ChainCatcher news, according to @ai_9684xtpa, an old address from the 2015 ICO holding 76,000 ETH deposited 3,000 ETH (about $5.39 million) to Kraken five minutes ago, with a cost of only $0.31. This address has liquidated all ETH in two transactions over the past two weeks, and this is expected to be another selling action.

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.

According to ChainCatcher news, an article by CoinShares shows that the average mining cash cost per Bitcoin for listed mining companies in the fourth quarter of 2024 has risen to $82,162, an increase of 47% quarter-on-quarter.The report indicates that the network hash rate has significantly increased in the fourth quarter, reaching a historical high of 900 EH/s, and is expected to surpass 1 ZH/s by July 2025. In the face of intensified competition, several mining companies are strategically transitioning towards data center infrastructure and high-performance computing hosting services. Among them, Core Scientific has allocated 43% of its capacity to artificial intelligence, while Cipher Mining plans to dedicate 35% of its future capacity to the AI sector.

ChainCatcher news, the official account of the Intermediate People's Court of Anshun City, Guizhou Province disclosed a case. The court of Guanling Autonomous County publicly tried and sentenced a case of concealing and hiding criminal proceeds. The four defendants helped others transfer criminal funds by exchanging "U coins" for cash with the victim, profiting a total of 2,300 yuan. After the trial, the court of Guanling Autonomous County found that the actions of the four defendants constituted the crime of concealing and hiding criminal proceeds, and sentenced them to penalties ranging from seven months to one year and one month, along with fines.

ChainCatcher news, a man sought to exchange 1 million HKD in cash for USDT at an offline OTC store in Hong Kong. Ultimately, the store took the cash but did not remit any funds to the individual, and the matter has been reported to law enforcement. Hong Kong Legislative Council member Wu Jiezhuang stated that "this matter is rampant," and noted that there are currently over 200 such virtual currency exchange stores in Hong Kong, all of which are unlicensed and not protected or regulated by any Hong Kong laws. Anyone can open a shop simply by obtaining a business registration. He urged the Hong Kong government to promptly initiate relevant consultations and legislative procedures.

ChainCatcher message, according to the monitoring by Shield, the Truflation attacker address has exchanged approximately 4.5 WBTC for 230 ETH and transferred it to Tornado Cash.The Truflation data platform suffered a malware attack last year, resulting in a loss of about 5.2 million dollars.

ChainCatcher news, according to OnchainLens monitoring, crypto KOL @oxvyz has completely liquidated all of his 9 million SPX holdings in the past 3 days, exchanging them for 3.88 million USDC, with an average selling price of 0.432 dollars.

ChainCatcher news, according to Globenewswire, Bitcoin Cash has announced a partnership with the Web3 digital identity platform Unstoppable Domains to launch the ".bch" domain service to simplify cryptocurrency payments. In addition, the Bitcoin Cash Foundation has also announced the launch of the .bch domain program to expand blockchain access and create real-world use cases for cryptocurrency, enabling users to quickly send and receive cryptocurrency.

ChainCatcher news, according to Bitcoin.com, the digital euro project is about to launch, and the European Central Bank (ECB) is analyzing its potential impact on the use of currency in the eurozone. A recent report indicates that the digital euro could replace 5 out of every 10 euros in physical banknotes, as well as 3 out of every 10 euros in bank deposits.The ECB estimates that, depending on the adoption rate, up to €256 billion in banknotes could be replaced. However, given that there are currently over €1.56 trillion in banknotes in circulation, its usage may still be quite limited. As Europe pushes for the digital euro to counter dollar stablecoins, ECB Governing Council member Piero Cipollone emphasized its necessity.

ChainCatcher message, according to @lookonchain monitoring, before the official release of the "Base is for everyone" token-related tweet, 3 wallets bought a large amount of the token in advance and then sold it, totaling a profit of about $666,000.Address 0x0992 purchased 256 million tokens with 1.5 ETH (about $2,370) and after selling, received 108 ETH (about $170,000), making a profit of about $168,000;Address 0x5D9D purchased 82.86 million tokens with 1 ETH and after selling, received 169.7 ETH (about $267,600), making a profit of about $266,000;Address 0xBD31 purchased 132 million tokens with 1 ETH and sold 110 million of them, making a profit of about $231,800.

ChainCatcher news, according to Cyvers Alerts monitoring, the 1ROR/WETH pool on the Ethereum chain has been attacked, resulting in a loss of approximately $780,000. The attacker exploited a vulnerability in the emergencyWithdraw() function, having previously deposited a small amount of funds to trigger the exploit.After the attack, the funds were quickly exchanged for ETH and transferred through multiple wallets, with some of the funds flowing to TornadoCash. Monitoring shows that the suspicious addresses used by the attacker were initially funded by TornadoCash.

ChainCatcher news, according to CoinDesk, Binance has initiated a vote to decide whether to delist one of the three tokens: Zcash (ZEC), FTT, or JASMY, which has sparked strong dissatisfaction among privacy coin supporters.Zcash founder Zooko Wilcox, DCG founder Barry Silbert, Ledger CTO, and others have publicly voiced their opposition, emphasizing the importance of privacy rights. ZEC currently has a market capitalization of approximately $500 million, with a price drop of 3.1% in the last 24 hours to $31.26. Privacy coins have long faced regulatory pressure, and the European Union has previously proposed a complete ban on such tokens.

ChainCatcher news, according to on-chain analyst PeckShield (@PeckShieldAlert), a suspicious address marked as "#Fake_Phishing956402" transferred 750 ETH (approximately $1.17 million) to the Tornado Cash mixing protocol on April 11, 2025.

ChainCatcher news, according to CertiK monitoring, the Abracadabra (@MIM_Spell) hacker has transferred 1200 ETH to the mixing protocol Tornado Cash.

ChainCatcher message, Matrixport will launch a community newcomer trading cashback event from April 2 to April 13, 2025. New users who register through super agents or KOL links, deposit over 100 USDT, and meet the cumulative trading volume requirements can receive up to 33 USDT in airdrop rewards. Agents and KOLs can earn up to 188 USDT in exclusive rewards by inviting valid users and meeting the required number of participants.Matrixport is also opening the super agent program application channel, and participants can join the official Matrixport community @Matrixport_CN for more details. The event details are subject to the platform announcement.This event is only open to new users who register through designated agent/KOL links.

ChainCatcher news, Cointelegraph reported that FTX will start using its $11.4 billion cash reserve to repay major creditors on May 30. Small creditors have already begun to receive payments.

ChainCatcher news, Ripple announced a partnership with Chipper Cash to expand XRP payments in the African market, which currently has five million customers across nine African countries. This collaboration will utilize Ripple Payments and XRP to facilitate faster and more efficient cross-border transactions.

ChainCatcher news, according to CoinDesk, global custodian bank Northern Trust will provide custody and cash management services for trade finance-focused stablecoin issuer Haycen. Northern Trust's Asset Services division will be responsible for providing global custody services for Haycen's clients' fiat deposits, while Northern Trust's Asset Management division will offer cash management services.Haycen's founder and CEO Luke Sully stated that through stablecoins, non-bank participants can combine yield enhancement with the certainty of instant free global settlement to address the $20 trillion in annual capital flows.The report states that Haycen has received funding support from the UK government for the development of an institutional-grade stablecoin.