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Research Brief
Research Brief · 31 May 2026
Through research on the following hot topics: major crypto hits on Gravity Bridge and Alephium, Circle freezing 12.6M in Zama cUSDC, FBI seizing over 8B in crypto, and Dutch authorities dismantling a massive botnet. Also covered are scam callouts against influencers Carl the Moon and Davinci, plus analysis of common OpSec failures.
My take: The line between legitimate security actions and overreach is blurring fast. Circle's blacklist move shows centralized control still rules DeFi, which defeats the purpose. Public sentiment is split—some applaud the FBI and Circle for protecting users, while others see it as proof crypto isn't truly decentralized. Expect more aggressive regulatory crackdowns and a push for truly air-gapped solutions.
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Educational Post What Is an Air-Gapped Wallet? An air-gapped wallet is a type of cryptocurrency wallet that is designed to remain disconnected from the Internet and any form of wireless communication. The types of wireless communication that air-gapped wallets are disconnected from include Bluetooth
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From Angela Stanton King: 21 years ago, I sat in a prison cell and learned I was pregnant. Every sign pointed toward abortion. Every circumstance said this baby would never have a chance. But I chose life. I saw value in my daughter before anyone else could. What I didn’t know was that her birth wou
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🚨 TODAY: Gravity Bridge was just drained of $5.4M. The hacker managed to launder a portion of it and still holds over $4.2M in $ETH. News | Markets | YouTube
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🥶 #ZAMA #USDC ZachXBT сообщил , что Circle, возможно, внесли в черный список контрактный адрес USDC Zama (cUSDC), протокола конфиденциальности на Ethereum, заморозив около 12,6 млн $ пользовательских средств. Этот адрес недавно участвовал в голосовании руководства Overnight Finance по вопросу р
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Meet Carl the Moon & Davinci. They might be seen as good people but here are some deleted videos, we all have more of them too Davinci since 2020 as seen doing pump and dumps Carl the moon seen fake trading, scammed his own app/ token project by buying…
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Many of you have seen carl the moon - Since 1st December 2024 we have publicly called out his scam since his scam of a banking app which he then used the proceeds to buy the old Buggatti and penthouses Recently he has quit crypto as of today and become…
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ZachXBT: $12.6M in Zama cUSDC Frozen After Circle Blacklisting ZachXBT revealed that Circle may have blacklisted the contract address of privacy protocol Zama’s confidential USDC (cUSDC) on Ethereum around seven hours ago, freezing approximately $12.6 million in user funds. Further analysi
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FBI Seizes Over $8B in Crypto, Largest Forfeiture in U.S. History According to Fox News, the FBI has seized more than $8 billion worth of cryptocurrency and arrested nearly 300 suspects as part of a global crackdown on scam compounds operating across Myanmar, Cambodia, Thailand and the UAE
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Marca verilerine göre bu sezon Şampiyonlar Ligi’nde scout ekiplerinin en çok izlediği oyuncular şu şekilde sıralandı: 1-Barış Alper Yılmaz(Galatasaray) 2-Jens Peter(Bodo Glimt) 3-Camilo Duran(Qarabağ) 4-Uğurcan Çakır(Galatasaray) 5-Carlos Forbs(Club Brugge) 6-Ousmane Diomande(Sporting Lizbon) 7-Rola
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BS Dialogue | The pull of the magic pill Experts examine India's newly unlocked generic weight-loss drug market, focusing on its regulatory guardrails, medical guidelines, costs, and current landscape following recent semaglutide patent expirations. Watch here: https://mybs.in/Rkd
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Vaibhav Sooryavanshi did his best to keep his emotions in check, but the disappointment was hard to hide. The 15-year-old looked heartbroken after Rajasthan Royals crashed out of IPL 2026 with a defeat to Gujarat Titans in Qualifier 2. More details 🔗 https://www.hindustantimes.com/cricket/vaibhav-so
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🛡️ Dutch authorities dismantled a 17-million-device botnet linked to a Russian proxy service, seizing around 200 servers used to power phishing campaigns, spam, and DDoS attacks worldwide. 🔗 https://link.ie.social/xzZ7OO
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LATEST: 🏦 Citi's head of digital assets Ryan Rugg says the future of networks is "always on, multi-asset, multi-currency, multi-bank, and cross-border."
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Yesterday a guy jumped on a call with me and his pitch was like I built an AI platform that autotrades gold. You just deposit. The AI does everything. 1% a day. Your money doubles in 100 days. Strictly gold, nothing else. I just smiled. Because I've heard this exact pitch for years only the asse
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Формально женщины в Античности не могли заниматься публичной политикой. Однако на них возлагали ответственность за то, как они влияли на своих мужей или любовников из числа государственных деятелей. Этот мотив можно найти, например, в «Сравнительных жизнеописаниях» Плутарха, герои которого часто ока
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Crypto Daily Digest & Alpha Feed — 2026.05.30 General News ■ UK To Allow AI-controlled Weapons To Carry Lethal Strikes https://x.com/i/status/2060574888713236742 ■ US Reveals It is Capable of Resuming War With Iran https://x.com/i/status/2060559765227377065 ■ US & Cuban Military Officials Ho
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Blockaid：Alephium 跨链桥遭攻击损失约 81.5 万美元 据 Blockaid 监测，以太坊上的 Alephium TokenBridge 遭遇黑客攻击。由于 4 个守护者密钥中的 3 个遭到泄露，攻击者在约 7 分钟内通过签署伪造的 VAA 盗走了价值约 81.5 万美元的资产。在此过程中，黑客凭空铸造了 1376 万枚封装 ALPH，并从未托管合约中解锁了解冻的 USDT、USDC、WBTC 和 WETH。本次事件并非智能合约漏洞，而是属于密钥泄露。目前，黑客地址中仍持有这笔约 81.5 万美元的被盗资产以及 1376 万枚无抵押支持的封装 ALPH。 — link Ale
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Analyst reviews 47 crypto OpSec failures, revealing one common mistake made by 100% of victims, highlighting critical security gaps across wallets, users, and Web3 practices - 𝕏/@officer_secret 🏷️ Hacks , Crypto , wallets 🕵️ @Danicjade 💬 🦾 @Benthic_Bot : 84% of January 2026's $370M in losse
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Circle 或已将隐私协议 Zama 的 cUSDC 合约列入黑名单，冻结 1260 万美元资金 吴说获悉，据链上侦探 ZachXBT 披露，约 7 小时前，Circle 或已在以太坊网络上将隐私协议 Zama 的机密 USDC（cUSDC）合约地址列入黑名单。此举导致该合约内价值 1260 万美元的用户资金已被冻结。 — link ZachXBT 发布更新，经进一步分析，被 Circle 列入黑名单的 Zama cUSDC 合约冻结资金，可能与 DeFi 项目 Overnight Finance 存在关联。该资金地址曾参与 Overnight Finance 近期发起治理投票，讨论财库资金
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Wall Street’s trillion-dollar dilemma: Why AI-powered hackers are keeping big banks off the blockchain CertiK CEO and co-founder Ronghui Gu says April was the worst month for DeFi in four years with exploits on 27 out of 30 days.
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Zama처럼 프라이버시 중심(완전 동형 암호화 FHE 기반) DeFi 프로젝트가 USDC 같은 centralized stablecoin에 의존하는 리스크 동결 히스토리 1. 5월 11일 Overnight Finance(최근 rug pull 의혹을 받고 있는 프로젝트)와 연관된 지갑에서 약 1,240만 USDC가 Zama의 cUSDC 컨트랙트(Ethereum)로 입금 2. Circle의 컴플라이언스(준법) 시스템이 이 지갑을 플래그하고, 자금이 cUSDC 컨트랙트로 이동한 것을 감지해 전체 cUSDC 스마트 컨트랙트를 블랙리스트 처리
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法国法院批准引渡涉嫌挪用美国政府 4600 万美元加密货币的嫌疑人 John Daghita 据法新社与《巴黎人报》报道，法国法院已批准将二十多岁的美国籍嫌疑人 John Daghita 引渡回美国。美国当局指控其在 2026 年 2 月底离开美国前，从其签署合同的美国政府扣押仓储钱包中挪用了约 4600 万美元的加密货币。据披露，嫌疑人是协助美国政府管理扣押加密货币的一家美国私营安全公司高管的儿子。执法人员在搜查中发现了一箱美元现金、高端计算机设备、多部手机以及一把手枪，并已全额追回了被盗的 4600 万美元加密货币。其辩护律师表示嫌疑人自身也请求被引渡，但整个行政引渡程序可能仍需约 10
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Alephium以太坊跨链桥遭攻击，7分钟内约81.5万美元资产被盗 PANews 5月30日消息，据Blockaid 披露，Alephium TokenBridge以太坊跨链桥遭遇漏洞攻击。攻击者通过控制4个Guardian密钥中的3个，伪造验证信息实施盗币，整个过程仅用时 7 分钟，累计盗走价值约 81.5 万美元资产。攻击过程中，攻击者凭空铸造1376万枚封装ALPH（Wrapped ALPH），数量远超原有流通量，同时托管池内的 USDT、USDC、WBTC、WETH 也被非法解锁。目前，攻击者地址仍持有约81.5万美元被盗资产及1376万枚无抵押支持的封装ALPH，其中最大一笔异常交
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RFV Raid: How Patagon's Lawsuit, Overnight's Treasury Move & Circle's Blacklist Wrecked $12.6M of Zama Users Overnight Full story from today's drama 1. What does RFV (risk free value) mean? • Basically the assets that a protocol/DAO’s treasury have (stablecoins) that could t
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Gravity Bridge 疑似被盗 540 万美元 吴说获悉，据链上分析师 Specter 监测，跨链桥 Gravity Bridge 疑似遭遇攻击，其合约密钥或已泄露，导致总计约 540 万美元的加密资产被盗。据称，被盗资产主要包括约 430 万美元的 USDC，274 枚 WETH（约 55.3 万美元）、43.4 万美元 USDT 以及 6.4 万美元 PAYG。目前暂未见项目方回应。 — link 据 PeckShield 监测，目前黑客已通过 ChangeNow 和币安洗钱了部分被盗资产，其地址中目前仍持有 2102 枚 ETH（约 423 万美元）。
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MLM：某地址疑似将钓鱼资金 2930 万美元资金转换为 XMR，推动门罗币价格上涨近 15% 吴说获悉，据 MLM 监测，三天前某地址（0x3d1c...9a44）从 Coinbase 提取了 2930 万美元 USDC 并开始将其兑换为 DAI，该笔资金疑似为被盗或网络钓鱼所得。昨日，该地址开始将 DAI 兑换回 USDC，并利用多个钱包通过 Wagyu(.)xyz 将 USDC 兑换为 XMR。在过去 17 小时至 4 小时期间，该涉案主体共计购买了价值 2300 万美元的 XMR，在此过程中推动门罗币（XMR）价格上涨了近 15%。目前，该地址在链上仍持有价值约 400 万美元的 DA
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It's a real shame that Iran and the US ended up as adversaries, mostly because of the US/ZOG btw. In a strange sense I see America and Iran as being similar in a lot of ways. -Large country -Strong intelligent people who can solve just about any problem put before them -Harsh climate and rugged
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[2/2] （ BlockBeats ） 8、 Solana交易路由透明度遭质疑 Solana交易被Prop AMM私有做市商垄断，Jupiter路由九成订单流向暗池，低价背后是透明度的牺牲。 （ PANews ） 9、 DeFi漏洞利用损失率下降 Pigi Finance数据显示，2026年DeFi与黑客相关预计损失已达7.068亿美元，TVL为900亿美元，损失率为0.79%，远低于近年水平。 ━━ 项目动态 ━━ 1、 CME推出24/7加密期货交易 CME正式推出7×24小时加密期货交易，为XRP等市场带来全天候访问，结束周末缺口。XRP保持在1.30美元附近。 （ CoinGape
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JUST IN: CryptoQuant CEO Ki Young Ju predicts Bitcoin could remain in a bear market for another 18 months. 📉 His warning comes as BTC struggles to regain momentum amid inflation concerns, geopolitical tensions, and growing market liquidations. ⚠️ Is the next bull run further away than investors thin
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Gravity Bridge drained of $5.4M as attacker submits fraudulent batch withdrawals with valid signatures - 𝕏/@peckshieldalert 🕵️ @Benthic_Bot 💬 🦾 @Benthic_Bot : PeckShield flagged an ongoing exploit on the Gravity Bridge Ethereum contract (0xa4108aA1…2D906), with at least $5.4M drained so fa
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Zama创始人回应cUSDC冻结事件：系法院限制令，非针对协议与隐私 PANews 5月30日消息，Zama协议创始人Rand在X平台发文表示，在链上侦探 ZachXBT 协助下已查明cUSDC 合约冻结事件根源。此次冻结系法院针对 Overnight Finance 黑客相关地址下达限制令所致，该地址曾向 cUSDC 合约存入约 1250 万美元 USDC，占合约内资金超 99%，进而导致整个合约被冻结。 Rand强调，本次冻结与协议本身、隐私技术无关，并非针对 Zama 的制裁，属于典型 DeFi 司法限制场景。项目坚持合规隐私原则，不混淆交易收发双方，仅隐藏余额与金额。 目前 Zama
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Few posts, but we're not disappearing anywhere We're still actively working on our new product, On-Chain Terminal. Now, almost all on-chain actions are automated—any team transfers, fresh wallets, hacks, arbitrage, liquidations, swaps, multisenders, mints/burns, real-time market maker buys,
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Wall Street’s trillion-dollar dilemma: Why AI-powered hackers are keeping big banks off the blockchain - CoinDesk
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【Zama 创始人回应 cUSDC 合约被冻结：正与各方沟通尽快解冻，已暂停 cUSDC、cUSDT、cWETH 合约】 Foresight News 消息，Zama 协议创始人 Rand 针对 cUSDC 合约被冻结事件发布最新说明。已查清根源，事件与 Zama 本身或隐私技术完全无关，而是源自 Overnight Finance 黑客地址此前存入约 1250 万美元 USDC。当时该地址未被制裁列表标记，也未被 KYT 工具拦截。但昨晚美国法院下达限制令冻结了黑客关联钱包。由于合约内 99% 以上资金都来自该黑客，导致法院直接要求冻结整个包装合约以锁定赃款。Zama 强调，自身一直坚持「合
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What Is an AI Prompt Injection Attack? The Hidden Threat Hijacking Your Chatbots Hackers can hijack ChatGPT, Claude, and Gemini with nothing but a sentence. OpenAI says the problem may never be fully solved. Here is what it is, how it works, and how to stay safe.
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MLM：疑似2300万美元黑客资金买入XMR引发币价波动 Odaily星球日报讯 据 MLM 监测，三天前有人从 Coinbase 提现约 2930 万美元 USDC，并开始将其兑换为 DAI，疑为被黑客或钓鱼资金。昨日，该账户开始将 DAI 兑换回 USDC，并通过多个钱包将 USDC 兑换为门罗币（XMR）。分析显示，约在 17 至 4 小时前，相关地址共购买约 2300 万美元 XMR，期间推动 XMR 价格上涨近 15%。目前，这些账户链上仍持有约 400 万美元 DAI，但暂未继续购买 XMR。 原文链接 https://www.odaily.news/zh-CN/newsflash
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CertiK flags DeFi exploits on 27 of 30 days in April as biggest blocker to trillions in TradFi onchain migration - Coindesk 🏷️ TradFi , Exploit , Onchain 🕵️ @Benthic_Bot 💬 🦾 @Benthic_Bot : CertiK CEO Ronghui Gu says April was DeFi's worst month in four years, with exploits on 27 of 30 days and o
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[1/2] 【Crypto/TradFi 信息汇总】2026-05-30 16:00 ━━ 重要新闻 ━━ 1、 美国加密监管框架推进，多平台获重要突破 CFTC 批准 Kalshi 推出比特币永续合约，并向 Coinbase 发放不采取执法行动函。Kraken 计划 30 天内推出美国首个 CFTC 监管永续期货，支持 BTC、ETH、SOL、XRP 等 9 种资产。Kalshi 平台加密相关预测市场交易量占比已达 70%。美国两党议员联合提出 PARITY 法案推动加密税收框架现代化；摩根大通 CEO Jamie Dimon 抨击 Coinbase，警告稳定币条款或致 CLARITY 法案
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【Alephium 以太坊跨链桥遭攻击，约 81.5 万美元资产被盗】 Foresight News 消息，据 Blockaid 监测，Alephium TokenBridge 以太坊跨链桥遭遇攻击。攻击者通过控制 4 个 Guardian 密钥中的 3 个，伪造 VAA（验证授权消息）并在约 7 分钟内完成攻击，共窃取约 81.5 万美元资产。攻击过程中，攻击者凭空铸造 1,376 万枚封装 ALPH（Wrapped ALPH），超过攻击前流通供应量的 100%，同时从托管池中解锁并转出 USDT、USDC、WBTC 和 WETH 等资产。目前，攻击者地址仍持有约 81.5 万美元被盗资产及
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💌 Onchain message: Transaction 📤 From: 0x4eab0e005861f1561effb5181c279817159837b7 📥 To: 0x6681ebc82551fe52fdb48e65872e85a3ae06921d 🌎 Network: mainnet 💬 Message: To the individual responsible for the Alephium bridge exploit: We are prepared to treat this incident as a white hat disclosure under the f
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【Circle 依法院令冻结 Zama 的 cUSDC 合约，因 Overnight 创始人被指挪用逾 1500 万美元共享金库】 Foresight News 消息，据 The Block 报道，Circle 于周六清晨冻结价值 1260 万美元的 Zama cUSDC 是源于法院对一起集体诉讼的判决。该案是一起集体诉讼，于 5 月 28 日在美国加州北区地方法院提起 。三家持有 Overnight Finance OVN 代币的基金指控该协议的创始人 Maxim Ermilov 挪用了超过 1500 万美元的共享金库资金。诉讼文件称 Ermilov 是俄罗斯公民，并表示居住在阿布扎比。Er
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Alephium以太坊跨链桥遭攻击，7分钟内约81.5万美元资产被盗 — 🔗 link
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What happened in China this week: 1. Futu posted 25% revenue growth in Q1 2026, but profits tanked 61.2%. The culprit was a one-off fine for illegal cross-border trading, not the business itself, which is still firing on all cylinders. 2. PDD grew revenue 11% while profit fell 15%, and the stock sli
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🔧 Tool do Dia: Google NotebookLM O problema não é faltar documento. É decidir no meio de PDF, call, link e anotação solta. Problema que resolve: líder perde tempo relendo material antes de aprovar compra, pauta, contratação, prioridade ou risco. Para que serve: juntar fontes em um caderno e pergunta
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Overcoming the "undruggable" KRAS: We identified natural compounds that target the KRAS G12D mutation in pancreatic cancer. Read Full Article #KRAS #G12D #pancreaticcancer
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Over 1,400 Liquidity Providers Hit in $7.3 Million DxSale Exploit • Over 1,400 liquidity pools linked to old DxSale contracts on BNB Chain were exploited, resulting in a loss of $7.3 million, with attackers using AnySwap to obscure their trail. • The exploit was facilitated by the transfer
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[2/3] 灰度报告称Hyperliquid 2025年实现约8亿美元收入，永续合约交易量约2.9万亿美元，未平仓合约约70亿美元。通过HIP-3、HIP-4扩展至代币化股票、大宗商品和预测市场，挑战CME等传统衍生品交易所。 （ BlockBeats ） 3、 比特币突破74,000美元，ETF连续净流出 BTC现报约74,001美元，24小时涨幅1.3%。过去24小时全网爆仓2.04亿美元。Glassnode指出BTC近期回测7.5万美元行权价附近聚集近80亿美元空头Gamma头寸。美国现货BTC ETF本周净流出14.156亿美元（IBIT流出9.663亿、GBTC流出1.72亿、FBT
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🥷 Gravity Bridge has been hacked for approximately $5.4 million. The stolen assets were exchanged for #ETH . Currently, the attacker still holds around 2,102 ETH ($4.1 million). #hack
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Overcoming the "undruggable" KRAS: We identified natural compounds that target the KRAS G12D mutation in pancreatic cancer. Read Full Article #KRAS #G12D #pancreaticcancer
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