ChainCatcher message, the Base chain AI Agents ownership layer protocol Virtuals Protocol stated, "We have noticed an extreme case where developers using certain third-party locked pre-bound proxy tokens are able to access their tokens after binding without locking them. Please note that all funds are secure. Thanks to community members for their feedback, a bounty of $10,000 has been provided for them.""We are developing a permanent feature, meanwhile, we hope that builders who wish to lock their tokens before binding can achieve token locking by sending their tokens to the vault (with a standard lock of 6 months after binding)."

ChainCatcher news, Slow Mist's Yu Xian posted on platform X: "Some ETH started to flow into Tornado Cash for mixing early in the morning, which can almost be considered a final signal (the DEXX malicious actors have no intention of turning back, choosing to walk a cruel black path to the end)."Previous news, the EVM (ETH/BSC/BASE) address of the DEXX hacker has continued to show unusual activity, with a significant amount of funds (including many MEME) continuously accumulating into 0xffb9926310b291e17d7df846cded66cda2c68228 since around 7 AM.

ChainCatcher news, a Russian court has sentenced the founder of the online black market and cryptocurrency mixing service Hydra, Stanislav Moiseev, to life imprisonment. The service processed over $5 billion worth of cryptocurrency during its operation.According to a statement from the Moscow Prosecutor's Office on December 2, the Moscow Regional Court found Moiseev and his 15 accomplices guilty of organized crime and illegal production and sale of psychoactive substances and drugs. The sentences for Moiseev's 15 accomplices ranged from 8 to 23 years. Moiseev was also fined $38,100 (4 million rubles), while his 15 accomplices were ordered to pay a total of $152,400 (16 million rubles). As part of the sentencing order, properties and vehicles related to the convicted individuals were also seized.According to Russian state media TASS, they will serve their sentences in a "strict regime" penal colony.

ChainCatcher news, according to CNA, Taiwan's "Legislators" today expressed concern over the taxation of cryptocurrency in Taiwan. The Minister of Finance, Chang Tsui-yun, stated that profits from related transactions will be subject to income tax, and further discussions will be held regarding the auditing process; the Director of the Taxation Administration, Song Hsiu-ling, mentioned that the tax department currently has auditing tools available to examine the trading situation of digital goods and promised to discuss the taxation methods related to cryptocurrency trading profits within three months.

ChainCatcher news, according to Bloomberg, the founder of the cryptocurrency mixing service Bitcoin Fog has been sentenced to 12 and a half years in prison for laundering tens of millions of dollars from the sale of illegal drugs on dark web markets.U.S. District Judge Randolph Moss sentenced 36-year-old Roman Sterlingov to 150 months in prison at the federal court in Washington. Prosecutors stated that Bitcoin Fog handled hundreds of millions of dollars in untraceable transactions, some of which came from known dark web markets. Roman Sterlingov was convicted of conspiracy to launder money, money laundering, and two counts related to operating an unregistered money transfer service.

ChainCatcher news, the Central Bank of Brazil is currently exploring the possibility of taxing remittances based on stablecoins. According to industry stakeholders, the Central Bank of Brazil is considering incorporating this taxation into the final version of cryptocurrency regulations that will be finalized next year.Local media pointed out that this could be achieved by providing different licenses to cryptocurrency companies based on the services offered. For example, tokenization companies would need to apply for a standard Virtual Asset Service Provider (VASP) license, while companies offering stablecoin exchange services may need to apply for a different license.

ChainCatcher News, the Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis recently released a new research report expressing concerns about the impact of Bitcoin on government fiscal policy, suggesting that it may need to be taxed or legally prohibited to help the government manage deficits.The paper argues that Bitcoin complicates efforts to maintain a permanent government deficit, especially in an economy that relies on nominal debt. It points out that Bitcoin creates what is known as a "balanced budget trap," forcing the government to balance its budget.This paper has faced sharp criticism from Bitcoin supporters. Matthew Sigel, head of digital asset research at VanEck, stated that the Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis now aligns with the European Central Bank's (ECB) critical stance on Bitcoin.He noted that the document envisions implementing legal prohibitions and additional taxes on Bitcoin to ensure that government debt remains the only "risk-free" security.Dan McArdle, co-founder of Messari, specifically pointed out a paper published by the bank in 1996 titled "Money is Memory," which described money as a fixed supply object that does not enter production, a concept closely related to the design of Bitcoin.

ChainCatcher message, recently, MoveBit, a brand under Bitslab, successfully discovered and assisted in fixing a major denial of service (DoS) vulnerability in the Aptos network, rated as "high risk." This vulnerability, due to an imperfect memory pool transaction eviction mechanism, could lead to up to 90% of normal transactions being rejected by nodes. The Aptos team has fixed this vulnerability in the latest version and thanked MoveBit for its contribution in the official release notes.This move once again highlights MoveBit's technical strength in the blockchain security field and consolidates its leading position in the industry.MoveBit is a security team under BitsLab that focuses on the Move ecosystem, dedicated to establishing security standards and providing security audits to ensure the safety of the Move ecosystem.

ChainCatcher news, Rushmeme Bot has launched the "Boxing Week" treasure chest event for the first week, where users can unlock treasure chests by completing simple tasks to win SOL tokens and future $RUSH token airdrop qualifications. Less than 24 hours after the event went live, over 6,000 new users participated, showing strong momentum. It is reported that the event will last for 4 weeks, with new gameplay and mysterious rewards introduced each week.RushMeme Bot is a trading bot that provides services on Telegram, marketed for its fast trading speed and low fees, and currently fully supports Solana and BSC. The explosive user growth during this event highlights the potential of its product and reflects the current market's urgent demand for efficient and professional cryptocurrency trading tools. The RushMeme Bot team stated that they will continue to optimize product features to provide users with a better trading experience.It is reported that RushMeme Bot is incubated by the Owlto Finance team, which ranks first in cross-chain protocols by 24-hour trading volume.

ChainCatcher message, UniSat CEO Lorenzo posted on platform X that during the Fractal mainnet launch, block height 2 was mined as a merged mining block, while the current node requires blocks 1 and 2 to be permissionless mining blocks. An urgent fix for the node behavior is underway, and a new node version will be provided soon.

ChainCatcher news, according to CoinDesk, the Financial Services Agency (FSA) of Japan stated in a review of tax reform documents that "regarding the tax treatment of cryptocurrency transactions, it is necessary to consider whether cryptocurrencies should be regarded as financial assets that should become public investment targets."Currently, the country taxes cryptocurrency profits as income, with a tax rate of up to 45% for individuals with income exceeding 4 million yen (approximately $276,000), while the capital gains tax rate for selling securities such as stocks is a flat 20%. Changes to this system could lead to a reduction in taxes for some cryptocurrency investors.

ChainCatcher news: Ms. Zhang from Tianjin was scammed out of over 260,000 yuan this month, with the fraudulently obtained money withdrawn in Xingguo County. The Xingguo police acted quickly, arresting 8 criminal suspects and dismantling a virtual currency money laundering "water room" operation, seizing 200,000 yuan in related funds.It is reported that the suspect Li Mouyuan provided bank accounts to the money laundering gang to assist in their laundering activities and withdrew over 260,000 yuan while knowing that the funds were involved in online illegal activities. After receiving the cash withdrawn by Li Mouyuan, the money laundering gang fled back to Yuzhou, Henan, and handed the involved funds to the virtual currency money laundering "water room" suspect Hou Moupeng. Hou Moupeng then exchanged the over 260,000 yuan in cash obtained from the fraud into virtual currency U offline, transferring it to a designated virtual currency address, ultimately achieving the laundering and whitening of the involved funds.The police successfully dismantled the money laundering den, arrested multiple suspects, and recovered part of the involved funds.

ChainCatcher news, the People's Court of Xingyi City, Guizhou Province, publicly tried a case of organizing and leading pyramid schemes. The defendant, Qin, used the pretext of "mining" with virtual currency to lure more than 70 people into participating in the pyramid scheme, with the involved funds exceeding tens of millions.It is reported that the company launched a short-term rental computing power hosting business, claiming to rent "computing power" to customers as bait for high investment returns, enticing participants to continue recruiting friends and family for investment. Based on the facts established during the trial and the circumstances of sentencing, the court sentenced the defendant Qin to 2 years and 6 months in prison for organizing and leading pyramid schemes.

ChainCatcher news, according to CoinDesk, the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) of Nigeria plans to submit a bill to Parliament in September aimed at taxing the cryptocurrency industry. The executive chairman of the tax authority, Zacch Adedeji, revealed this plan during a meeting with the Finance Committees of the National Assembly's Senate and House of Representatives.Adedeji stated, "The plan is first to establish regulatory laws, which is also why we are collaborating with the legislature, as it will serve as the basis for taxation."

ChainCatcher news indicates that according to Optimism governance information, OP Labs protocol engineer Mofi has released an upgrade proposal called Granite Network Upgrade. This proposal aims to address security vulnerabilities identified in a series of third-party security audits conducted by Spearbit, Cantina, and Code4 rena. The related vulnerabilities have not been exploited, and user assets have never been at risk. The proposal states that this upgrade will include a series of smart contract upgrades to fix the vulnerabilities found in the audits, as well as an L2 hard fork to enhance the stability and performance of the error prevention system. A permissioned rollback mechanism has been initiated as a precaution to avoid any potential instability during the vulnerability patching process.If the proposal is approved by vote, the Granite Network Upgrade is scheduled to take place on September 10 at 16:00 UTC. This upgrade has been coordinated with Base and Conduit to launch on the internal development network and Sepolia Superchain.

ChainCatcher news, Yixing has cracked a case of theft of virtual currency, where the perpetrator illegally obtained access to another person's virtual currency wallet with the intent to possess it unlawfully. The prosecuting attorney discovered that in order to secretly gain access to others' virtual wallets, the defendant Wang conspired with others to create a website that appeared to be a blockchain project to obtain the management rights of the victim Ms. Pan's wallet. According to statistics, Wang transferred 130,000 virtual currencies from Ms. Pan's account to cash out into his own bank card, causing Ms. Pan an economic loss of over 900,000 yuan. Recently, the Yixing City Prosecutor's Office filed a public prosecution, and the court sentenced the defendant Wang to eleven years in prison for theft and imposed a corresponding fine.