Recent blockchain news 🎉 1️⃣ The IMF has raised concerns over Pakistan’s decision to allocate 2,000 MW of electricity for Bitcoin mining and AI data centers, questioning the legality of crypto mining amid energy shortages and budget talks, and is seeking urgent clarification from Pakistan’s Finance Ministry as part of ongoing loan negotiations. 2️⃣ French prosecutors charged 25 people, including six minors aged 16–23, in connection with multiple kidnappings and attempted abductions targeting cryptocurrency figures and their families in Paris, with 18 suspects now in pre-trial detention after a failed May 13 plot against Paymium CEO’s daughter. 3️⃣ US sports betting platform SharpLink Gaming filed to sell up to $1 billion in shares to establish an Ether treasury, intending to use most proceeds to buy ETH and earning comparisons to Michael Saylor’s MicroStrategy, especially after nominating Ethereum co-founder Joseph Lubin as board chairman. 4️⃣ The Open Network (TON) briefly halted block production on June 1 due to a masterchain dispatch queue error, but developers released a quick fix and restored functionality within about 40 minutes, assuring users that no funds were lost during the outage. 5️⃣ Czech Justice Minister Pavel Blazek resigned after backlash over his ministry’s sale of nearly $45 million in Bitcoin donated by a convicted drug trafficker, raising questions about the donation’s origins and prompting an organized crime investigation.