ChainCatcher News, the U.S. State Department has announced the establishment of a Bilateral Liaison Group on Illicit Finance and Cryptocurrencies in partnership with Nigeria, to jointly combat cybercrime and financial misconduct related to cryptocurrencies.The official announcement stated: "The United States collaborates with global partners to promote cyberspace and digital technologies, foster economic prosperity, while combating and addressing malicious cyber activities, cybercrime, and other digital harms."The announcement reaffirmed the U.S. commitment to assisting the Nigerian government in strengthening its capacity to investigate and prosecute cybercrime, as stated by the Department of Justice (DOJ).

ChainCatcher news, the Hong Kong Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) today published its "2023-24 Annual Report," which mentions that in order to more promptly combat fraudulent activities related to suspicious virtual asset trading platforms, the SFC established a joint task force with the Hong Kong Police Force in October 2023 to monitor and investigate illegal activities involving or appearing to involve virtual assets or virtual asset trading platforms.The SFC has issued press releases and social media posts to include suspicious entities on a warning list and held press briefings to alert the public to 19 cases of suspected fraud related to virtual asset trading platforms and unlicensed virtual asset trading platforms. Through joint efforts, the police have responded to the SFC's requests and quickly taken action to block the websites of the suspected fraudulent entities.

ChainCatcher news, according to Jinshi reports, the U.S. House of Representatives announced on February 20 local time that it will establish a bipartisan special task force centered on artificial intelligence (AI). It is reported that House Speaker Johnson stated in a press release that he and minority leader (Democrat) Jeffries have appointed 12 members to join the task force. The research group will be chaired by Republican Congressman Obernolte and Democratic Congressman Ted. The group will write a report that includes recommendations for the future and bipartisan policy proposals related to artificial intelligence.

ChainCatcher news, BitKeep Web3 multi-chain wallet has announced that it has completed the filing regarding the hacking incident at the end of December, and a special task force has been established by local police in conjunction with cybersecurity technology experts. BitKeep officials stated that they will actively cooperate with the task force investigation and make every effort to recover the stolen funds.According to previous reports, the BitKeep APK 7.2.9 installation package was hijacked and replaced by hackers, causing some users to use application packages that had been implanted with hacker code, resulting in the leakage of private keys. BitKeep has joined forces with multiple security agencies to track and locate the issue, and has frozen part of the hacker's funds.

ChainCatcher news, according to CNBC, the Manhattan District Attorney's Office announced on Tuesday that it has established a special task force for FTX to recover assets for FTX victims and handle investigations and prosecutions related to the company and other entities. The task force will consist of prosecutors from the Securities and Commodities Fraud, Public Corruption, Money Laundering, and Transnational Criminal Enterprises divisions. The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) estimates that the fraud by FTX and Alameda Research resulted in customer losses exceeding $8 billion. (CNBC)