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The People's Bank of China Shaoguan Branch, in conjunction with the Shaoguan Municipal Government Office, issued a virtual currency risk warning on the occasion of "4·15" National Security Education Day, and announced four typical cases: "High Salary for U Part-time" money laundering, "Guaranteed Principal High Interest Cryptocurrency Trading" illegal fundraising, "RWA Digital Cultural Tourism Fund" pyramid scheme fraud, and offline "Coin Exchange" disguised foreign exchange trading.Regulators have made it clear that virtual currency exchange, trading, and RWA tokenization activities are illegal financial behaviors. Projects claiming "high returns, low risk, guaranteed profits" are mostly scams. The public should abandon the fantasy of getting rich quickly, stay away from virtual currency-related investments, choose legal financial channels, and report any abnormalities to the police in a timely manner to reduce losses.

Zhao Changpeng stated in an interview with TBPN that quantum computing could disrupt existing cryptocurrency mechanisms, and Bitcoin may need to fork to adopt quantum-resistant encryption technology. "Quantum computing may be able to break existing encryption mechanisms, but as quantum computing develops, new encryption algorithms will emerge. There are already quantum-resistant encryption algorithms, and quantum computers do not have an advantage in breaking these algorithms. Therefore, we just need to upgrade the protocol and adopt these encryption mechanisms."

Aave founder Stani Kulechov tweeted that Aave respects Chaos Labs' decision to withdraw from its risk management role and thanks them for their contributions over the past years. The smart contracts, asset listings, and network deployments of the Aave protocol are not affected, and both parties will maintain close cooperation during the withdrawal process.Aave currently employs a dual-layer economic risk management model, jointly managed by Chaos Labs and LlamaRisk. Given the scale of the Aave protocol, it will continue to maintain the dual-layer model in the future and additionally add a technical risk layer managed by Aave Labs. Aave Labs will work closely with LlamaRisk to ensure that risk coverage remains uninterrupted during the transition and to support LlamaRisk in increasing its budget and team size.

Zhao Changpeng posted on platform X that cryptocurrencies only need to upgrade to post-quantum algorithms to cope with the impact of quantum computing, and there is no need to panic.In terms of practical execution, there are difficulties in upgrading organizations in a decentralized environment, and the choice of algorithms may spark debates and lead to forks. Some projects that have stopped development may not undergo upgrades, which helps to clean up such projects. In the short term, new code may introduce vulnerabilities or security issues, and users who self-custody cryptocurrencies need to migrate their assets to new wallets.Regarding the Bitcoin held by Satoshi, if the assets move, it means he is still active; if they have not moved within a specific timeframe, the relevant addresses should be locked or destroyed to prevent being hacked. Fundamentally, encryption is easier than decryption, and more powerful computing capabilities have positive implications. Cryptocurrencies will continue to exist even after the quantum era.

The cryptocurrency data platform Nonce announced a strategic investment and deep incubation of the on-chain sports prediction platform S315, aiming to promote its realization from on-chain products to global capital docking in a full-chain landing.It is reported that S315 is positioned at the decentralized SportFi application layer and infrastructure, supporting users to make on-chain predictions and settlements for "Yes/No" binary contracts or specific match results for major global leagues such as football, basketball, and tennis.

According to Hainan Daily, the Hainan Provincial Local Financial Supervision Administration has issued a risk warning regarding trading venues. Recently, the Hainan Provincial Local Financial Supervision Administration learned from relevant channels that certain entities are promoting under names such as "Hainan International Data Asset Exchange," "Hainan Data Exchange," and "Hainan Marine Exchange," claiming to legally conduct businesses related to RWA (Real World Assets) and RDA (Real Data Assets).Market entities are conducting business in violation of regulations under the guise of trading venues without approval, which is suspected of illegal financial activities and endangers public property safety. In response, the Hainan Provincial Local Financial Supervision Administration has the following risk warnings:Currently, there is no approved establishment of the "Hainan International Data Asset Exchange" within our province. The establishment of trading venues in our province must be approved by the provincial government (the list of approved trading venues can be found in the appendix). Without approval from the competent authorities, market operators are not allowed to use terms such as "exchange" or "trading center" in their registered names, nor can they engage in activities related to trading venues.The People's Bank of China, the China Securities Regulatory Commission, and eight other departments jointly issued a notice on further preventing and addressing risks related to virtual currencies, clearly stating that the regulation of the tokenization of Real World Assets (RWA) follows the principle of "strictly prohibited domestically, strictly regulated overseas." It emphasizes that conducting tokenization activities of Real World Assets (RWA) within the country, as well as providing related intermediary and information technology services, is suspected of illegal activities such as unauthorized issuance of token vouchers, unauthorized public issuance of securities, illegal operation of securities and futures businesses, and illegal fundraising, which should be prohibited.We urge investors to establish a correct investment perspective.

Zhao Changpeng posted on Binance Square, "The (new book) is finally finalized, I hope so. It should be published soon.To avoid any potential leaks, the book title is as follows:English: Freedom of Money: A Memoir of Protecting Users, Resilience, and the Founding of BinanceChinese: Binance Life: A Memoir of Luck, Resilience, and Protecting Users"

Nasdaq-listed company UTime Limited (stock code: WTO) announced the signing of a non-binding letter of intent to acquire 100% equity of Feixiaohao Technology Inc., the operator of "Feixiaohao," for up to $80 million. The transaction structure includes $64 million in stock consideration (common stock or convertible preferred stock) and $16 million in cash.

The technical director of the xAI Omni team, Haotian Liu, stated on the X platform that he left xAI earlier this week.It is reported that Haotian Liu independently led the development of the Grok Imagine v0.9 & v1 (image + video generation) project.

Vitalik Buterin recently provided feedback on the summary report of the GG23 "Predictive Funding Challenge" at the Gitcoin governance forum. He suggested that the project lead @devanshmehta continue to refine this mechanism, but it is essential to ensure that the design details and funding sources can adapt to the needs of the "tumultuous times" described.Vitalik pointed out that Deep Funding currently has two significant advantages: first, it aligns with the principle of "elite management," avoiding foolish excessive egalitarianism; second, it benefits from AI in a way that is compatible with human subjectivity.However, he believes that the current framework still carries a flavor of the "stable era," attempting to construct a large social tool crystallizing principles of justice and hoping for societal consensus to inject funding. He emphasized that, in the current tumultuous global situation, funding mechanisms need to consider how to operate effectively in an environment lacking such consensus.

According to an analysis report released by Chaos Labs, the recent liquidation event of approximately $27 million in Aave was caused by a configuration issue with the CAPO risk oracle.The root cause lies in the inconsistent update constraints at the smart contract level: the snapshotRatio parameter is limited by an on-chain constraint that allows only a 3% increase every 3 days, preventing it from being updated directly from approximately 1.1572 to the target value of about 1.2282, and it can only increase to about 1.1919; meanwhile, the snapshotTimestamp was successfully updated to a timestamp from 7 days ago. This misalignment between the ratio and the timestamp led to the CAPO calculating an upper exchange rate (approximately 1.1939) that was about 2.85% lower than the actual market exchange rate, triggering the liquidation of approximately 10,938 wstETH. No bad debt was incurred by the protocol during the event.Chaos Labs and BGD Labs have immediately reduced the wstETH borrowing limit for affected instances to 1 and manually aligned the parameters to restore the exchange rate through Risk Steward. A total of 141.5 ETH has been recovered through BuilderNet, which will be used to compensate affected users, while the remaining amount will be covered by the Aave treasury. The amount expected to be temporarily compensated by the DAO is not anticipated to exceed 345 ETH.

Liquid Capital founder Yi Lihua posted on platform X: "The biggest problem in the crypto industry in recent years is the decline of innovation, which stems from two aspects. First, the previous U.S. government's tightening of crypto policies, which should be resolved with the passage of the recent crypto infrastructure bill. Second, Binance's requirement for projects to adhere to a 1+3 year lock-up mechanism for crypto VCs.I believe Binance's original intention is good, fostering a long-term investment mindset. However, the consequence of this mechanism is that project parties, market makers, and exchanges run away with liquidity first, while VCs face a long unlocking period that leads to zero. VCs originally bore the greatest risks in the primary market, yet they also have to bear the risk of exiting last, which is clearly contrary to traditional investment markets. The result of this is the collective demise of crypto VCs, making it difficult for quality entrepreneurs to secure funding and reducing industry innovation.I suggest giving Zhao Changpeng a better exit mechanism for crypto VCs to activate VC capital, which will benefit industry innovation and also be more favorable for exchanges to list quality assets."

Binance founder Zhao Changpeng posted on the X platform, stating that the number of payments made by AI agents in the future will reach millions of times that of humans, and these payments will be settled in cryptocurrency.

A federal judge in Manhattan, Jeannette Vargas, dismissed a civil lawsuit that sought to hold Binance and its founder CZ accountable, accusing their trading activities of aiding terrorist organizations in carrying out global attacks.The judge found that the 535 plaintiffs (including victims and their families) failed to reasonably explain that the defendants "intentionally conspired with the terrorist attacks, participated in their execution, or ensured the success of the attacks through their actions." The plaintiffs alleged that the attacks occurred between 2017 and 2024 and were carried out by external terrorist organizations such as Hamas, Hezbollah, the Iranian Revolutionary Guard, ISIS, Kata'ib Hezbollah, the Palestinian Islamic Jihad, and Al-Qaeda, attempting to attribute hundreds of millions of dollars in cryptocurrency and transactions with Iranian users to Binance and CZ.The judge noted that while Binance and CZ may have some awareness of the potential for terrorist financing through the exchange, their relationship with terrorist organizations was limited to "their or their affiliates' accounts on Binance and trading in a fair manner." The judge also criticized the plaintiffs' 891-page, 3,189-paragraph complaint as "entirely unnecessary," but allowed for amendments. A Binance spokesperson stated, "The court correctly dismissed these baseless allegations. Binance strictly adheres to compliance requirements and has a zero-tolerance policy for illegal activities on the platform." CZ also mentioned that the plaintiffs were attempting to leverage Binance's acknowledgment in November 2023 of violating anti-money laundering and sanctions laws and paying a $4.32 billion penalty to seek triple damages.

Binance founder Changpeng Zhao commented on social media about "Predict.fun announcing a strategic acquisition of Probable," stating: "Congratulations, I am glad to see two strong projects joining forces."ChainCatcher previously reported that, according to official news, the BNB chain prediction market Predict.fun announced a strategic acquisition of Probable, which was originally an on-chain prediction platform incubated by PancakeSwap and YZi Labs.This acquisition will accelerate improvements in market architecture, execution efficiency, and capital utilization by enhancing its underlying technology stack, thereby further increasing the efficiency of the Predict.fun prediction market.

According to Big Tech Alert monitoring, Binance founder Changpeng Zhao has unfollowed ARK Invest founder and renowned fund manager Cathie Wood on X.

The report titled "Player One" ------ A Deep Analysis of the Global Virtual Currency Asset Harvesting Operation under American Technological Hegemony, jointly released by the China National Computer Virus Emergency Response Center and other departments, showcases the process by which the United States utilizes technological hegemony to harvest global virtual currency assets. According to incomplete statistics, from 2022 to 2025, the United States has confiscated global virtual currency assets worth over $30 billion through various cases, with the single case of Chen Zhi alone accounting for $15 billion, representing 50%.The report indicates that in October 2025, the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Eastern District of New York announced criminal charges against Chen Zhi, the founder of the Cambodian Prince Group, involving telecom network fraud, money laundering, and more. They also publicly announced the seizure of approximately 127,000 bitcoins controlled by him, valued at about $15 billion based on market prices at the time, setting a record for the largest virtual asset seizure in the history of the U.S. judicial system.The case of Binance founder Zhao Changpeng is another typical example of the United States using judicial hegemony and technological surveillance methods to force global virtual asset platforms to comply with its regulatory rules, achieving economic harvesting and rule export.From 2023 to 2025, the United States initiated a dual accountability approach of "civil + criminal" against Zhao Changpeng, ultimately resulting in Binance paying a fine of $4.3 billion based on a plea agreement."During the investigation process, the U.S. employed comprehensive technological surveillance methods, achieving thorough penetration and evidence collection of Binance's operational data, user data, and transaction data, showcasing its technological advantages in the monitoring of digital asset platforms," Du Zhenhua further explained. The U.S. infiltrated Binance's internal servers through hacking techniques, obtaining core operational data and communications records of executives, confirming that Binance executives were aware of U.S. regulatory rules but deliberately evaded compliance requirements.The report also states that from 2023 to 2025, hacker organizations with the backing of the U.S. government launched targeted attacks against over 20 mainstream virtual currency asset exchanges worldwide. The attack methods included implanting backdoors, spear phishing, and supply chain infiltration, focusing on stealing user wallet private keys, platform transaction flows, and compliance regulatory information, with attack targets covering platforms in multiple countries and regions across Asia, Europe, and Africa.

Binance founder Changpeng Zhao (CZ) stated during an interview with Bloomberg at the World Liberty Financial Forum: "Binance wants to conduct more business in the United States and aims to bring excellent products to the U.S., making it easier for American consumers to access these high-quality products."In the interview, CZ revealed that after the SEC lawsuit was filed in the U.S. in 2023, Binance.US lost a significant number of banking channels and market share, facing numerous obstacles. However, the lawsuit was dismissed last year under the leadership of SEC Chairman Paul Atkins, who was appointed by Trump. With a more favorable regulatory environment emerging, previously unattainable options, including deeper banking relationships and even seeking a banking license, are now "completely possible," but he emphasized that any such initiatives would depend on the right team and legal guidance.