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According to Decrypt, the Ukrainian prosecutor's office has for the first time transferred seized cryptocurrency assets to the state asset management agency ARMA, with over 8.3 million USDT moved to its custody wallet.The funds come from the wallet of a suspected member of an international hacking group, which has been accused of carrying out ransomware attacks and data theft against businesses and individuals in Europe and the United States, and laundering money in Ukraine through the purchase of real estate and vehicles, causing losses of over 100 million dollars. Currently, four suspects have been detained, with assets worth over 11.1 million dollars seized, including real estate, vehicles, approximately 1 million dollars in cash, and cryptocurrency assets. This takeover by ARMA marks the first custody case involving digital assets following its reforms in 2025 to enhance the transparency of asset management related to criminal cases.

According to Bitcoin.com, the European Cybercrime Centre recently led a joint operation codenamed "Endgame," which was the result of collaboration among law enforcement agencies from Canada, Denmark, Germany, the Netherlands, and the United States.These agencies jointly targeted the network infrastructure that provided services to criminals, utilizing three key types of "cybercrime-as-a-service" (CaaS) malware: SocGholish, Amadey, and StealC, to collect victims' information and sensitive data.Law enforcement agencies took action against a total of 326 servers and 142 domain names, seizing illegal cryptocurrency worth approximately $47 million and recovering over 27 million stolen credentials.

The decentralized trading platform Oxium on the Sei network announced that it will gradually cease operations.The team stated that due to the long-term adverse market environment, the platform's revenue can no longer support ongoing operations, and therefore, they have decided to shut down related services. Among them, the Oxium front-end interface will officially go offline on August 1, 2026.Oxium reminds users to cancel any unfilled orders, close existing positions, and withdraw assets in a timely manner before the interface shuts down.The team also emphasized that user assets are always controlled by the users themselves and are not held on the platform. Even after the front-end interface is closed, users can still access and retrieve their funds directly through smart contracts.

According to The Block, the U.S. Department of Justice has seized a cloud computing account used by Huione Group, which is accused of laundering billions of dollars in cryptocurrency scam proceeds. Assistant Attorney General A. Tysen Duva stated that the account constituted technical support, enabling the transfer and concealment of scam funds through Southeast Asian scam centers. This action is part of "Operation Choke Point," under which the U.S. Financial Crimes Enforcement Network had previously identified Huione Group as a primary money laundering concern.The statement claims that Huione's subsidiaries are suspected of assisting criminals in transferring funds from investment scams, cyber theft, and other illegal blockchain activities, ultimately injecting them into the legitimate banking system, with a significant amount of theft reportedly linked to North Korea. Huione's "Huione Guarantee" had previously posted advertisements for stolen credit cards, identity information, malware profits, and human trafficking services on Telegram channels. Blockchain analytics firm Elliptic pointed out that Huione launched the stablecoin USDH under financial pressure last year and developed a proprietary product line that includes a decentralized exchange, wallets, and "Huione Chain" (Xone).

According to Laprovence, French police arrested four suspects in Marseille and surrounding areas in connection with an attempted kidnapping and robbery involving cryptocurrency assets. The incident occurred around 3 AM on June 13, 2026, when the suspects broke into a residence in the 13th district of Marseille, attempting to obtain cryptocurrency-related assets by holding two women hostage. A family was awakened by the noise and immediately called the police, prompting the suspects to flee the scene, leaving only vehicle license plate clues behind.It is reported that such cryptocurrency kidnapping crimes are on the rise in France, with approximately 70 cases involving the kidnapping or extortion of cryptocurrency assets recorded since 2026. Police state that these cases typically target cryptocurrency asset holders and their family members, exhibiting highly targeted and violent characteristics.

According to Bloomberg, the U.S. government has seized nearly $9 million in USDT, stating that the related funds can be traced back to an organized fraud network.The U.S. Department of Justice stated that this operation targeted a scam model commonly known as "pig butchering," where the involved gang gained the victims' trust by establishing fake romantic or personal relationships and induced victims to transfer money with fabricated cryptocurrency investment returns.

The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has issued a seizure notice. It lists multiple assets that have been seized and entered into federal forfeiture proceedings. According to the announcement, the estimated value of the related cryptocurrency assets is approximately $1.9004 million, of which about $1.7004 million is in USDT. Additionally, it includes assets such as BTC, ETH, BNB, SOL, and XRP, involving platforms or accounts like Tether, Coinbase, and Binance. The announcement states that the related property was seized due to suspected violations of federal law, and claims of rights, applications for relief, or objections must be submitted according to the announcement procedures.

According to Onchain Lens monitoring, the U.S. government has transferred assets worth $349,000 from seized FTX/Alameda funds, including MKR, COMP, GRT, ENJ, MDT.

According to Onchain Lens monitoring, the U.S. government has transferred $215,673 in assets from the seized FTX/Alameda funds again (a total transfer of $983,696 over nearly 9 hours), including LINK, AAVE, CHZ, and BAL.

According to CoinDesk, Japan's SBI Shinsei Bank will launch a pilot program on June 10, allowing customers to convert part of their deposit interest into BTC, ETH, or XRP.The plan, titled "Interest Conversion," aims to introduce crypto assets into traditional deposit products, allowing users to gain exposure to cryptocurrencies without directly purchasing them. This initiative will proceed in a small-scale pilot form, with further expansion depending on customer participation and the regulatory environment.

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 Infobae, 10 judicial departments in Buenos Aires Province, Argentina coordinated a large-scale operation with security forces from various locations, which included 90 simultaneous raids. The operation resulted in the arrest of 24 individuals and the seizure of over 8 million USDT and nearly 60 million dollars in cash. Additionally, 80 mobile phones, computers, tablets, and processors were confiscated.The case investigates alleged investment fraud, which is believed to have caused losses of nearly 3 billion dollars. The coordination of this operation was handled by the Crypto Assets Assistance and Coordination Group of the Buenos Aires Attorney General's Office. According to the group's report, the seized amount exceeded the previous record held by this specialized group: during the RainbowEx operation in 2024, over 2 million dollars were seized.

According to The Block, the United States has seized approximately $1 billion in cryptocurrency assets from Iran, nearly double the government's previous estimate. U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Basset stated on Friday at the 2026 Reagan National Economic Forum that the U.S. believes Iran is stealing about $400 million to $500 million per month by evading sanctions. "I believe we have seized about $1 billion of their cryptocurrency," he said. "We have directly confiscated their wallets. Some of them may be inputting information right now, but they may not realize that their wallets have already been confiscated." On April 29, Basset stated that the U.S. had seized "nearly $500 million" in Iranian cryptocurrency assets.

Sei releases the next-generation protocol upgrade "Giga" roadmap, planning to significantly enhance transaction performance by restructuring the execution client, state management, and consensus mechanism. Core upgrades include: Ares execution client (optimizing performance through pipelined execution and asynchronous processing); Eidos state management (replacing the Merkle tree with a flat key-value store, separating hot data from cold archives); Autobahn consensus mechanism (targeting 200,000 TPS and 400 milliseconds finality, with the internal test network already achieving 5 Gigagas processing capability); Sedna private memory pool (introducing a cryptographic transaction propagation mechanism); and gradually phasing out Cosmos SDK and CosmWasm through SIP-3, transitioning to a pure EVM architecture.

According to OnchainLens monitoring, the U.S. government has transferred approximately $1.9 million worth of cryptocurrency and $2.656 million in DAI from the seized funds of FTX Alameda to Coinbase. The assets involved include UNI, RNDR, SAND, MASK, AXS, and APE.

Binance is expected to suspend the token deposit and withdrawal services for Sei (SEI) network on June 1 at 16:00 to support its migration to the SEIEVM network. After the migration is completed, Sei (SEI) tokens will only support deposits and withdrawals through the SEIEVM network.

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 Arkham monitoring, the U.S. government transferred 319 ETH, 643,000 DAI, and 290,000 USDT from the seized funds of FTX Alameda to Coinbase Prime.

According to Onchain Lens monitoring, the U.S. government sent 319 ETH (approximately $673,000) and $933,774 worth of USDT, DAI, and USDC from the seized funds of FTX Alameda to Coinbase.