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The U.S. Attorney's Office for the Southern District of New York stated in a court filing on Tuesday that Roni Cohen-Pavon, the former Chief Revenue Officer of the defunct crypto lending platform Celsius, has agreed to a forfeiture judgment of $1.07 million, representing the proceeds traceable to his criminal conduct. Cohen-Pavon pleaded guilty in September 2023 to charges of fraud and conspiracy to manipulate the price related to Celsius's CEL token, and is scheduled to be sentenced this Thursday. Cohen-Pavon's lawyer previously requested a sentence of time served, citing his cooperation agreement with the government and his potential role in the guilty plea of former Celsius CEO Alex Mashinsky.Mashinsky was sentenced to 12 years in prison in May 2025 for commodity and securities fraud and agreed to forfeit over $48 million. In a letter to the judge, Cohen-Pavon stated, "I plead guilty because I am guilty. I participated in the manipulation of the CEL token. I should have stopped it but did not, I could have left but did not. I take full responsibility for this."Additionally, on Thursday, Judge Lewis Kaplan of the same court ordered that $10 million in assets associated with former FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried be used to fulfill his forfeiture agreement. Bankman-Fried was sentenced to 25 years in prison for defrauding FTX users and investors and is subject to over $11 billion in forfeiture. His appeal to overturn the conviction and sentence is still pending.

According to Jinshi reports, European Central Bank President Lagarde stated that if extensive fiscal support is implemented, it will force the European Central Bank to further raise key interest rates.

Liquid Capital (formerly LD Capital) founder Yi Lihua stated on social media, "The war is confirmed to be over, there is no insider information, and neither side has a reason to continue fighting. We will take profits wherever the rebound stops and observe as we go.This year's cryptocurrency market is very similar to 2019, with a cliff-like drop in secondary liquidity, almost no confidence in primary investments, and Web3 companies laying off large numbers of employees, with industry personnel switching careers. Be greedy when others are fearful; this year is definitely the best time for secondary bottom-fishing and primary investment, similar to 2019. Institutions that bottomed out in the secondary market and invested in the primary market in 2019 were the biggest winners in the 2020 bull market, and we are working hard to do these two things well."

According to Jinshi reports, Trump's budget proposal is expected to result in a real GDP growth of 3.1% in the fiscal year 2027.

According to PR Newswire, digital asset fintech company DeFi Technologies (Nasdaq: DEFT) announced its audited financial report for the fiscal year 2025.The company achieved a total revenue of $99.1 million for the year, a year-on-year increase of 215%; net profit was $62.7 million, an improvement of $90.3 million year-on-year. Among them, the asset management subsidiary Valour had an average AUM of $809.9 million for the year, with net inflows of $110.1 million in ETP products; the institutional trading platform Stillman Digital contributed $9.6 million in trading commission revenue, a year-on-year increase of 355%.As of the end of 2025, the company's cash and stablecoin balance was $113.8 million, digital asset reserves were approximately $35.5 million, the venture capital portfolio was valued at approximately $29.4 million, and total asset value was approximately $178.7 million.

According to Bloomberg, after gold prices experienced the largest sell-off in years, bargain buyers have started to enter the gold market. As of Thursday's close, gold prices had fallen 19% from the closing peak in January, approaching the 20% threshold that traditionally marks the beginning of a bear market. However, by Friday, buyers re-entered the market, pushing gold prices up by about 3%.George Efstathopoulos, a fund manager at Fidelity International, stated that this pullback presents a buying opportunity once tensions in the Middle East subside. Inflation risks, fiscal pressures, and bond credit issues remain structural positives for gold. Analysts also pointed out that the Iran conflict could trigger central banks to sell gold, or at least slow down their purchasing pace. Daniel Ghali, a commodity strategist at TD Securities, believes that given that central banks have been cornerstone buyers in this bull market, large-scale direct selling would have a more immediate impact on prices and a more destructive effect on market sentiment. However, for now, the broader trend may be a gradual slowing of central bank gold purchases rather than a complete shift to selling.

Liquid Capital (formerly LD Capital) founder Yi Lihua stated: "In the short term, the war will not end, and the market is waiting for further clarity on the war. However, there will definitely be a great bottom-fishing opportunity this year, so prepare as much capital as possible before that. Aside from the crypto industry, I have been working hard to learn AI recently and have been deeply shocked, especially by the efficiency of commanding AI to work. This is not just a simple improvement in efficiency; it is a direct leap from the era of horse-drawn carriages to the era of airplanes.I require all companies I invest in to immediately learn to use A and embrace AI. In the future, companies that do not use AI will be eliminated. Today, because of AI, all companies and individuals are basically starting from the same starting line. Another great wave is coming, and my requirement for myself this year is to spend half of my time working in collaboration with AI."

Brazilian President Lula has signed Law No. 15,358, which explicitly incorporates seized cryptocurrency assets during law enforcement into the public safety funding system for expenditures such as police equipment, intelligence operations, and personnel training.The law allows for the temporary use of relevant cryptocurrency assets prior to final conviction with court approval. The new regulations also significantly expand the powers of judicial authorities, allowing them to freeze, block, or confiscate cryptocurrency assets during the investigation phase, including restricting access to exchange accounts, digital wallets, and related platforms. Once convicted, the individuals involved will be permanently deprived of the ability to use the formal financial system and cryptocurrency systems. Additionally, the law categorizes the use of encrypted communication tools or privacy technologies to conceal criminal activities as an aggravating circumstance, promotes cross-border asset recovery and intelligence sharing, and establishes a national database to integrate the financial structures of criminal organizations. Analysts believe that this initiative marks Brazil's shift of cryptocurrency assets from potential reserve tools to law enforcement resources, strengthening the crackdown on organized crime (such as PCC and Comando Vermelho) while advancing the judicial system's regulatory and disposal capabilities regarding digital assets.

Digital asset insurance provider Soter Insure announced the launch of Ethereum-denominated slashing insurance. This innovative insurance product was developed in collaboration with Galaxy Digital and provides critical security for Ethereum validators and institutional stakers. It addresses the core risk of slashed assets due to protocol violations by validators in Ethereum staking, with both premiums and claims denominated and settled in ETH. This solves the problem of insufficient coverage in traditional USD-denominated insurance when ETH prices rise, thereby eliminating the "currency mismatch risk."

According to Decrypt, federal prosecutors in Massachusetts have filed a civil forfeiture lawsuit seeking to seize approximately $3.4 million in USDT, alleging it is the proceeds of cryptocurrency investment fraud and money laundering.Prosecutors state that victims have been approached since the end of 2024 through methods such as "wrong text messages." After establishing relationships via WhatsApp, Telegram, and other platforms, they were guided to invest in an exclusive Ethereum project purportedly backed by physical gold. In practice, victims were instructed to transfer ETH to an intermediary wallet, which was then converted to USDT and transferred to a non-custodial wallet to conceal the source and ownership of the funds.

Nanjing Qixia District issued "Several Measures to Support the Integration Development of OpenClaw and Other Open Source AI Intelligent Tools with OPC." It mentions that, relying on the Qizhi OPC Cloud Platform, it will provide free deployment services and supporting development toolkits for OpenClaw and others to the development entities, integrating mainstream AI development frameworks and open-source code libraries to achieve rapid invocation of production factors.For the development entities settled in the OPC community, corresponding amounts of free computing resources and subsidies for API call costs of leading domestic large models will be provided, supporting the rental of "elastic computing power" by the hour or day, reducing technical costs in the early stages of development.In addition, the OPC community "Zijin Star" located in the Zijin Mountain Science and Technology City of Nanjing Jiangning Development Zone has launched the "Lobster Six Lines" special policy, which tailors a full-chain entrepreneurial support system for OpenClaw developers and OPC enterprises from six dimensions: computing power, space, capital, talent, scenarios, and services.

Jiangsu Wuxi High-tech Zone has released the "Several Measures to Support the Integration and Development of OpenClaw and Other Open Source Community Projects with the OPC Community (Draft for Comments)", featuring 12 policies for "breeding crayfish", ranging from basic support to industrial implementation, from talent cultivation to safety compliance, with individual support reaching up to 5 million yuan.The draft for comments proposes a full subsidy of up to 1 million yuan for local cloud platforms that provide free deployment and development toolkits. For OPC projects using the intelligent computing power platform within the zone, subsidies will be provided based on actual expenses, with a maximum of 300,000 yuan per year for each project.In addition, projects that develop vertical large models for industrial quality inspection, predictive maintenance, etc., based on OpenClaw and registered with the state, will be rewarded with 500,000 yuan; breakthroughs in key technologies such as embodied intelligent robots and intelligent quality inspection will receive support of up to 5 million yuan; the establishment of "AI + Manufacturing" joint open-source laboratories is encouraged, with a maximum reward of 1 million yuan for those leading the development of open-source frameworks or formulating industry standards.

A whale with the address 0xA9A...14573 withdrew 4,900 ETH from OKX at the rebound point of ETH, worth $9.71 million, with the withdrawal price at $1978.82. This operation has currently generated approximately $457,000 in floating profit.Previously, this address had deposited 14,428 ETH to the exchange at a price of $2037.43, suspected of conducting a selling operation.

According to The Block, the U.S. Attorney's Office in Boston has initiated a civil forfeiture lawsuit seeking to recover approximately 327,829.720952 USDT. These funds are suspected to have originated from a cryptocurrency scam targeting residents of Massachusetts through a dating app.The investigation reveals that the case began in the fall of 2024. Victims met a suspect who claimed to be "Linda Brown" on the dating app and were lured into participating in so-called "cryptocurrency investments" after weeks of communication. The victims sent funds to wallets controlled by the suspect or their accomplices, only realizing they had been scammed when attempts to withdraw failed. Prosecutors stated that the stolen funds were transferred through multiple wallets and exchanged for USDT, ultimately used for money laundering transactions.

The U.S. Attorney's Office for the District of Massachusetts recently filed a civil forfeiture lawsuit seeking to recover 327,829.720952 USDT (approximately $327,000), which is allegedly related to a cryptocurrency scam conducted through a dating app.Prosecutors stated that the investigation began in the fall of 2024 when authorities discovered that a Massachusetts resident was suspected of being involved in a "romance scam." The suspect, using the name "Linda Brown," claimed to have a cryptocurrency investment opportunity after establishing a relationship with the victim for several weeks, leading the victim to transfer funds. Prosecutors claimed that the suspect used "legitimate investment" as a guise to trick the victim into transferring funds to a wallet address controlled by the suspect or an accomplice. The victim only realized the investment was a scam after failing to withdraw funds.Law enforcement noted that the stolen funds were transferred through multiple cryptocurrency wallets, then converted to USDT, and ultimately used for money laundering transactions. At the time of this case, U.S. regulators are intensifying warnings about "romance-related cryptocurrency scams." Previously, the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Southern District of Ohio issued a reminder titled "Cupid Doesn't Ask for Crypto" ahead of Valentine's Day, warning the public to be cautious of romance investment scams conducted through social media and instant messaging platforms.

Cobo co-founder and CEO Shen Yu stated on social media that the development of AI Agents will have a profound impact on corporate organizational structures. The disruption will not target individual skills, but rather the management systems that have long been centered around Standard Operating Procedures (SOP).He pointed out that traditional enterprises standardize human execution processes by continuously adding SOPs. If AI, which has autonomous planning capabilities, is simply embedded into existing processes, it may lead to internal efficiency losses. In the future, companies may reconstruct processes with "intent and boundaries" at their core, where humans set goals and rules, AI is responsible for autonomous optimization, and humans take on supervisory and decision-making roles.Shen Yu believes that as AI participation increases, departmental barriers and middle management functions may weaken, and organizational forms are expected to evolve towards more efficient dynamic collaboration models.

Starting from April 6, with the new fiscal year, UK investors will no longer be able to add cryptocurrency exchange-traded notes (ETNs) to their Stocks and Shares ISA tax-free accounts.The UK tax authority HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) has classified cryptocurrency ETNs as an asset class applicable only to the Innovative Finance ISA, and currently, there are no mainstream platforms planning to offer related product support. Investors who already hold cryptocurrency ETNs in their ISA accounts are not required to sell them. HMRC stated that, given the innovative nature of cryptocurrency assets and the fact that the market is still developing, it will continue to assess whether related policies need to be adjusted in the future.