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According to Techfundingnews, London-based AI audit automation startup Calibre has announced the completion of a $3.3 million Pre-Seed funding round, led by Vicus Ventures and CIV.Calibre was founded by former Palantir executives with the goal of using AI Agents to enhance efficiency in the certification and auditing industry. The company believes that current auditors spend a significant amount of time on document review and process organization rather than applying professional judgment. Calibre plans to deploy AI Agents to automatically handle repetitive tasks such as document review, information extraction, and compliance verification, aiming to reduce labor costs and improve efficiency in the certification industry.Investors believe that the certification and auditing industry has long faced issues of cumbersome processes and high reliance on manual labor, and that AI Agents are expected to become an important infrastructure in this field.

The U.S. Department of Justice stated that Olena Oblamska, a Ukrainian national accused of operating the cryptocurrency investment platform Forsage, was extradited from Thailand to the United States last week and appeared in federal court in Oregon, pleading not guilty to the charge of "conspiracy to commit wire fraud."Prosecutors claim that Forsage operated under the guise of an investment project based on Ethereum blockchain "smart contracts," but in reality constituted a Ponzi and pyramid investment scheme, involving approximately $340 million. Currently, Olena Oblamska is being held in custody awaiting trial, with jury proceedings expected to begin on July 14, 2026; if convicted, she could face up to 20 years in federal prison.

According to the Ministry of Public Security of China, recently, the police from China, the United States, and the United Arab Emirates conducted international law enforcement cooperation for the first time, jointly combating telecom network fraud crimes in the Dubai area. They successfully dismantled 9 fraud dens and arrested 276 criminal suspects.Investigations revealed that the related fraud gangs established "romantic" relationships with victims through social platforms, deceiving them into trusting them emotionally, and then inducing victims to invest in so-called high-return cryptocurrency projects, resulting in their fraud. A relevant official from the Ministry of Public Security of China stated that this joint crackdown is an important achievement of international law enforcement cooperation by the Chinese police. The Chinese police will deepen practical cooperation with more countries, carry out joint crackdown actions, resolutely eliminate fraud dens, and make every effort to capture suspects involved in telecom fraud, effectively safeguarding the legitimate rights and interests of people in all countries.

According to Hongxing News, the police in Linyi, Shandong recently dismantled a telecom fraud gang targeting minors, seizing about 140,000 yuan in illegal gains and 20,000 in virtual currency on site. Preliminary investigations have confirmed that the gang has carried out over 200 fraud cases nationwide, involving a huge amount of money.The police disclosed that the criminal gang used "free game skins and equipment" as bait to lure minors into using their parents' phones and remotely controlling the victims' devices through screen sharing to carry out transfer fraud. The stolen money was then laundered in batches through methods such as mobile phone top-ups, electricity bills, and property fee payments. The upstream fraud platform settled funds through virtual currency, and the suspects took about 20% of the fraud amount as their share. It is reported that the gang leader had previously traveled to Myanmar to engage in fraudulent activities and has strong counter-investigation experience. The case is still under further investigation.

THORChain officials stated that a large number of fake accounts and false information have appeared in the market, involving activities such as "refunds," "airdrops," and "compensations"; preliminary investigations show that user funds were not harmed in the previous security incidents, and no refund, airdrop, or compensation plans are currently underway. Any accounts claiming otherwise are impersonating or spreading false information. Progress on the investigation and more information will be announced later.

The Criminal Investigation Bureau of the Ministry of Public Security published an article titled "Beware of Online Fraud Targeting Minors," which reveals a new type of online fraud chain characterized by "game diversion + impersonating public security and judicial authorities + virtual currency money laundering." Criminals post advertisements through games and social platforms to guide minors to add friends, and use intimidation and other means to extract funds from parents' accounts. The stolen money is split and withdrawn through black and gray industry platforms to purchase virtual currencies, which are not restricted by geography and can silently flow back to overseas fraud dens, completing the "physical isolation" of cross-border funds. The Criminal Investigation Bureau reminds that public security and judicial authorities will never handle cases online, will never intimidate for deductions, and will never ask for passwords or verification codes.

According to The Block, the Myanmar military government has released a draft of the "Anti-Online Fraud Act," which proposes the death penalty for those who force others to engage in online fraud and life imprisonment for those who operate fraud centers or commit cryptocurrency fraud.The draft also proposes the establishment of a special committee responsible for international cooperation to combat fraud activities. The Myanmar parliament is expected to review the bill in early June.Previously, the U.S. Department of the Treasury had imposed sanctions on multiple entities suspected of cryptocurrency investment fraud in Myanmar and Cambodia in September 2025. FBI data shows that losses related to cryptocurrency fraud reached as high as $11.4 billion in 2025, accounting for more than half of all internet crime losses.

According to Reuters, the Polish parliament has passed a cryptocurrency regulation bill to implement the EU's Markets in Crypto-Assets Regulation (MiCA), with Poland required to complete the implementation of related rules by July. The legislative backdrop is the alleged large-scale fraud involving the Polish cryptocurrency exchange Zondacrypto. Polish prosecutors have launched a multi-million dollar fraud investigation, with expected user losses exceeding 350 million zlotys (approximately 95.93 million USD), and thousands of users are currently unable to withdraw their funds.Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk previously stated that "Russian funds" and foreign political influence issues may be involved behind Zondacrypto. The exchange's founder Sylwester Suszek went missing in 2022, and the current head Przemyslaw Kral reportedly has gone to Israel. Polish President Karol Nawrocki had previously vetoed the related MiCA implementation bill twice, believing that the regulatory requirements were too burdensome and could lead to the loss of cryptocurrency businesses.

Anthropic announced that starting from June 15, 2026, a new billing policy for the Agent SDK will be implemented. According to the new regulations, third-party Agent tools such as OpenClaw will be allowed to access the Claude subscription version again, but they must use a separate "exclusive monthly quota," which will no longer be shared with the regular chat quota.Previously, Anthropic had restricted third-party tools from accessing the Claude subscription quota in April of this year to prevent abuse. This adjustment is seen as the final solution to the related controversy, which is to reopen third-party access while completely isolating Agent calls from the regular chat quota.Specifically, Pro users will receive a monthly exclusive quota of $20; Max 5x and advanced Team versions will receive $100; Max 20x and advanced Enterprise versions can receive up to $200. The relevant quotas can only be used for third-party applications, self-built Agent projects, and claude-p backend command calls, with quotas refreshing monthly, and any excess must be paid at the standard API rate.

User Cprkrn on social media stated that he successfully recovered a wallet with lost recovery phrases using the AI model Claude developed by Anthropic, retrieving approximately $400,000 worth of Bitcoin.The user's post quickly garnered millions of views and sparked widespread discussion about the potential applications of AI in recovery phrase restoration and the security of crypto assets. Currently, neither Anthropic nor Claude has confirmed or responded to this claim.

According to official news, the smart contract auditing platform Code4rena has announced that it will gradually cease operations, and the Web3 security company Immunefi will take over its clients and security researchers. Code4rena posted on social media that it has made the decision to shut down and stated that all ongoing competitions and bounty activities will be completed as usual, and existing collaborations will be "properly concluded." Immunefi stated that it will assist in migrating Code4rena's bounty projects, reward structures, and researchers to its platform.Code4rena is known for its "competitive auditing" model, where independent researchers compete to find vulnerabilities in smart contracts for rewards. This shutdown comes less than two years after blockchain security company Zellic acquired Code4rena in 2024. Previously, Code4rena raised $6 million from Paradigm in 2023 for auditing incentives and platform expansion.This shutdown comes at a difficult time for DeFi protocols and the security sector. Data from DefiLlama shows that there were over 20 crypto vulnerability incidents in April alone, setting a monthly record. JPMorgan analysts believe that ongoing DeFi security incidents are limiting major institutional investors from entering the market. Meanwhile, the total value locked in DeFi has decreased from about $160 billion in October to approximately $83 billion currently.

According to Bits.media, the Presnensky District Court in Moscow sentenced the former head of Binance Russia and co-founder of the Blum crypto platform, Vladimir Smerkis, to five years in prison. The court found him guilty of "large-scale fraud" as stipulated in Article 159, Part 4 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation.According to the prosecution, in June 2024, trader and crypto blogger Oleg Polunin requested Smerkis's help to drive traffic to his social media. Smerkis promised to bring in about 2 million new users but failed to fulfill his obligations after receiving over 8.8 million rubles, misappropriating the funds for personal use. The verdict has not yet taken effect and can be appealed.Smerkis was arrested a year ago. He served as the regional head of Binance from early 2022 until September 2023, and later announced the launch of the clicker game Blum with another former Binance regional manager; on the day of his arrest, the Blum team announced his departure.

According to Jinshi News, Amin Nasser, President and CEO of Saudi Aramco, stated on the 10th that global oil supply has decreased by about 1 billion barrels over the past two months.During a media interview that day, Nasser mentioned that even if energy flows return to normal, the entire system will take some time to return to normalcy. Saudi Aramco indicated that the East-West pipeline is an important supply artery that helps alleviate global energy shocks and provides certain assurances to customers affected by shipping restrictions in the Strait of Hormuz.

According to a report from the British police, former world athletics championships 4×100 meter relay gold medalist, British sprinter CJ Ujah, along with nine others, has been charged with "conspiracy to defraud" in connection with a cryptocurrency scam.The police stated that the criminal gang impersonated police and cryptocurrency company personnel to carry out phone scams against multiple victims, inducing them to disclose key wallet security information, including seed phrases. They then transferred the victims' cryptocurrency assets, with one victim losing over £300,000. This case was cracked by the Eastern Region Special Operations Unit (ERSOU) after a joint investigation across Kent, Essex, and London. Ten suspects have appeared in court, with Ujah granted bail until a further hearing on May 28.The 32-year-old Ujah won the world championship 4×100 meter relay gold medal representing the British team in 2017 and also claimed the Diamond League title that same year. He was banned for 22 months in 2022 due to a doping issue, later determined to be a result of supplement contamination leading to a false positive. In addition to Ujah, another British sprinter, Brandon Mingeli, is also on the arrest list and is currently in custody awaiting trial.

WORLD3 today announced the official launch of its decentralized AI routing network RouterLink, enabling the permanent domain routerlink.ai. This official version brings three core upgrades compared to the previous Alpha stage: complete Web2 payment support (Stripe credit card/debit card/Apple Pay/Google Pay), direct connection to over 60 cutting-edge purebred flagship models (without quantization, without distillation), and official production-level endorsements from three major cloud providers: AWS, Microsoft Azure, and Google Cloud.WORLD3 disclosed that the RouterLink network currently supports over 68 models, covering more than 20 providers, with uptime locked at 99.9%, and daily settlement flow exceeding $1.5 million $WAI. The launched purebred flagship models include Claude Opus 4.7, GPT-5.5, Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview, DeepSeek V4 Pro, Grok 4.3, Qwen3-Max, Llama 4 Maverick, Kimi K2.6, GLM 5.1, MiniMax M2.7, etc., all provided at full specifications. The cumulative $450K quota from the three major cloud collaborations has been fully utilized — including the public inclusion of the AWS Customer Case Study, Microsoft for Startups Level 4 (highest level) + $300K AI Grants, and direct connection to Google Cloud Vertex AI.WORLD3 stated that this official launch also opens up the enterprise procurement channel: Stripe payments and $WAI on-chain payments run in parallel, allowing developers to access the complete catalog of 68 models within 60 seconds after registering their email and recharging with a credit card. The subsequent roadmap includes the RouterLink mainnet, GPU computing power market, an Agent skill market linked with TapClaw, and an enterprise version SLA service that is already in pilot with some clients.

According to Bloomberg, Poland's largest digital asset trading platform Zondacrypto has stated that it is on the verge of bankruptcy after attracting approximately $100 million in deposits from Polish users and has stopped providing services for customer accounts.The Polish national prosecutor's office has launched an investigation into suspected fraud against it. The report notes that Zondacrypto is registered in Estonia, and its bankruptcy crisis is putting political pressure on Donald Trump's allies in the Polish presidential office.

According to Saudi media Alhadath and Al Arabiya, sources say that the US and Iran have reached a consensus on gradually opening the Strait of Hormuz in exchange for easing maritime blockades, and a breakthrough in the situation of stranded ships in the strait is expected in the coming hours.International oil prices have sharply dropped, with WTI crude oil falling over 3% during the day and Brent crude down nearly 3%. International gold and silver prices continue to rise, with spot gold surpassing $4750 per ounce and silver exceeding $79 per ounce.

The latest report released by Bank of America (BofA) indicates that in April, the user growth of Gemini and Claude was robust, while the growth rate of ChatGPT continued to slow down. The report stated: In terms of U.S. web traffic, Google saw a year-on-year increase of 2% to 546 million visits, ChatGPT grew by 30% year-on-year to 34 million visits (equivalent to 6% of Google), Bing decreased by 6% year-on-year to 44 million visits, and Claude increased by 715% year-on-year to 7.1 million visits. In terms of month-on-month growth, Google grew by 1%, ChatGPT grew by 1%, Claude grew by 28%, and Gemini grew by 8%.

According to FinanceFeeds, the victim's lawyer from North Korea attempted to redefine the rsETH attack incident that occurred on Aave as "fraud" rather than "theft" before a hearing at the Manhattan federal court, in order to maintain a freeze order on assets worth $71 million in ETH.The lawyer argued that the attacker borrowed assets using worthless collateral and did not repay, which constitutes a fraudulent loan transaction, aiming to use these frozen assets to pay for terrorism judgment compensation under the Terrorism Risk Insurance Act.Previously, hackers associated with the Lazarus Group minted unsecured rsETH through a cross-chain bridge vulnerability and borrowed approximately $230 million in assets from Aave, of which $71 million was intercepted by Arbitrum developers. The victim's lawyer also questioned Aave's standing, pointing out that its terms of service state it does not have control over user assets. Additionally, DeFi United has raised $327 million, exceeding the amount in dispute.