ChainCatcher news, according to Onchain Lens monitoring, a certain individual miner mined a Bitcoin block and obtained 3.151 BTC, worth approximately $330,000.

ChainCatcher news, encrypted journalist Eleanor Terrett posted on the X platform that MoonPay has obtained the New York BitLicense, paving the way for the company to serve customers in all 50 states of the U.S.It is reported that a few companies currently holding this license include Anchorage Digital, Coinbase, and Circle.

ChainCatcher news, Swedish medical company H100 Group has received a $2.1 million convertible loan from Adam Back, with the potential to secure an additional $12.8 million. The funds will be used to further purchase Bitcoin.

ChainCatcher message, BitMEX co-founder Arthur Hayes posted on the X platform stating, "I’m starting to feel that this (referring to the whale James Wynn trying to raise funds at zero cost) could become one of the most successful marketing campaigns for a trading platform in crypto history. HYPE will surely win.Additionally, this guy is likely hedging trades at another anonymous address, specifically to farm the next round of airdrops."

ChainCatcher news, according to Cointelegraph, Acheron has become the first cryptocurrency market maker to obtain a CASP license under the EU MiCA regulation.MiCA (Markets in Crypto-Assets Regulation) is a comprehensive regulatory framework for crypto assets that officially came into effect in the EU in June 2023, establishing unified market rules for crypto assets across the 27 member states of the EU, filling the gaps in existing financial services regulations that do not cover the crypto asset sector.

ChainCatcher news, according to Cointelegraph, on May 30, the U.S. government submitted documents to the Supreme Court requesting to dismiss Coinbase user James Harper's appeal against the IRS's acquisition of his cryptocurrency transaction records. Attorney General D. John Sauer stated that under the Fourth Amendment, Harper does not have a right to privacy regarding the financial records stored on Coinbase, as this data was "voluntarily" shared with the exchange, and the IRS obtained it through lawful judicial procedures.The case stems from the IRS's cryptocurrency tax investigation in 2016, when the agency discovered that a large number of Coinbase users had not reported their crypto gains, subsequently obtaining a "John Doe" subpoena requiring the exchange to submit records of high-volume users. Harper filed a lawsuit claiming this constituted an unconstitutional search, but lower courts ruled that Coinbase records are commercial documents rather than personal private documents, and the IRS's actions were lawful.The government cited precedents such as United States v. Miller to emphasize that users have no reasonable expectation of privacy regarding financial records held by third parties, and Coinbase's privacy policy clearly warns that information may be shared with law enforcement agencies.The Supreme Court has yet to decide whether to hear the case. If it declines, it will uphold the First Circuit Court of Appeals' ruling in support of the IRS.

ChainCatcher news, according to the official announcement, Binance's Japanese subsidiary has obtained the internationally recognized ISO/IEC 27001 and ISO/IEC 27701 security and privacy management system certifications. These certifications were awarded by the British Standards Institution (BSI) after a comprehensive audit, marking its achievement of top global standards in information security and privacy protection.Binance Japan's General Manager, Takeshi Chino, stated that this certification is a recognition of the platform's long-term investment in secure and transparent operations, and it will continue to build a trustworthy compliant trading environment in the future. Binance's Chief Security Officer, Jimmy Su, emphasized that this move is part of the commitment to protect global users, empowering the Japanese business with leading technology and best practices to promote the long-term sustainable development of the industry.Binance has previously obtained similar certifications in France, Bahrain, the UAE, Turkey, Thailand, and Kazakhstan. The official statement indicated that this certification in the Japanese market will further strengthen its position in the construction of the Web3 security ecosystem, facilitating compliance and trust simultaneously.

ChainCatcher news, 37-year-old American cryptocurrency investor John Woeltz and a 24-year-old suspected female accomplice have been accused of illegally imprisoning and torturing a 28-year-old Italian businessman in a luxury apartment in Manhattan, New York, for over two weeks in an attempt to obtain his financial account passwords. The victim arrived in New York on May 6 and met with John Woeltz, with whom he had previously conducted business, and was subsequently stripped of his passport and subjected to abuse including electric shocks, drug coercion, and chainsaw threats.It is reported that the police found multiple Polaroid photos of the victim being bound and tortured at the scene, as well as firearms, chainsaws, and other tools. The victim ultimately escaped on May 23 and called the police. John Woeltz has been charged with first-degree kidnapping, unlawful imprisonment, assault, and illegal possession of weapons, among other charges.

ChainCatcher news, Binance announced on social media that qualified users with at least 200 Binance Alpha points can claim an airdrop of 8,000 OBT tokens on the Alpha event page starting from May 24, 2025, at 8:00 UTC.Please note that claiming the OBT airdrop will consume 15 Binance Alpha points. Users must confirm their claim on the Alpha event page within 24 hours (by 8:00 UTC on May 25, 2025), otherwise, it will be considered a forfeiture of the claim.In addition, Binance Wallet has officially launched the Orbiter Finance trading competition. During the event period (from May 24, 2025, 08:00 to June 7, 2025, 08:00 UTC), users can participate in the competition by trading OBT tokens through Binance Wallet (non-custodial) or Binance Alpha.According to the announcement, participants will be ranked based on the total purchase volume of OBT during the event period, with the top 6,000 users sharing a reward of 50 million OBT tokens (approximately 8,333 OBT per person). Only trades executed through Binance Wallet (non-custodial) or Binance Alpha are eligible to participate, and trades through third-party dApps will be excluded. This event only counts cumulative purchase volume and does not include sell trades, with no upper limit on trading volume.Rewards will be distributed to the winning users' Binance Alpha accounts by June 21, 2025, at 16:00 (UTC). Users must complete account verification (KYC) and hold an active Binance Wallet to be eligible to participate.

ChainCatcher news, according to Coindesk, the cryptocurrency trading platform Crypto.com has acquired Allnew Investments to obtain a license to offer derivatives trading services in the European Economic Area (EEA).The trading platform announced on its official website that the Cyprus Securities and Exchange Commission (CySEC) has issued a Markets in Financial Instruments Directive (MiFID) license to Allnew. This license authorizes the trading platform to offer a range of financial products in 27 EU countries as well as Iceland, Liechtenstein, and Norway.

ChainCatcher news, according to The Block, cryptocurrency exchange Kraken has officially expanded its derivatives business across the EU by acquiring a licensed institution in Cyprus to obtain a European Union Markets in Financial Instruments Directive (MiFID) license.The head of the exchange's derivatives business, Alexia Theodorou, previously revealed that derivatives trading accounted for half of its total trading volume. This expansion allows Kraken to offer compliant derivatives services to users in the European Economic Area (including the 27 EU countries as well as Iceland, Liechtenstein, and Norway).In May of this year, Kraken launched similar products for qualified investors under the regulation of the UK's Financial Conduct Authority (FCA).

ChainCatcher news, cryptocurrency exchange Bitstamp has received approval from the Luxembourg financial regulator CSSF and obtained a crypto asset service provider (CASP) license under the EU's Markets in Crypto-Assets Regulation (MiCA) framework. This license covers its trading platform operations across the entire European Economic Area, execution of orders for clients, and custody services.Bitstamp stated that the MiCA approval further solidifies its position as one of the most regulated crypto exchanges globally and provides European clients with a safer and more reliable environment for crypto asset investments.

ChainCatcher news, according to Cryptonews, Germany's financial regulator BaFin has granted a full Markets in Crypto-Assets (MiCA) license to Trade Republic, one of the largest fintech companies in Europe. This license allows the German company to provide crypto asset custody services for its 4 million users across 17 markets and to operate in all 30 countries of the European Economic Area.Data shows that currently, 25 crypto asset service providers (CASPs) have obtained MiCA licenses across the EU, of which 9 (36%) were issued by the German regulator BaFin. It is noteworthy that all crypto asset service providers must obtain a MiCA license by mid-2025; otherwise, they will not be able to conduct cross-border business in the EU, prompting many companies in the industry to accelerate their applications.

ChainCatcher news, according to official information, Ripple announced today (May 19, 2025) that as the first institution to obtain a blockchain payment license from the Dubai Financial Services Authority (DFSA), it has partnered with Zand Bank and Mamo in the UAE to provide blockchain-driven cross-border payment solutions. This collaboration will enable round-the-clock fund flow, reducing payment settlement times to just a few minutes, significantly enhancing the efficiency of financial transactions in the UAE. Zand Bank also plans to launch an AED-backed stablecoin to further promote the development of the digital economy.

ChainCatcher news, according to Beincrypto, digital asset bank Sygnum allows staked Solana (SOL) to be used as a loan collateral option, enabling institutional clients to retain staking rewards while obtaining liquidity.Sygnum stated that staking SOL loans can reduce funding costs compared to regular SOL collateral, with a portion of staking rewards directly offsetting interest expenses. Sygnum employs an independent on-chain custody solution, completing staking operations through API or client manager channels.Last August, the bank issued a $50 million Bitcoin-backed loan. The current annualized staking yield for SOL is approximately 5.7%. This is the first time Sygnum has accepted staked assets as collateral, reflecting the growing demand from institutions for liquidity management of crypto assets.

ChainCatcher news, according to the token unlock data from the Web3 asset data platform RootData, Orbiter Finance (OBT) will unlock approximately 35.002 million tokens at 00:00 Beijing time on May 21, worth about 4.21 million USD.

ChainCatcher news, BitGo, a cryptocurrency custody company backed by Goldman Sachs, has become the latest cryptocurrency company to receive regulatory approval to operate in the European Union.The company announced on May 12 that the German financial regulator, the Federal Financial Supervisory Authority (BaFin), granted BitGo Europe a license under the Markets in Crypto-Assets Regulation (MiCA) to provide digital asset services in the EU. The new license allows BitGo to offer services to both crypto-native companies and traditional financial institutions, including banks and asset management companies within the EU.

ChainCatcher news, according to on-chain analyst @ai_9684xtpa monitoring, "the giant whale that acquired 76,000 ETH during the 2015 ICO" has liquidated all ETH half an hour ago, and this ICO whale has recharged 2,000 ETH to Kraken half an hour ago, approximately 3.66 million dollars.

ChainCatcher news, the decentralized data value infrastructure CESS Network has obtained Level 1 certification from the Blockchain Maturity Model (BMM) of the government blockchain. This certification marks CESS as the first to complete the maturity assessment of decentralized data infrastructure among global blockchain projects, becoming one of the few projects validated by international standard models. BMM is a global blockchain assessment framework endorsed by the UN IGF, covering 11 dimensions including governance, privacy, security, and scalability.It is reported that CESS is also the initiator of the IEEE P3220.02 decentralized storage international standard. CESS is contributing to various industry standards to provide secure, verifiable, and compliant infrastructure for scenarios such as AI, RWA, and DePIN. This certification further consolidates CESS's position as an industry leader in Web3 data sovereignty and compliance innovation.