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According to monitoring by Lookonchain, F2Pool co-founder Chun Wang (@satofishi) is suspected of increasing his holdings in ETH. A wallet suspected to be related to Chun Wang (0xF42...b51) has withdrawn 17,560 ETH from Binance in the past 16 hours, worth 28.67 million USD.

The General Office of the State Council has released guiding opinions on strengthening regulation, preventing risks, and promoting the high-quality development of private equity investment funds. The opinions mention adhering to goal-oriented and problem-oriented approaches, addressing issues such as the need to improve the access mechanism for the private equity fund industry, inadequate regulation, incomplete systems, insufficient coordination and cooperation among ministries, central and local governments, the failure to implement the responsibilities of some government investment funds and state-owned enterprise investment fund contributors, and the use of some private equity funds as tools for illegal activities, new forms of corruption, and hidden corruption. A system and long-term mechanism for strengthening regulation and preventing risks will be established to promote the development of the industry in a standardized manner and enhance it during development.Uphold functional positioning, coordinate the overall layout, optimize increments, revitalize existing resources, support the excellent and limit the inferior, improve quality and efficiency, and strictly prohibit private equity funds from engaging in illegal activities such as lending and disguised debt. Adhere to classified regulation, implementing "one policy for one category" regulation based on different dimensions such as contributor entities and product types. Insist on regulating both legal and illegal entities, with strict regulation for legal institutions, resolute prohibition of illegal institutions, and severe crackdowns on illegal activities.Promote the revision of the Securities Investment Fund Law. Push for the issuance of judicial documents related to criminal cases involving private equity funds. Formulate regulations for the supervision of private equity fund managers, information disclosure, fundraising, and mandatory custody rules. Introduce standardized arrangements for private equity fund betting agreements. Fully establish a regulatory system for private equity funds that is primarily based on administrative regulation and supplemented by self-regulation.

According to Onchain Lens monitoring, a certain whale has become active again after being silent for 3 years, depositing 20,000 ETH (approximately 33.28 million USD) out of the 38,554 ETH (approximately 64.28 million USD) it holds into Aave V3, borrowing 30 million USDT, and purchasing 17,826 ETH at a price of 1,683 USD each for a circular lending operation. Currently, this whale holds a total of 56,380 ETH, valued at approximately 94.04 million USD.

According to a report by South Korea's SBS News, the Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU) of South Korea has adjusted the amendment to the Enforcement Decree of the Specific Financial Information Act, removing the mandatory reporting obligation for virtual asset transfers exceeding 10 million won, and instead allowing exchanges to manage risks independently. The original proposal required domestic operators to report to the FIU when transferring more than 10 million won abroad, regardless of the level of risk. After adopting industry opinions, the FIU decided to cancel the mandatory reporting and instead require companies to establish internal risk management systems.Other adjustments include: the scope of the Travel Rule will be expanded from amounts over 1 million won to all amounts; the strengthened customer verification for high-risk suspicious transactions will change from mandatory to only being executed when the company assesses the risk to be particularly high; small businesses will be given a one-year grace period for the reporting condition of a debt ratio not exceeding 200%; the requirement for anti-money laundering computer equipment to be located domestically will allow the use of overseas cloud services. The amendment will take effect on August 20 after review by the Legal Affairs Office.

According to Cointelegraph, Coinbase and Better Home & Finance announced a plan to launch a cryptocurrency-backed mortgage program in the summer of 2026, allowing eligible borrowers to use Bitcoin (BTC) or USDC as collateral to fund down payments for Fannie Mae-backed mortgages. This move comes after the U.S. FHFA instructed Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac to consider cryptocurrency assets in mortgage risk assessments starting June 2025, without the need to convert them into fiat currency.Other lending institutions, such as Newrez, have already followed suit with similar initiatives. However, some U.S. senators have expressed concerns that the price volatility of cryptocurrency assets could threaten the stability of the housing market. Republican Senator Cynthia Lummis has proposed the "21st Century Mortgage Act," aiming to solidify the aforementioned policy in legislative form.

According to on-chain analyst Yu Jin's monitoring, Ethereum bulls have today borrowed 58 million U from Spark to purchase 32,919.2 ETH, at an average price of 1,762 USD.

Strategy founder Michael Saylor stated that the capital markets are providing funding for AI infrastructure on an unprecedented scale, with approximately $400 billion raised in the past six months. Saylor pointed out that since May 14, there has been about $4 billion in outflows from Bitcoin ETFs, putting pressure on BTC prices. However, he believes this is a rotation of capital rather than damage to Bitcoin itself. Saylor stated, "Volatility creates opportunity."

According to monitoring by Lookonchain, the whale known for "buying the dip during market crashes," 7 Siblings, has taken action again. About 1 hour ago, it borrowed 10 million USDT from the Spark protocol and then purchased 5,589 ETH at an average price of approximately $1,789, with a total value of about 10 million dollars.

Tether has partnered with Fasset to launch the world's first gold-backed Visa debit card, allowing users to spend fiat currency at Visa merchants globally while earning up to 6% cash back in gold tokens XAUT on eligible transactions.The card supports real-time conversion of XAUT to USDT and then to fiat currency, and it also features an automatic rounding function that automatically invests transaction spare change into gold tokens XAUT, enabling passive gold accumulation in daily spending.Tether has committed to investing up to $1 million in XAUT for rewards in the ecosystem, promoting the adoption of tokenized gold in emerging markets. Currently, the total market capitalization of tokenized gold exceeds $5.3 billion, with XAUT accounting for over $2.6 billion.

According to Onchain Lens monitoring, HYPE has reached a historic high and surpassed $72. Loracle (@loraclexyz) has closed over 50% of its HYPE short positions and currently still holds 843,232 HYPE short positions, worth $60.7 million, with an unrealized loss of over $22 million. Meanwhile, a certain whale holds a 5x leveraged long position in HYPE, currently with an unrealized profit of over $46 million.

According to Cointelegraph, the U.S. spot Bitcoin ETF has seen a net outflow of funds for 9 consecutive trading days, totaling approximately $2.84 billion, setting the longest consecutive decline record since the product's launch in 2024, and surpassing the consecutive outflow record from February 8, 2025. Among them, BlackRock's IBIT has become a major source of outflows.Analysis indicates that this round of capital outflow reflects a significant cooling of institutional demand for Bitcoin ETF exposure, while the market shows a trend of differentiation: ETFs related to Hyperliquid and some XRP spot ETFs still recorded inflows, while Ethereum spot ETFs have faced outflows for 13 consecutive days, with a total outflow of approximately $694 million, indicating that capital in crypto asset ETFs is being reallocated.

The French newspaper "Le Monde" revealed that there has been new progress in the investigation of a cryptocurrency-related kidnapping case that occurred in 2023. French law enforcement discovered a transnational money laundering network involving multiple countries and cryptocurrency wallets while tracing the flow of a €1.7 million cryptocurrency ransom. The victim was the father of the well-known crypto influencer "TeufeurS." The kidnappers threatened the victim's family via text messages and demanded ransom payment in cryptocurrency. Ultimately, TeufeurS transferred a total of €1.7 million to the kidnappers' designated wallet in two installments, after which his father was released.The investigation showed that part of the ransom flowed into wallet accounts controlled by foreign nationals after multiple transfers. One transfer of $131,000 was successfully traced by the French gendarmerie, with leads ultimately pointing to a cryptocurrency wallet controlled by Venezuelan nationals. The case further revealed the complex chain of money laundering utilized by criminal organizations through cross-border cryptocurrency transfers, anonymous wallets, and overseas platforms. The report stated that this case is considered one of the significant examples of kidnapping and extortion cases in the European cryptocurrency industry and may serve as an early template for multiple kidnapping cases targeting cryptocurrency practitioners in France and Europe in 2025.

Jason Smith, the chairman of the U.S. House of Representatives' fundraising committee, stated that digital asset tax legislation must receive bipartisan support; otherwise, the related bill process will not advance. Subsequently, U.S. Representatives Steven Horsford, Max Miller, Suzan DelBene, and Mike Carey jointly proposed the "Digital Asset Protection, Accountability, Regulation, Innovation, Taxation, and Revenue Act" (PARITY Act). The bill aims to update digital asset tax rules, provide a clearer regulatory framework for the market, while enhancing investor protection and preventing market manipulation.Representative Steven Horsford stated that the bill will help ordinary investors participate more safely in the digital asset market and promote wealth accumulation opportunities. Max Miller believes that the current U.S. tax laws are unable to adapt to the rapid development of digital assets and modern financial technology. Currently, the PARITY Act and the advancing CLARITY Act are seen as important components of establishing a comprehensive regulatory system for crypto assets in the United States.The U.S. Congress released a tax policy discussion draft in March this year and held a bipartisan roundtable in May to discuss the tax framework for crypto assets. The market is closely watching whether the CLARITY Act can be passed by 2026. Analysts believe that if both the CLARITY Act and the PARITY Act are ultimately legislated and combined with the subsequent rule-making of the GENIUS Act, the U.S. crypto industry will welcome a clearer regulatory environment, further promoting Web3 and DeFi into the mainstream financial system.

According to an official announcement from Coinbase, Coinbase Financial Markets has become the first and only futures commission merchant (FCM) regulated by the CFTC in the United States, officially providing U.S. institutional clients with access to the global cryptocurrency derivatives market.Previously, U.S. users lacked compliant channels to access the global cryptocurrency derivatives market (which accounts for about 80% of global cryptocurrency trading volume). Currently, the open interest in Deribit Bitcoin options has exceeded $31 billion.With this launch, institutional clients can access international platforms such as Deribit through a single compliant channel, without the need to establish offshore entities. Retail user access services will also be launched soon.

According to Crypto.news, Grayscale has submitted its Form 8-A12B for the spot Hyperliquid ETF to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), which is the final registration step before listing on Nasdaq, and trading is expected to begin within 1 to 4 days.In addition, the ETF code is GHYP, and it has been renamed from "Grayscale HYPE ETF" to "Grayscale Hyperliquid Staking ETF," which is suspected to include new features allowing for staking.

According to on-chain data, the private key of the StakeDAO deployer was leaked on Arbitrum, and the attacker minted approximately 54.5 trillion vsdCRV, partially exchanging it for 43.7 ETH.

Kelp DAO announced on Monday that after losing $293 million due to an attack by North Korea's Lazarus Group on April 18, rsETH has been fully restored after five weeks of repairs. Kelp DAO stated that the final batch of 20,373.7 rsETH has been sent to the LayerZero smart contract responsible for cross-chain transfers, officially concluding the operational phase of the rsETH recovery plan.Multiple crypto protocols contributed funds through the DeFi United initiative to assist in restoring the support for rsETH. The first batch of 25,000 rsETH was transferred on May 13, and withdrawals were reopened the next day. Currently, minting, redemption, and reward operations are all functioning normally. This attack caused a chain reaction in the DeFi lending market, with the attacker borrowing WETH using a large amount of stolen rsETH as collateral on Aave, resulting in Aave incurring $190 million in bad debt. The TVL dropped from $26.4 billion to below $14 billion and has since remained in the range of $13.9 billion to $15.1 billion without showing signs of recovery. In April, there were 25 crypto hacking incidents, resulting in total losses of $630 million.

According to official data, the U.S. spot Bitcoin ETF has recorded net outflows for six consecutive trading days, with a total outflow amounting to $1.55 billion. Among them, last Friday alone saw a net outflow of $105.2 million, with BlackRock's IBIT seeing an outflow of $68.9 million and Fidelity's FBTC seeing an outflow of $36.3 million. As a result, the cumulative net inflow of Bitcoin ETFs from 2026 to date has shrunk to $536 million, approaching the critical point of annual net outflows.In terms of market background, institutional market maker Jane Street reduced its Bitcoin ETF holdings by about 70% in the first quarter, and Goldman Sachs also cut its position by 10%. However, there are some bright spots; IBIT has still seen a net inflow of $2.7 billion this year to date, but this is far from the $25 billion level for the entire year of 2025. The Morgan Stanley Bitcoin Trust ETF (MSBT), launched on April 8, has attracted a net inflow of $264 million, surpassing products from Invesco and WisdomTree.In other developments, the U.S. spot Ethereum ETF has seen net outflows since the beginning of the year. Several crypto ETFs, supported by Trump’s Truth Social and led by asset management company Yorkville America, have applied to withdraw this Tuesday. The flow of funds into Bitcoin ETFs is seen as an important indicator of institutional demand and new capital entering the crypto market. As of the time of writing, the Bitcoin price is approximately $77,376.