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the U.S. Department of Justice stated in a press release that a 47-year-old resident of Newcastle, Washington, Geoffrey K. Auyeung, has been sentenced to 5 years in prison for conspiracy to commit money laundering.Geoffrey K. Auyeung assisted overseas scammers in transferring nearly $100 million in investment fraud proceeds through bank accounts and cryptocurrency exchanges. The scammers deceived victims into investing in the oil and gas industry, luring them to transfer funds into so-called escrow accounts. To facilitate this, Geoffrey K. Auyeung established at least nine entities to receive funds, which were then transferred overseas or exchanged for cryptocurrencies such as Bitcoin, Ethereum, USDT, and USDC via exchanges like Gemini, Coinbase, and BitStamp. Most of these cryptocurrencies were subsequently sent to Binance accounts controlled by individuals in Nigeria and Russia.Geoffrey K. Auyeung opened at least 81 bank accounts across 24 financial institutions and 19 accounts across 8 cryptocurrency exchanges, receiving a total of $97.1 million in wire transfers and deposits. Through his involvement in the scheme, he earned at least $4 million in commissions and received an additional $400,000 in commissions through accounts under his wife's name between August 2024 and December 2025. Auyeung pleaded guilty in February of this year. He will forfeit approximately $2.3 million seized from bank accounts and his home, an Audi SQ8, and has agreed to forfeit approximately $7.1 million worth of cryptocurrency. (The Block)
According to on-chain analyst Onchain Lens (@OnchainLens), a whale has been continuously depositing USDC and USDT into Aave V3 to short ETH, having deposited a total of $132.16 million worth of USDC and USDT. The whale then borrowed 35,001 ETH and transferred them to Binance for sale.
On-chain investigator ZachXBT stated that JuCoin, an East Asian centralized exchange, has recently been reported by multiple users to have experienced abnormal withdrawal issues over the past week. Analysis indicates that in its Proof of Reserves published on X, JuCoin self-reported total reserves of approximately $511 million—most of which consist of USDC and USDT issued on its proprietary blockchain, JuChain—leaving the actual backing unclear.
According to on-chain analytics platform Lookonchain (@lookonchain), a whale associated with Matrixport currently holds a long position of 120,000 ETH, valued at approximately $194 million, with an unrealized loss of roughly $78 million. To avoid liquidation, the whale has added $5.84 million worth of USDC as margin. Its latest liquidation prices are $1,414.51, $1,366.11, $1,360.73, and $1,309.53.
According to on-chain analyst Onchain Lens (@OnchainLens), the wallet “0x466”—linked to the “7 Siblings”—borrowed $60 million and purchased 32,919 ETH at an average price of $1,762, spending approximately $58 million; $2 million worth of orders remain unfilled. Meanwhile, the dormant “old whale” wallet “0x293” sold 10,000 ETH at an average price of $1,772, cashing out roughly $17.72 million in USDC.
according to on-chain analyst Yu Jin @EmberCN's monitoring, crypto asset management firm Abraxas Capital has sold a cumulative total of 2,469 BTC (approximately $166 million) over the past day or so, at an average price of approximately $67,210.Specifically, the firm transferred 1,469 BTC (approximately $98.45 million) to the Kraken exchange before withdrawing 22,710,000 USDC.
According to on-chain analyst EmberCN (@EmberCN), crypto asset management firm Abraxas Capital has sold a total of 2,469 BTC (approximately $166 million) over the past day and a half, at an average price of $67,210 per BTC. All transactions involved transferring BTC to Kraken and then withdrawing stablecoins. The most recent transaction involved transferring 1,469 BTC (approximately $98.45 million) to Kraken and withdrawing $22.71 million in USDC; the previous transaction occurred during last night’s market decline, when 1,000 BTC (approximately $67.49 million) were sold, followed by withdrawals of approximately $52.72 million in stablecoins (USDC + USDT).
According to on-chain analyst Yujin (@EmberCN), crypto asset management firm Abraxas Capital transferred 1,000 BTC (approximately $67.49 million) to the Kraken exchange approximately 7 hours ago. It subsequently withdrew roughly $52.72 million worth of stablecoins (USDC + USDT) from Kraken, suggesting the sale has been completed.
According to Onchain Lens monitoring, a whale deposited $3.12 million USDC into HyperLiquid and purchased 45,887 HYPE at a price of $68.09.
Blockaid disclosed on X that the Alephium TokenBridge Ethereum cross-chain bridge was attacked. The attacker compromised three out of four Guardian private keys, forged a Verified Action Approval (VAA) message, and executed the attack within approximately seven minutes, stealing roughly $815,000 worth of assets. During the attack, the attacker minted 13.76 million Wrapped ALPH tokens out of thin air—exceeding the pre-attack circulating supply by over 100%—and simultaneously unlocked and withdrew assets including USDT, USDC, WBTC, and WETH from the custody pool. As of now, the attacker’s address still holds approximately $815,000 in stolen assets and 13.76 million uncollateralized Wrapped ALPH tokens; the largest anomalous transaction involved the out-of-thin-air minting of 13.76 million Wrapped ALPH tokens.
According to on-chain analyst Onchain Lens (@OnchainLens), “Brother Maji” has again suffered a full liquidation of his 25x-leveraged long ETH position on HyperLiquid, incurring a single-loss exceeding $1 million. His current total losses have surpassed $33.5 million, and cumulative losses since September 2025 have exceeded $78.38 million. Despite this, Machi has once again deposited $250,000 in USDC to increase his leveraged ETH long position (25x) and open a new 40x-leveraged long BTC position.
According to on-chain analyst Onchain Lens (@OnchainLens), the whale address “0x688” sold 102,001 $HYPE tokens at $57.3 each, cashing out $5.84 million in USDC; it realized over $1 million in profit within 13 days and now holds only 54 $HYPE tokens in its wallet.
According to Lookonchain monitoring, a whale associated with BIT created a new account and deposited 5 million USDC, then opened a 20x leveraged long position of 500 BTC, with a position value of approximately $36.5 million.
Odaily News Court documents released by the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Southern District of New York reveal that Google security engineer Michele Spagnuolo has been arrested and charged with using material non-public information to place bets on Polymarket related to Google user search results. According to the court documents, Spagnuolo used internal Google tools to track the list of the most searched-for individuals in 2025 and transferred approximately 3.8 million USDC to a Polymarket address. His associated account, AlphaRaccoon, placed bets on D4vd becoming one of the most searched-for individuals in late November just hours after accessing the internal tools. The documents further allege that AlphaRaccoon transferred 5 million USDC.e from a Polymarket account to a wallet, and subsequently moved the funds through exchange services and privacy tools, with some of the funds ultimately ending up in an account at a payment processing institution in Italy. Spagnuolo is accused of profiting over $1.2 million from these transactions and currently faces charges of commodities fraud, wire fraud, and money laundering.
Block's Cash App is gradually rolling out stablecoin payment functionality to its nearly 60 million users. According to sources familiar with the matter, the feature currently covers approximately 25% of users and is expected to reach full 100% availability within this week.The core functionality supports users in depositing and withdrawing via USDC, allowing free transfers of funds between external wallets and Cash App balances, and using stablecoins as a settlement tool for payments rather than as investment products. It currently supports transactions across four blockchain networks, including Solana, Ethereum, Polygon, and Arbitrum. Due to the irreversible nature of on-chain transactions, incorrect addresses or unsupported network transfers may result in permanent loss of funds.Block CEO Jack Dorsey previously stated that despite his longstanding preference for Bitcoin, user demand for stablecoins has prompted the company to adjust its strategy. (CoinDesk)
According to on-chain analytics platform Lookonchain (@lookonchain), 46 days ago, a newly created wallet purchased HYPE for $5 million in USDC. Eight hours ago, the wallet sold all its HYPE holdings for $7.51 million, realizing a total profit of $2.51 million over the 46-day period.
According to on-chain analyst Ai Aunt (@ai9684xtpa), the address 0x900…E5B63 deposited 1 million USDC to Hyperliquid 10 hours ago and subsequently opened a long position of 10,217.71 SPCX tokens at 1x leverage; the position’s notional value is approximately $2.072 million. Currently, this account is the only long-position holder among the top five largest SPCX positions on Hyperliquid.
according to Onchain Lens monitoring, a whale sold 123,100 HYPE at a price of $61, exchanging it for 7.5 million USDC, making a profit of $2.5 million after holding for over 1.5 months. The whale purchased this batch of HYPE when it was worth $5 million.
Odaily reports, according to data monitored by on-chain analyst EmberCN (@EmberCN), a whale has been repeatedly going long on Micron Technology (MU) on Hyperliquid since March this year. The whale has grown their initial principal of 4.33 million USDC to approximately $13 million.Data shows that after transferring 4.33 million USDC to Hyperliquid in March, the address began going long on MU and has been continuously adding to the position using unrealized profits. The total MU long position now stands at approximately $21 million, with corresponding unrealized profits of around $8.25 million.
According to on-chain analyst Ember (@EmberCN), the whale nemorino.eth purchased 7,908.3 ETH at an average price of $2,113 one hour ago, spending a total of $16.71 million in USDC. The transaction was executed as follows: first, using its own $11.71 million in USDC to buy 5,535.6 ETH; then depositing those ETH into Spark as collateral to borrow $5 million in DAI; and finally using the borrowed DAI to purchase an additional 2,372.7 ETH.