A paper accepted to the EMNLP 2026 Main Conference introduces SCOPED-Hiring, a process-aware fairness diagnosis framework for large language model (LLM) multi-agent systems used in hiring. The study argues that similar final hiring rates across groups do not necessarily mean the decision process was fair. Candidates can still face uneven burdens in the form of extra doubt, lower intermediate scores, added scrutiny, and different investigative standards. Using controlled resume variants and a two-stage hiring committee made up of role-based agents, the researchers recorded more than 311,000 structured decision trajectories. Across GPT, Gemini, and Qwen backends, they found that risks visible through process, pathway, interaction, and system design were much stronger than those visible from final outcomes alone. In the paper’s measurements, process-aware O/P/E/D signals showed average diagnostic significance 4.52x, 4.66x, and 2.74x higher than outcome-focused S/C signals. The team also tested a diagnosis-driven repair method called Fair Skills. In controlled experiments, the intervention reduced total stratified fairness burden by 72.3% while changing final hiring rates by only 1.86 percentage points, with output validity above 99.7%.

Protos reported that UAE police detained Binance employees at airports this summer, and one was held overnight in a Sharjah police station. According to the New York Times, police found the employees’ names on a corporate bank account Binance used for customer deposits and withdrawals. Binance said the staff were “promptly cleared and released” after inquiries tied to “third-party fund flows,” while describing other questions as routine. The report draws a parallel with 2023, when Reuters said Guangying “Heina” Chen controlled five Silvergate accounts used by Binance.US. Binance.US said it ran its own accounts; the SEC disagreed. Binance also holds a VARA licence in Dubai and full authorization from ADGM’s Financial Services Regulatory Authority, and Protos noted earlier investments and a 2025 pardon for CZ.

ChainCatcher, citing Binance spot market data, reported broad volatility across major altcoins. LINK rose 10.68% over the past 24 hours, reaching both a fresh intraday high and a new high for the week. NEAR also posted gains, climbing 6.11% and touching its weekly high. On the losing side, BICO fell 16.39% after a spike-and-retreat pattern. GTC, YGG, BMT, and HAEDAL showed the same price action, with declines of 5.06%, 5.57%, 8.12%, and 7.24%, respectively. At the same time, MITO and AT moved in the opposite direction, rising 6.82% and 12.01% after a rebound from earlier lows. The update points to a market session marked by fast rotations, with some tokens extending gains while others gave back earlier advances.

Three Arrows Capital liquidators have sued Zhu Su’s wife, Dr. Tao Yaqiong, seeking to recover roughly $40 million in proceeds from the sale of a Dubai property, according to a report by Commercial Times cited by BlockTempo. The claim centers on allegations that Zhu used $50 million in misappropriated company crypto assets to buy the property for AED 110 million, or about $30 million, in June 2022, three weeks before 3AC entered liquidation. The property was then transferred to Tao in October 2023 while Zhu was serving a sentence in Singapore, and sold in January 2024. Tao has denied the allegations. She says she did not know where the funds came from and asked the court to dismiss the suit on the basis that she was a good-faith recipient. The case adds to a broader, four-year recovery effort tied to the collapse of 3AC, which still owes creditors more than $3 billion. Liquidator Teneo is already pursuing about $1.3 billion from co-founders Zhu Su and Kyle Davies, while earlier court orders in Singapore froze $1.14 billion in assets linked to Zhu, Davies, and Davies’ wife Kelly Chen.

SUI and XRP continue to show cautious short-term signals, while BlockDAG is being marketed around its final $0.00025 private sale with zero vesting and early trading access.

The MENA Fintech Association and Fireblocks published the UAE Stablecoin Payments Playbook, targeting institutional adoption. The report reveals 2025 global stablecoin onchain volume of ~$33 trillion and UAE receiving $56 billion in onchain value. It covers regulatory frameworks, AED stablecoins, and implementation guidance.

Ripple and UAE-based Zand Bank have announced a partnership focused on bringing AEDZ and RLUSD into real financial use cases, including payments, settlement, cross-border transfers and tokenization.

Bybit said it will launch MyBank in February 2026 with Georgia-based Pave Bank, offering IBAN accounts and settlements across 18 fiat currencies. CEO Ben Zhou also said the exchange is studying a US market entry, with an IPO described as the ultimate goal.