🚓 In Primorsky Krai, a former deputy mayor of Arsenyev has been detained; she is suspected of cryptocurrency investment fraud amounting to over 25 000 000 rubles.

According to law enforcement agencies, while working at the mayor's office, she offered acquaintances to invest funds in digital assets, however, the money was directed into the OneCoin financial pyramid.

The court remanded the suspect in custody for two months.

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🇮🇱 User Rundeep made six bets on the Polymarket platform related to Israel's military actions, and in all cases was proven correct, earning a total of $154 000.

Later, the Israeli prosecutor's office filed charges against a reservist and a civilian, stating that they used secret military information for betting.

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🇧🇷 In Brazil, a bill on the creation of a strategic Bitcoin reserve has again been submitted for consideration, which will allow the country to acquire up to 1 000 000 BTC.

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🇰🇷 South Korean financial giant Mirae Asset acquired 92% in the Korbit exchange.

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🇫🇷 In France, three armed men in masks attempted to rob the head of Binance's French division: they broke into an apartment in Val-de-Marne, but the top manager was not home.

The attackers stole two mobile phones and fled, and several hours later attempted another attack in a Paris suburb.

The suspects were detained in Lyon thanks to geolocation data and surveillance camera footage.

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🇺🇸 The US Consumer Price Index (CPI), reflecting inflation, decreased to 2.4% from the previous 2.7%.

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🇮🇷 Binance fired several senior employees from its compliance team after they discovered possible transfers of over $1 billion to structures linked to Iran, writes Fortune.

This happened after the deal with the US Department of Justice for $4.3 billion and the introduction of external monitoring. The company stated that it complies with sanctions legislation and does not comment on personnel decisions.

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🔮 Vitalik Buterin stated that he is concerned about the current development of prediction markets.

In his opinion, they should become tools for hedging price risks for consumers, and not turn into platforms for short-term speculation.

Buterin believes that in combination with AI, such markets can form price indices for goods and services and provide people with greater financial stability.

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