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The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) announced a memorandum of understanding with the NBA to jointly maintain the integrity of professional basketball events in prediction markets. According to the agreement, both parties will share information, maintain regular communication on integrity matters, and collaborate to ensure that relevant markets are fair and transparent. CFTC Chairman Michael Selig stated that the NBA, along with MLB and NHL, has taken a responsible step to protect sports integrity and market participants from abuses such as insider trading and fraud, and thanked NBA President Adam Silver for prioritizing the integrity of professional basketball and the U.S. financial markets.The agreement reflects that betting on sports event outcomes is rapidly migrating to CFTC-regulated platforms like Kalshi and Polymarket, where users can trade event contracts based on real-world outcomes. Such memorandums of understanding with regulatory agencies aim to establish channels for marking suspicious activities. Previously, the NHL became the first major league to authorize trademarks for prediction markets, while MLB signed an integrity agreement after collaborating with Polymarket. The NBA's involvement is particularly noteworthy, as the league is still affected by one of the largest betting scandals in recent years: in October 2025, an FBI operation arrested Miami Heat guard Terry Rozier and a coach, accusing them of participating in a gambling scheme to manipulate game outcomes to influence betting.This collaboration comes amid a jurisdictional dispute over prediction markets. The CFTC recently defined event contracts as swaps within its jurisdiction and excluded casino-style gambling; the lawsuit between the NFL and Kalshi has drawn the attention of the Supreme Court, with the NFL to date refusing to sign related agreements, contrasting with its cooperation with the NBA. Bernstein analysts expect that by the end of this decade, prediction markets could generate billions of dollars in revenue, with new participants continuously entering, and Blockchain.com is one of the latest seeking CFTC approval to offer event contracts.

According to Jinshi reports, Federal Reserve's Daly stated that there is a scenario in which the Federal Reserve may have to continue fighting inflation.

According to monitoring by Hyperinsight, at 16:37 today, a whale starting with 0x8d0 closed a stop-loss position of 81.29 BTC at approximately $89,000, corresponding to a value of about $7.24 million.The address currently still holds a long position of 0.503 BTC, with a leverage of 20 times, and the position value is approximately $45,000. Based on the current market price, the unrealized loss is about $153.8, with an average price of $89,000.

According to Hyperinsight monitoring, the "30 times long position repeatedly failed" whale closed its ETH long position today, incurring a loss of $45,000. It is currently still long on 8,539,326.1 FARTCOIN (approximately $3.28 million) with 10x leverage, with an average entry price of $0.4299, resulting in an unrealized loss of $386,000.

According to Hyperinsight monitoring, the "30-time long-suffering whale" has experienced a maximum drawdown of 1.29% in the past week. Today, it continues to increase its long positions in altcoins, with the current holdings as follows:5x leverage long position of 2.6 million USD in FET, average entry price of 0.2685 USD, floating profit of 178,000 USD;10x leverage long position of 1.24 million USD in SEI, average entry price of 0.1255 USD, floating loss of 13,000 USD;10x leverage long position of 1.93 million USD in FARTCOIN, average entry price of 0.3949 USD, floating loss of 41,000 USD.

The president of the Solana Foundation, Lily Liu, posted on social media, "Hey, Kamino and Jupiter. Overall, our lending market is about $5 billion. Ethereum is roughly 10 times that. The collateral market in traditional finance is countless times larger than both.We can poke fun at each other (like 'one-click conversion of lending positions', making jokes out of others' offhand comments, etc.), or we can choose to focus our energy on capturing more market share from the entire crypto industry and ultimately moving towards traditional finance."It is reported that Jupiter's Chief Operating Officer, Kash Dhanda, recently responded to community concerns, stating that the team's previous claim on social media that the Jupiter Lend treasury had "zero contagion risk" was inaccurate. Jupiter had earlier promoted its lending treasury as having a "risk-isolated" structure and claimed that there would be "no cross-contamination between trading pairs, thus eliminating any contagion risk." This content has since been removed.Last week, the Solana lending platform Kamino banned the migration tool for Jupiter Lend due to concerns that the related risk model misled users, and its co-founder publicly criticized Jupiter's risk statements.

ChainCatcher news, according to Cointelegraph, estimates from Sunil, a member of the special committee for FTX creditors and customers, indicate that out of the currently allowed over $7.5 billion in claims, approximately $2.25 billion in repayments remain disputed.It is reported that FTX is facing a new round of scrutiny from users who are fighting for at least $2.2 billion worth of disputed claims. However, these claims are still pending approval, and many creditors are still working to obtain repayment approval, but it is expected that most disputed claims will be allowed in the next distribution.

ChainCatcher news, according to Jin Shi reports, Trump stated during a meeting with German Chancellor Merz that both Russia and Ukraine are currently not ready for negotiations, and the mediation has been unsuccessful.He revealed that Putin plans to launch a large-scale offensive against Ukraine in retaliation for the Ukrainian military's attack on a Russian air force base. Although the Trump administration attempted to promote peace by repairing U.S.-Russia relations and reducing aid to Ukraine, Putin has not shown a willingness to accept Ukraine's conditions. Trump warned that if the conflict continues, both sides may face U.S. sanctions, while also suggesting that even if the fighting persists, cooperation with Moscow on the Iranian nuclear issue should continue. Jeffrey Edmonds, a Defense Department official responsible for Russian affairs during the Biden administration, bluntly stated, "Trump is essentially waving the white flag; now the key is whether he will maintain aid to Ukraine, even if symbolically."

ChainCatcher news, Coinbase Chief Legal Officer Paul Grewal posted on social media, "Case dismissal" is the phrase every defendant in a case longs to hear. The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission will dismiss the Coinbase case, and there will be no settlement or compromise ------ mistakes will only be corrected.However, Coinbase still has a lot of work to do and cannot be distracted. Legislation is crucial to ensure that such illegal activities do not happen again. Coinbase will not stop fighting until clear rules are established that allow the industry to truly thrive in the U.S. Collaboration will be key, and we look forward to working with U.S. Congress and SEC staff to drive progress in the next phase.

ChainCatcher news, 1confirmation founder Nick Tomaino posted on the X platform that the AI agents we need should be autonomous firefighting drones. It is reported that Nick Tomaino shared a video of a Chinese autonomous firefighting drone tackling high-rise fires.Currently, Los Angeles is facing a major fire. As of the 9th, there are still five large-scale wildfires active in Los Angeles County, burning tens of thousands of acres and thousands of buildings, with no signs of abating. A report from JPMorgan Chase in the United States states that the losses caused by this historic wildfire in the Los Angeles area have soared to nearly $50 billion and are still rising. The report estimates that insurance losses could exceed $20 billion, and this figure may increase depending on when the wildfire is finally brought under control.

ChainCatcher news, Nansen CEO Alex Svanevik posted on the X platform, seemingly commenting on the internal situation of the Ethereum community, suggesting that all problems are caused by the low ETH price. He stated: as long as the ETH price reaches a new all-time high, the infighting will immediately cease. Subsequently, Alex Svanevik also clarified that the "infighting" here refers to crypto infighting, not Ethereum infighting.

ChainCatcher news, according to Bloomberg, last week a federal judge ordered Ripple Labs Inc. to pay a $125 million civil penalty because the company sold its XRP tokens to institutional investors without registering with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). This fine is just a small part of the $2 billion the agency is seeking, which could be good news for other crypto companies fighting the SEC.Ripple's case began in December 2020 when the SEC sued Ripple and its executives, accusing them of "creating an information vacuum." This lawsuit united the entire crypto industry in support of XRP. More than a dozen advocacy groups wrote to U.S. District Judge Analisa Torres, supporting Ripple's position. Since then, the SEC has initiated enforcement actions against several crypto companies. However, Ripple's case is seen as a potential milestone that could set a precedent regarding whether cryptocurrencies are considered securities.The judge issued an injunction prohibiting Ripple from further violating securities laws. However, she rejected the SEC's request for Ripple to return sales profits, stating that the case "does not involve allegations of fraud, misappropriation, or other more serious conduct," and that the SEC failed to prove that Ripple's unregistered sales caused significant losses to investors.The SEC may challenge the judge's ruling in an appeal. Bloomberg Intelligence analyst Elliot Stein stated that Torres's latest ruling is favorable for Coinbase Global Inc. in its fight with the agency and may increase its chances of obtaining a favorable ruling in the case.