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According to Cointelegraph, the Illinois State Legislature has passed the budget for the fiscal year 2027, which includes a provision to impose a 0.2% tax on cryptocurrency transactions, to be collected by digital asset brokers. This measure, referred to as the "privilege tax," is part of the amendment to the "Digital Asset Privilege Tax Act," which includes registration requirements for any digital asset broker operating in Illinois.Starting from January 1, brokers who fail to comply with the relevant regulations may be classified as a Class 3 felony in the state, facing two to five years of imprisonment and a fine of up to $25,000. The budget has been approved by the state legislature on Monday but still requires the signature of Governor JB Pritzker to take effect. JB Pritzker has publicly stated multiple times that he plans to sign the bill as soon as possible, but as of Friday morning, he has not yet signed it. Legislators expect that the cryptocurrency tax will generate $60 million in revenue for the state.

According to official disclosures from Binance, Alpaca is not only the clearing broker for its U.S. stock business, but Binance also holds a minority stake in Alpaca. According to the agreement, Binance will receive 50% of Alpaca's payment for order flow (PFOF) and 65% of the remaining profits from user stock lending, after deducting user interest.Binance's recently launched U.S. stock business adopts a "introducing broker + clearing broker" model, with Nest Trading responsible for order referrals and Alpaca responsible for trade execution, clearing, settlement, and asset custody. Alpaca Securities LLC is a registered broker-dealer with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and is also a member of the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) and the Securities Investor Protection Corporation (SIPC), holding approximately 94% of the tokenized U.S. stocks and ETFs market share.

According to CoinDesk, South Korea's major brokerage firm Korea Investment & Securities (KIS) and the investment institution OKX Ventures under the cryptocurrency exchange OKX officially signed an agreement on May 29, with both parties investing 80 billion won (approximately 53 million USD) each to acquire 19.6% of the shares of the South Korean cryptocurrency exchange Coinone (a total of 39.2%). This transaction is still pending approval from regulatory authorities.It is reported that the total transaction amount of 160 billion won will be conducted through a combination of purchasing existing shares and subscribing to new shares. After the transaction is completed, Coinone's founder and CEO Cha Myunghun will hold 27.8% of the shares, continuing to maintain the status of the largest shareholder and retaining management control; Com2uS Holdings and its affiliates will hold 25%; Korea Investment & Securities and OKX Ventures will jointly become the third-largest shareholders.Korea Investment & Securities stated that it will rely on this equity cooperation to promote the issuance and distribution of tokenized securities (STO), expand corporate virtual asset investment clients, and develop digital asset businesses such as bulk brokerage. In addition, recently, as South Korean regulatory authorities hinted at relaxing the principle of financial asset separation, several traditional financial giants in South Korea, including Samsung Securities and Hana Bank, have been accelerating their efforts to acquire shares in virtual asset exchanges.

Korea Investment & Securities (KIS) will sign an agreement with OKX on May 29, with both parties acquiring 20% of the South Korean cryptocurrency exchange Coinone, totaling a 40% acquisition.Reports indicate that the total amount of this transaction is expected to be between 500 billion and 600 billion Korean won (approximately 332 million to 398 million USD), primarily completed through the issuance of new shares, while the operational rights of existing major shareholders will remain unchanged.Korea Investment & Securities stated that it will promote token securities issuance and circulation, corporate client expansion, and large-scale brokerage in digital asset business based on this acquisition in the future.

According to on-chain analyst Ai Yi (@ai_9684xtpa), the whale nemorino.eth's two-day trading of ETH worth $16.74 million ended in a loss 8 hours ago, with an average buying price of $2117.46 and an average selling price of $2056.86, resulting in a final loss of $480,000.

According to on-chain analyst Ai Yi's monitoring, the ETH whale nemorino.eth bought 7,908.3 ETH on-chain through Cowswap 13 hours ago, at an average price of $2,117.46, with a total investment of $16.74 million. Among them, 2,372.71 ETH was purchased using leverage from 5 million DAI borrowed through Spark staking.

According to on-chain analyst Yu Jin's monitoring, the whale nemorino.eth purchased 7,908.3 ETH at an average price of $2,113 one hour ago, totaling 16.71 million USDC.The operation method was: first using 11.71 million USDC to buy 5,535.6 ETH, then depositing it into Spark as collateral to borrow 5 million DAI, and then continuing to buy 2,372.7 ETH.

According to Jinshi News, the divergence among Federal Reserve policymakers regarding the direction of interest rates and the severity of inflation will be reflected in the meeting minutes released early this morning. This minutes will reveal the full picture of one of the most divided meetings within the Federal Reserve, with an increasing number of officials adopting a cautious stance, concerned about rising inflation, while the number of those inclined to cut interest rates is decreasing.Deutsche Bank analysts stated that although the minutes may seem somewhat outdated, they still help gauge the changes in the size of the camp advocating for a more neutral forward guidance.

On-chain detective ZachXBT posted a warning stating that "choosing to gamble on Spartans is itself an IQ test," and questioned the long-term harvesting behavior of the operators behind Spartans. ZachXBT pointed out that Gurhan Kiziloz, a figure related to Spartans, previously operated BlockDAG Network, which has not launched its mainnet or mining products for years, yet still promoted a presale with "300 times returns" and has raised at least $350 million from inexperienced retail investors.He further stated that BlockDAG has recently shifted to casino operations and suspects that the related casino platform may be used to "legitimize BlockDAG funding sources," including circulating funds by paying high fees to employees and KOLs. Previously, several community members and content creators have also publicly questioned Spartans' marketing model and operational transparency, warning users of potential "rug pull" risks.

According to Hongxing News, the police in Linyi, Shandong recently dismantled a telecom fraud gang targeting minors, seizing about 140,000 yuan in illegal gains and 20,000 in virtual currency on site. Preliminary investigations have confirmed that the gang has carried out over 200 fraud cases nationwide, involving a huge amount of money.The police disclosed that the criminal gang used "free game skins and equipment" as bait to lure minors into using their parents' phones and remotely controlling the victims' devices through screen sharing to carry out transfer fraud. The stolen money was then laundered in batches through methods such as mobile phone top-ups, electricity bills, and property fee payments. The upstream fraud platform settled funds through virtual currency, and the suspects took about 20% of the fraud amount as their share. It is reported that the gang leader had previously traveled to Myanmar to engage in fraudulent activities and has strong counter-investigation experience. The case is still under further investigation.

The Criminal Investigation Bureau of the Ministry of Public Security published an article titled "Beware of Online Fraud Targeting Minors," which reveals a new type of online fraud chain characterized by "game diversion + impersonating public security and judicial authorities + virtual currency money laundering." Criminals post advertisements through games and social platforms to guide minors to add friends, and use intimidation and other means to extract funds from parents' accounts. The stolen money is split and withdrawn through black and gray industry platforms to purchase virtual currencies, which are not restricted by geography and can silently flow back to overseas fraud dens, completing the "physical isolation" of cross-border funds. The Criminal Investigation Bureau reminds that public security and judicial authorities will never handle cases online, will never intimidate for deductions, and will never ask for passwords or verification codes.

According to the Korea Herald, Korea Investment & Securities is jointly promoting a plan with OKX to acquire approximately 20% of Coinone's shares, with both parties planning to acquire about 20%, primarily through the issuance of new shares. This investment is mainly financial and is expected not to involve a change in management rights. However, there are opinions in the industry that OKX may seek to participate in management and gain substantial influence in the future, which would make it the second case of a large foreign exchange attempting to control the management rights of a Korean original currency exchange after Binance's acquisition of Gopax.Currently, the main shareholders of Coinone are: The One Group holds 34.30%, Com2uS Holdings holds 21.95%, founder and CEO Cha Myung-hoon holds 19.14%, and Com2uS Plus holds 16.47%.

According to on-chain analyst Ai Yi's monitoring, the whale nemorino.eth has started a new round of trading.12 hours ago, during the market decline, he bought 2,091.43 ETH on-chain at an average price of $2,386.78, worth $5 million. Currently, the ETH has been deposited in Spark to earn interest.

According to Gelonghui, Buffett responded in an exclusive interview with CNBC regarding "Berkshire currently holding about $380 billion in cash, and the market is highly concerned about why it has not made large-scale acquisitions or investments": the prices are too high, and there are too few targets.Buffett stated, "Now is not our ideal environment for deploying cash for Berkshire." He emphasized that the company has the right management team to selectively choose opportunities: "Sometimes we do nothing, but sometimes we are very active."When discussing the current macro stock market environment, Buffett used the metaphor of "a church with a casino" to describe the speculative atmosphere on Wall Street. People can move between the church and the casino, with more people in the church than in the casino, but the casino has become very attractive to people.He pointed out, "If you are buying and selling single-day options, that is not investing, nor is it speculation; it is outright gambling." Referring to a recent case where a U.S. soldier used confidential information about military operations in Venezuela to profit $400,000 in the prediction market, he said: unless one knows when we will strike into Venezuela like that person, no one can explain why they would buy a one-day option; the number of such occurrences is astonishing.We have never encountered a crowd with a greater propensity for 'gambling' than now. Buffett further noted that the surge in gambling enthusiasm does not necessarily mean the market will collapse, but it will lead to a long-term high price for many assets.

The South Korean cryptocurrency exchange Coinone has filed a lawsuit against the penalties imposed by the Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU) of South Korea and has applied to the Seoul Administrative Court for a stay of execution, attempting to suspend the relevant measures before the sanctions take effect.The core content of this sanction is to restrict new users from depositing and withdrawing cryptocurrency assets to external exchanges. Previously, the FIU imposed a three-month partial business suspension and a fine of 5.2 billion won on Coinone for violating specific financial information laws.

The Solana ecosystem liquidity protocol Kamino stated on platform X that its platform and users have not been affected by the current Ethereum rsETH incident. However, out of caution, it has suspended all core market interactions related to LayerZero tokens (USDS, LBTC, FBTC). The related reserve assets have entered a "reduce-only mode," allowing users to withdraw and repay debts, but deposit and lending functions have been temporarily closed.Kamino added that it is in communication with the LayerZero team and will notify users as soon as the related reserves return to normal operations. These measures are all part of proactive risk control, and the platform and user funds have not been affected.

According to Cointelegraph, Kalshi CEO Tarek Mansour stated that the company plans to launch a "parent portal" feature that allows parents to submit identification information to verify whether their children are using the platform under their identity.In addition, Kalshi will also introduce a selfie verification mechanism to further confirm user identity through facial recognition, strengthening age restrictions and compliance management to prevent minors from using related services.