A Chinese national was arrested in Argentina for carrying a forged Paraguayan passport. He is wanted for orchestrating a $49.4 million cryptocurrency fraud in Nigeria, and extradition proceedings are being initiated.

Anthropic announced on April 14 that it is partnering with the lobbying firm Ballard Partners, aiming to improve its relationship with the Department of Defense. The two sides had previously failed to reach an agreement due to disagreements over the scope of AI use: the Department of Defense wanted its tools to be used without restrictions, while Anthropic demanded limits on their use for fully autonomous weapons and surveillance. This move signals a significant increase in policy outreach investment in the AI industry.

Slowmist founder Yu Xian complained on the X platform about the experience of using AI development tools, stating that while he initially thought it would save time, he actually needs to constantly guide and supervise the tools, resulting in being busier, increased expenses, and generating a lot of useless content.

Former Olympic snowboarder Ryan Wedding was arrested in the United States for allegedly using cryptocurrency to facilitate drug trafficking. He has links to the Sinaloa drug cartel and was previously listed among the FBI's Top Ten Most Wanted Fugitives.

On January 4th, the Meme coin WANTED on the Solana chain surpassed a market capitalization of $110 million, now retreating to $85 million, with a price of approximately $0.085, and a 24-hour increase of 80%. Since January 2nd, the token has gained a total of 223.5%. BlockBeats reminds investors that Meme coin trading is highly volatile and to be cautious of risks.