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According to the Bangkok Post, Thai police raided a scam base in the Saraphi district of Chiang Mai province, arresting 10 Chinese citizens and seizing 67 mobile phones, 7 iPads, and 13 laptops.

According to monitoring by @ai_9684xtpa, Sun Yuchen withdrew 12,000 ETH from Poloniex 20 minutes ago, worth approximately 19.5 million USD. This is the first time in a while that Sun Yuchen has withdrawn ETH in the same manner; after the last withdrawal, he staked it into Lido, and has not transferred it after this withdrawal.

Polymarket's official developer account posted on platform X, stating that the combos feature will be launched soon, and the related documentation has been published.

As the group stage of the 2026 FIFA World Cup kicks off, the Polymarket World Cup champion prediction market has accumulated a trading volume of over $1.8 billion, with a trading volume exceeding $66 million in the past 24 hours and liquidity in the pool reaching $352.7 million. France slightly leads Spain with an implied championship probability of 16.2% compared to Spain's 16.0%, with the two teams accounting for about 32% combined, and they will directly face each other in the group stage, making this match a key pricing moment for the entire tournament market.The trading volume for the France champion market reached $40.9 million, while Spain's was $33.6 million, both being the highest for a single country market. The host country, the United States, had a trading volume of $50.9 million, but the implied championship probability is only about 3%, reflecting a high level of retail participation.In addition, the total trading volume for the 12 group champion markets is approximately $3.4 million. The trading volume over the past week reached $342 million, and $881 million over the past month, showing a significant acceleration in trading volume as the event approaches.

According to The Block, the Hyperliquid Policy Center (HPC) and venture capital firm Paradigm jointly wrote to the U.S. Department of the Treasury, requesting modifications to a proposed anti-money laundering rule. This rule was jointly proposed in April by the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) and the Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC), aiming to treat stablecoin issuers as financial institutions and requiring them to bear strict liability for transactions that cannot be effectively monitored.HPC and Paradigm stated in the letter that they support FinCEN's focus on compliance obligations in the primary market, where issuers know their customers; however, in the secondary market, where issuers only see wallet addresses and transaction amounts, a more lenient approach should be taken. They believe that extending issuer liability to secondary market activities conducted through smart contracts will lead issuers to only deploy stablecoins in licensed environments, causing regulated stablecoins to exit DeFi and be replaced by unregulated offshore non-U.S. alternatives.HPC and Paradigm suggested narrowing the definition of "activities related to payment stablecoins" and reconsidering OFAC's handling of interactions involving smart contracts.

Humility Protocol released a security incident update on the X platform, indicating that yesterday the H token suffered a coordinated attack on the Ethereum and BSC chains, with over $36 million in assets confirmed to have been stolen and sold off.Preliminary investigations show that the incident originated from an employee's computer being compromised, leading to the leakage of the multi-signature wallet keys controlling the Hyperlane Bridge ProxyAdmin. Among them, the attacker obtained 3 out of 6 private keys from Gnosis Safe holders on the Ethereum chain, transferred ownership of ProxyAdmin to their controlled wallet, and upgraded the bridging contract to a malicious implementation, subsequently transferring approximately 141.2 million H tokens in a single transaction.Meanwhile, the attacker also controlled 3 out of 5 private keys from Safe wallet holders on the BSC chain, taking over ProxyAdmin in the same manner and deploying a malicious contract with unlimited minting capabilities, minting 200 million H tokens to their wallet in two transactions.Humility stated that it has suspended all deposit and withdrawal operations for the affected bridging services and is collaborating with exchanges and other relevant partners to mitigate losses, while also cooperating with law enforcement to investigate and attempt to recover some of the stolen funds.

According to the Financial Times, AI giant Anthropic has finalized a $35 billion private credit financing deal, led by private equity giants Apollo and Blackstone. The funds from this financing will be used to purchase AI chips and expand its AI infrastructure.

According to Cointelegraph, South Korean police recently raided the cryptocurrency exchange Bithumb to investigate independent lawmaker Kim Byung-gi for allegedly using his influence to secure a job for his son. It is reported that Kim's son joined Bithumb in January 2025 and worked for about six months. The police are investigating whether there was any external pressure or special treatment during his hiring process.Additionally, the case also involves Dunamu, the operator of South Korea's largest cryptocurrency exchange Upbit, with the investigation scope expanding from simple recruitment issues to potential power rent-seeking and interest transfer. Investigators pointed out that while serving as a member of the South Korean National Assembly's Administrative Committee, Kim Byung-gi had repeatedly questioned Dunamu during meetings, raising suspicions about whether he was trying to benefit the company where his son worked.It is understood that the police had previously questioned executives from multiple cryptocurrency companies and had conducted searches at Bithumb's headquarters and Bithumb Financial Tower to gather evidence. Kim Byung-gi himself is under investigation for 13 charges, including employment arrangements, bribery for nominations, and requests related to university transfers, and he stated that he believes he will ultimately be able to prove his innocence.It is worth noting that Bithumb has recently faced ongoing regulatory pressure. In March of this year, South Korea's financial regulatory agency imposed a fine of approximately $24.5 million on Bithumb for KYC and anti-money laundering (AML) violations and issued a six-month partial business suspension order. However, a South Korean court temporarily suspended the enforcement of the penalty at the end of April, and the relevant legal procedures are still ongoing.

The World Cup will kick off on June 11, and the Hong Kong police have launched operations "Gobi" and "Wind Shield" to combat illegal betting on sports through publicity, education, intelligence, and law enforcement. The police pointed out that in recent years, illegal gambling has shown a trend of digitalization, including online betting, social media attracting gamblers, and using virtual currency for bets. The police stated that they still have the capability to trace participants.According to the law, betting with illegal bookmakers can result in a maximum sentence of 9 months and a fine of 50,000 HKD, accepting bets can lead to a maximum sentence of 7 years and a fine of 5 million HKD, and money laundering can result in a maximum sentence of 14 years and a fine of 5 million HKD. The police also shared a case of a young person who was once addicted to illegal gambling, who owed a maximum of 160,000 HKD at his peak. A police clinical psychologist warned that those who start gambling before the age of 18 have a risk of developing gambling disorders of over 80%.

According to the Times of India, the Gujarat police have arrested two suspects involved in cryptocurrency-related cybercrime, with the network allegedly trading over 226 million rupees. Investigators claim that the network is linked to terrorist financing, global drug trafficking, and dark web financial activities.Officials stated that this arrest is part of an ongoing investigation into the use of cryptocurrency channels for terrorist financing. Previously, 10 suspects had already been arrested during the investigation. The two latest suspects are accused of using the KYC information of a man named Sabbir Ali Sarani to create a Binance wallet and receiving 5,000 USDT through layered transactions.

According to CriptoNoticias, the Southern Metropolitan Prosecutor's Office in Chile, along with the police, dismantled a money laundering network involving approximately 90 million USD, with about 20 people arrested.The network is suspected of converting illegal funds into cryptocurrency through exchanges and transferring them abroad, with one Banco Santander account manager arrested. Prosecutor Héctor Barros stated that this is one of the largest money laundering cases in Chile in recent years, and the related illegal activities were not conducted through the bank's corporate infrastructure, with the bank cooperating in the investigation.

According to an official statement from the U.S. SEC, Jamie Selway, the Director of the Division of Trading and Markets at the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), stated at the Piper Sandler Global Exchanges and Fintech Conference that Chairman Paul Atkins has instructed the division to advance the framework for the listing and trading of security tokens, with the guiding principle of "promoting innovation without creating regulatory arbitrage."

According to market news, the South Korean police are investigating domestic users of the world's largest prediction market platform, Polymarket, accusing them of violating Article 246 of the Criminal Act (gambling crime), which could result in a fine of up to 10 million won. This investigation, led by the Gangwon Provincial Police Agency at the request of the National Police Agency, is the first criminal investigation targeting Polymarket users in South Korea, covering users from all over the country. It is reported that South Korean users place bets on the platform using US dollar stablecoins, and the platform has no restrictions; just one local election event attracted bets amounting to hundreds of billions of won.

According to Arkham monitoring, a wallet suspected to be associated with Arca lost $100,000 on Polymarket. This Polymarket wallet had received deposits from the Arca wallet and was signed by the Arca wallet, spending $100,000 to buy YES in the "Will Microstrategy sell BTC before May 31?" market at an average price of $0.005, which settled at 0 at expiration.

In the first game of the 2026 NBA Finals, the Spurs unexpectedly lost to the Knicks despite the market generally favoring the Spurs before the game. The probability of "Spurs winning the 2026 NBA Championship" on Polymarket dropped from 64% before the game to 47% after the game, a decrease of 17% within 24 hours; the probability of "Knicks winning the championship" rose to 54%.Meanwhile, since the launch of the NBA Championship prediction market on the Base native leverage prediction market OmenX, the total trading volume of this market has reached $18.4 million, with a 24-hour trading volume of $1.8 million. OmenX currently supports up to 5x leverage, allowing users to engage in leveraged prediction trading around real-time NBA games and championship events.

According to Cointelegraph, the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) announced on June 4 the abolition of the "no denial" policy that had been in place for nearly 30 years. This policy, in effect since 1998, required defendants to commit to not publicly denying the CFTC's allegations when settling.CFTC Chairman Mike Selig stated that this move aligns with the overall direction of various government regulatory agencies and grants the commission greater flexibility in enforcement settlements. Previously, the SEC had taken the lead in abolishing a similar policy in May.

The prediction market platform Polymarket believes that its competitor Kalshi may be engaging in corporate espionage against its New York office and employees. Polymarket's marketing director confirmed that the company is conducting an internal investigation and stated that "there are too many coincidences," suspecting that Kalshi has malicious intentions.Reports indicate that Polymarket has compiled an internal dossier titled "Imitators," documenting about a dozen suspicious incidents. These include Polymarket's original plan to launch a free grocery flash event on February 12, while Kalshi launched a similar event about 9 days earlier; additionally, Polymarket was set to announce its perpetual contract product plan on April 21, but about 1 hour before the announcement, the tech media The Information reported that Kalshi was also preparing to launch a similar product.Polymarket employees are also concerned that the venture capital firm Paradigm, which supports Kalshi, has an office directly across from theirs, posing a risk of employees' computer screens being spied on. It is reported that Polymarket installed privacy film on some office windows this spring.In response, a Kalshi spokesperson denied all allegations, stating that Polymarket's suspicions are "sad and almost delusional."

According to Jinshi reports, Federal Reserve official Logan stated that the current monetary policy is neutral or even somewhat accommodative, and it is necessary to maintain a mildly tightening policy stance.

According to Jinshi reports, Federal Reserve official Logan stated that the current monetary policy has not had a restraining effect on the economy.