market,” the embarrassment added. Now that lifeline is regulated – firmly. ”

But why did Turkey take this step? The Turkish government cited several reasons for this aggressive regulatory action.

Fighting money laundering and terrorist financing, consumer proposals, maintaining financial stability, and more. In 2021, the state did something similar, banning the use of crypto for payments.

Turkish regulators have ordered internet service providers to block access to 46 crypto-related websites. The affected platforms range from general central exchanges to major Defi protocols such as Pancakeswap.

Breading Break: Turkey includes 46 crypto platforms @pancakeswap

The Turkish Capital Markets Committee issued a massive ban on major Defi platforms due to “fraudulent service provision” under the State Securities Act.

Important Impact:
•Pancakeswap + 45 other platforms are blocked
•…

– JP (@jpcrypto618) July 5, 2025

read more: Türkiye’s banned pancay swap: a set of codes?

Turkey bans pancake wap

The Turkish Capital Markets Committee (CMB) has closed pancake waps (cakes) for citizens. We also blocked Cryptoradar, a crypto comparison site. why? They said the platform didn’t have the right paper to work there. All this gives CMB the power to block unlicensed crypto platforms, thanks to the new laws of 2024.

The move is part of Türkiye’s bigger plan to crack down on the code and keep things under control. Essentially, they want to make sure the crypto platform is legal and are said to protect people from shade. So, if other exchanges don’t line up their licenses, expect more of these bans.

After the news broke, the cake was a 4.00% hit in just one day. It has now dropped by 10% over the past month, indicating that the market is not satisfied with these rules. Pancakeswap’s trading volume also fell sharply, falling 20%, to $45.54 million.

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Turkish financial regulators have blocked access to decentralized exchange PancakeSwap and 45 other crypto-related websites as part of a broader crackdown on unauthorized digital asset services.

In a July 3 bulletin, the Capital Markets Board (SPK) announced legal action against the websites, citing provisions of Turkey’s Capital Markets Law.

The regulator said the targeted platforms were providing crypto services to residents without the required authorization.

PancakeSwap, which reported over $325 billion in trading volume for June, is among the world’s largest DEXs alongside Uniswap. It remains unclear how Turkish authorities determined the platform was directly offering services in the country.

Other blocked sites included Cryptoradar and various investment and trading platforms, reflecting Turkey’s tightening oversight of the crypto sector.

Under regulatory changes implemented since March, the SPK has full authority over crypto asset service providers offering products to Turkish residents, enforcing standards and compliance requirements.

The country has taken a strict stance on crypto payments since banning their use for purchases in 2021. However, residents are still permitted to buy, hold, and trade digital assets.

Earlier this year, Turkey mandated that crypto users provide identifying information for transactions above approximately $425.

Globally, countries such as Kazakhstan, Venezuela, Russia, and the Philippines have also blocked crypto-related websites, citing unauthorized operations and illicit transaction risks.

Turkey’s regulatory approach is part of its broader strategy to formalize and control digital asset markets amid rising adoption.

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