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Deep Tide TechFlow News, April 25th, according to a report released by a16z crypto researcher Robert Hackett and Jeremy Zhang, stablecoins are evolving from early trading tools and savings vehicles into core financial infrastructure.
On the regulatory front, the U.S. GENIUS Act established the first federal stablecoin issuance framework, and although the European MiCA regulations led to the delisting of USDT on some exchanges, they also spurred ongoing demand for non-dollar stablecoins, with monthly trading volumes remaining steady between 15 billion and 25 billion USD.
In terms of usage, 2025

The French Anti-Organized Crime Prosecutor’s Office Pnaco disclosed that since 2023, kidnapping and extortion cases involving cryptocurrencies have risen sharply: 18 cases in 2024, 67 cases in 2025, 47 cases in 2026, for a cumulative total of 135 cases. At present, 12 cases are ongoing, 88 people have been prosecuted, and 75 people are in custody (including more than 10 minors). The investigation revealed structured criminal networks and multiple repeat offenders. Typical cases include in December 2025, in Charente-Maritime, the forced transfer by a couple of approximately 8 million euros in cryptocurrency, and in January 2025, the kidnapping of David Balland, co-founder of Ledger. Pnaco will step up efforts nationwide to combat these crimes.

SpaceX's June IPO could become the largest in history, potentially surpassing Saudi Aramco's 2019 fundraising record; OpenAI and Anthropic also plan to go public in the second half of the year, with the three companies potentially attracting over $240 billion in funding, which could mark a liquidity turning point in the crypto market. Large IPOs or significant outflows from risk assets may reduce liquidity, as BTC/ETH and U.S. stock market risk appetite are highly correlated; funds shifting to tech stock IPOs could weaken buying pressure.

According to the U.S. Department of Justice, 22-year-old Evan Tangenman was sentenced to 70 months in prison and 3 years of supervised release for participating in a cross-state social engineering crime group and assisting in laundering at least $3.5 million.
The group has stolen over $263 million in cryptocurrency since October 2023, with members mostly being underage or unemployed youths under 20, originating from online gaming platforms.
Tangenman was responsible for converting stolen coins into U.S. dollars and renting luxury homes in Los Angeles, Miami, and other places, as well as receiving luxury cars as gifts; after the case was exposed, he also instructed accomplices to destroy evidence.
Currently, nine individuals involved have pleaded guilty, and the case is being jointly investigated by the FBI, IRS, and other agencies.

Polymarket Vice President of Engineering reveals that platform growth has exceeded the capacity of the current infrastructure and announces several improvement plans: rebuilding the CLOB to enhance performance and stability, chain migration to increase capacity and reduce Gas fees, fixing transaction cancellations, unifying the TypeScript SDK and API, developing a new version of the smart contracts, and building a perpetual contract backend using Rust. Additionally, new leaders have been appointed for QA automation, development tools, internal tools, and data engineering, and ongoing collaboration with four security teams will continue to ensure fund safety.