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On May 28, U.S. federal officials announced the arrest of Michele Spagnuolo, a 36-year-old Google security engineer and an Italian citizen. He was charged by the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of New York with three counts: commodities fraud, wire fraud, and money laundering. He is alleged to have placed bets in Polymarket’s prediction markets through an account called “AlphaRaccoon,” earning more than $1.2 million in personal profits. Allegations Confirmed in the Indictment: A

OnchainLens monitoring data and Arkham Intelligence confirmed on May 28 that the U.S. government transferred approximately $1.9 million in six types of crypto tokens (UNI, RNDR, SAND, MASK, AXS, APE) and $2.656 million in DAI from the funds confiscated from the FTX Alameda Research Company into Coinbase, totaling $4.556 million. Arkham-confirmed transfer details and token composition (Source: Arkham) According to Arkham Intelligence’s monitoring, a wallet marked as belonging to the U.S. governme

Bitcoin (BTC) continues to dip, temporarily around $74,530 as of May 28. Against the backdrop of global crackdown on prediction markets, Polymarket is weighing “know your customer” (KYC) requirements. The Bank for International Settlements (BIS) will launch a real-value transaction trial for its digital cross-border payments project Project Agorá. Macro Events & Crypto Market Hotspots 1、CoinTelegraph, citing The Information, reports that Polymarket is considering adopting mandatory user verifica

Global card network Mastercard announced on the 27th (local time) that it has obtained a BitLicense from the New York State Department of Financial Services (NYDFS). The BitLicense is a virtual asset business registration certificate issued by NYDFS for entities operating digital asset-related

Trump Pledges Support for Digital Assets U.S. President Donald Trump on January 27 declared that "a new frontier of finance is being created in America, and I will absolutely never abandon digital assets." Trump made the statement while criticizing the previous administration's approach to

Kobeissi Letter market research analyst confirmed via CoinTelegraph on May 28 that the monthly cumulative transaction volume of crypto payment cards in May reached about $7.8 billion, up about 230% year-over-year. Visa, through collaborations with on-chain native companies such as Jupiter Global on Solana, holds about 90% of the crypto card transaction share. Kobeissi Letter confirms the 230% growth data and Visa’s market share According to Kobeissi Letter’s analysis, since 2024, the monthly spe

Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin announced on May 27 via his Farcaster account vitalik.eth that he is pausing his signature long-form blog posts, and will instead write a sci-fi novel centered on decentralized governance. He has finished the first and second chapters, and has published the two chapters on his personal website. Buterin’s Announcement Details: Farcaster Post and Released Chapters Buterin’s Farcaster post is a brief notice, pointing followers to the draft he is working on, and i

On May 28, Bitcoin fell by about 2.8%, touching a weekly low of $74,530. Reuters reported that a U.S. official, who requested anonymity, said that the U.S. military launched a new round of strikes overnight on Wednesday against an Iranian military base, which the authorities have officially identified as posing a threat to U.S. forces and commercial shipping through the Strait of Hormuz. The U.S. military also intercepted and shot down multiple Iranian drones. In the same period, on-chain data s

Opening Elon Musk's companies SpaceX and Tesla collectively hold 30,221 Bitcoin valued at approximately $2.27 billion, according to recent SEC filings. SpaceX disclosed its Bitcoin position last week when filing for an initial public offering, revealing holdings of 18,712 BTC worth more

Cross-border payments platform Nium and stablecoin issuer Circle Internet Group Inc. have launched a partnership to connect onchain digital dollar settlement with traditional last-mile fiat payouts. Key Takeaways: Nium joined the Circle Payments Network on May 27, 2026, to connect USDC stablec

Opening Researchers from the University of Copenhagen and the University of Exeter published a preprint study challenging the term "AI psychosis" following a series of incidents linking AI chatbots to mental health crises. The study, titled "Rethinking AI Psychosis: Misnomers, Conceptual Limits, a

Ethereum traders are increasingly bearish as the asset traded around $2,057 on Wednesday, down 0.8% in 24 hours and more than 10% over the past month. Prediction market platform Myriad shows odds for ETH dropping to $1,500 have risen to 63%—a 13% increase in the last week—while Ethereum exchange-tra

The White House Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs on Tuesday began reviewing proposed prediction market regulations submitted by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, as President Donald Trump publicly supported the agency's claim to exclusive jurisdiction over the industry. The revie

ElevenLabs and Stability AI released new AI music generation models this week, both emphasizing licensed training data amid ongoing copyright litigation in the industry. ElevenLabs, the Polish-founded voice AI company valued at $11 billion after a $500 million Series D in February, launched Music v2

AI startup ElevenLabs announced on Wednesday via X a licensing agreement with Stan Lee Universe to add the late Marvel creator's voice and likeness to its ElevenCreative AI platform. The deal enables commercial licensing through ElevenLabs' Iconic Marketplace and consumer access via the

Polymarket, one of the world’s largest prediction market platforms, is tightening its grip on anonymous access by pushing traders to complete identity verification, according to a May 27, 2026, report from The Information. Key Takeaways: Polymarket reportedly is pushing KYC verification on tra

DeepSeek and Xiaomi Slash API Pricing While American Labs Increase Rates DeepSeek made its 75% discount on DeepSeek V4-Pro permanent on May 22, 2026, locking output pricing at $0.87 per million tokens. Xiaomi followed on May 26, cutting MiMo-V2.5 API prices by up to 99% for cached inputs, with