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Binance released its latest security report, addressing the current industry situation of rapidly spreading AI scams. The platform has deployed over 24 AI security programs and equipped more than 100 AI models to build an intelligent defense system against various types of cryptocurrency fraud.Statistics show that from early 2025 to the first quarter of 2026, Binance has protected over 5.4 million users and intercepted potential fund losses of $10.53 billion. In Q1 2026, the platform successfully intercepted 22.9 million scam and phishing attacks, protecting user funds amounting to $1.98 billion, with an average of over 9,600 real-time risk alerts pushed daily, and a total of 36,000 malicious on-chain addresses blacklisted.The report pointed out that deepfakes, voice cloning, and phishing bots have become mainstream scam tactics, with the overall scale of cryptocurrency fraud reaching $17 billion in 2025, a year-on-year increase of 30%. In terms of risk control, Binance's AI system handles 57% of fraud detection work, reducing the credit card fraud rate to 60%-70% of the industry average; it has upgraded AI anti-counterfeiting KYC reviews, with review efficiency improved by up to 100 times.The AI trading tool Binance Ai Pro uses an isolated account structure, only allowing trading permissions and prohibiting withdrawals, with the platform intercepting 12% of high-risk third-party AI plugins. Additionally, in 2025, Binance assisted in recovering $12.8 million in scammed funds, handled 48,000 cases, and collaborated with law enforcement to freeze $131 million in illegal assets.

The Singapore Police Force's Anti-Fraud Centre, in collaboration with the Cyber Investigation Department and cryptocurrency platforms such as Coinbase, Coinhako, StraitsX, and Upbit, launched a month-long special enforcement operation from March 16 to April 15 this year, successfully intercepting over 2.86 million yuan in fraudulent funds.During the operation, authorities utilized analysis tools from blockchain intelligence companies TRM Labs and Chainalysis to identify victims involved in various cases, including impersonation of government officials, investment fraud, job scam, and online romance scams, and completed over 90 direct interventions via phone and face-to-face meetings. The police stated that the effectiveness of this operation was attributed to the rapid information-sharing mechanism between law enforcement agencies and private platforms, and emphasized the ongoing commitment to deepen public-private cooperation to address the increasingly complex threats of cryptocurrency fraud.

Trump posted on Truth Social that the meeting went very smoothly, and most of the content reached a consensus, but the only truly important issue—the nuclear issue—was not resolved.Starting today, the most elite U.S. Navy will begin to blockade all ships attempting to enter or exit the Strait of Hormuz. We will eventually achieve a situation where "all ships can enter and exit," but Iran has obstructed this process by claiming "there may be mines somewhere," which only they know about. This is extortion on a global scale, and world leaders, especially U.S. leaders, will never yield to such extortion.I have instructed the Navy to search for and intercept all ships that pay tolls to Iran in international waters. Anyone who illegally pays tolls will not be able to safely navigate the high seas. We will also begin to destroy the mines that Iran has laid in the strait. Any Iranian who dares to fire upon us or peaceful vessels will be blown to smithereens! Iran knows better than anyone how to end this crisis that has already destroyed their country.Their navy is gone, their air force is gone, their air defense systems and radar are virtually non-existent, Khomeini and most of their "leaders" are dead, all stemming from their nuclear ambitions. The blockade is about to begin. Other countries will also participate. We will never allow Iran to profit from this illegal extortion. They want money, and more importantly, they want nuclear weapons. Furthermore, at the right moment, we are fully prepared, and our military will completely destroy what remains of Iran!

The world's second-largest cryptocurrency exchange by trading volume, Bybit, today officially announced the comprehensive results of its 2025 Security Initiative. Bybit has built an industry-leading multi-layer defense architecture, successfully protecting the safety of tens of thousands of users and setting a new benchmark for proactive risk control in the digital asset space. According to a report by Chainalysis, global cryptocurrency losses due to scams and fraud reached as high as $17 billion in 2025.Redefining Industry Standards: Three-Tier Withdrawal Fraud Defense FrameworkTo break through the limitations of traditional post-event remediation in risk control, Bybit has pioneered a dynamic risk grading protection system that intervenes proactively before financial losses occur. This system categorizes potential fraud scenarios into three risk levels, each matched with differentiated response strategies—ensuring user withdrawal safety while maintaining a smooth trading experience on the platform.Level 1: Early Warning (Low Risk)Leveraging big data heuristic algorithms to identify abnormal behavior patterns (e.g., large withdrawals concentrated to a single new address), Bybit automatically triggers a risk questionnaire survey. Relevant insights assist the risk control operations team in blacklisting high-risk addresses in advance, achieving source interception.Level 2: Real-Time Warning (Medium Risk)When an account is flagged due to database breaches (cross-referencing external network leak data) or associated with suspicious withdrawal addresses, Bybit will trigger a real-time pop-up reminder during the withdrawal process. This mechanism guides users to pause operations and review transaction details, effectively resisting social engineering attacks that rely on urgency or emotional pressure.Level 3: Instant Interception + Cooling-Off Period (High Risk)For wallet addresses confirmed to be involved in fraud (including so-called "pig-butchering" investment scams), Bybit implements real-time withdrawal interception and enforces a 1-hour cooling-off period mechanism. This critical time window provides users with essential assurance to regain rational judgment and verify the authenticity of transactions.Overview of 2025 Achievements and Core DataThe measures implemented in the fourth quarter of 2025 have brought breakthrough results in user safety protection:Q4 Fraudulent Fund Interception and Recovery: Bybit successfully intercepted and recovered $300 million through proactive reminders, safeguarding the life savings of over 4,000 users;Q4 AI-Driven Risk Identification: Bybit's self-developed AI algorithm accurately identified 350 high-risk investment scam addresses through on-chain data analysis, helping 8,000 users avoid potential withdrawal losses;2025 Annual Infrastructure Resilience: The platform successfully withstood over 3 million hacker database breach (account hijacking) attacks;Q4 On-Chain Proactive Monitoring: The system automatically flagged 350 risk addresses, and the ticket operations team manually reviewed and marked 600 addresses, cumulatively avoiding nearly $1 million in immediate fraud losses.Co-Building a Safe Ecosystem: Industry Collaboration and Government-Enterprise LinkageBybit firmly believes that safety should not be a competitive barrier but a shared responsibility across the industry. The strategic focus for 2025 is on deep integration of external intelligence:"In 2025, our mission is to upgrade the risk control system from a 'silent shield' to a proactive, intelligent safety guardian," said David Zong, Head of Risk Control at Bybit Group. "By deeply integrating AI-driven on-chain monitoring with real-time intelligence from industry partners like TRM, Elliptic, and Chainalysis, we not only protect Bybit users but also help map the 'genetic blueprint' of fraud networks. We are opening and sharing these standardized monitoring clues across the entire ecosystem—because the safety of the industry begins with the safety of each participant."

The Hong Kong Legislative Council's Finance Committee announced that Member Li Weihong has been elected as the Chairman of the Finance Committee of the Hong Kong Legislative Council.Li Weihong had previously called for the promotion of the development of virtual assets and futures markets, expedited approval for license upgrades, suggested that the futures exchange achieve 23-hour trading as soon as possible, increase the variety of futures traded during holidays, and open more derivatives for virtual asset options and futures. In addition, Li Weihong also urged the Hong Kong government to accelerate the establishment of an international gold trading center and strive to join the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) as soon as possible, allowing the industry to export gold and other precious metals from Hong Kong to RCEP members at zero tariffs.

According to on-chain analyst Ai Yi's monitoring, a suspected large account on Binance has been hacked. Due to risk control mechanisms, the hacker cannot withdraw funds directly and is attempting to transfer money through "wash trading." The hacker chose the low liquidity, small market cap meme coin BROCCOLI714 as the target, placing large buy orders to violently drive up the spot price. Trader Vida noticed the price anomaly through alerts and quickly determined that this was unusual (abnormal market maker behavior). After the contract circuit breaker ended, they accurately opened a long position and closed it, repeatedly intercepting the hacker's operations and profiting about 1 million dollars. Subsequently, it is suspected that Binance's risk control intervened, preventing the hacker from continuing to place orders, leading them to attempt to operate SOL but fail, ultimately canceling the orders and giving up.

According to official X news, Sahara announced a partnership with the emotional intelligence AI project Neura to jointly advance the development of AI models with emotional perception capabilities.It is reported that Neura focuses on mental health, emotion recognition, and personalized interaction experiences, aiming to build the next generation of AI systems with long-term emotional memory and cultural adaptability. Sahara will provide data management and collaborative infrastructure support for Neura, helping emotional intelligence to be implemented in real-world scenarios.

ChainCatcher news, an Israeli official stated that the United States was aware of the planned operation at least a week ago.The official said that Israel and the United States are "continuously engaged" in this matter. The U.S. is working to rebuild regional alliances that previously helped Israel respond to Iran's earlier attacks. The official mentioned that Israel still expects some of Iran's missiles to breach defenses.

ChainCatcher news, the Hong Kong Police Force, in collaboration with anti-fraud centers from multiple countries or regions, has established a cross-border anti-fraud cooperation platform "FRONTIER+" and from April 28 to May 28 this year, conducted its first joint operation with anti-fraud centers from six countries or regions including Macau, Singapore, South Korea, and Thailand, successfully arresting 1,858 individuals, freezing over 32,600 bank accounts, and intercepting HK$157 million in fraudulent funds.The Chief Superintendent of the Commercial Crime Bureau of the Hong Kong Police Force, Wong Chan-yu, stated that Hong Kong recorded over 13,115 fraud cases in the first four months of this year, a 9% year-on-year increase, with the amount involved decreasing by about 30%. A money laundering group that has been active in Hong Kong and the mainland since last July used over 580 bank accounts and virtual assets to launder approximately HK$118 million. The police launched an operation on the 15th of last month and successfully arrested 12 individuals.

ChainCatcher news, according to Cointelegraph, a white hat hacker successfully intercepted approximately $2.6 million in stolen crypto assets from the Morpho Labs decentralized finance (DeFi) protocol.Blockchain security company PeckShield stated that after Morpho Labs performed a front-end update on its Morpho Blue application on April 10, an address was attacked due to a vulnerability triggered by the update. The well-known white hat MEV operator "c0ffeebabe.eth" successfully intercepted the stolen funds through a front-running transaction. The funds have now been transferred to another wallet address.The Morpho Labs team has confirmed that they have rolled back the front-end update, all funds within the protocol are safe and unaffected, and they will release a detailed incident report next week.

ChainCatcher news, according to Bitrace monitoring, as of today, Tether and Circle have frozen at least 5 Ethereum and Tron addresses related to the Bybit hacker, successfully intercepting over 760,000 USDT and USDC.

ChainCatcher message, Bybit CEO Ben Zhou stated on platform X: "At this moment, it is actually not about Bybit or any entity, but rather our general attitude as an industry towards hackers. We sincerely hope that eXch can reconsider and help us stop the funds from flowing out of their platform. We have also received assistance from Interpool and international regulatory agencies to help stop these funds, which is not just about helping Bybit."Previously, eXch had rejected Bybit's request to intercept funds, and a significant amount of ETH has already been washed through eXch, exchanged for BTC, XMR, and others.

ChainCatcher message, Ethereum co-founder Vitalik responded to the question "Have there been moments of frustration and disappointment with the EF, the community, or the industry in the past year?" during a text AMA held on the Tako platform, stating: "Of course. Perhaps the most disappointing moment for me recently was when someone said that Ethereum is bad and intolerant because we don't respect the 'casinos' on the blockchain, while other chains are willing to accept any application, so they are better.If the blockchain community has this kind of 'inverse moral issue', I have no interest in participating in blockchain. However, I found an interesting point: many people say those things on the internet, but when I chat with the community in person, everyone's values are still the same as before. So I feel a responsibility to this community; I cannot abandon them. Ethereum needs to work together to create the world we want to see.This will require some changes, such as the foundation may not be able to be too neutral at the application layer and needs to specifically support certain things, but this project must be worth us doing so."

ChainCatcher news, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman stated on his social platform that observing @potus (the official account of President Trump on X platform) more closely has indeed changed his view on Trump (I wish I could think more deeply and absolutely avoid falling into the NPC trap). "I won't agree with him on everything, but I believe he will make a tremendous contribution to this country in many ways."

ChainCatcher news, according to The Washington Post, in the early hours of Tuesday local time, U.S. Secret Service agents fired a shot at a carjacker attempting to break into the vicinity of Treasury Secretary Yellen's home. No one was hit, and the suspect has not been arrested yet. (Jin Ten)

ChainCatcher news, the Tongcheng City Anti-Fraud Center received a tip-off indicating that there was a large suspicious fund transaction related to fraud in the area. It is reported that the victim, Ms. Hu, met a "rich and handsome" boyfriend named Zhang online, who claimed to be working in virtual currency investment abroad, and asked her to prepare cash to hand over to a "client manager." Fortunately, the police of Tongcheng City discovered and successfully intercepted the situation in time. Upon investigation, the so-called "client manager" was actually a "cash handler" recruited by an overseas fraud group. Currently, the suspect has been criminally detained in accordance with the law for suspected fraud, and the 730,000 yuan defrauded funds have all been returned to the victim. The case is under further investigation. (Anqing Voice WeChat Official Account)

ChainCatcher news, according to the official announcement, to further enhance the security of Web3 wallets, the OKX Web3 wallet has now upgraded its interception strategy for risky transactions. The currently interceptable risky transactions are as follows:Malicious authorization to EOA accounts. Generally, DApp authorization is given to contract accounts, not EOA.Maliciously changing your account owner. Once signed, you will lose control over the account. This usually occurs on public chains like TRON and Solana, where there is an account owner design.Maliciously changing your transfer address. A small number of DApp contracts are poorly designed, but the OKX wallet can identify the risks.Intercepting transfers to similar addresses. This attack method involves: the attacker generating an address that is very similar to one you have recently used (the characters at the beginning and end are the same), transferring a large amount of fake USDT to you, increasing the probability of being copied as a hacker address in the transaction history page.According to the OKX Web3 wallet prompt, if users see related risk interceptions while conducting on-chain transactions, please proceed with caution. Currently, users need to upgrade the OKX APP to version 6.74.0 or above, or upgrade the OKX Web3 plugin wallet to version 3.1.0 or above to immediately experience this feature.

ChainCatcher message, the cross-chain interoperability protocol Celer Network stated on social media: "Thanks to our round-the-clock domain security monitoring, an attempt to take over the Celer domain was successfully intercepted. All DNS records have been restored. Our ongoing investigation indicates that the attack vector may involve third parties beyond our control. The Celer team will continue to closely monitor the situation and provide updates as more information becomes available."

ChainCatcher message, a16z Crypto CTO Eddy Lazarrin posted on the X platform stating, "Memecoins have changed the perception of the public, regulators, and entrepreneurs towards cryptocurrency. At best, it looks like a risky casino. Or a series of false promises that cover up the casino. This deeply affects adoption, regulation/law, and the behavior of builders. I see these damages every day. You should see them too."