The South Korean National Tax Service has developed a $2.2 million AI system to track cryptocurrency transactions and hunt down tax evaders.

May 11th — CoinGecko data reveals tokenized gold spot trading volume reached $90.7 billion in Q1 2026, surpassing the full-year 2025 total of $84.64 billion. This signals surging market demand: crypto investors are gravitating to this standout asset class, while tokenized gold has grown more accessible across trading platforms. Notably, centralized exchanges (CEX) account for the bulk of tokenized asset spot trading. As of now, tokenized gold spot volume fluctuates monthly, reflecting high sensitivity to market conditions. For example, in October 2025—when gold prices hit a new all-time high—volume skyrocketed to $21.38 billion, more than three times September’s $6.73 billion, before dipping to $14.07 billion in November. Like tokenized commodities market cap trends, PAXG and XAUT dominate tokenized gold spot trading. During the period, PAXG held 34.2% to 82.5% of monthly volume, while XAUT accounted for 14.8% to 64.6%. Over the past 15 months, their average monthly spot volum

May 11th: Matrixport withdrew 8,300 ETH from Binance in the past hour, per Onchainlens monitoring—valued at roughly $19.38 million.

May 11 — Driven by the artificial intelligence (AI) boom, South Korea’s stock market surged on Monday, according to data from Bitget. The KOSPI index closed up 4.32% at 7,822.2 points, hitting a new all-time high. It has gained over 18% so far this month. Among key stocks, SK Hynix rose 11.5%, while Samsung Electronics climbed 6.33%.

On May 11, PeckShield monitoring revealed the TrustedVolumes attacker’s activities: depositing 10.2 ETH (valued at approximately $23,600) into Tornado Cash; using THORChain to swap 110 ETH for BTC via a cross-chain transaction (totaling roughly $250,000 in involved funds); and attempting to deposit 0.5 ETH into Railgun before reversing course and withdrawing the funds.

On May 11, per Onchainlens monitoring, trader Loracle.hl (@loraclexyz) opened a 10x-leveraged short position on 4,991 SNDK shares—valued at roughly $8 million—that’s currently up over $172,000. The trader also still maintains a 5x-leveraged short position on HYPE worth $52 million, with total current gains topping $38 million.

On May 11, Capital B announced it has secured a €15.2 million funding round from global institutional investors, with strategic backers Adam Back and TOBAM joining the round to expand its Bitcoin reserve firm’s strategic footprint.