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Blockchain data infrastructure startup Cambrian has completed a $6 million seed round financing, led by Franklin Templeton and Polychain Capital, with participation from Flow Traders, Selini Capital, Paper Ventures, Nomad Capital, and others.Cambrian also previously secured $5.9 million in pre-seed financing led by a16z Crypto Startup Accelerator, bringing the total funding to $11.9 million. It is reported that Cambrian was established in 2024 and currently provides APIs for institutions and AI Agents, covering real-time and historical on-chain data such as yield, risk, lending rates, trading activity, liquidity positions, and market sentiment, helping users allocate capital on-chain.The company plans to expand its existing APIs into a verifiable blockchain data oracle network, serving institutional financial clients, AI Agent builders, and protocols that need reliable data to control the flow of funds. Unlike traditional oracles that mainly provide price data, Cambrian aims to aggregate lending protocol data, DEX liquidity, social sentiment, developer activity, and historical market data.According to Cambrian, its platform has processed millions of API calls, currently indexing approximately $4.5 billion TVL across four major lending protocols, tracking 1,789 vaults under 895 curators, and monitoring over 320,000 DEX liquidity pools on Base and Solana. The company also plans to expand trading data support, adding Hyperliquid and richer perpetual contract data.

According to monitoring by Catcher Predict, in the market prediction event on Polymarket for "Dota 2: L1ga Team vs 4ikibamboni - International Europe Closed Qualifiers Playoffs," the "Total Kills Exceeding 45.5 in the First Game" sub-market's "Exceeding" option win rate has experienced significant fluctuations, soaring from 50% an hour ago to the current 95.5% (a fluctuation of 45.5%). Please note the impact of related breaking news.

According to TenArmorAlert monitoring, Ambient Finance on Ethereum was attacked, resulting in a loss of approximately $110,600.

The World Cup will kick off on June 11, and the Hong Kong police have launched operations "Gobi" and "Wind Shield" to combat illegal betting on sports through publicity, education, intelligence, and law enforcement. The police pointed out that in recent years, illegal gambling has shown a trend of digitalization, including online betting, social media attracting gamblers, and using virtual currency for bets. The police stated that they still have the capability to trace participants.According to the law, betting with illegal bookmakers can result in a maximum sentence of 9 months and a fine of 50,000 HKD, accepting bets can lead to a maximum sentence of 7 years and a fine of 5 million HKD, and money laundering can result in a maximum sentence of 14 years and a fine of 5 million HKD. The police also shared a case of a young person who was once addicted to illegal gambling, who owed a maximum of 160,000 HKD at his peak. A police clinical psychologist warned that those who start gambling before the age of 18 have a risk of developing gambling disorders of over 80%.

According to market news, the South Korean police are investigating domestic users of the world's largest prediction market platform, Polymarket, accusing them of violating Article 246 of the Criminal Act (gambling crime), which could result in a fine of up to 10 million won. This investigation, led by the Gangwon Provincial Police Agency at the request of the National Police Agency, is the first criminal investigation targeting Polymarket users in South Korea, covering users from all over the country. It is reported that South Korean users place bets on the platform using US dollar stablecoins, and the platform has no restrictions; just one local election event attracted bets amounting to hundreds of billions of won.

According to on-chain analyst Ai Yi's monitoring, former ConsenSys ambassador Russell Verbeeten (@rverbee) has started transferring a large amount of ETH after a year, with the source of his funds traceable back to 10 years ago, at a cost as low as $5.6. Seven hours ago, he withdrew 20,426 ETH ($37.26 million) from Aave, which was then distributed to 10 new addresses, one of which has 4,144 ETH deposited into the Coinsquare exchange, while other tokens have not yet been transferred or sold.

Kaiko announced the acquisition of digital asset data and analytics provider Amberdata. After the completion of this transaction, Kaiko stated that it will form a comprehensive service capability covering digital asset market data, analytics, pricing, indices, and data infrastructure, and will continue to expand into the tokenized asset sector.

According to Cambodian media KohsantepheapDaily, a 53-year-old Chinese real estate company owner, Yang Weixin, was kidnapped by a criminal gang in Phnom Penh. The suspects demanded a ransom of 2 million dollars in cryptocurrency from the victim's wife via the victim's phone in the early hours of May 30. After failing to receive the ransom, they subsequently killed the victim and abandoned the body in a car.Surveillance footage shows that three suspects forcibly took the victim away from his residence parking lot on the evening of May 29. Local police have confirmed that the case is classified as kidnapping for ransom resulting in death, and the investigation is ongoing.

According to Reuters, Indonesia's Ministry of Communication and Information Technology has recently banned the prediction market platform Polymarket, deeming it a form of online gambling platform for offering "bets and speculation on events that have not yet concluded," which violates local laws.Previously, Polymarket launched a betting market on when President Prabowo Subianto would "step down as president," while his term was originally set to last until 2029. This contract went live the day after Prabowo announced plans to centralize control over the export of commodities such as coal and palm oil, sparking discussions on local social media. Indonesian authorities also stated that they are investigating all social media accounts related to Polymarket.

Senator Lummis stated that the CLARITY Act will end the regulatory ambiguity faced by American crypto consumers and the industry.

Legal professionals point out that if the review results determine that it has violated regulations, Polymarket may face the risk of being blocked in South Korea or even being forced to exit the market. Currently, multiple countries including France, Germany, and Italy have listed Polymarket as an illegal gambling site and blocked access.

According to on-chain analysts, an Amber Group associated address (0xDDb26...E7E3d) withdrew 340,000 LAB from the Binance wallet, worth 1.74 million dollars, and then deposited it into Gate.LAB has risen 611% since May, currently priced at 4.74 dollars, recovering the decline after the Zach bounty investigation.

According to CoinDesk, Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin was subjected to a sandwich attack by the well-known MEV bot jaredfromsubway.eth while conducting a small token exchange.On-chain data shows that Buterin exchanged 26,544 XDB tokens worth approximately $3.86 for 0.00197 ETH (about $4.56) in block 24993038. The bot then called approximately $1.14 million WETH to manipulate prices between SushiSwap and Uniswap V2 to complete the sandwich attack, resulting in an actual loss for the bot after deducting a gas fee of $5.14.

According to official news, the AI-driven stock and cryptocurrency futures trading platform Stockcoin.ai has completed its seed round financing, led by Amber Group, with participation from angel investors in both the crypto and traditional finance sectors. The platform focuses on bridging on-chain data with the stock market.According to the disclosure, Stockcoin.ai will subsequently launch Hong Kong IPO subscription and US Pre-IPO features.

The U.S. Department of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) announced sanctions against Cambodian Senator Kok An, accusing him of controlling "fraud parks" across the country, defrauding American victims through cryptocurrency investment scams.According to a statement released by OFAC on Thursday, in addition to Kok An, 28 other individuals and entities have been added to the sanctions list, all believed to be connected to his fraud network. This network is accused of luring victims into sending cryptocurrency assets under the guise of "high return investments." This action follows a raid by Cambodian police on two scam centers in the border city of Poipet. Previously, Kok An had been accused of operating scam bases in the area. OFAC stated that scammers typically gain victims' trust by establishing "friendships" or "romantic relationships," then guide them to participate in so-called cryptocurrency investment platforms, thereby defrauding them of funds, with the total amount involved reaching millions of dollars.It is noteworthy that some individuals involved in the scam activities are themselves victims of human trafficking, forced to engage in illegal activities under threats of violence. OFAC pointed out that these scam centers are often located in casinos or repurposed office parks, used not only for money laundering but also as bases for defrauding American citizens and committing human rights violations. Additionally, regulators have simultaneously shut down over 500 fraudulent website domains used for cryptocurrency investment scams, indicating that the U.S. crackdown on related criminal activities is intensifying.