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Платформа для пенсионных инвестиций в криптовалюту BitcoinIRA объявила о запуске Freedom Accounts, то есть индивидуальных налогооблагаемых криптоинвестиционных счетов, которые теперь открыты для соответствующих клиентов и могут управляться на одной платформе и панели управления вместе с Crypto IRA для пенсионных и непенсионных криптоинвестиций.Эти счета не подлежат ограничениям по взносам IRA, обязательным минимальным распределениям или ограничениям на вывод средств по возрасту. Клиенты могут вносить наличные средства или переводить поддерживаемые криптовалюты в физической форме с внешних платформ, таких как Coinbase, Kraken, Robinhood, без необходимости предварительной продажи. BitcoinIRA не взимает плату за соответствующие физические переводы (могут применяться сетевые или платформенные сборы). Счета могут быть куплены и проданы 24/7, предлагая более 100 видов криптовалют, предоставляя вознаграждения за стейкинг для соответствующих активов (не гарантируется) и поддерживая автоматическую ребалансировку Crypto Bundles или индивидуальных портфелей.Хранение обеспечивается лицензированной трастовой компанией Digital Trust в Неваде и мультиподписным кошельком BitGo. Freedom Accounts дополняют, а не заменяют Crypto IRA, и соответствующие счета BitcoinIRA автоматически включают эту функцию. BitcoinIRA была основана в 2016 году и обработала сделки на десятки миллиардов долларов для более чем 200,000 американцев. Соучредитель Крис Клайн заявил, что финансовая жизнь клиентов не ограничивается IRA, и Freedom Accounts являются следующим шагом в расширении платформы, позволяя клиентам более гибко управлять пенсионными и непенсионными криптоинвестициями.

It has been reported that banks in the Hong Kong region are tightening account openings. According to informed sources, in accordance with the requirements of the Hong Kong Monetary Authority, some banks in the Hong Kong region will start tightening the opening of investment accounts from May 26, including the need to sign paper declarations, but there is currently no impact on savings accounts.

According to First Financial News, recently Futu and ChangQiao have both started to clean up accounts that opened with false documentation, as well as empty accounts with no assets or positions, processing the closure of these two types of accounts.At the same time, the Futu NiuNiu APP has added a new quick access entry for "Update Identity Information" in the "Account" section, along with a document titled "Instructions for Updating Identity Information," reminding customers that if they hold valid foreign identity proof, the completion of the information update will not affect any account transactions, fund deposits, or withdrawals, and other business functions.

According to a report by the Financial Associated Press, in response to the issue of "some banks in the Hong Kong region requiring a declaration to open investment accounts," the Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA) responded today that the relevant regulatory requirements were issued to all recognized institutions on May 22.Materials provided by the HKMA indicate that registered institutions must take three additional measures when opening and managing investment accounts for mainland investors, including:Closing investment accounts opened using suspicious or forged documents, identifying customer investment accounts that have used suspicious or forged documents since January 2023 or during any other period specified by the HKMA; relevant documents include identification documents.Closing investment accounts with zero balance that have been inactive, specifically referring to investment accounts held by mainland investors that have had no asset balance as of May 22, 2026 (reference date), and have had no activity initiated by the customer in the 12 months prior to the reference date.When opening new investment accounts, obtaining a written declaration from the mainland investor confirming that all funds used to support investment activities and related settlements come from legal sources outside mainland China.Relevant documents show that the newly added additional regulatory measures apply only to investment accounts, including investment accounts within comprehensive bank accounts; non-investment functions (such as regular savings, time deposits, payments, loans, and credit cards) are not within the scope of these measures. Additionally, the applicable subjects of these additional measures are individual customers and do not apply to corporate or institutional clients.

According to Whale Alert monitoring, approximately 667 BTC (about $51.556 million) were transferred out of Coinbase Institutional and into an unknown wallet.

On Tuesday, Trump signed an executive order titled "Incorporating Financial Technology Innovation into the Regulatory Framework," directing the Federal Reserve to assess proposals that would allow fintech companies and cryptocurrency firms direct access to the Federal Reserve's payment systems.The order urges the federal government to eliminate overly burdensome policies on financial technology innovation and requires the Federal Reserve to conduct a comprehensive assessment of the regulatory framework for non-bank companies' access to reserve bank payment accounts and services. Additionally, the order instructs the Federal Reserve to clarify whether the 12 Federal Reserve Banks have the legal authority to independently grant or deny access to payment accounts and services, and it requires the Federal Reserve to submit a report to the President within 120 days.

According to Bits.media, the Russian state-owned enterprise Gazprom has requested that its 17 subsidiaries must open digital ruble accounts with the Central Bank of Russia.The company stated that this move is to prepare for compliance with legislation that will take effect on September 1, which requires legal entities to be able to accept digital rubles as a method of payment for goods and services. The Russian digital ruble began testing in August 2023, and by the end of 2025, over 130 legal accounts will have participated in the platform testing. Starting September 1, large Russian banks and major enterprises must provide customers with the ability to transact in digital rubles.

According to Bits.media, anonymous blockchain researcher Specter revealed that a hacker group has promoted its tokens and engaged in cross-chain money laundering by hacking X platform accounts, with total revenue exceeding $140 million.The group is involved in attacks on investors Keith Gill, Pepe the Frog creator Matt Furie, and the WinRAR project's X account, with fund flows involving five networks: Solana, BNB Chain, Ethereum, Tron, and Hyperliquid.The group is also suspected of participating in a phishing attack in 2024 that resulted in victims losing $2.45 million in wstETH.Researchers analyzed that the token issuance platform bnbshare.fun on BNB Chain may be a key tool in this scam scheme, as the fee flows of the platform's creator SHARE token are linked to the hacker's wallet.

Traditional financial giant Charles Schwab announced that Schwab Crypto accounts are now gradually opening to retail customers. The first batch of customers can trade Bitcoin and Ethereum on Schwab, managing them alongside other investment products.

Polymarket announced the latest developments and feature updates, including the launch of measures to mitigate latency spam to ensure order placement and cancellation operations, fixing the "insufficient balance/authorization" error, and another core issue affecting limit buy orders is expected to be resolved in the coming days.In addition, Polymarket stated that it has identified and banned multiple clusters of ghost-fill accounts, which were all created before the deposit wallet system went live. Currently, any occurrence of ghost-fill behavior will be identified and banned, and the deposit wallet system will also prevent the continued bulk creation of new accounts. More updates will be released in the coming week to address previously outstanding issues.

Polymarket announced the latest progress on feature updates, including the launch of measures to mitigate latency spam to ensure order placement and cancellation operations, fixing the "insufficient balance/authorization" error, and another core issue affecting limit buy orders is expected to be resolved in the coming days.In addition, Polymarket stated that it has identified and banned multiple clusters of ghost-fill accounts, all of which were created before the deposit wallet system went live. Any account exhibiting ghost-fill behavior will be identified and banned, and the deposit wallet system will also prevent non-compliant accounts from continuing to create new accounts in bulk. More updates will be released in the coming week to address previously outstanding issues.

TRONSCAN data shows that the total number of TRON accounts has reached 380,102,569, officially surpassing 380 million. It is reported that the total number of accounts is the total number of activated account addresses on the TRON network.As of now, the total number of transactions on TRON has exceeded 13.8 billion, and the total locked value (TVL) has surpassed 28.5 billion USD. The total issuance of TRC20-USDT has exceeded 88.3 billion, with an increase of 2 billion in the past seven days. Meanwhile, TRON's total protocol revenue in April reached 225 million USD, further confirming the strong vitality and continuous prosperity of the network ecosystem.In addition, TRON founder Justin Sun recently stated on social media that TRON will launch a quantum-resistant network on the testnet in the second quarter of this year and go live on the mainnet in the third quarter, becoming the world's first quantum-resistant network. The quantum-resistant blockchain network is the primary demand for AI usage.

NEAR Protocol stated on platform X that the team is adding post-quantum cryptography support for the network. NEAR's account model is different from Bitcoin and Ethereum; accounts are decoupled from cryptography and controlled through rotatable access keys.The NEAR One team is adding the NIST-approved lattice-based signature FIPS-204 scheme as the first post-quantum signature option. Once launched, any NEAR account holder can rotate keys through a single transaction, achieving quantum safety. NEAR is also collaborating with software and hardware wallets to advance post-quantum support.Through the chain signature feature, NEAR can provide threshold signatures for over 35 chains. The NEAR Intents team is developing a quantum-safe cross-chain signature solution. If other chains progress slowly in adopting post-quantum cryptography, NEAR can offer a quantum-safe environment. Aspects such as consensus mechanisms, validators, block synchronization, and transaction signatures also need to evolve for the post-quantum era, with the goal of achieving a one-time future-compatible migration.

In response to community users claiming that Binance Square "if you stay still for just 1 hour, your account will be banned," He Yi posted a response stating: "It is an issue with the live broadcast risk control strategy of the Square. Previously, we encountered some accounts that had no sound and no trading, running all day, so it automatically scans some live broadcasts that have no activity."He Yi added that they will resolve such issues.

Particle Network today announced the next phase product roadmap for Universal Accounts, which will launch two new products in the coming months: 1. Universal Deposit SDK: Developers only need about 10 lines of code to allow users to deposit assets from any chain into the application, significantly lowering the threshold for multi-chain asset access. 2. Universal Agent Accounts: An API and Dashboard for AI Agents, enabling AI Agents to own and manage their own Universal Accounts.Previously, Particle released EIP-7702 Universal Accounts in March, supporting any EOA account to upgrade frictionlessly to a Universal Account. This roadmap further strengthens the infrastructure positioning of Universal Accounts in scenarios such as developer integration, AI Agent asset management, and multi-chain asset circulation. Overall, Particle is advancing Universal Accounts from "account abstraction capability" to a broader chain abstraction application layer infrastructure, which is expected to enhance its developer adoption and distribution capabilities within the on-chain ecosystem.

French national Maximilien de Hoop Cartier was sentenced to 8 years in prison by the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York for operating an unlicensed over-the-counter (OTC) cryptocurrency exchange, assisting in the transfer of over $470 million in drug trafficking and other criminal proceeds through the U.S. financial system to Colombia and other locations, and was ordered to forfeit approximately $2.362 million in commissions and related shell company accounts.Since 2018, Cartier converted cryptocurrency into fiat currency through more than a dozen U.S. shell companies, falsely claiming to banks that he was engaged in software development and forging contracts and invoices to cover the source of funds. After law enforcement agencies seized his accounts in 2021, he still submitted forged documents, resulting in some funds being returned. In October 2025, Cartier pleaded guilty to two charges of operating an unlicensed remittance business and conspiracy to commit bank fraud.

The cryptocurrency payment network MoonPay announced that its Iron platform has officially launched virtual account services in New York State, supporting fintech companies, cryptocurrency platforms, neobanks, and financial institutions to integrate compliant fiat-to-stablecoin infrastructure.This launch is based on MoonPay's acquisition of the enterprise-grade stablecoin infrastructure platform Iron in 2025, allowing users to receive payments through channels such as ACH, wire transfer, and SWIFT, and automatically convert them into stablecoins, settling to non-custodial wallets. MoonPay has also obtained a BitLicense, money transmission license, and limited purpose trust license from the New York State Department of Financial Services in the same year.

According to official news, the Binance wallet plugin now supports mnemonic-derived accounts. By backing up a set of mnemonics, you can derive up to 99 independent accounts.It can protect the security of mnemonics and efficiently manage accounts; multi-chain support allows a single account to be used across chains. The supported plugin version is 1.12.0 and above.

According to monitoring by the cryptocurrency data agency Kaiko (@KaikoData), South Korea accounts for 30% of the global cryptocurrency trading volume, with altcoin trading making up as much as 85%, Bitcoin only accounting for 9%, and Ethereum at 6%, with a weekly trading volume of approximately $26 billion.In contrast, Japan's yen-denominated trading averages only between $2 billion and $3 billion per month, distributed across four exchanges, which is far less than South Korea. However, the depth of the Bitcoin market in Japan is 3 to 5 times that of South Korea, indicating that the liquidity quality in the Japanese market is superior.

Cryptocurrency exchange Kraken has stated that it is being extorted by a criminal organization, which threatens to release videos of its internal system access. The company emphasizes that there has been no systemic breach, customer funds remain secure, and it will not pay a ransom to the attackers.Kraken disclosed that the incident stemmed from improper access by personnel related to the customer service team, occurring in two separate incidents, involving limited data access for approximately 2,000 accounts (about 0.02% of total users). The company has identified the individuals involved and terminated their access, while also notifying affected users and strengthening security controls.Kraken's Chief Security Officer Nick Percoco stated that the company is cooperating with law enforcement to investigate and believes it has evidence to track and arrest the individuals involved. The current attack shows a trend of "internal infiltration + social engineering," reflecting the ongoing security challenges faced by the cryptocurrency industry in a high-value asset and complex technological environment.