ChainCatcher News, the U.S. Department of the Treasury's Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) recently proposed to prohibit Cambodia's Huione Group from accessing the U.S. financial system, citing allegations of money laundering activities and connections to North Korean hacker groups. Treasury Secretary Scott Bancen stated in a statement on Thursday, "This proposed measure will cut off Huione Group's access to banking services, weakening its ability to launder illicit proceeds."The rule-making proposal under Section 311 of the Patriot Act would authorize FinCEN to require U.S. financial institutions to prohibit Huione Group and its affiliates from opening and managing accounts.FinCEN alleges that between August 2021 and January 2025, Huione Group laundered over $4 billion in illicit funds, including $37 million in stolen assets from a North Korean-led cyber theft. Bancen revealed that the cryptocurrency trading platforms and online payment services operated by Huione Group have become the "preferred market" for cybercriminals.

ChainCatcher news, according to CNBC, Goldman Sachs' global head of digital assets, Mathew McDermott, stated at TOKEN2049 that the firm will expand its digital asset trading activities, explore crypto lending, and heavily invest in tokenization. Mathew McDermott mentioned that an increasing number of Goldman Sachs clients are eager to engage more actively in digital asset trading, and Goldman Sachs will focus on business implementation. The firm hopes to obtain various regulatory approvals. Previously, Goldman Sachs was primarily active in secondary market trading such as private equity, but in the future, it will promote tokenization and collateral liquidity business.

ChainCatcher news, according to a post by Yu Xian, the founder of Slow Mist, "Today there have been three theft incidents, two of which are related to scams in Telegram. Familiar accounts were hacked, and the scammers carefully set up traps based on the context of chat records. The voice messages sent were also simulated (some AI tools now conveniently simulate based on historical voice). One source cannot be trusted alone; for anything involving funds, it is essential to establish another trusted source verification mechanism."

ChainCatcher news, the encrypted exchange Kraken has completed the acquisition of the registered futures broker NinjaTrader from the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), and reported a 19% year-over-year increase in first-quarter revenue, reaching $471.7 million. Although first-quarter revenue decreased by 7% quarter-over-quarter due to overall market weakness, adjusted EBITDA increased by 1% quarter-over-quarter. The exchange's total trading volume increased by 29% year-over-year, and the number of funded accounts grew by 26% year-over-year.

ChainCatcher news, according to Solscan data, the fundraising amount for the Meme coin MIKAMI released by Yua Mikami has exceeded 20,000 SOL, currently reported at 20,307.05 SOL, approximately 3,059,257.23 USD as of the time of publication.

ChainCatcher news, according to a report by the Financial Times cited by Jinshi, former U.S. Treasury Secretary Yellen warned that Trump's tariffs would have a "huge adverse" impact on the U.S. economy, as they "hinder" companies that rely on critical mineral supplies from China. Trump's broad tariffs on trade partners could push the U.S. into recession. "(The tariff strategy) will have extremely adverse effects on the U.S., on consumers, and on the competitiveness of businesses that rely on imported raw materials. About 40% of the goods imported into the U.S. are raw materials used for domestic production. I am not ready to say that I predict a recession, but it is certain that the possibility has increased significantly."

ChainCatcher news, according to CoinDesk, on Thursday, Wall Street bank JPMorgan pointed out in a research report that in April, Bitcoin mining companies with high-performance computing (HPC) businesses underperformed BTC for three consecutive months. To reduce reliance on cryptocurrencies, some Bitcoin mining companies have shifted to new fields, such as providing HPC services to the rapidly growing artificial intelligence (AI) market.As the network hash rate rises, mining profitability declined in April, with daily block reward income decreasing by 6% compared to March. At the same time, the average hash rate in April increased by approximately 56 EH/s, a month-on-month growth of 6%, reaching 872 EH/s, marking the second highest historical monthly average network hash rate increase. The total market capitalization of the 13 U.S.-listed mining stocks tracked by the bank grew by 12% compared to March, with Greenidge (GREE) performing particularly well in April, with an increase of 46%.

ChainCatcher news, Binance founder Changpeng Zhao posted on social media, "Use a separate computer for your own wallet and avoid installing software or granting permissions. While this may be inconvenient, it can prevent costly hacking attacks------such incidents occur much more frequently than you hear about."

ChainCatcher news, according to Jinshi reports, Bank of Japan Governor Kazuo Ueda stated that if the economic and price trends meet expectations, the Bank of Japan is expected to continue raising interest rates.

ChainCatcher News, the U.S. March Core PCE Price Index year-on-year is 2.6%, expected 2.60%, previous value revised from 2.80% to 3%.The U.S. March Core PCE Price Index year-on-year hits a new low since June 2024. The U.S. March Core PCE Price Index month-on-month recorded 0%, a new low since April 2020, below the expected 0.1%.

ChainCatcher news, according to the official announcement, Binance has launched an Alpha Points promotion: purchase BSC Alpha tokens or limit orders to earn extra points.The event will start on May 1, 2025. Purchasing BSC Alpha tokens or limit orders for Alpha tokens on any network will count double towards the user's Alpha trading volume.

ChainCatcher news, according to Jin10 data, the preliminary annualized quarterly rate of the actual GDP in the United States for the first quarter is -0.3%, expected 0.3%, previous value 2.40%.The negative growth of GDP in the United States for the first quarter marks a new low since the second quarter of 2022.

ChainCatcher news, according to ai_9684xtpa's disclosure, the fundraising for the Meme coin MIKAMI by Yua Mikami has reached 14,354 SOL, worth over 2.1 million USD. The current fundraising data is summarized as follows:A total of 10,461 addresses participated, with each address averaging an investment of 1.35 SOL (200 USD);Addresses investing less than 1 SOL account for as much as 94.4%, while only 0.1% of addresses transferred over 100 SOL, yet they account for 17.8% of the total funds;The current TOP1 address EH7ZU...3Pkvh has contributed a total of 574 SOL (84,000 USD), with a win rate of 33% for this address, nearly all of its account balance has been invested.

ChainCatcher news, according to CoinDesk, JPMorgan analyst Kenneth Worthington predicts that Robinhood (HOOD) may struggle to sustain its record cryptocurrency trading revenue in the fourth quarter of 2024, with a potential decline in digital asset trading volume in the first quarter of 2025. The trading platform is set to announce its first-quarter financial results after the market closes on May 1, Eastern Time.The report shows that Robinhood's cryptocurrency trading revenue surged 700% in the fourth quarter of last year, driving a significant increase in overall trading revenue. However, due to the dual impact of a stock and bond market downturn in the later part of the first quarter and a correction in the cryptocurrency market, it is expected that the trading volume for that quarter will drop from $71 billion in the fourth quarter to $52 billion. The assets under custody (AUC) are expected to decline by 5% quarter-over-quarter to $183.3 billion, but still show a year-over-year growth of 41%.Although retail buying was stimulated by U.S. tariff policies in early April, analysts believe this is unlikely to reverse the downward trend in the first quarter. Weak demand for margin and derivatives trading may further drag down performance. JPMorgan maintains a "neutral" rating, lowering the target price by $1 to $44, implying about a 10% downside from the current stock price of $49.

ChainCatcher news, according to CoinDesk, the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas has made a final ruling, determining that the Department of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) acted unlawfully in sanctioning Tornado Cash, permanently prohibiting it from imposing sanctions on the mixer. This marks the conclusion of a two-year legal dispute with a victory for the privacy protocol party.Court documents show that although OFAC voluntarily removed Tornado Cash from the sanctions list in March 2024, Judge Robert Pitman noted its intention to potentially reimpose sanctions in the future and emphasized that "the ruling of the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals must be enforced." The six plaintiff attorneys in the case had accused OFAC of attempting to evade judicial review through technical maneuvers.It is worth noting that two developers of Tornado Cash, Roman Storm and Roman Semenov, still face criminal charges from the U.S. Department of Justice, which remains on the OFAC sanctions list. The ruling only pertains to the protocol itself and does not involve judicial proceedings against the developers.

ChainCatcher news, the on-chain trading platform GoRich incubated by bit.com has officially launched.GoRich is the on-chain trading platform within the BIT.com APP, supporting multi-chain token trading with a single account. By using GoRich for on-chain trading, users do not need to create a Web3 wallet or manage private keys; they can conveniently buy and sell popular on-chain assets using USDT, significantly lowering the barriers to on-chain trading.The core highlights of GoRich include: multi-chain integration, direct access to on-chain within the BIT.com App, one account for trading multiple chain tokens; no wallet needed, trade directly with bit.com account funds without wallet and private key management; one-token access, no additional native tokens required, buy tokens and pay Gas with USDT; flexible trading, supports limit orders, one-click doubling of capital, MEV protection; secure custody, assets are held by Cautus Custody, ensuring safety and compliance.To celebrate the launch, GoRich is simultaneously offering a limited-time benefit event: from April 30 to May 12, new users will receive $Trump tokens for trying out the platform, and those with high trading volumes will have a chance to win up to 3 SOL in rewards.Currently, GoRich has officially launched on the BIT.com APP, and users can log in to the BIT App to experience it.

ChainCatcher news, regarding traders tracking their wallet profits, Tom (@SolportTom), a developer of the meme coin issuance platform Letsbonk.Fun under BONK, stated on the X platform that the main goal now is to develop this platform and help creators reach a certain number by trying new things. To create more markets unrelated to BONK, he publicly disclosed his wallet address and purchased related tokens, buying the first non-BONK cryptocurrency (GRASSITO) after the platform announcement was made.Tom mentioned feeling a great responsibility as his wallet was being tracked. He stated, "I only bought one token, then destroyed it and repurchased because I will not abuse this influence." He also revealed that he privately increased his holdings of the token with a market value of $6 million. Tom emphasized, "I am not a developer, there is no secret supply, and I have not profited from this. I just bought the first token that appeared, did not anticipate the subsequent developments, but given the increasingly crazy situation, I decided to become a holder and support within my capacity."In addition, Tom disclosed that he holds HOSICO, LetsBONK, and GRASSITO tokens, and mentioned that he is communicating with an excellent technical team to discuss token deployment cooperation, while updates such as the platform's native translation and advanced trading features are also progressing in an orderly manner.

ChainCatcher news, Loopscale posted on platform X stating that they are working towards a friendly resolution regarding the previous hacking incident, and the progress is going smoothly:At 2:19 AM Eastern Time on April 29, approximately 10,000 WSOL (about $1.48 million) has been returned to the Loopscale wallet;At 3:14 PM Eastern Time on April 29, an additional 4,463 WSOL (about $660,000) has been returned to the Loopscale wallet;Yesterday, 5,000 WSOL (about $740,000) has been returned to the Loopscale wallet.Loopscale added that they are still working towards a final resolution and will continue to provide updates.

ChainCatcher news, according to Cointelegraph, Tether co-founder Reeve Collins stated in an interview in Dubai that although dollar stablecoins currently dominate the market, diversified assets such as gold and money market funds may become new anchors for stablecoins in the future. Collins pointed out that stablecoins backed by interest-bearing assets like money market funds, through innovative models such as the Pi Protocol, will gain market favor due to higher yields.Collins believes that the tokenization of real-world assets (RWA) will reshape the stablecoin landscape: "When traditional assets like government bonds are on-chain and generate substantial returns, these new types of stablecoins will gain an advantage." He particularly emphasized that, in addition to the dollar, diversified collateral such as gold and commodities will provide more options for stablecoin users.