ChainCatcher news, according to Modern Express, a Chinese man was found dead in a hotel in Jeju, South Korea, suspected to have been murdered during a virtual currency transaction.The South Korean police have arrested four Chinese suspects, including two women in their 30s, one man in his 30s, and one man in his 60s. It has been confirmed that the four suspects fled with 85 million won belonging to the victim, and investigations into the motive and circumstances of the crime are ongoing.

According to ChainCatcher news and the Guangzhou Daily, Guangdong courts recently concluded a virtual currency fraud case. The defendant, Xie, established Company A and issued a virtual currency named "AA Chain," promising investors that the currency would be listed on exchanges and yield high returns.The case shows that in May 2018, Xie established Company A in Guangdong and served as its legal representative. He promoted "AA Coin" on internet platforms as having appreciation potential and promised victims that it would be listed for trading on exchanges, with expected returns of no less than 5 million yuan. One investor thus invested 990,000 yuan to purchase over 1.6 million AA Coins, but these tokens remained locked and could not be traded.The court found that the defendant, Xie, aimed to illegally possess others' property by fabricating facts to defraud them, with the amount being particularly large. He was ultimately sentenced to 11 years in prison for fraud and fined 50,000 yuan. The judgment has taken effect.

ChainCatcher news, according to monitoring by Lookonchain, Bybit is suspected to have repurchased a total of 266,694 ETH (approximately $742 million) after experiencing a hacker attack.Among them, a suspected Bybit associated address 0x2E45...1b77 purchased 157,660 ETH (approximately $438 million) through over-the-counter transactions from Galaxy Digital, FalconX, and Wintermute;Another suspected associated address 0xd7CF...A995 purchased 109,033 ETH (approximately $304 million) from decentralized and centralized exchanges.

ChainCatcher message, Michael Saylor, the founder of Strategy (formerly MicroStrategy), has once again released charts related to Bitcoin Tracker, stating: "I don't think this reflects what I did last week."According to previous patterns, Strategy always discloses information about increasing Bitcoin holdings the day after relevant news is released.

ChainCatcher news, according to on-chain data, the Bybit attacker is suspected of laundering money by issuing Meme tokens on Pump.Fun.It is reported that the attacker transferred SOL tokens to a certain address before launching the Meme coin. Currently, the market capitalization of the related Meme coin has reached approximately 2.2 million dollars, with a trading volume of about 26 million dollars, but liquidity is low. Community users are advised to be cautious in their interactions.

ChainCatcher message, according to Arkham monitoring, during the period from February 22, 16:28 to 18:22 UTC+8, a suspected Bybit Deposit address of Fenbushi Capital withdrew a total of 10,000 ETH (worth approximately $27.02 million) from Binance and other addresses and injected all of it into the Bybit hot wallet.

According to ChainCatcher's message, on-chain analyst Yu Jin has monitored that Golem Network, which raised 820,000 ETH in the 2016 ICO, may have sold 7,250 ETH (20 million USD) in the past two days: 6,200 ETH transferred to Binance, and 1,050 ETH transferred to Coinbase. Currently, there should still be 110,000 ETH (3.05 million USD) from 2016 remaining: 10,000 ETH in the Golem: Multisig address and 100,000 ETH in Ethereum's native staking.

ChainCatcher news, according to BlockSec Phalcon, a contract on the BSC chain has encountered suspicious transactions, which appear to be related to an inactive NFT project StepHeroNFTs, and has been detected as a typical reentrancy attack.The contract is not open source, and this attack has resulted in a loss of approximately $90,000.

ChainCatcher news, former CEO and co-founder of the cryptocurrency exchange FTX, Sam Bankman-Fried (SBF), took a pro-Trump stance in his first interview since going to prison. SBF claimed in the interview that he is also a victim of "politicization by the Department of Justice," and that his support for Republican causes is greater than people realize.According to an interview with SBF by a reporter from The New York Sun, SBF donated $40 million to the Democratic Party in 2020 and $5.2 million to the Biden campaign. He is currently serving a 25-year sentence at the Metropolitan Detention Center (MDC) in Brooklyn, New York, on multiple charges including fraud.Previous reports from U.S. civil groups indicated that the likelihood of SBF receiving a pardon is very low, although he seems to be seeking a pardon from the current U.S. president.

ChainCatcher news, according to @ai_9684xtpa's monitoring, the quantitative investment firm Manifold Trading is suspected of reducing its position in the 3 million OM purchased at the low point in November 2023. If sold, it would yield a profit of 22.7 million USD. OM is replicating last November's surge scenario, and the institution's cumulative profit from OM has exceeded 50.57 million USD.

ChainCatcher news, according to on-chain data analyst @ai_9684xtpa, the quantitative investment firm Manifold Trading is suspected of reducing its position in the 3 million OM tokens purchased at the low point in November 2023, when the average purchase price was only $0.04 (current price $7.43), resulting in a profit of $22.7 million if sold.It is worth noting that the institution's cumulative profit from OM tokens has exceeded $50.57 million.

ChainCatcher message, OKX official stated that the OKX Web3 security team has recently received a large number of user feedback. After interviews, it was found that some users who were hacked had downloaded a mining software called "Bom." Analysis shows that this software has logic to upload user photo albums, raising suspicions of malicious intent.They remind users not to download software from unknown sources (including so-called "arbitrage tools"); properly safeguard mnemonic phrases, and strictly prohibit taking photos or screenshots for storage. The OKX wallet mobile app has fully prohibited this operation. Everyone must remain vigilant, and addresses with risks should transfer assets as soon as possible.

ChainCatcher news, according to Decrypt, British police have arrested and charged two men who are suspected of committing cryptocurrency fraud against a 75-year-old retiree from Aberdeenshire, resulting in a six-figure loss for the victim.It is reported that the case was reported in July 2024. The Northeast Division of Police Scotland collaborated with West Midlands Police and South Yorkshire Police to arrest a 54-year-old man in Coventry and a 36-year-old man in Mexborough, both of whom were charged on the same day.

According to ChainCatcher news, monitored by Ai Yi, an address suspected to belong to Galaxy Digital has invested 16.41 million USD in the past three months to build positions in three meme coins: PNUT, ai16z, and arc. Currently, the cumulative unrealized loss on these three projects is 8.493 million USD, and it is still uncertain whether they participated in market making.The specific holding situation shows: holding 21.46 million PNUT, with a cost price of 0.3743 USD, resulting in an unrealized loss of 4.935 million USD; holding 7.53 million ai16z, with a cost price of 0.7446 USD, resulting in an unrealized loss of 3.133 million USD; the arc coins have all been transferred to Gate exchange, with a cost price of 0.2913 USD, resulting in a confirmed loss of 425,000 USD.

ChainCatcher news, Slow Mist founder Cos posted on the X platform that after Argentine President Milei tweeted, the address doodo...kqg7 quickly tested 3 contract addresses (CA). Through data cross-analysis, it was found that these 3 CAs actually came from the same person.Cos stated: "The address owner may know what happened, maybe it's just a routine test he is conducting at Jupiter."Cos mentioned that he posted the above because Jupiter's tweet stated: "If there is evidence that a Jupiter employee has leaked information or engaged in other sniper activities, please contact us directly. If we find that any team member has used non-public information for trading, we will take swift and decisive action."

ChainCatcher message, according to PeckShield monitoring, community members report that the X account of Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince and Prime Minister Mohammed bin Salman is suspected to have been hacked, with the account promoting content related to Meme coins. Users are advised to be cautious of related scam risks.

ChainCatcher news, according to Lookonchain monitoring, an insider was aware of LIBRA's launch in advance but bought too late, resulting in a loss of 26,577 SOL (5.34 million USD). However, he seems to have received a compensation of 5 million USDC. According to @chooserich, this wallet may belong to Barstool Sports founder Dave Portnoy (@stoolpresidente).The wallet "3apupK...Z1LF" was created the day before LIBRA's launch and received 29,000 SOL (5.76 million USD). This wallet started purchasing LIBRA about 9 minutes after its launch, when the price had already surged to 1.75 USD. The wallet spent 28,740 SOL (5.77 million USD) to purchase 2.3 million LIBRA at an average price of 2.51 USD.The price of LIBRA began to decline after reaching 4.56 USD, resulting in a loss of over 5 million USD for the wallet. After receiving 4.5 million USDC, the wallet liquidated its LIBRA holdings and gained 2,163 SOL (430,000 USD), and then received another 500,000 USDC.It is worth noting that this wallet also received 650,000 LIBRA sent by the LIBRA team, but it was quickly returned.

ChainCatcher message, according to Ai Yi's monitoring, smart money 0x177...4fe76, after holding OM for more than a year, is suspected to have reduced its holdings by 8.71 million tokens today, realizing a profit of approximately 61.23 million dollars.This address purchased 23.83 million OM tokens from Binance at an average price of 0.2261 dollars between January and March 2024, transferred 11.53 million tokens to a new address 11 months ago, and woke up 9 hours ago to partially recharge into the exchange. OM has increased by 36% in the last 24 hours and has accumulated a rise of 94% over the past month.

ChainCatcher news reports that, according to Ember monitoring, insiders of the Meme token LIBRA, allegedly issued by the President of Argentina, have profited at least 20.18 million USD.Three wallet addresses prepared USDC and SOL funds through exchanges such as Binance, Bybit, and KuCoin hours before the official tweet was released, and bought LIBRA immediately after the tweet was published.These addresses invested 1 million, 1.1 million, and 500,000 USDC respectively, purchasing approximately 10.41 million LIBRA, and sold in batches after the price increased, totaling a profit of about 20.18 million USD.