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Cựu cố vấn mật của Nhà Trắng Bo Hines đã thúc đẩy dự luật GENIUS, trong thời gian đó, công ty tư vấn mà ông đồng sáng lập và nắm giữ cổ phần là Nxum đã thiết lập mối quan hệ thương mại với Tether. Tether đã thanh toán cho Nxum hơn 6 triệu đô la, số tiền liên quan được phân chia bởi ba đối tác.Mặc dù Hines đã rời khỏi hoạt động hàng ngày của Nxum, nhưng trong thời gian tại vị, ông vẫn thảo luận về dự luật này với các đối tác qua Signal. Sau khi dự luật GENIUS được ký thành luật vào tháng 7 năm 2025, Hines đã từ chức vào tháng 8 và được bổ nhiệm làm Giám đốc điều hành của Tether cho hoạt động stablecoin tại Mỹ vào tháng 9, các giao dịch liên quan đã dấy lên nghi ngờ về xung đột lợi ích tiềm ẩn.

Theo báo cáo của TechCrunch, phòng thí nghiệm AI Thinking Machines do cựu CTO của OpenAI Mira Murati thành lập đang đàm phán để huy động 1 tỷ USD với mức định giá ít nhất 40 tỷ USD, nhà đầu tư hiện tại Accel dẫn đầu. Công ty được thành lập vào đầu năm ngoái, ra mắt mô hình trọng số mã nguồn mở Inkling vào tháng 7, thu phí tính toán theo mức sử dụng thông qua nền tảng Tinker, doanh thu hàng năm vượt quá 100 triệu USD.Trước đó, Thinking Machines đã hoàn thành việc huy động 2 tỷ USD với mức định giá 12 tỷ USD, do a16z dẫn đầu, cùng với sự tham gia của Nvidia, GV và các nhà đầu tư khác. Sau đó, nhiều đồng sáng lập bao gồm Lilian Weng và Luke Metz đã trở lại OpenAI. Nếu vòng này hoàn thành, mức định giá sẽ thấp hơn mục tiêu 50 tỷ USD được đồn đại vào cuối năm ngoái.

ChainCatcher tin tức, theo báo Wall Street Journal đưa tin, đồng sáng lập Thinking Machines Lab Barret Zoph sẽ gia nhập Google, đảm nhận vị trí phó giám đốc nghiên cứu. Zoph đã rời khỏi công ty khởi nghiệp này để chuyển sang OpenAI sau khi xảy ra tranh cãi với Giám đốc điều hành Mira Murati vào năm nay, và sau một thời gian ngắn làm việc tại OpenAI, ông lại đổi chủ.Zoph trước đó đã giữ chức vụ giám đốc công nghệ tại Thinking Machines Lab và trong thời gian ở OpenAI, ông đã dẫn dắt công việc bán sản phẩm trí tuệ nhân tạo cho doanh nghiệp. Phía Google đã xác nhận sự bổ nhiệm này. Gần đây, Google đã liên tiếp mất đi nhiều nhà nghiên cứu có danh tiếng cao.

According to Jinshi News, most Chinese concept stocks in the U.S. stock market rose before the market opened, with Li Auto (LI.O) up 7.5%, Alibaba (BABA.N) up 6%, JD.com (JD.O) up 5%, Bilibili (BILI.O) and NIO (NIO.N) up 4%, and Baidu (BIDU.O) up 3%.

According to Bits.media, a large illegal cryptocurrency mining operation was discovered in the city of Nizhny Tagil in Sverdlovsk Oblast, Russia, and the nearby city of Kushva. The mining operation was hidden in an abandoned industrial park and deployed about 10,000 mining machines, which were dismantled by a joint operation of the Federal Security Service of the Russian Federation, the police, and the power company.Local power companies estimate that the losses caused by the long-term illegal electricity usage of this mining operation amount to nearly 1 billion rubles (approximately 12.7 million USD). Investigators stated that its electricity consumption was sufficient to meet the lighting needs of a small city. Law enforcement has arrested three suspects, who are currently under house arrest and are being investigated for "causing property damage through deception or abuse of trust." Under Russian law, those involved could face up to 5 years in prison.Investigations revealed that the operators of the mining site accessed the power grid through intermediaries and allegedly tampered with electricity meter data to cover up the actual electricity usage. Law enforcement agencies stated that the actual electricity consumption of the mining operation was about twice the approved quota. The local energy department initially launched an investigation due to frequent voltage fluctuations, power outages, and equipment failures in the abandoned factory area, ultimately pinpointing the location of the mining operation. A local television station also produced a documentary titled "Mining" to document this operation.

According to Cambodian media KohsantepheapDaily, a 53-year-old Chinese real estate company owner, Yang Weixin, was kidnapped by a criminal gang in Phnom Penh. The suspects demanded a ransom of 2 million dollars in cryptocurrency from the victim's wife via the victim's phone in the early hours of May 30. After failing to receive the ransom, they subsequently killed the victim and abandoned the body in a car.Surveillance footage shows that three suspects forcibly took the victim away from his residence parking lot on the evening of May 29. Local police have confirmed that the case is classified as kidnapping for ransom resulting in death, and the investigation is ongoing.

The court in Qujiang District, Quzhou City, Zhejiang Province, China recently ruled on a hacker case that used government and enterprise websites as a platform for pornography. The defendant, Zhou, illegally controlled over 150 servers (involving 157 government and enterprise units and well-known apps) through website vulnerabilities, batch-injecting malicious files, forcing redirection to overseas pornographic websites, and selling control permissions for profit. To evade tracking, Zhou rented a house and opened accounts using the identities of friends and relatives, arranged for accomplices to operate

According to Bits Media, the Russian government has expanded the scope of information that miners and mining infrastructure operators must submit to the tax authorities. Under the new regulations, the national registry of miners and operators must include network address data for equipment used in cryptocurrency mining (ASIC miners). The Russian Ministry of Finance stated that this move aims to simplify the regulation of digital asset transactions and the investigation of violations. Additionally, grid operators will be able to more accurately monitor the infrastructure load in areas with a high concentration of mining capacity.According to the law, government agencies, courts, the Bank of Russia, and grid operators can access the information in the miners' registry. The Federal Tax Service is responsible for maintaining the registry of miners and mining infrastructure operators. Under current law, miners and infrastructure operators (such as mining pools) must submit and regularly update the following information: for mining equipment, details such as manufacturer, model, serial number, algorithm, hash rate, power consumption, and operating mode. Regarding mining: the amount and type of cryptocurrency mined, mining pools, and links to online statistics.

According to Livecoins, the property crime investigation department DEIC of São Paulo, Brazil, in collaboration with the electricity company CPFL Piratininga, conducted an operation that seized approximately 1,400 Bitcoin mining machines suspected of operating with stolen electricity. It is estimated that the amount of stolen electricity is enough to supply about 2,000 households for a month. Although Bitcoin mining is not illegal in Brazil, the focus of the actions by CPFL and DEIC is on the theft of electricity.

According to Zhejiang Daily, recently, the Ningbo Customs Anti-Smuggling Bureau successfully dismantled multiple criminal gangs smuggling virtual currency "mining machines" through in-depth operations and meticulous investigations, effectively cutting off an illegal industrial chain.Previously, during a routine inspection of a batch of imported express shipments declared as "industrial blockers," Ningbo Customs discovered that the actual goods did not match the declaration and were, in fact, virtual currency "mining machines." Customs officers quickly transferred this lead to the anti-smuggling department. After receiving the report, the Ningbo Customs Anti-Smuggling Bureau immediately assembled a task force by drawing on elite personnel, and through data analysis and clue investigation, gradually clarified the organizational structure and operational model of the criminal network. When the timing was right, they decisively struck, simultaneously conducting net-seizing operations in Dongguan, Shenzhen, and other locations, successfully dismantling multiple smuggling gangs of mining machines.Upon investigation, it was confirmed that this series of cases seized over 400 illegal entry mining machines of brands such as Ant L9 and Ice River KS3. The investigation revealed that the smuggling gang led by Liao, in order to make illegal profits, procured "mining machines" from overseas suppliers, disassembled the whole machines, and misreported the product names to smuggle them into the country through international express channels from ports in Ningbo, Guangzhou, and other places. After the goods entered the country, the gang reassembled them, either selling them directly domestically or transporting them to hidden "mining sites" in Xinjiang, Hunan, and other places to engage in illegal virtual currency "mining" activities. At the same time, they utilized virtual currencies like USDT for cross-border payment settlements to evade financial supervision.

According to the Ministry of Public Security of China, recently, the police from China, the United States, and the United Arab Emirates conducted international law enforcement cooperation for the first time, jointly combating telecom network fraud crimes in the Dubai area. They successfully dismantled 9 fraud dens and arrested 276 criminal suspects.Investigations revealed that the related fraud gangs established "romantic" relationships with victims through social platforms, deceiving them into trusting them emotionally, and then inducing victims to invest in so-called high-return cryptocurrency projects, resulting in their fraud. A relevant official from the Ministry of Public Security of China stated that this joint crackdown is an important achievement of international law enforcement cooperation by the Chinese police. The Chinese police will deepen practical cooperation with more countries, carry out joint crackdown actions, resolutely eliminate fraud dens, and make every effort to capture suspects involved in telecom fraud, effectively safeguarding the legitimate rights and interests of people in all countries.

According to the Zhejiang Daily, the Ningbo Customs Anti-Smuggling Bureau in Zhejiang, China, recently cracked multiple cases of smuggling virtual currency mining machines, dismantling several criminal gangs and seizing over 400 mining machines of models such as Ant L9 and Ice River KS3.The report states that the involved gangs misrepresented the mining machines as "industrial block devices" and smuggled them into the country through international express channels from ports in Ningbo, Guangzhou, and other locations. They then reassembled the machines and sold them domestically or transported them to mining sites in Xinjiang, Hunan, and other areas for hosting and mining.Investigators stated that the relevant gangs also used USDT for cross-border payment settlements to evade financial regulation.

According to a report by Reuters, the United States has approved the sale of Nvidia H200 AI chips to about 10 Chinese companies, including Alibaba, Tencent, and ByteDance, but no chips have been delivered yet, and the related transactions are at a standstill.The report pointed out that Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang joined the delegation during President Trump's visit to China, trying to promote the sale of H200 chips in China. The U.S. Department of Commerce has also approved some distributors, such as Lenovo and Foxconn, to directly purchase and resell the chips. However, due to strict security, usage, revenue sharing, and legal restrictions imposed by the U.S. on H200 exports, there are conflicts with China's supply chain security policies, leading to stricter order approvals.

In February this year, several Chinese citizens were raided by the police at a rented villa in Country Heights, Kajang, Malaysia. The police claimed to suspect that the Chinese citizens were involved in fraud, and subsequently, the Chinese citizens were forced to transfer about $50,000 (approximately 200,000 ringgit) in USDT. The police later arrested 12 officers involved in the case and removed them from frontline duties, but the investigation still awaits technical reports and digital evidence results, and there has been no breakthrough to date.Lawyer Charles, representing eight Chinese victims, stated that the investigation is progressing too slowly. Since the arrest of the 12 involved police officers, there has been no further information, raising suspicions of internal interference attempting to suppress the case. He warned that if there is internal protection, he will file a complaint with the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission.

According to market news, American Bitcoin Company (NASDAQ: ABTC) disclosed in its latest quarterly report that the company purchased approximately 11,298 S21 XP ASIC miners (with a computing power of about 3.05 EH/s) from Bitmain for $49,400,000 this year, of which 80% of the payment was made by pledging 314 BTC.Based on this calculation, the valuation of the pledged Bitcoin agreement is approximately $125,900 per coin, while the average market price of BTC at that time was less than $70,000, resulting in a discount of about 44%. According to the agreement, Bitmain cannot forcibly liquidate the pledged BTC during the approximately 24-month redemption period. If the BTC price at maturity is higher than the agreement valuation, ABTC can choose to repay in cash and reclaim the BTC, locking in the appreciation gains; if it is lower than the agreement valuation, ABTC can forgo redemption and leave the BTC to Bitmain. This structure essentially grants ABTC a long-term Bitcoin call option.As of March 31, 2026, ABTC has cumulatively pledged 3,090 BTC to Bitmain, with a fair value of approximately $210,800,000, corresponding to a mining equipment purchase liability of about $364,300,000.

According to Benchmark Studio, after the China Securities Regulatory Commission issued inquiries to multiple companies regarding overseas shareholding structures, Chinese tech startups such as Moonshot AI and DeepRoute.ai are evaluating the feasibility of relocating their company registration from overseas back to China. They are currently discussing related plans with lawyers and have not yet made a final decision. Shanghai AI model developer StepFun has taken the lead in initiating the process of dismantling its overseas shareholding structure to expedite the regulatory approval process for its Hong Kong IPO.The direct trigger for this tightening of regulations was Meta's acquisition of the AI agency Manus, founded by Chinese individuals, for $2 billion—relevant authorities have ordered the cancellation of this acquisition, leading to a systematic review by regulators of the "domestic operation, overseas registration" company model.Dismantling the red-chip structure is complex, typically taking six months to a year, involving multiple steps such as repurchasing offshore equity, establishing joint ventures, and investors re-entering shares. Additionally, the lock-up period for joint ventures listed in Hong Kong lasts up to 12 months, which is twice as long as that for ordinary red-chip stocks. Analysts point out that if the red-chip structure faces comprehensive restrictions, it will significantly weaken the ability of Chinese startups to obtain dollar financing from overseas.

According to Jinshi reports, U.S. stocks of Chinese concept stocks rose broadly before the market opened, with NIO (NIO.N) up 3%, Alibaba (BABA.N) up 2%, and Li Auto (LI.O) up 1%.