In April 27th, Jin Shi Data reported that on the 26th, the China Gold Association announced that the national gold consumption in the first quarter of this year was 308.905 tons, an increase of 5.94% year-on-year. It was found during the interview that due to the continuous high gold price, consumers are more rational in their choices and many consumers are taking a wait-and-see attitude. At present, the main group of buyers are those who have just started to buy. Many citizens prefer to choose gold jewelry with exquisite workmanship and smaller weight. Many merchants said that since the beginning of this year, the gold price has continued to rise, and at the beginning of the year, due to the consumption factors of the traditional lunar new year, there was a gold rush, but after March and April, consumers' enthusiasm for purchases has declined.

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) said it had served the indictment at the home of HEX founder Richard Schueler (aka Richard Heart) in Helsinki, the capital of Finland. In a Dec. 11 filing in New York District Court, the SEC said the commission served the indictment on Richard Schueler Oct. 31 with alternative service. In the nearly seven weeks that began on Sept. 13, the subpoenas said they had made several unsuccessful attempts to serve the subpoena in person on Heart by phone, text message, letter, and in person at their residence in Helsinki. The SEC sued Heart in July, alleging that he made more than $1 billion from the sale of Hex, PulseChain (PLS) and PulseX (PSLX), which the SEC claims are unregistered securities. It also claimed that Heart had defrauded U.S. and overseas investors of at least $12 million in money to buy "555-carat BCD, expensive watches, and high-end cars." In a status report filed with the court in early November, the S.E.C. said it had not been able to locate Heart to serve the lawsuit since Aug. 22, despite knowing that he was somewhere in Helsinki.