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Trump’s WLFI partners abandoned a hacked crypto DEX, pocketing millions instead of reimbursing its victims. The Trump family’s crypto ventures are once again under scrutiny due to their associations with unsavory characters. On Monday, May 19, Reuters released a report about World Liberty Financial partners’ past mismanagement of a since-abandoned crypto exchange. Zak Folkman and Chase Herro, two key figures in WLFI, were also founders of Dough Finance, a controversial platform that enabled heavily leveraged crypto trades. The platform suffered a devastating hack in July 2024, resulting in $2.5 million in user losses. You might also like:Is Trump’s crypto strategic reserve just a front to pump WLFI and his own bags? Folkman and Herro acknowledged that the breach stemmed from a critical vulnerability in their code and initially pledged to compensate victims. However, just two months later, the pair launched WLFI alongside Donald Trump’s sons Don Jr., Eric, and Barron. Folkman and Herro are now facing a lawsuit related to Dough Finance. Notably, one investor, Jonathan Lopez, reportedly lost $1 million worth of crypto in the hack. Trump’s WLFI under fire over its associations Despite the controversy and ongoing lawsuit, WLFI has continued to back Folkman and Herro. In an emailed statement, Eric Trump, executive vice president at WLFI, defended the pair and praised their performance. “We are proud of the entire team. They have overachieved our wildest goals and our current trajectory is nothing short of incredible.” Eric Trump, WLFI. Folkman and Herro are not the only contentious figures linked to WLFI. Tron founder Justin Sun joined the venture as an advisor in December 2024 after investing $30 million in the firm. Sun has long been a controversial figure and has previously faced several investigations by the Securities and Exchange Commission. Since Sun became a WLFI advisor, the SEC dropped its investigations of Sun’s sale of BitTorrent and Rainberry tokens. This prompted Democrat legislators to demand an investigation into Trump’s crypto ventures. Read more:Senate crypto bill collapses: Is partisan divide or Trump’s digital fortune to blame?

Circle, the company issuing the USDC stablecoin, has officially filed for an initial public offering on the New York Stock Exchange. Confirming previous reports, stablecoin giant Circle is going public. On Tuesday, May 27, Circle announced the launch of an initial public offering on the New York Stock Exchange. The company will trade under the ticker symbol CRCL at an initial price of $24 to $26 per share. In total, 24 million shares will be available, of which the company will issue 9.6 million new shares. Early investors and existing stockholders will offer 14.4 million shares for sale to the public. Investment banks J.P. Morgan, Citigroup, and Goldman Sachs will handle the IPO. At this time, Circle hopes to take advantage of the favorable regulatory environment in the United States for crypto assets. Notably, Circle is the largest U.S.-based stablecoin issuer and is starting to challenge Tether’s dominance. You might also like:Circle files IPO amid declining profits and stiffening competition — will this shake Tether’s stablecoin dominance? Founders to retain control in Circle Circle’s founders, Jeremy Allaire and Sean Neville, will own a controlling share of Class B stock, which carries five votes per share. This means they will retain disproportionate governing influence even as more shares are issued. Still, Circle will not be considered a “controlled company” under NYSE rules. Public company governance requirements, including transparency obligations, will continue to apply. Unlike initial coin offerings, IPOs require an arduous process of financial audits, ensuring that the company’s business is transparent. This marks Circle’s second attempt at going public, which began with an April 1 S1 form filing, giving investors full disclosure of the company’s finances. Circle’s earlier attempt at going public in late 2022 fell through. At the time, the stablecoin issuer pursued a SPAC merger, but the Securities and Exchange Commission failed to ratify the deal before the deadline. Read more:Tether’s euro-stablecoin lags behind Circle’s EURC for the third straight month

富达投资推出了免费个人退休账户，允许美国成年人以税收优惠的方式投资加密货币。 这家管理着超过 6 万亿美元资产的金融巨头现在在其退休投资组合选项中提供比特币 (BTC)、以太坊 (ETH) 和莱特币 (LTC)。 新的加密 IRA 提供免税（Roth）和延税（传统和展期）退休账户。虽然没有账户维护费或托管费，但富达对加密交易的执行价格收取 1% 的差价。 该公司将该产品定位为满足退休计划中投资者对数字资产日益增长的需求。 富达将把大部分资产存储在冷钱包中以增强安全性。客户可以通过富达现有的平台管理他们的投资，将加密货币与传统资产整合在一起。 该服务取决于各州的可用性，这意味着一些美国居民可能无法立即使用。 你可能还喜欢：Ripple 将 RLUSD 合并到支付平台以扩大实用性 富达的加密货币产品 富达在过去一年中一直在扩大其加密货币产品。 该公司已经提供比特币和以太坊交易所交易基金，并最近申请在 Cboe 交易所上市 Solana ETF。 报告还表明富达正在探索推出自己的稳定币，以促进其生态系统内的加密交易。 此举反映了传统金融机构将加密货币融入其服务的更广泛趋势。随着越来越多的资产管理公司推出基于加密货币的退休选择，富达的举措可能会进一步推动数字资产在长期投资策略中的主流采用。 你可能还喜欢：Bitfarms 获得 3 亿美元贷款以推动人工智能和数据中心的发展

由于犯罪分子从比特币转向稳定币来洗钱，2024 年的非法加密交易可能会超过 2023 年的记录。 区块链洞察提供商 Chainalysis 报告称，去年加密相关的犯罪交易额为 400 亿美元，随着收集到更多数据，预计总额将超过 513 亿美元。 该报告考虑了加密货币诈骗、数字资产欺诈和勒索软件攻击等非法活动。根据目前的估计，2024 年的犯罪交易额仅比 2023 年分析的犯罪交易额高出 61 亿美元。 尽管如此，不法分子已经改变了策略，机构的采用也降低了非法交易相对于合法活动的比例。Chainalysis 指出，稳定币已成为转移被盗加密货币的首选方法。 你可能还喜欢：SEC 和 MetaMask 创建者 Consensys 同意终止诉讼 2021 年，比特币 (BTC) 占犯罪交易的 70%，这一数字令人震惊。然而，稳定币现在占据主导地位，占非法交易量的 63%，而目前只有 20% 的非法资金通过比特币网络洗钱。 暗网供应商和用户也转向隐私币门罗币（XMR），而 10% 的非法交易涉及山寨币。 与此同时，在华尔街机构采用的推动下，合法加密货币交易量激增。基于比特币和以太坊 (ETH) 的现货交易所交易基金的推出大大增加了合法交易活动。 这一采用浪潮已将非法交易减少到 2024 年加密货币总交易量的 0.14%，而上一年为 0.61%。 阅读更多：恐惧指数跌至 2022 年水平，本周比特币价格下跌 12%

以太坊网络最近将其 gas 限额提高到 3000 多万，超过 50% 的验证者表示这一变化。 根据 gaslimit.pics 的数据，以太坊 (ETH) 网络的平均 gas 限额在过去 24 小时内已接近 3200 万 gas 单位，超过了之前的 3000 万 gas 限额。X 上的交易员预计它的最大容量将进一步上升至 3600 万 gas 单位。 这是 ETH 网络自实施权益证明共识机制以来首次做出此类改变。截至撰写本文时，约有 51.1% 的验证者批准了 gas 限制调整，且无需硬分叉。 以太坊上次调整其 Gas 限制价格是在 2021 年，当时该网络将其 Gas 限制从 1500 万个 Gas 单位增加了一倍至 3000 万个 Gas 单位。 跟踪以太坊每日 gas 限额的图表 | 来源：gaslimit.pics 阅读更多：以太坊开发者发起“pump the gas”活动以提高 gas 上限