Chatham County police are currently investigating a fraud scheme in which a woman was deceived into losing $76,500. According to NS3.AI, the victim was instructed by scammers to withdraw cash from Truist Bank branches. She subsequently handed over the money to strangers after making three separate withdrawals. Authorities are working to identify the individuals involved in the scam.

Algorand's ALGO token experienced a significant increase of approximately 50% over the past week, reaching $0.12. According to NS3.AI, this surge followed the release of a Google Quantum AI paper that highlighted Algorand's active implementation of post-quantum cryptography. The paper noted that larger and older networks like Bitcoin and Ethereum might encounter slower and more complex transitions to quantum-resistant infrastructure due to their inherent size, age, and design choices. Algorand has integrated Falcon digital signatures for smart transactions and state proofs, although its core consensus and built-in transactions continue to utilize Ed25519.

Drift has linked its April 1 exploit, which resulted in the loss of approximately $280 million, to a six-month social engineering campaign allegedly conducted by North Korean actors. According to NS3.AI, the Solana-based perpetuals exchange revealed that the relationship with the suspected group began in the fall of 2025. Individuals posing as a quant trading firm approached Drift contributors at a major crypto conference during this period. The group reportedly onboarded an Ecosystem Vault and deposited over $1 million of its own capital. Drift explained that the exploit was executed using durable nonces rather than exploiting a smart contract vulnerability. Meanwhile, Mandiant has not yet formally attributed the attack, as device forensics are still pending.

According to Axios, US President Trump stated in a phone interview that the US is engaged in "deep negotiations" with Iran and hopes to reach an agreement before Tuesday's deadline. "The chances of a deal are very high, but if they don't, I'm going to destroy everything there," he said. When asked if he was worried about harming innocent civilians, Trump said he believed Iranians opposed to his government would support such strikes to weaken the regime. In the approximately eight-minute phone interview, Trump stated that his special envoys, Witkov and Kushner, were engaged in intensive negotiations with the Iranian side. Two sources involved in the negotiations said communication was being conducted both through intermediaries such as Pakistan, Egypt, and Turkey, and through text messages between Trump's advisors and Iranian Foreign Minister Araghchi. "The negotiations are progressing well, but dealing with the Iranians is never a long way off," Trump said. He also stated that the two sides were close to reaching an agreement on direct negotiations a few days earlier. "But they said they'd meet again in five days. I asked, why five days? I felt they weren't serious enough. So I attacked that bridge," Trump said. (Jin Shi)

On Apr 05, 2026, 14:37 PM(UTC). According to Binance Market Data, BNB has crossed the 590 USDT benchmark and is now trading at 590.169983 USDT, with a narrowed 0.04% increase in 24 hours.

The U.S. economy added 178,000 jobs in March, significantly exceeding the consensus estimate of 60,000. According to NS3.AI, this robust job growth contributed to a decrease in the unemployment rate, which fell to 4.3%. Following the release of these figures, Bitcoin was trading around $67,000. The 10-year Treasury yield experienced an increase of four basis points, reaching 4.35%, while the dollar index rose slightly to 100.08. The Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) also reported softer internals in the household survey, noting a decline in the labor force by 396,000 and a participation rate of 61.9%.

Tesla reported first-quarter 2026 vehicle deliveries totaling 358,023 units, falling short of Wall Street's consensus estimate of approximately 365,645 vehicles. According to NS3.AI, this shortfall led to a 5.4% decline in Tesla's stock on Thursday. In response, Goldman Sachs adjusted its price target for Tesla from $405 to $375, while Truist also lowered its target. Both firms maintained their Hold ratings on the stock.

Ledger CTO Charles Guillemet has highlighted the increasing role of artificial intelligence in facilitating crypto attacks, making them faster and more cost-effective. According to NS3.AI, over $1.4 billion in assets were stolen or lost in crypto attacks over the past year, as reported by DefiLlama. Guillemet noted that AI enhances the speed of vulnerability discovery and exploit chaining. He emphasized that formal verification and hardware-based security provide stronger protection for wallets and protocols.

According to on-chain analyst Ai Yi, an address received 30.99 million STO tokens an hour ago, equivalent to approximately $5.98 million, and then deposited 10 million tokens, worth $1.92 million, into Bitget 45 minutes ago. Tracing the source of the funds, these tokens were accumulated by two addresses between October 2025 and January 2026 at an average price of $0.1713. This sale will yield a profit of $207,000. These 30.99 million tokens previously had a floating profit of $52.33 million when the price peaked at $1.86 on April 2nd.

Peter Schiff recently commented on Bitcoin's performance over the past five years, noting that its price has increased by only 12%. According to Odaily, during the same period, the Nasdaq index rose by 57.4%, the S&P 500 index by 59.4%, gold by 163%, and silver by 181%. Schiff questioned the rationale for holding Bitcoin if its appeal lies in superior long-term performance. Michael Saylor responded by emphasizing the importance of the time frame. He stated that since August 2020, Bitcoin has been the best-performing mainstream asset, with a clear advantage. Saylor suggested that extending the time span would only widen this gap.

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