ChainCatcher news, according to South Korean media YTN, the South Korean prosecution summoned Yoon Suk-yeol to appear in court on December 21.

ChainCatcher news, according to Jinshi citing CCTV news reports, the South Korean prosecution issued a summons to Yoon Suk-yeol on the 15th, but Yoon Suk-yeol did not comply. The prosecution stated that they will issue another summons.

ChainCatcher news, the decentralized protocol Prosper announced the acquisition of over 7,000 ASIC miners from Bitmain. Prosper aims to expand its underlying Bitcoin hash rate capacity to accelerate the hash rate owned by the DAO and democratize access to institutional-grade mining.

ChainCatcher News, the U.S. Department of Justice announced that a man from Austin, Texas, was sentenced to two years in prison for falsely reporting the capital gains from the sale of $3.7 million in Bitcoin on his tax return. According to court documents and statements, Frank Richard Ahlgren III submitted false tax returns between 2017 and 2019, underreporting or failing to report $4 million in Bitcoin sales transactions, from which he made substantial profits. Regulatory provisions require all taxpayers to report any sales profits as well as gains or losses from the sale of cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin on their tax returns.Lucy Tan, acting special agent in charge of the IRS Criminal Investigation Houston office, stated, "This case marks the first criminal tax prosecution solely related to cryptocurrency." In addition to imprisonment, the man is also required to pay $1,095,031 in restitution to the United States.

ChainCatcher news, according to Jin10 reports, the South Korean police, public prosecution office, and the Ministry of National Defense have jointly established an emergency martial law joint investigation headquarters.

ChainCatcher message, Binance announced a $5 million airdrop carnival due to the redesign of the Binance wallet, allowing users to experience the improved Binance wallet and upgraded airdrop area.This week, Binance will launch token airdrop events for the Bitlayer, Orderly, and Prosper projects, with the Bitlayer airdrop already live in the Binance wallet. Other projects will be announced in the coming weeks.

ChainCatcher news, according to market news, the South Korean prosecution has arrested former Defense Minister Kim Yong-hyun on charges of "inciting rebellion and abuse of power."

ChainCatcher news, according to Cointelegraph, the Brooklyn District Attorney's office has shut down 40 NFT scam marketplace websites after an 85-year-old artist was scammed out of $135,000.The Brooklyn District Attorney's office stated on December 6 that someone impersonating an art dealer contacted the victim on LinkedIn, convincing him to mint his artwork on a fake NFT marketplace similar to New York's OpenSea. He was later told he had earned a profit of $300,000—but to withdraw the money, he had to pay a "fee" of $135,000. He raised the funds by completely draining his retirement accounts, using credit card payments, and taking out loans.The office also added that this counterfeit OpenSea website "appears to be controlled and funded by Nigerian sources," and some of the now-closed websites prompted visitors to enter their cryptocurrency wallet recovery phrases, "which would allow scammers to completely empty the contents of users' online wallets."

ChainCatcher news, according to Yonhap News Agency, the South Korean prosecution, which is investigating the emergency martial law situation on December 3, stated on the 8th that President Yoon Suk-yeol is being investigated as a suspect for alleged treason.Park Se-hyun, head of the special investigation team for the emergency martial law situation (Chief Prosecutor of the Seoul High Prosecutors' Office), stated at a press conference that they have received many reports accusing Yoon Suk-yeol of committing treason, and the prosecution is investigating according to procedures. Park Se-hyun said that the prosecution has no plans to refrain from investigating treason and will investigate both abuse of power and treason allegations. Although treason is not originally within the scope of prosecution investigations, the Prosecutors' Office Act allows the prosecution to investigate crimes directly related to abuse of power. In this case, the allegations of treason and abuse of power are inseparable.

ChainCatcher news, according to Jinshi reports, the Special Investigation Department of the Korean Prosecutor's Office stated that it has received many complaint letters regarding President Yoon Suk-yeol and has initiated an investigation.

ChainCatcher news, the decentralized protocol Prosper has announced the completion of a strategic round of financing, with participation from Metalpha, Waterdrip Capital, BIT Mining, and Satoshi Protocol, though the specific amount has not been disclosed.It is reported that Prosper aims to tokenize institutional-grade Bitcoin hash rate into full-chain RWA to unlock the potential of Bitcoin.

ChainCatcher news, Mechanism Capital partner Andrew Kang stated on social media that the prediction market is about to迎来史上最繁荣的 NFT 牛市. He pointed out that AI will become extremely wealthy, and due to the inability to purchase physical luxury goods, AI will turn to buying NFTs.In terms of NFT trading platform valuations, Kang believes that the current pre-IPO valuation of Magic Eden at $3 billion highlights that Blur, which has a larger market share, is severely undervalued.He expects that the upcoming activation of the fee distribution mechanism by Blur will bring substantial benefits to token holders, effectively balancing the impact of mining rewards on the market.

ChainCatcher News: Special Counsel Jack Smith of the U.S. Department of Justice submitted materials to the U.S. Federal Court on the 25th, abandoning the litigation process for two criminal cases against former President Trump, who is seeking to return to the White House, regarding allegations of overturning the results of the 2020 U.S. presidential election and mishandling government confidential documents.

ChainCatcher news, according to Fortune, the cryptocurrency company Prometheum, which has had close ties with the SEC, is facing new challenges. With Trump elected as president and SEC Chairman Gary Gensler announcing his departure early next year, the company's previous business model based on "crypto assets as securities" may need to be repositioned.Prometheum co-CEO Aaron Kaplan stated that the company will shift its focus to issuing a broader range of securitized assets on the blockchain, including stocks, debt instruments, structured products, and ETFs.However, Matt Walsh, co-founder of Castle Island Ventures, questioned the actual trading volume on the platform and pointed out that the tokenization of traditional assets remains a niche market.

ChainCatcher news, according to CNN, U.S. Special Prosecutor Jack Smith stated on Monday that he will move to dismiss the election subversion case against elected President Trump and seek to withdraw the case in a court document submitted to the judge.Trump has stated that he would fire Smith once he takes office, breaking the previous norms regarding special prosecutor investigations. Smith wrote in a six-page document: "The Department of Justice's position is that, as required by the Constitution, this case needs to be dismissed before the defendant is sworn in."Smith's criminal pursuit of Trump over the past two years, on charges of attempting to overturn the 2020 presidential election and his mishandling of classified documents, marks a very unique chapter in American history: never before has a former White House occupant faced federal criminal charges.

ChainCatcher news reports that, according to the indictment, U.S. prosecutors have charged five members of the "Scattered Spider" gang with hacking dozens of companies and individuals, resulting in the theft of sensitive data and at least $11 million in cryptocurrency. Prosecutors stated that approximately $4 million of the stolen cryptocurrency has been recovered, and investigators are still calculating the total value involved in the data theft.California federal prosecutors said the defendants used various fraudulent methods, including SMS phishing and SIM swapping, to obtain legitimate credentials from employees in order to gain unauthorized access to their accounts and company networks from late 2021 to spring 2023. U.S. authorities indicated that the defendants exploited this access to steal confidential data and identify and access individuals' cryptocurrency accounts and wallets.It is reported that Scattered Spider is a decentralized organization that often uses social engineering techniques to trick IT staff into accessing company networks, with some members located in the United States and the United Kingdom.