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In a threat intelligence report released on Thursday, Anthropic stated that Russian and Chinese users are leveraging its AI model Claude to automate cyberattacks. Among them, a Russian operator codenamed "JackPoterz" has automated most parts of the attack chain through a customized AI-driven workflow, targeting over 20 organizations, including government departments and intelligence agencies, as well as embassies and diplomatic missions in Ukraine and several European countries.Chinese users are using Claude as the engineering and orchestration layer for vulnerability research, with one workflow producing more than a dozen potential zero-day vulnerabilities in network device firmware within a month. Anthropic pointed out that AI is changing the economics of cyberattacks, allowing a single operator to complete an intrusion in two to three hours and handle dozens of victims in parallel.Additionally, the report revealed that a suspected independent consultant based in Bamako, collaborating with Mali's national intelligence agency, has used Claude as the primary engineering force to build a large-scale domestic surveillance system covering approximately 25 million SIM cards across all three mobile operators in the country. This system is locally deployed and operates using local models, with software design and engineering support provided by Claude, enabling the generation of intelligence profiles on phone numbers without the need for court warrants.

OpenAI Chief Scientist Jakub Pachocki stated that he hopes to avoid a race towards "unmonitorability" of models due to misleading reports. He mentioned that current cutting-edge models, including Astra, have a computational graph depth that differs from GPT-4 by no more than a factor of two. Since the launch of the first inference models, OpenAI has been committed to preserving and utilizing chain-of-thought monitoring, believing that this technology helps observe how the model's alignment capabilities generalize from the training distribution.Pachocki also pointed out that chain-of-thought monitoring is relatively fragile, and the trend is not optimistic, but it can still be strengthened through research and has become a core objective of OpenAI's current research agenda. Previously, The Information reported that Astra uses recurrent depth, allowing the same set of Transformer layers to compute repeatedly. As a result, some inferences can occur internally within the model, without needing to be entirely expressed as a chain of thought, raising concerns about whether the model will become increasingly difficult to monitor.

U.S. President Trump stated that all mines in the Strait of Hormuz have been cleared or detonated. The U.S. has notified Iran that any new mining vessels will be destroyed.The U.S. Space Force is monitoring the strait and nuclear facilities, and a zero-tolerance mining policy has been implemented.

According to The Bell, Alexander Samoilov, an official from the 12th Center of the Federal Security Service of the Russian Federation (FSB), revealed at the KROS Network Technology Annual Conference held in Sochi in May 2026 that the FSB plans to extend the installation requirements of SORM (System for Operative Investigative Activities) to cryptocurrency exchanges and gaming platforms, mandating them to share user data with security agencies in real-time.It is noteworthy that Samoilov also acknowledged that the "Yarovaya Law" has been in effect for 10 years since its passage in 2016, but the implementation rate of the relevant provisions is only about 80%. Market participants believe this estimate is still on the high side. According to The Bell's investigation, following the terrorist attack at the "Krokus City Hall," the FSB's Second Directorate took the opportunity of a large-scale inspection of the SORM system to further strengthen its control over the Russian internet.

According to South Korean media KBS, the Financial Services Commission of South Korea has announced the results of virtual asset market regulation. Since the implementation of the "Virtual Asset User Protection Act" two years ago, approximately 40 investigations into unfair virtual asset trading have been completed, and more than 30 cases have been reported or notified to judicial authorities, focusing on cracking down on market disorder behaviors such as short-term manipulation and "pump and dump."In the future, the ability to monitor the market will be further strengthened, and an AI-based virtual asset regulatory system will be established, including real-time market monitoring, second-level price manipulation analysis, and automatic identification of suspicious accounts and trading intervals.

According to local media reports in Thailand, Thailand will require individuals to verify the source of funds when depositing more than 5 million Thai Baht (approximately 150,000 USD) in cash. This intervention expands the compliance responsibilities of commercial banks regarding cash networks, large currency exchanges, precious metal transactions, and suspicious stablecoin transactions, directly preventing regulated entities from fostering systemic corruption or a shadow economy.In addition, the Bank of Thailand and the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) have jointly conducted audits focusing on Tether (USDT) to identify and prevent illegal fund flows. This crackdown also includes strengthening controls over precious metal transactions, requiring banks to report suspicious patterns, such as rapid digital purchases and same-day physical withdrawals, to combat money laundering activities.

According to Barron's, the prediction market platform Kalshi announced a partnership with compliance service provider StarCompliance to provide financial institutions with real-time monitoring of employee prediction market trading. Under the partnership arrangement, institutions using the StarCompliance system can require employees to link their Kalshi accounts to monitor trading behavior and identify suspicious activities.This move aims to address financial institutions' compliance concerns regarding employees potentially using material non-public information to participate in prediction market trading, while also enhancing Kalshi's credibility among institutional clients such as banks and hedge funds. Reports indicate that the two parties may also expand to stricter compliance measures such as pre-trade approval in the future.

According to a report by The Paper, Wang Xin, the Director of the Research Bureau (Advisory Office) of the People's Bank of China, discussed the cross-border payment system at the "Lujiazui Forum 2026 Plenary Session II: Global Financial Governance Reform and Cooperation." He stated that the next step is to further ensure the security, neutrality, and efficiency of the international payment system, strengthen the interconnection of payment systems between central banks, as well as retail payment systems. It is essential to prudently and steadily explore the potential of new payment tools, closely monitor the impact of stablecoins on the international monetary system and cross-border payments, improve regulatory rules, and promote a more inclusive, efficient, and resilient international payment system to better support sustainable development and the growth of the world economy.

According to the on-chain monitoring account Whale Alert, at 11:08 Beijing time, a transfer of 4,000 BTC from an unknown wallet address was made to a PayPal-related address, valued at approximately $262 million based on the price at the time of the transaction.

A recent report from blockchain analysis company Chainalysis points out that compliance standards in the cryptocurrency industry are tightening significantly, with about 47% of organizations entering the market in 2026 having pre-warning standards that can reach the strict levels of the top 10% of the industry in 2020. This indicates that the entire ecosystem is maturing rapidly, with newcomers equipped with more aggressive monitoring measures from the outset.The report shows that companies' "direct monitoring" of funds coming directly from known illegal sources has become consistent and strict, but there is still a significant gap in "indirect monitoring" of funds flowing through intermediary addresses. For example, the indirect risk warning thresholds for categories such as ransomware and fraudulent stores on cryptocurrency trading platforms are often 10 to 100 times higher than direct thresholds. The Chainalysis team points out that this gap between direct and indirect monitoring creates opportunities for illegal actors. Companies that can bridge this gap will not only enhance their regulatory defenses but also distinguish themselves as trustworthy counterparties.The report suggests that this indicates the industry is in a transitional period, having achieved specialization in direct risk management but not yet treating indirect risks with the same rigor. The elevation of industry compliance standards is a response to increasingly stringent regulations and ongoing threats from entities such as North Korean hacker groups. In 2025 alone, hackers linked to North Korea caused approximately $2 billion in cryptocurrency losses.

According to Bits.media, the State Duma of Russia is reviewing a supplementary bill parallel to the "Digital Currency and Digital Rights Law," which aims to enforce mandatory monitoring of cryptocurrency transactions exceeding 1 million rubles (approximately $13,700). The bill requires operators to identify customers, recognize suspicious transactions, implement internal controls and documentation management, transmit data to government agencies, and interface with the Central Bank of Russia.Digital compliance will become a mandatory requirement, including checks for money laundering and risks associated with funding organizations deemed undesirable. Exchange operators may delegate customer identification procedures to banks and must operate as non-credit institutions. The Central Bank has the authority to restrict their activities, demand changes in management, remove them from the register, or even liquidate the company through the courts.The supplementary bill also includes administrative and criminal liabilities, with fines for violations ranging from 30,000 to 50,000 rubles for public officials and 700,000 to 1 million rubles for legal entities. Illegal circulation of cryptocurrency by organizations may result in a maximum sentence of seven years in prison.

According to the Hong Kong Wen Wei Po, the President of the Hong Kong Monetary Authority, Yu Weiwen, stated after attending a Legislative Council meeting yesterday that they will consider issuing new licenses after the first batch of stablecoins is launched. However, the number will still be strictly controlled based on market capacity and new risk situations to avoid unrealistic expectations regarding the number of licenses in the market. There will also be long-term continuous monitoring of the implementation of stablecoins.

Polymarket announced the launch of a comprehensive on-chain market integrity monitoring system solution to monitor trading behavior and enforce platform market compliance rules. This system will be built in collaboration with blockchain data analytics company Chainalysis, covering all DeFi trading processes on Polymarket, including real-time on-chain analysis of trading, holdings, and settlement data. It will identify potential violations through a multi-layer monitoring mechanism, focusing on insider trading and market manipulation.Polymarket stated that all its transactions are completed on a public blockchain. This collaboration will further amplify the advantages of on-chain transparency, allowing regulatory agencies and law enforcement to obtain verifiable on-chain evidence, thereby establishing a new compliance standard in the predictive market field. Polymarket founder and CEO Shayne Coplan stated that the platform has emphasized transparency and traceability since its inception, and this collaboration will further strengthen its positioning as a "trusted source of market information."

Binance will expand the monitoring tags to NFP, NOM, POND, QUICK, and VIC on April 30, 2026.

CFTC Chairman Mike Selig stated in an interview with CoinDesk that the CFTC is building tools that utilize AI to review registration applications for the U.S. crypto market and monitor trading.Mike Selig pointed out that due to federal government layoffs resulting in a reduction of more than one-fifth of the agency's staff, AI and automation technologies will be used to fill the manpower gap and improve document review efficiency. Currently, its employees are undergoing training with Microsoft Copilot, and the agency is also developing internal tools for reviewing swap data and market monitoring. In addition, Mike Selig stated that the digital asset classification guidelines jointly released by the CFTC and SEC are the most important initiative during his tenure, aimed at providing regulatory clarity for market participants. Regarding market predictions, Mike Selig reiterated the CFTC's exclusive jurisdiction and emphasized that strict enforcement actions will be taken against violations such as insider trading.

The Humanity Foundation recently requested early investors to make a binary decision regarding the ownership plan for the $H token. On-chain monitoring data shows that the well-known market maker Jump Trading's associated address transferred 50 million $H to a centralized exchange on April 26, just before the deadline for investor responses.Further on-chain records indicate that Jump Trading began transferring $H tokens in batches starting from December 2025, with a cumulative processing scale measured in hundreds of millions. Trix Ventures subsequently released an on-chain analysis report, indicating that Jump Trading's actions, combined with the foundation's enforced binary decision plan, may trigger market participants to price in the unlocking event on June 25 in advance.

According to Russian crypto media Bits.media, the Governor of the Central Bank of Russia, Nabiullina, stated at a press conference that the core purpose of the digital ruble is to automate the monitoring of national contract expenditures, replacing the existing manual review process.She emphasized that the digital ruble does not differ in transparency from the current cashless ruble, and monitoring individual payments is a "misunderstanding." Nabiullina also promised that the central bank would not force citizens to open digital ruble accounts or to use them, and plans to allow the public to experience it voluntarily starting in September, guiding voluntary adoption through promotional advantages. Previously, the Central Bank of Russia updated the relevant rules for businesses and individuals to open digital ruble accounts.

In response to the recent security incident on the Vercel platform, Jupiter stated that it has not received any notifications or signs of being affected, and its jup.ag frontend does not store any sensitive information.Jupiter has proactively implemented all security measures recommended by Vercel, completed all key rotations, and conducted a comprehensive review of system logs, finding no suspicious activity. Continuous monitoring is currently in place.

According to CCTV news reports, the Iranian Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Navy released drone surveillance footage, emphasizing that all ship activities in the Strait of Hormuz are under the strict monitoring and complete control of its armed forces.The Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps Navy issued a warning stating, "Any erroneous action will plunge the enemy into a deadly vortex in the strait."