🇺🇸👮 DOJ Arrests US Special Forces Soldier Involved In Venezuelan President Maduro's Capture For Making Over $400,000 Betting On His Removal From Office.
🇺🇸🕵️ U.S. Soldier Charged With Using Classified Information to Bet on Polymarket, Profiting About $409,000
U.S. prosecutors have charged active-duty soldier Gannon Ken Van Dyke for using classified information obtained during a military operation against Nicolás Maduro to place bets on the prediction market Polymarket. He reportedly generated about $409,000 in profit from approximately $33,000 in wagers and faces charges including violations of the Commodity Exchange Act, wire fraud, and unlawful monetary transactions.
U.S. prosecutors have charged active-duty soldier Gannon Ken Van Dyke for using classified information obtained during a military operation against Nicolás Maduro to place bets on the prediction market Polymarket. He reportedly generated about $409,000 in profit from approximately $33,000 in wagers and faces charges including violations of the Commodity Exchange Act, wire fraud, and unlawful monetary transactions.
👀 GOP Called Howard Lutnick to Reverse Crypto PAC's Texas Move: Axios
🕵️ Father of Smart Contracts: Bitcoin Solves the "Fundamental Flaws" in Monetary History
At Bitcoin 2021 on June 6, 2021, Nick Szabo, the "Father of Smart Contracts," stated that Bitcoin addresses the fundamental flaws of precious metals and fiat currency.
He explained that its global node network solves insecure, costly transport and storage, while its low-cost, trustless verification reduces systemic fragility. Bitcoin also replaces digital centralization with censorship-resistant decentralization and answers fiat experiments with a fixed, auditable money supply.
At Bitcoin 2021 on June 6, 2021, Nick Szabo, the "Father of Smart Contracts," stated that Bitcoin addresses the fundamental flaws of precious metals and fiat currency.
He explained that its global node network solves insecure, costly transport and storage, while its low-cost, trustless verification reduces systemic fragility. Bitcoin also replaces digital centralization with censorship-resistant decentralization and answers fiat experiments with a fixed, auditable money supply.
🕵️ MantleCore has submitted the draft MIP-34 proposal to authorize Mantle Treasury to lend up to 30,000 ETH to Aave DAO to address bad debt tied to the April 18, 2026 rsETH bridge exploit on Aave V3.
The draft sets a term of up to 36 months, with interest at LIDO+1% APR or other terms to be finalized by the execution team, and allows early repayment without penalty.
It also proposes additional collateral from Aave, including 5% of protocol revenue and Aave tokens with a fair market value of at least $11 million, while Mantle would receive delegated voting power of 130,000 Aave tokens.
The proposal is currently under discussion and has not yet entered a formal vote. #hack
The draft sets a term of up to 36 months, with interest at LIDO+1% APR or other terms to be finalized by the execution team, and allows early repayment without penalty.
It also proposes additional collateral from Aave, including 5% of protocol revenue and Aave tokens with a fair market value of at least $11 million, while Mantle would receive delegated voting power of 130,000 Aave tokens.
The proposal is currently under discussion and has not yet entered a formal vote. #hack
🥷 The KelpDAO hacker has now swapped all 75,701 $ETH ($175M) on Ethereum into $BTC through THORChain and other routes.
Mantle has proposed providing 30,000 $ETH ($70M) to Aave as a loan.
Lido has also proposed a one-time donation of 2,500 $stETH ($5.82M). #hack
Mantle has proposed providing 30,000 $ETH ($70M) to Aave as a loan.
Lido has also proposed a one-time donation of 2,500 $stETH ($5.82M). #hack
🕵️ Telegram founder Pavel Durov announced that TON transaction fees will be reduced sixfold within one week to 0.00039 TON per transaction, approximately $0.0005. He also mentioned that most transactions will soon become fully feeless.
🐳 Riot Platforms continues to sell $BTC, depositing another 500 $BTC ($38.95M) to #NYDIG 6 hours ago.
🐳 Since April 18, Spark protocol deposits have seen a net inflow of $2.4 billion, which is approximately 15%-20% of Aave's net outflow of redemptions. At least 20 individual addresses have each net deposited over $20 million into Spark, with Spark PSM being the largest net depositor and one of the biggest redeemers from Aave. Mellow Finance has moved all its $180+ million redeemed from Aave into Spark, while Instadapp deposited over $88 million net. Several whales who redeemed from Aave have also deposited funds into Spark.
🏆 On April 23 (ET), spot Bitcoin ETFs recorded a total net inflow of $223 million, extending their net inflow streak to eight days. Spot Ethereum ETFs saw a total net outflow of $75.936 million, ending a 10-day net inflow streak.
📊 #LUNA Jane Street asks court to dismiss Terraform Labs' insider trading lawsuit. theblock.co #regulation