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According to on-chain analyst Ai Yi's monitoring, the address 0x960...3f0fc opened long positions of 102.55 BTC, 954.38 ETH, and 8,790 silver in the early morning, with a total position value of 8.29 million USD; at the same time, it purchased 10.699 million USD of BTC and ETH spot. The current set take-profit points are BTC 63,000 USD and ETH 1,650 USD.

According to The Wall Street Journal, blockchain public chain data analysis shows that Iranian entities have completed over $3.84 billion in transactions through the cryptocurrency exchange CoinEx to evade U.S. economic sanctions.Investigators have traced funds associated with two digital wallets controlled by the Central Bank of Iran, which are linked to the $1.5 billion stolen by North Korean hackers from the Bybit exchange. After flowing through a complex multi-layer transaction path, the related funds ultimately entered CoinEx, making it one of the core channels for Iran to bypass the sanctions system using cryptocurrency.

According to Decrypt, the Thai Special Investigations Department (DSI) has expanded its investigation into the "gray Chinese capital" network. This network is suspected of using illegal cryptocurrency mining to launder money from phone scams and online gambling, with an annual amount involved exceeding 30 billion Thai Baht (approximately 300 million USD). Currently, authorities have seized 6,390 mining machines, with illegal electricity theft losses reaching 953 million Thai Baht (approximately 29 million USD), and arrest warrants have been issued for 4 Chinese financiers and 4 Myanmar nationals.The U.S. Secret Service has seized over 17.8 million USD in cryptocurrency assets related to key suspect Wang Yicheng, who is alleged to be connected to "pig butchering" scam operations. Additionally, the investigation also involves several officials from Thai electricity agencies and law enforcement personnel, and the case has been handed over to the National Anti-Corruption Commission for handling.

According to HK01, the Hong Kong police have cracked a cross-border money laundering case. The involved group used 43 Hong Kong bank accounts to process funds from 34 fraud cases between June and September 2024, amounting to approximately HKD 18 million, and is suspected of laundering up to HKD 230 million in criminal proceeds through cryptocurrency transactions via bank accounts.The police investigation found that a 34-year-old woman from mainland China is suspected of coming to Hong Kong to set up multiple puppet bank accounts, assisting the criminal group in laundering approximately HKD 9.29 million in criminal proceeds, and purchasing cryptocurrency through virtual asset exchange shops to disguise the source and flow of funds. The woman was sentenced to 47.5 months in prison.The Hong Kong police remind that assisting a criminal group in handling funds could face up to 10 years in prison, and those involved in money laundering could face fines of up to HKD 5 million and imprisonment for up to 14 years.

Recently, silver prices have continued to trend downward. According to market data from the Gate platform, silver (XAG) reached a 24-hour low of $63.27 and is currently reported at $63.39, with a 24-hour decline of 3.60%. According to CoinGlass data, the open interest for Gate XAG contracts has reached $78.9171 million, ranking second globally, with high market attention and trading activity continuing to be maintained.

According to an article published by the People's Bank of China on its official account, Vice Governor Xuan Changneng stated that the high-quality development of China's anti-money laundering work has entered a new stage, with significant results in combating money laundering and related illegal crimes. By 2025, the number of cases sentenced nationwide for money laundering under Article 191 of the Criminal Law is expected to exceed 2,000. Since 2022, efforts have been strengthened to combat professional money laundering, virtual currency money laundering, and cross-border money laundering activities, improving the quality and efficiency of investigations, prosecutions, and judgments of money laundering crimes.

According to Digital Asset, the Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU) of South Korea proposed at the FATF plenary meeting to expand the applicability of the virtual asset Travel Rule to small transactions and suggested implementing transaction restrictions on high-risk unregistered virtual asset service providers.The South Korean delegation emphasized that as the money laundering risks associated with cross-border digital asset transactions increase, member countries should apply the Travel Rule to both sending and receiving VASPs and expand its applicability to small transactions. In response to the increasing cases of criminal organizations utilizing overseas and unregistered VASPs, South Korea recommended strengthening customer identification obligations and considering transaction restrictions on high-risk unregistered VASPs.The FIU had previously advanced similar regulatory measures in the amendment to the enforcement decree of the Specific Financial Information Act, which is planned to be implemented in August, expanding the applicability of the Travel Rule from transactions over 1 million won to those under 1 million won.

The Hong Kong Police Force's Financial Intelligence and Investigation Bureau, in conjunction with the Hong Kong Monetary Authority and the Hong Kong Association of Banks, jointly held an "Anti-Money Laundering Exhibition." Hong Kong Police Commissioner Raymond Siu disclosed data stating that in the first quarter of this year, Hong Kong recorded over 9,400 fraud cases, a decrease of about 60 cases compared to the same period last year, but the amount of losses exceeded HKD 1.85 billion, an increase of nearly HKD 300 million compared to the same period last year. In the first quarter of this year, about 2,000 people were arrested for fraud and money laundering-related cases, with approximately 70% being "puppet account" holders.The Hong Kong police remind that under the law, a conviction for money laundering can result in a maximum fine of HKD 5 million and imprisonment for 14 years, and the court may apply for an increased sentence depending on the circumstances.

According to a report by Kyodo News, the Osaka Prefectural Police arrested three men on suspicion of violating the Organized Crime Punishment Law for laundering criminal proceeds on behalf of an investment fraud gang. It is said that these three individuals exchanged approximately 14 million yen from 10 victims across six prefectures into stablecoins and other cryptocurrency assets to conceal the source of the funds.According to the Osaka Prefectural Police, these three individuals belong to "over-the-counter traders" who conduct personal cryptocurrency transactions without using trading platforms and are believed to have participated in money laundering activities amounting to billions of yen.

In the past 7 days, El Salvador has added 8 bitcoins, and in the past 30 days, it has added 31 bitcoins. Currently, its bitcoin holdings amount to 7,688.37 bitcoins, with a total value of 489.7 million USD.

According to Decrypt, Amazon has decided to withdraw the biopic of Sam Altman titled "Artificial." The film was originally planned to be distributed by Amazon MGM Studios and was nearing completion, but executives responsible for Prime Video and Amazon MGM Studios decided not to proceed with the release plan after watching the finished product and have handed the film over to other movie companies to seek a distributor.

According to Decrypt, two brothers from Texas, Isiah Garcia and Raymond Garcia, recently pleaded guilty in federal court in Minneapolis, admitting to a home invasion at a residence in Grant, Minnesota, in September 2025, where they held a family hostage for 8 hours and forced the homeowner to transfer over $8 million in cryptocurrency. During this time, the suspects also escorted the victims to their northern cabin to retrieve additional cold wallets for further transfers. After the victim's son reported to the police, the FBI tracked the suspects to the Houston area through evidence left at the scene and arrested them. Both face a maximum of 20 years in federal prison and have agreed to pay over $8 million in restitution.

According to SlowMist's YuXian monitoring, Aztec is suspected to have been hacked again, with its Private Rollup Bridge 0x737...A2ba showing three suspicious transactions, totaling approximately $2.15 million, involving 1,158 ETH, 150,000 DAI, and 0.46963295 renBTC.

According to Jinshi reports, the Federal Reserve's dot plot shows a clear hawkish tendency, leading to a sharp decline in Shanghai gold and silver futures at the opening. Goldman Sachs has issued a warning that the hawkish shift is not solely due to oil, and when precious metal prices will stabilize remains a focal point of market attention.

According to the U.S. Department of Justice, Rodney "Bitcoin Rodney" Burton, a resident of Miami, Florida, has pleaded guilty in federal court, admitting to participating in a cryptocurrency fraud scheme related to HyperFund, with an amount involved of approximately $1.8 billion.The U.S. Department of Justice stated that the project raised funds from investors through global financing and was used during its operation to promote fund transfers, constituting a large-scale cross-border telecommunications fraud network. Burton faces a maximum of 5 years in federal prison, with sentencing hearings scheduled for July 23. Law enforcement agencies indicated that the case is being jointly investigated by the IRS Criminal Investigation Division and the Department of Homeland Security Investigations.

DeFi structured protocol Thetanuts Finance issued a statement in response to the security incident involving its Vault. Preliminary investigations indicate that the relevant Vault is an old version contract that was deprecated and migrated years ago, and it is not associated with any currently running contracts or products. Further details are still under investigation, and a complete post-incident analysis report will be released once more information is available.Earlier reports suggested that Thetanuts Finance may have suffered an attack, with preliminary estimates of losses around $2.1 million.

The Hebei High Court released typical cases of cracking down on illegal fundraising. A certain man packaged an investment project with the concept of "metaverse" to promote the virtual goods investment project of the "Newmateworks" platform under the "Yishang United Community" to the public, inducing the masses to participate in the investment. He directly introduced 19 investors who invested a total of 15.3936 million yuan in the platform, of which 1.1014 million yuan has been returned, while 14.2922 million yuan has not been returned. The court found that this case used emerging technology concepts such as "metaverse" as a cover to implement fraudulent marketing, violating national financial management laws and regulations, with a huge amount involved. The behavior constituted the crime of illegally absorbing public deposits, and Chen was sentenced to five years and four months in prison and fined.

Recently, the metal market has continued to strengthen, with gold and silver prices maintaining high volatility. According to market data from the Gate platform, silver (XAG) reached a 24-hour high of $71.24, currently reported at $70.40, with a 24-hour increase of 1.25%; gold (XAU) reached a 24-hour high of $4355, currently reported at $4340.45, with a 24-hour increase of 0.49%. According to CoinGlass data, the open interest for Gate XAG contracts reached $78.3465 million; the open interest for Gate XAU contracts reached $148 million, both ranking among the top two in the industry.

According to data from CryptoRank.io, since the peak of the cryptocurrency market in September 2025, the dominance of stablecoins has significantly increased from 7.56% to 15%, an increase of nearly 98%.However, the total supply of stablecoins has only grown from $285.6 billion to $316 billion, an increase of just 10.6%. During the same period, the total market capitalization of the cryptocurrency market has significantly dropped from $4.21 trillion to $2.10 trillion, a decline of 50%.CryptoRank indicates that this doubling of stablecoin dominance is not driven by a large issuance of new stablecoins, but is mainly due to the overall significant decline of the cryptocurrency market.

According to The Block, the Criminal Investigation Department of the Seoul Police Agency in South Korea has arrested 23 suspects accused of laundering money for a Cambodian criminal organization, with the amount involved approximately 16.8 billion won (about 11.1 million USD). The gang transferred about 11.1 million USD in illegal funds by purchasing USDT and trading on domestic and international cryptocurrency exchanges from February 2024 to April 2025, using approximately 11,300 accounts for money laundering, involving about 265 cases of phishing and investment fraud, with the amount of illicit funds involved around 17 million USD. The Seoul police have seized approximately 650 million won (about 430,000 USD) in criminal proceeds from the suspects, but the gang leader is still at large and has been issued a red notice by Interpol.The police also arrested 33 individuals on the same charges for illegally providing currency exchange services to tourists and acquaintances through USDT.