On-chain monitoring platform Lookonchain has discovered multiple recent Ethereum transfer records associated with vitalik.eth. Data shows that within three days, he sold a total of 2,961.5 ETH in batches, which was approximately $6.6 million at the time. The transactions were completed through the CoW protocol, executed in small, multiple transactions, and the on-chain settlement process was verified by Arkham. No hidden routing or mixer operation traces were found. From a historical perspective, this is not a temporary action. Vitalik has previously publicly stated that he would gradually transfer some ETH for long-term plans. Recently, he also transferred 16,384 ETH, worth over $43 million, some of which was used for his Kanro organization to support biotech research, open-source security, and public welfare projects. His past operations have always been carried out in a slow, planned manner, with no signs of abrupt liquidation.

ChainCatcher reports that, according to PaiDun monitoring, hacker John (Lick), suspected of involvement in the 2024 U.S. government $90 million theft case, has begun depositing funds into Tornado Cash. Currently, 11,037 ETH (approximately $33 million) has been transferred to the mixer. PaiDun states that this individual is also linked to a series of thefts targeting unidentified victims between November and December 2025.

Over 130 amendments have been submitted by U.S. Senators to the Crypto Market Structure Act, covering stablecoin yield rules, DeFi provisions, and mixer definitions. The Senate Banking Committee will review and vote on them this Thursday, with some amendments showing bipartisan support.

Odaily News The European Cybercrime Centre has stated that Germany and Switzerland have collaborated to shut down the crypto mixer Cryptomixer, which has "cleansed" over 1.4 billion dollars worth of Bitcoin since 2016. The operation took place in Switzerland, seizing three servers, 12TB of data, and over 27 million dollars in crypto assets. Cybercrime experts indicate that this crackdown will cause short-term disruption to criminal groups, but most will likely switch to other money laundering services within a few weeks. (Decrypt)

William Hill, the co-founder of the Bitcoin mixer service Samourai Wallet, was sentenced to four years in prison for operating a remittance company that handled over $237 million in criminal proceeds. Previously, Hill had pleaded guilty to charges that Samourai Wallet used its coin mixer tool to conceal illegal funds, thereby assisting in money laundering. Prosecutors said that Hill and another co-founder, Keonne Rodriguez, promoted the platform to criminal users on dark web forums and internally admitted that its crypto tumbler process was essentially "Bitcoin Money Laundering." Rodriguez was sentenced to five years in prison.