Odaily News According to local media reports, the Pechersk District Court of Kyiv, Ukraine, ruled that the crypto assets seized in an investigation involving major fraud and illegal gambling will be transferred to the National Asset Recovery and Management Agency (ARMA). The assets involved are stored in wallets registered on the Binance platform and belong to Ukrainian citizens. They are suspected of money laundering operations through channels such as the unlicensed platform rollbit.com. The court ruling showed that the total amount of assets involved exceeded 500 million hryvnias (about 13 million US dollars), covering a variety of cryptocurrencies such as BTC, ETH, LTC, SOL, USDT, etc., distributed in multiple sub-accounts associated with the Binance main user ID. The court also required Nest Services Limited (a Binance-related entity) registered in Seychelles to cooperate in completing the asset transfer and cooperate with Ukrainian regulators. ARMA stated that it would sell the relevant assets through the national electronic auction platform and return their value to the national budget. (crowdfundinsider)

Odaily News On May 8, according to the official news of DuckChain, DePINX invested 3 million US dollars to establish a special fund "DUCK Nest Fund" with DuckChain, aiming to accelerate the application and ecological expansion of DUCK, and promote the deep integration and innovative practice of AI and on-chain finance. This injection of long-term funds will provide strong support for DuckChain to build a more robust and sustainable ecological system and on-chain profit mechanism. Previously, DuckChain has received investment support from many top institutions such as OKX Ventures, dao5, Kenetic Capital, and Offchain Labs.

Odaily News According to official news, BNB Chain TVL Incentive Plan #5 has ended, and 5 projects have received delegated support, namely: KERNELDAO, ASTHERUS, YIELDNEST, TRANCHESS and LISTA-DAO.

<p>Odaily News Layer1 Plume, a RWAfi-focused platform, announced that it will soon launch PayFi Vault on its Nest product, supported by PayPal USD (PYUSD). This move aims to bring payment finance to the blockchain, which can help global trade, inventory management, and commercial payments.<br/> PayFi Vault is based on PYUSD, a stablecoin fully backed by USD deposits, U.S. Treasuries and cash equivalents, which can enable yield growth for traditional non-yielding stablecoins and support instant settlement, borderless financing and stablecoin-denominated loans.<br/> “RWA-backed stablecoins have moved beyond a simple medium of exchange, they are becoming a critical short-term funding solution,” said Teddy Pornprinya, co-founder of Plume. “The launch of PayFi Vault on Nest unlocks the potential of on-chain payment financing, leading to faster settlement, lower costs, and broader financial inclusion.”</p>

<p>Odaily News According to official news, the re-staking protocol KernelDAO has cooperated with Mira, Yieldnest and others for a strategic airdrop. Mira (AI processor) and YieldNest (liquidity re-staking protocol) have announced plans to distribute 1-2% of their token supply to KERNEL holders.<br/> “This collaborative approach to token distribution highlights the strong alliances we have built within the KernelDAO ecosystem,” said Amitej Gajjala, CEO and co-founder of KernelDAO. “When protocols succeed together, the entire ecosystem benefits.”<br/> Previously, KernelDao announced the launch of a 40 million ecosystem fund, which was supported by well-known venture capital firms and leading investors, including Laser Digital, SCB Limited, Hypersphere Ventures, Cypher capital, ArkStream and Levitate Labs. The fund will be used to add strategic partners to expand its ecosystem.</p>

<p>Odaily News Centrifuge announced a strategic partnership with Plume Network to jointly advance institutional-grade real-world asset (RWA) solutions through Plume’s staking protocol Nest.<br/> As one of Plume&#39;s first ecosystem partners, Centrifuge will inject Anemoy&#39;s regulated Liquid Treasury Fund (LTF) into its low-risk treasury vault, allowing users to obtain AAA-rated income products backed by real-world assets. Through the Nest protocol&#39;s decoupling of income streams from underlying assets, developers can build new financial instruments. Users can now seamlessly access, trade, and diversify institutional-level income opportunities selected by top protocols and asset managers, and achieve income diversification in the Plume ecosystem.<br/> The Nest protocol allows users to deposit stablecoins (USDC/USDT) into vaults containing high-quality assets that continue to generate returns through on-chain and off-chain tools. All vaults use a completely permissionless smart contract architecture that can be participated by any user with a crypto wallet.<br/></p>

<p>Odaily News Antonia Perez Hernandez, the promoter of cryptocurrency Ponzi scheme Forcount, has pleaded guilty to wire fraud and has been sentenced to more than two years in prison.<br/> On January 27, at a hearing at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York (SDNY), Judge Analisa Torres (who also heard the U.S. SEC case against Ripple Labs) sentenced Hernandez to 30 months in prison for participating in a cryptocurrency scam. Hernandez admitted that he worked with co-conspirators between 2017 and 2021 to steal approximately $8.4 million from investors by promoting cryptocurrency trading and mining on Forcount and promising substantial returns.<br/> Hernandez apologized to &quot;those who suffered monetary losses&quot; due to her actions. Juan Tacuri, a senior initiator of the project, was sentenced to 20 years in prison in October 2024, while Nestor Nuñez, who was prosecuted, was also sentenced to 4 years in prison in November. (Cointelegraph)<br/></p>

Odaily星球日报讯 Plume Network 的旗舰质押协议 Nest 今日宣布与 OpenTrade 完成集成，此次合作旨在提升其 RWA 收益产品的优势。 通过此次集成，Nest 用户能够通过完全由高质量金融资产（如美国国债）支持的安全借贷，赚取机构级收益，为收益生成提供了一个安全且高效的途径。借助这一集成，Nest 用户在将稳定币存入 Nest 的收益型金库时，可获得由 OpenTrade 的高质量金融资产生成的收益。此合作利用了 OpenTrade 在链上传统金融工具稳定回报方面的专业能力，使用户能够轻松、安全地通过 Nest 获益。 据悉，OpenTrade 是一家专注于 RWA 支持的借贷与稳定币收益产品的机构级平台。

<p>Odaily星球日报讯&nbsp;据官方消息，Plume Network 已上线 OKX Cryptopedia，该期所包含的 9 个生态项目为：Ondo Finance、Nest、Satori.Finance、Credbull、Avalon Labs、Anzen、Pumpking、Cultured Protocol、Solera。用户完成验证任务即可赢得奖励，奖池高达 30 万 USDT，本次活动也是 2025 年 OKX Cryptopedia 的第一期活动。<br/>据悉，Plume Network 是专注于 RWAfi 的 Layer 1 网络，Plume Network 今年宣布成立规模达 2500 万美元的 RWAfi 生态系统基金以支持 RWA 项目。<br/>Plume Network 也将会在主网上线时和各大钱包启动新的活动。<br/></p>

<p>Odaily星球日报讯&nbsp;韩国音乐界的巨头 Cube Entertainment 联合首席执行官姜承坤（Kang Seung-gon）被指控涉嫌鼓励同事和投资者购买 Nestree Media Group 的数字代币 Nestree，并宣称保证本金安全。<br/>虽然姜承坤否认了这些说法，但据报道，随着该代币价格暴跌，他的保证导致众多投资者遭受重大财务损失。受害者目前正在考虑采取法律行动。</p><p>Cube Entertainment 与 Nestree 的合作始于 2022 年 3 月，当时该公司通过实收资本增加向 Nestree Media Group 投资 1 亿韩元（约合 68,376 美元），收购了 40%的股份。<br/></p>