Law firm Filip & Company legally assisted real estate fund BT Property, managed by INNO Investments SAI SA, in the acquisition of office compound Record Park of Cluj-Napoca from Aya Properties Fund, a Belgium-based investment fund.
The $61 million USDT seizure in North Carolina shows how US authorities can trace and freeze stablecoin flows tied to pig butchering scams, as AI‑driven impersonation schemes surge. US Federal agents in North Carolina seized more than $61 million worth of USDt (USDT) tied to a large‑scale “pig butchering” crypto investment scam that preyed on victims through fake online relationships and fraudulent trading platforms. According to the US Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of North Carolina in Raleigh on Tuesday, the scammers posed as romantic partners and claimed to have special trading expertise. They then steered their victims toward convincing but fake crypto sites that displayed fictitious investment portfolios showing unusually high returns that enticed them to invest more, before the scammers blocked their withdrawals and demanded extra fees when victims tried to get their money back. Read more
US spot Bitcoin ETF flows turned green on Tuesday, with Fidelity and BlackRock leading gains despite persistent weak market sentiment. Flows into US spot Bitcoin exchange-traded funds turned positive Tuesday as the price of Bitcoin made a modest recovery to $65,000, snapping a run of daily redemptions. Spot Bitcoin (BTC) ETFs recorded $257.7 million in inflows, marking the largest daily total since early February, according to SoSoValue data. The gains more than offset Monday’s outflows of $203.8 million, pushing weekly flows back into positive territory after five consecutive weeks of net redemptions totaling $3.8 billion. Read more
Buyers of Bucharest houses pay among the lowest taxes and associated costs in Europe when acquiring a house via a mortgage loan, of around EUR2,500 for an average two-room apartment, while buyers of a similar apartment in other European capital cities pay associated costs even as high as tens of thousand euros, reveals an analysis by online broker Ipotecare.ro based on data from analyzed states.
Alba-based Florea Grup, a business with activities in constructions, tourism, energy and transport, founded 29 years ago by brothers Marcel and David Florea, ended 2025 with total turnover worth around EUR75 million.