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A traffic police officer in Ufa, Russia, was sentenced to 7 years in prison for stealing approximately 20 million rubles (equivalent to several hundred thousand dollars) in Bitcoin. The case dates back to 2022, when the officer illegally obtained access to the mobile phones of two detainees while handling a case, transferring BTC through a messaging app and a cryptocurrency wallet, accompanied by violent evidence collection. The court sentenced him to 7 years in a regular security prison, ordered him to compensate the victims approximately 20 million rubles, and stripped him of his police rank.

Pieverse has launched the world's first multi-large language model (LLM) real-time prediction arena on the prediction market platform Polymarket. The six cutting-edge AI models competing include OpenAI's GPT 5.2, Anthropic AI's Claude Sonnet 4.5, DeepSeek's v3.2, Gemini's 2.5 Pro, Moonshot AI's Kimi K2 0905, and xAI's Grok 4.1.Each AI agent is allocated an initial fund of $1,000 to operate in a fully automated mode, scanning high-activity markets on Polymarket and executing trades, with all decision-making processes being transparent and free from human intervention. This arena focuses on testing AI's predictive capabilities regarding real events and probabilities, distinguishing it from traditional AI arenas that primarily feature cryptocurrency perpetual contracts.Pieverse plans to introduce a user-owned agent mechanism in the future and expand to more prediction platforms, with a specific timeline yet to be disclosed.

Polygon's global head of payments and RWA, Aishwary Gupta, believes that global stablecoins are entering a "super cycle," with the number of stablecoin issuers potentially exceeding 100,000 in the next five years.Gupta pointed out that Japan is participating in government bond and policy stimulus pilots through stablecoins like JPYC, proving that stablecoins can become tools of national economic sovereignty rather than undermining central bank power. He stated that stablecoins, like fiat currencies, are influenced by monetary policy and will essentially enhance the global demand for a country's currency, similar to how stablecoins drive the usage of the dollar.Gupta also warned that stablecoin yields are attracting low-interest deposits (CASA) from the banking system to on-chain, weakening banks' ability to create credit and maintain low-cost capital. To respond to this competition, he expects banks to issue "deposit tokens" on a large scale to keep funds on their balance sheets while allowing customers to use their assets on-chain.He believes that as the number of stablecoins rapidly expands, future payment systems will rely on a unified settlement layer, allowing users to pay with any token while merchants receive payments in another token, with the underlying conversion happening seamlessly in the background.

According to GoPlus monitoring, the DMT (@dexmaxai) airdrop poses security risks. Users may be tricked into authorizing other tokens during the airdrop process, resulting in the theft of assets from thousands of users, with cross-chain asset transfers exceeding $130,000. It is recommended that users who have received the $DMT airdrop revoke related authorizations or transfer their assets to a secure wallet. Currently, both the official DexMax AI Twitter and website have been taken offline.

According to DL News, Bittrex's bankruptcy filing is filled with tens of thousands of contradictory, suspicious, and unlikely transactions, which could affect nearly 2 million customers who held funds on the exchange before its closure in 2023.Regulatory compliance researcher Pasha Onur stated, "Our analysis of the court documents and Bittrex's hot and cold wallets shows that over $500 million in fraudulent transactions were submitted to the bankruptcy court across multiple bankruptcy cases." If the numerous transactions submitted in Bittrex's bankruptcy filing are inaccurate, it could have significant implications for creditors attempting to recover funds from the collapsed trading platform. Bittrex was founded in Seattle in 2014 and had repeatedly violated regulatory requirements, filing for bankruptcy in May 2023, shortly after the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission accused it of operating an unregistered securities exchange. The trading platform shut down in December of the same year.

Chain Catcher news, at the BNB Chain fifth anniversary event, Xu Yanqing, Chairman of the Board and Executive Director of Huaxing Capital, stated: "The core of the competition for the global cryptocurrency capital lies in the level of policy protection for investors' rights. As a bridge connecting Web2 and Web3, Huaxing will prioritize compliance to help the BNB Chain ecosystem take root in Hong Kong."In addition, she also admitted that Huaxing Capital has gone through very difficult times in the past two years, and now the boat has passed through thousands of mountains. Currently, the integration of traditional capital and the crypto field is an irreversible trend, and she hopes to help the BNB ecosystem grow more unicorn companies in the future.Previous report, Huaxing Capital has reached a cooperation with YZi Labs to invest approximately $100 million for the special allocation of BNB assets.

ChainCatcher news, according to official sources, APENFT and TRON Eco have jointly launched the TRON Eco interstellar art creation event. This event, as an important part of the Justin Space Program, will grandly open from July 21 to 28 (SGT).Participants can freely create based on the "space station design drafts" provided by the organizers after completing basic tasks such as following designated official accounts and retweeting event posts, showcasing their artistic talents. The event features a generous reward pool with a total value of 1000 USDT, and the final winning works will be determined through a community public vote.This digital art feast that integrates DeFi, NFT, and space exploration not only provides a stage for creators to showcase their talents but also promotes the deep collision of blockchain technology and artistic innovation, opening a new era of digital art and interstellar exploration.

ChainCatcher news, according to Coinbase executive Conor Grogan, today the ancient whale transferring tens of thousands of BTC appears to be from a single miner from 2011.This miner consolidated 180 mining reward blocks, and in 2011, he had a wallet address containing 200,000 bitcoins, which is currently worth about 22 billion dollars, making it one of the top five Bitcoin wallets of all time.

ChainCatcher news, according to Coinbase executive Conor Grogan, a long-dormant whale that activated and transferred tens of thousands of bitcoins today may belong to a single miner from 2011. This miner consolidated 180 mining reward blocks and held approximately 200,000 BTC in 2011, which is worth about $22 billion at current prices, making it one of the top five Bitcoin wallets of all time.

ChainCatcher news, according to FSMN, the CEO of Robinhood stated in a keynote speech that the company will expand the tokenized trading of U.S. stocks from the current 200 to "thousands" by the end of this year.Previous news, Robinhood plans to launch its own blockchain and introduce "stock tokens" in the EU. Additionally, Robinhood will allow European users to trade cryptocurrency perpetual futures and support U.S. customers in staking cryptocurrencies (initially supporting Ethereum and SOL).

ChainCatcher news, according to Venturebeat, the Web3 protocol Thousands announced a joint completion of a $9 million financing with the Web3 game development company The Wildcard Alliance, with this round of financing co-led by Arbitrum Gaming Ventures and Paradigm.It is reported that these two companies are headquartered in McKinney, Texas, founded by co-CEOs Paul and Katy Drake Bettner, who have been involved in the development of games including "Words With Friends," "Lucky's Tale," and "Age of Empires." Currently, they have secured $6.5 million in funding and expect to complete the remaining financing within the next 60 days.The funds from this round of financing will be used to accelerate the development of their integrated product ecosystem, leveraging the Thousands protocol and the Thousands.tv platform to open new creator-centric user acquisition channels, and to assist in the launch of their upcoming game Wildcard.

ChainCatcher news, according to Jinshi reports, a U.S. federal appeals court has lifted an injunction that previously prevented the administration of President Donald Trump from stripping hundreds of thousands of federal employees of their rights to form unions and engage in collective bargaining over working conditions.The D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals voted 2-1 to stay an injunction issued by a judge at the request of the National Treasury Employees Union (NTEU). The injunction had originally blocked the Trump administration from implementing an executive order signed in March.

ChainCatcher news, the Ministry of State Security recently released three cases involving national security through its WeChat official account. One of the cases shows that a salesperson from a medical device company, Wang, was attracted by the promise of high investment returns after watching videos released by an overseas anti-China organization. He actively joined the organization and purchased virtual currency worth $10,000.It is reported that the anti-China organization raises funds by issuing virtual currency and uses the related funds to engage in anti-China activities. The Ministry of State Security reminds citizens to be vigilant about the risks of such virtual currency transactions and to avoid participating in activities that endanger national security due to profit motives.

ChainCatcher message: To celebrate the 15th anniversary of Bitcoin Pizza Day, BTSE will airdrop thousands of "retro film cameras" for free to Bitcoin supporters before May 10, and will also offer limited pizza vouchers, pizza gift boxes, and other multiple gifts through community events.In addition, BTSE will launch a month-long trading festival themed around Bitcoin from April 26 to May 26, with a total prize pool of 5,220,000 USDT. Users can participate in sharing the prize pool by registering, depositing, investing, trading, or experiencing smart copy trading, with some activities offering double rewards for new users.BTSE is a global leading blockchain technology company focused on exchanges, payments, and infrastructure development.

ChainCatcher news, according to a disclosure by crypto community member Cat (@0xCat_Crypto), a Web3 startup project lost hundreds of thousands of USDT due to hardcoded authorized wallet addresses in its smart contract code.In the incident, the contract code submitted by an employee was suspicious, but the employee denied writing the relevant code, claiming that the malicious code was automatically generated by an AI programming assistant and not adequately reviewed. Currently, the ownership of the involved wallet cannot be confirmed, and the identity of the code author is also difficult to ascertain.Slow Mist's Yu Xian stated that, after preliminary investigation, in an environment using the Cursor and Claude 3.7 models, the AI auto-completed address did not match the involved malicious address, ruling out the possibility of AI code generation being the cause of the wrongdoing. The malicious address had owner permissions of the smart contract, resulting in the complete transfer of funds from the project party.

ChainCatcher news, according to Cointelegraph, the decentralized telecom infrastructure project Helium has announced a partnership with American telecom giant AT&T to integrate its community-built WiFi network into the AT&T service ecosystem. Under the agreement, AT&T users can now access over 93,500 hotspot nodes globally covered by Helium (primarily located in the United States), which are operated by individuals and businesses and maintained through digital asset incentives for network expansion.Helium Mobile CEO Amir Haleem stated that this collaboration will accelerate the commercialization of decentralized networks, allowing users to achieve automatic authentication access through AT&T's Passpoint WiFi roaming service. Currently, Helium's network has over 800,000 daily active users and has previously established a similar partnership with Mexican telecom company Telefónica, with plans to launch the first free mobile plan in the United States in February 2025.

ChainCatcher news, according to CryptoSlate, the Nigerian digital asset trading platform CBEX has been exposed as a Ponzi scheme, causing significant financial losses for many investors. Although local media initially reported losses as high as 1.3 trillion naira (approximately 800 million USD), analysis indicates that the address is actually a Binance hot wallet, and the real loss amount may be closer to 12 million USD.CBEX claims to be the "China Beijing Equity Exchange," but it has no connection to the officially named institution in China. The platform, under the guise of AI quantitative strategies, promises to double returns in 30 days, attracting a large number of investors and requiring them to recruit others for commissions, essentially operating as a typical Ponzi structure. The project was even promoted in Nigerian national media as a "poverty alleviation program," further misleading users.By April 2025, CBEX suddenly froze accounts, preventing users from withdrawing funds, which sparked public outrage. Some investors besieged its offices in Ibadan and Lagos, and many victims shared their loss experiences on social media.Independent analyst Specter pointed out that CBEX is linked to other similar scams, LWEX and PCEX, suspected of sharing website architecture and funding flow patterns. The related wallets are also connected to the Southeast Asian payment system Huione Pay, which has been listed by Elliptic as one of the main hubs for money laundering and telecom fraud, involving over 24 billion USD in suspicious transactions.

ChainCatcher message, according to Arkham monitoring data, the U.S. government wallet address has transferred approximately 298.937 AVAX (worth about $5,480) to a new wallet in the past 9 hours, along with a small transfer of 0.546 AVAX (approximately $9.99).