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A French woman has been detained on suspicion of manipulating the price of Verasity tokens and had previously purchased real estate worth over 50 million euros in Dubai

According to the French newspaper Le Monde, a 45-year-old woman born in Russia and naturalized in France in 2017, Svetlana A., has recently been placed under investigation and detained by a Paris investigating judge on charges of organized fraud, serious money laundering, and participation in a criminal gang. The French National Financial Prosecutor's Office stated that she and her British partner Robert H. are suspected of committing organized fraud by manipulating cryptocurrency prices, with the related funds suspected to be used for purchasing properties in Dubai.Reports indicate that Svetlana A. invested over 50 million euros in 2022 alone, acquiring about 100 apartments and 3 luxury villas in Dubai, with total rental income from 2022 to 2025 expected to be at least 4 million euros; she also purchased an entire building containing 73 apartments for 68 million dirhams (approximately 17.4 million euros). The cryptocurrency mentioned in the report is Verasity (VRA), launched by her partner in 2018. The price of VRA surged 65 times over a two-and-a-half-month period in the spring of 2021, followed by a significant decline, currently down approximately 99.98% from its historical peak. The lawyer for the parties involved stated that the sources of the related wealth are documented and legal, and they deny any wrongdoing. The case is still under investigation.

first_img RockawayX invested $150 million to launch Catapult, driving real-world revenue on-chain

According to CoinDesk, digital asset investment firm RockawayX announced an investment of $150 million to launch the Catapult program, aimed at bringing more private credit and other yield-generating real-world assets on-chain, betting that lending linked to the real economy will become one of the largest markets in the crypto space.The investment firm, which manages approximately $2 billion, stated that Catapult will provide venture capital, product structuring, liquidity, market making, and distribution support for tokenized credit products. RockawayX currently operates early-stage venture funds, market-neutral funds providing liquidity to DeFi protocols, and a vault business deploying about $300 million, and acquired the crypto hedge fund Relayer in August.According to RWA.xyz data, the scale of tokenized real-world assets such as bonds, stocks, and funds has rapidly grown to approximately $38 billion, but more than half of this is tokenized money market funds. RockawayX expects this market to reach $10 trillion to $20 trillion by 2030, a target higher than the $5.5 trillion benchmark forecast provided by Citigroup analysts. Catapult will focus on areas such as trade and supply chain finance, asset-backed securities, CLOs, and real estate-related credit.RockawayX CEO Viktor Fischer stated that following transactions, yields will become the largest application scenario on-chain, requiring new yield sources of over 12% that are uncorrelated with the crypto market. He pointed out that the appeal of bringing low-liquidity assets on-chain lies in the fact that even if the underlying investments have long redemption periods, market makers can create exit channels.

Meta rolled back Muse for phone call testing, with some calls completed by real people

According to internal information obtained by 404 Media and Reuters, after Meta expanded the Muse "Call for You" testing, it was revealed that some calls were actually completed by real people. Muse can transfer tasks to real contractors at call centers, who then make calls on behalf of users and fulfill requests. Some testers only realized there was human intervention after the call ended.Meta adopted this approach mainly to improve success rates. Internal testing showed that the success rate of phone tasks could reach 95% to 98% with human intervention, higher than pure AI. Some merchants hang up directly when they hear the other party is AI, and there are also testers in the community who reported that merchants hung up after Muse identified itself as an AI assistant.Human intervention raises privacy concerns, as users originally believed their information was only shared with AI, but it may actually be seen by outsourced personnel. Some people within Meta also questioned that providing privacy training to contractors does not equate to a real safety mechanism. A Meta official later admitted that failing to inform testers in advance about human intervention was a mistake, and this feature has been rolled back. Meta stated that the phone function is still in testing and will only be officially launched after ensuring safety, privacy, and clear communication.
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