Metaplanet prepays 8 billion yen in bonds and invests the funds in Bitcoin.

Iran has proposed reopening the Strait of Hormuz and resuming nuclear negotiations within two days if the United States meets its demands. (Source: Associated Press)

The People's Bank of China, the State Financial Regulatory Commission, and the China Securities Regulatory Commission held a symposium and announced optimizations to the swap facilities for securities, funds, and insurance companies, increasing the number of participating institutions and reducing swap fees. The stock repurchase and shareholding increase relending policy has been changed from a phased arrangement to a long-term institutional arrangement, and the relending rate has been reduced from 1.25% to 1%.

[Coinbase Launches Deribit-Powered Derivatives Trading Feature on Coinbase for Agents] Coinbase has launched a Deribit-powered derivatives trading feature on Coinbase for Agents, open to eligible traders. Users can connect their Coinbase accounts to the AI platform to research markets, develop strategies, and trade within set limits.

[Elliptic: On-chain Data Cannot Determine Whether Binance Hackers Used AI for Money Laundering] Elliptic's analysis indicates that the money laundering activities involving stolen Binance funds showed signs of automation, but on-chain data cannot determine whether an AI agent or a traditional script was used. Some wallets experienced multiple cross-chain bridge transaction failures, behaving more like a script repeatedly trying to resolve issues without success. The attackers also conducted small-scale tests before large transfers and attempted different fund transfer services, suggesting human decision-making involved.

Blockchain analytics firm Elliptic stated that there is currently no evidence that North Korean hackers used AI to transfer the $6.4 billion stolen from Binance; the operations are more consistent with traditional scripted patterns. Tom Robinson, co-founder and chief scientist of Elliptic, pointed out that the hackers' actions of transferring funds through automated software services conform to a pre-set script execution pattern, rather than autonomous decision-making by an AI agent. Currently, the hackers still control approximately $3.28 billion of the stolen funds, while approximately $2.85 billion in assets have been frozen or recovered. The FBI has confirmed that the theft was carried out by the North Korean hacking group TraderTraitor.