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Офис федерального прокурора Центрального округа Калифорнии сообщил, что 26-летний мужчина по имени Адам Иза, называющий себя "Крестным отцом", был приговорен к 78 месяцам лишения свободы и должен выплатить 23,4 миллиона долларов в качестве компенсации. Он признал себя виновным в сговоре с целью нарушения прав, мошенничестве с использованием телекоммуникаций и уклонении от уплаты налогов в январе 2025 года и находился под стражей с сентября 2024 года. Этот срок будет отбываться одновременно с 15-летним сроком, который он получил в прошлом месяце за неудачную попытку ограбления с использованием биткойнов, что не увеличит его фактическое время заключения.С августа 2021 года по апрель 2022 года Иза нанял отставных полицейских Лос-Анджелесского округа в качестве частной охраны и признал, что сговорился с ними для получения конфиденциальных записей правоохранительных органов и личных данных людей, с которыми у него были споры, получая судебные ордера на обыск для отслеживания этих людей и заставляя полицейских запугивать и угрожать им. Министерство юстиции сообщило, что пятеро бывших полицейских были осуждены за работу на него, среди которых 42-летний Эрик Чейз Саведра, который создал охранную компанию для предоставления этих полицейских, был приговорен к 21 месяцу; 45-летний Майкл Дэвид Коберг, который помогал шантажировать соперников и организовывал ложные аресты за наркотики, отбывает 63 месяца. Прокуроры написали в меморандуме о приговоре, что богатые люди не могут покупать "ордеры на обыск, аресты, значки или оружие" для разрешения частных споров.В другом случае мошенничества, начиная с декабря 2020 года, Иза получил доступ к бизнес-менеджеру Meta и связанным с ним кредитным лимитам и перепродал их рекламным компаниям, в то время как клиенты Meta были обязаны платить за рекламу, которую никогда не покупали. После того как Meta обнаружила это, она вернула деньги клиентам и понесла убытки.

Сообщение ChainCatcher, Capital B выпустила около 36,22 миллиона акций с опционом на покупку (ABSA) для глобальных институциональных инвесторов по цене 0,58 евро за акцию, собрав около 21 миллиона евро, после вычета сопутствующих расходов чистый сбор составил около 19,9 миллиона евро.Стратегические инвесторы включают раннего разработчика биткойна Адама Бэка и управляющую компанию активами TOBAM, а Maxim Group выступает в качестве эксклюзивного агента по размещению. Capital B является французской публичной компанией с резервами биткойна, которая в основном продвигает стратегию биткойн-казначейства, и эти средства будут использованы для дальнейшей покупки около 270 биткойнов, после завершения сделки ее запасы биткойнов, как ожидается, увеличатся до примерно 3415 биткойнов.

According to Bloomberg, Bank of America (BofA) has appointed its senior trading executive Adam Dixon to lead the bank's digital asset strategy. According to an internal memo, Dixon has been with the bank for over 20 years, previously serving as the head of global market financial resource management, and is now appointed as the global head of digital asset transformation, based in the London office, responsible for coordinating related initiatives across the company.In his new role, Dixon will help oversee several enterprise-level initiatives, including tokenized assets.

Blockstream CEO Adam Back stated that Bitcoin should adopt an optional quantum-resistant upgrade scheme, rather than the mandatory freezing of tokens at risk from quantum threats proposed in BIP-361.The BIP-361 proposal suggests phasing out addresses vulnerable to quantum attacks over five years and ultimately freezing un-migrated tokens, including assets held by Satoshi Nakamoto. Google's latest research indicates that a superconducting qubit system may need fewer than 500,000 physical qubits to crack Bitcoin encryption in just a few minutes. Currently, about 6.9 million BTC are at risk from such threats. In response to the quantum threat, BitMEX Research proposed establishing a canary fund that would implement a full freeze only when expenditures occur from the relevant addresses.

According to market news, Blockstream CEO Adam Back stated at the Paris Blockchain Week that he supports the optional advancement of Bitcoin's quantum resistance upgrade and opposes the proposal to forcibly freeze quantum-vulnerable addresses. He emphasized that "preparation is much safer than hasty responses in a crisis" and pointed out that the Bitcoin community has the coordination ability to respond quickly to urgent vulnerabilities.Previously, the BIP-361 proposal ("Post-Quantum Migration and Legacy Signature Sunset") put forward by developers Jameson Lopp and five others advocated for the gradual elimination of quantum-vulnerable addresses over five years, ultimately freezing coins that have not completed migration— including approximately 1.7 million Bitcoins held by Satoshi Nakamoto.

According to CoinDesk, Blockstream CEO Adam Back stated at Paris Blockchain Week that Bitcoin developers should advance optional quantum-resistant upgrades as early as possible, even though practical quantum computers are still far from being realized.He pointed out that Taproot's flexible design can support the introduction of new quantum-resistant signature schemes without affecting existing users. Previously, Jameson Lopp and others proposed BIP - 361, which aims to gradually phase out addresses vulnerable to quantum attacks within 5 years and freeze Bitcoin that has not completed migration. Adam Back believes that the Bitcoin community can quickly coordinate responses in emergencies without the need for pre-established freezing arrangements.

According to CoinDesk, Blockstream CEO Adam Back stated in an interview with Bloomberg that quantum computers do not currently pose a real threat to the Bitcoin network, but the industry should start preparing immediately. He pointed out that current hardware generally lacks error correction capabilities, and quantum risks are a long-term challenge rather than an immediate crisis.Adam Back emphasized that the core issue is not reaching a consensus on when quantum computers will pose a sufficient threat, but rather providing Bitcoin holders with a time window of about ten years to migrate their keys to quantum-resistant formats.He mentioned that there is currently a research team of 20 people continuously working on related tasks, publishing papers, and conducting practical deployments, with Blockstream's Liquid network already in use as an early testing platform.Additionally, post-quantum cryptography has moved from the theoretical stage to the implementation stage, with NIST expected to finalize relevant standards by the end of 2024. The main challenge facing the industry is how to coordinate a smooth migration before the risks become urgent.

The discussion surrounding Bitcoin Improvement Proposal BIP-110 continues to heat up. Bitcoin pioneer and Blockstream co-founder Adam Back retweeted to remind the community that Bitcoin's upgrade capability may be suppressed. This proposal, although described as a temporary soft fork to clean up "garbage data" on-chain to curb the on-chain data inflation brought by protocols like Ordinals, may hinder Bitcoin's future upgrade capabilities because it disables the OP_SUCCESS opcode in Tapscript, which is seen as an important reserved mechanism for future soft fork upgrades of Bitcoin.Additionally, BIP-110 will limit the Taproot control block size to 257 bytes, which may affect the development of potential Layer 2 technologies like BitVM that rely on extensive script execution. Although BIP-110 is positioned as a "temporary measure," Bitcoin soft fork upgrades typically require years of coordination, and restricting upgrade interfaces during this period may have long-term impacts.

According to market news, Bitcoin Standard Treasury Company (BSTR) CEO Adam Back stated that despite the recent drop in Bitcoin prices to around $63,000, the company still plans to go public through a merger with Cantor Equity Partners I (CEPO) via SPAC, with shareholder approval expected as early as April this year.BSTR will debut with a balance sheet of 30,000 Bitcoins, of which 25,000 will be provided by Back and founding shareholders, and 5,000 will be contributed in kind by early investors. Back believes that the current lower Bitcoin prices are actually beneficial for the company to accumulate more Bitcoins at a discounted price after going public. He attributes the recent decline in Bitcoin to macroeconomic uncertainty rather than regulatory issues.

Uniswap founder Hayden Adams posted on the X platform, stating that the main issue with describing Rollups as "parasitic" is that these projects undertake a significant and costly engineering effort to scale Ethereum.In a Rollup-centric roadmap, this work is intentionally outsourced. If Ethereum wishes to be more independent, it needs to adopt a serious engineering-driven approach rather than treating every issue as a research problem.

Bitcoin developer Luke Dashjr recently publicly called for Blockstream co-founder and CEO Adam Back to resign, following the latest disclosure of documents related to Jeffrey Epstein by the U.S. Department of Justice. The documents reveal that the deceased criminal Jeffrey Epstein indirectly participated in Blockstream investments through funds associated with the MIT Media Lab and had email correspondence with several Blockstream co-founders and figures in the crypto industry.Dashjr stated that these documents reveal what he calls "deep corruption" and reiterated his long-standing disagreements with Adam Back, including the historical controversy over his lack of recognition as a co-founder of Blockstream. The related documents also mention Epstein's connections with crypto companies such as Coinbase and Tether, noting that Epstein invested $3 million in Coinbase in 2014.In response, Adam Back has publicly denied any direct or indirect financial relationship with Epstein but has not commented on whether he ever visited Epstein's private island. As of now, Blockstream and other related parties have not made any further response to Luke Dashjr's call for resignation.

According to Fortune, former New York City Mayor Eric Adams announced the launch of a cryptocurrency called "NYC Token" after leaving office, stating that the project aims to raise funds to combat anti-Semitism, anti-American sentiment, and promote children's blockchain education. Adams introduced the token in Times Square but did not disclose any partners, issuance time, funding usage, or specific mechanisms, only stating that ordinary New Yorkers could participate in the investment.During his tenure, Adams strongly supported the crypto industry but was also embroiled in controversies over ethical and conflict of interest issues. The new mayor, Zohran Mamdani, has made it clear that he will not purchase the token.Additionally, according to information from Eric Adams' X platform, the NYC Token reportedly launched on the Solana network about an hour ago, with its market value briefly soaring to $200 million before quickly retreating, currently reported at $93.98 million.ChainCatcher reminds users that the authenticity of the token is yet to be confirmed, and that celebrity coins are highly volatile with significant uncertainty, urging users to invest cautiously.

ChainCatcher news, according to Cointelegraph, New York City Mayor Eric Adams has officially established the Office of Digital Assets and Blockchain Technology by signing an executive order, further advancing the city's cryptocurrency agenda.

ChainCatcher news, New York City Mayor Eric Adams signed an executive order to establish the nation's first "Office of Digital Assets and Blockchain," aimed at coordinating cooperation between the cryptocurrency industry and the government, promoting compliant blockchain and cryptocurrency projects in New York.The office will be led by Moises Rendon, who has long been involved in the city's digital asset affairs. Its goals include promoting the responsible application of blockchain, attracting fintech talent, expanding financial inclusion, and positioning New York as a center for crypto innovation. Adams stated, "The era of digital assets has arrived, bringing us opportunities for economic growth, talent attraction, and service innovation." Adams has received his first three paychecks in Bitcoin since taking office and has led New York's first crypto summit. His mayoral term will end at the end of the year, and he has withdrawn from the re-election campaign due to campaign funding issues.

ChainCatcher news, during the TOKEN 2049 held in Singapore, Adam Cai, CEO of Virgo Group, delivered a keynote speech titled "Redefining Global Finance with Stablecoins and Web3 Wallet Solutions" at the RootData Crypto Capital Markets Forum.Adam Cai revealed that Virgo Group's business is growing rapidly, with its wealth management platform Virgo Wealth exceeding $2.6 billion in trading volume by December 2024. Meanwhile, its Web3 wallet solution "Wallet V" achieved $100 million in trading volume within 30 days.He stated that the group's core payment product VirgoPAY aims to provide faster, lower-cost, and more accessible cross-border financial services by integrating fiat and stablecoins. In addition, Virgo Digital Asset Management, regulated by the Ontario Securities Commission, offers qualified investors a range of multi-strategy digital asset fund options from conservative to aggressive.

ChainCatcher news, Virgo Group CEO Adam Cai confirmed his attendance at the "RootData SG Summit," a Crypto Capital Markets themed forum to be held in Singapore on October 1, where he will deliver a keynote speech. Virgo Group is committed to promoting the large-scale application of crypto assets and blockchain technology globally. Virgo Group offers a variety of services, including regulated fiat/cryptocurrency retail trading, cryptocurrency over-the-counter (OTC) trading, and digital asset investment management.As one of the important side events of Token2049, this forum has attracted participation from several listed companies, top projects, and investment institutions, including Boya Interactive (HK0434), Huaxing Capital (HK1911), Northern Light Venture Capital, Solana Foundation, IOBC Capital, MEXC, Mask, Solayer, Synbo Labs, TRON, Top.one, all dedicated to jointly exploring the enormous opportunities and value in the Web3 ecosystem and capturing the latest industry trends.Event registration link: https://luma.com/jbcyt2hq

ChainCatcher news, Blockstream co-founder and CEO Adam Back posted on the X platform stating that participating in providing privacy, anonymity, and untraceable funds in P2P networks carries operational risks for nodes. This risk can be traced back decades, and the risks for Bitcoin node operators are not new. Although the risks of Bitcoin are somewhat lower than those of file sharing, as untraceable cash and hard currency, the risks Bitcoin has faced are clearly much higher, because BTC is reforming currency; after all, the risk of separating currency from the state is greater.Although some countries are gradually accepting Bitcoin today and related regulations are becoming more open, in certain countries it still remains in a gray area or illegal status. Therefore, even core developers may face significant risks from early exposure of their identities. It makes sense that Satoshi Nakamoto recognized this risk, which is why he chose to remain anonymous when issuing Bitcoin.