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THORChain Sees Record $4.6B Volume After Bybit’s $1.4B Hack

THORChain, a decentralized protocol enabling users to swap cryptocurrencies across various blockchains, has seen what can be described as an unwanted windfall after the Bybit hack.
The protocol processed $4.66 billion in swaps in the week ended March 2, the highest tally on record, according to data source DefiLlama. The tally exceeded the $1 billion mark on Sunday alone.
The surge in activity follows the hack of the crypto exchange Bybit on Feb. 22, which saw the North Korean malicious entity walk away with $1.4 billion in ether. Per observers, the entity used THORChain to swap and launder funds, resulting in a record activity on the platform.
«Starting from the initial Bybit Exploiter wallet, funds were sent across a further stretching net of wallets. With each ‘hop’ further from the main wallet, there was an increasing amount of intermediary wallets and the value transfers became smaller and smaller,» blockchain analytics firm Nansen said in a report shared with CoinDesk.
«From hop 2, the hacker started interacting with third-party entities to start swapping and laundering the funds. Entities with the most inflow volume from the hack include THORChain, Paraswap, Mantle, OK DEX and DODO,» Nansen added.
CoinDesk reached out to THORChain for a comment on the matter.
Per onchain analyst EmberCN, hackers have laundered the entire ETH balance in ten days, generating record revenue for THORChain.
«Hackers have laundered all 499,000 ETH ($1.39 billion) stolen from Bybit, a process that took 10 days. The ETH price has fallen by 23% in the process (from $2,780 to $2,130 today). THORChain, the main channel used by hackers to launder money, also earned $5.9 billion in transaction volume and $5.5 million in handling fees due to hackers’ money laundering,» EmberCN said on X.
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Argentine President Milei Cleared of Misconduct Over LIBRA Promotion: Report

Argentine President Javier Milei was cleared of wrongdoing over his promotion of the LIBRA memecoin in February, the Buenos Aires Herald reported on Saturday.
A resolution issued Friday by the country’s anti-corruption office argued that the president was speaking «as an economist and not a public official,» when he shared news of LIBRA on X.
The president’s personal account «was created long before he was elected country president, and even before the beginning of his previous term as deputy,» according to the resolution, signed by Alejandro Melik, the head of the country’s anti-corruption office.
Milei’s post about the Solana-based memecoin promoted it as a project designed to help small and medium-sized Argentine companies raise capital. LIBRA surged to a market capitalization of around $4.5 billion.
He deleted the post only hours later, saying that he had not been aware of the details of the project when he promoted it. In the ensuing sell-off, LIBRA crashed by 90%, wiping out over $4 billion in value.
On-chain data from Nansen showed that 86% of traders lost a total of $251 million, with the remainder securing $180 million in profits.
To make matters worse, it was revealed Libra’s co-creator Hayden Davis bragged in text messages about his influence over Milei because of payments he had been making to Karina Milei, the president’s sister and a powerful figure in his government.
Read more: Milei Closes Down LIBRA Investigative Unit After It Shares Findings With Prosecutors
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The Blockchain Group Starts 300M-Euro ATM Share Sale to Expand Bitcoin Holdings

The Blockchain Group (ALTBG), a tech firm that brands itself as Europe’s first Bitcoin Treasury Company, announced a share-issuance program worth up to 300 million euros ($342.5 million).
The capital raise is structured as an at the market (ATM) program and backed by French asset manager TOBAM, a longtime investor in both bitcoin BTC and the Paris-listed company on behalf of clients, Blockchain Group said in a press release.
The program allows TOBAM to buy new shares at its discretion, based on daily market conditions. The price of each tranche will be the higher of the previous day’s closing price or its volume-weighted average price, with purchase volume capped at 21% of the day’s trading activity, the firm said.
Proceeds are expected to be used to purchase bitcoin, furthering the company’s stated goal of increasing its “bitcoins per share” metric over time. The Blockchain Group started buying bitcoin in November. Since then, it has amassed 1,471 BTC at an average price of $102,507, it said June 3.
Unlike typical ATM programs in the U.S., which use brokers to sell stock into the market, TOBAM is acting in its own interest, not as an intermediary. It will decide whether to hold or sell the newly issued shares on its own criteria and won’t be compensated by the company for participating.
If fully executed at recent market prices, TOBAM’s stake in the company could rise from 3% to over 39%. A shareholder vote scheduled for June 10 could expand the capital raise to 500 million euros.
Shares in the company, which has a market cap of 543 million euros, have risen 20% today to 4.9 euros.
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Sony’s Layer-2 Blockchain Soneium Unveils Gaming Incubator

Soneium, the Ethereum overlay blockchain linked to 78-year-old Japanese electronics giant Sony, unveiled a new incubator program, Soneium For All, to accelerate consumer and gaming applications within its 7 million-user blockchain ecosystem.
As crypto continues its march into the mainstream, traditional technology companies, the Apple’s and Ubers of this world, are looking to the tech to commercialize their future operations.
Sony Block Solutions Labs (SBSL), the builder of Soneium, used the Optimism OP stack, a fast and cheap layer linked to Ethereum for “bridging the gap between Web2 and Web3 audiences, especially for the creators, fans and community,” SBSL said.
The new accelerator, which plans to open its doors in the third quarter, was created in partnership with Astar Network and Startale Cloud Services, with investment support from Sony Innovation Fund, according to a press release on Monday.
“This initiative reflects our vision to empower creators globally through blockchain technology,” said Ryohei Suzuki, Director of Sony Block Solutions Labs in a statement. “By lowering the barriers to entry for developers and helping them reach users faster, Soneium For All brings us closer to a more open, creator-powered internet.”
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