ChainCatcher news, according to on-chain analyst @ai_9684xtpa's monitoring, the ORCA deployment address transferred tokens worth $9.62 million to the market maker Wintermute one hour ago, possibly for market making or selling.As of now, Wintermute has deposited some ORCA into exchanges such as Coinbase, Binance, Kucoin, and Kraken, and its on-chain address still holds 2.2 million ORCA, worth approximately $7.5 million.Since Wintermute first deposited tokens to the exchange at 22:18, the price of ORCA has dropped by about 7%, from $3.642 to $3.39. Wintermute had interacted with ORCA as early as December 2024, and this does not seem to be its first time providing market making services for the project.

ChainCatcher news, according to CoinDesk, the biopharmaceutical public company ATAI Life Sciences announced that it will adopt a Bitcoin financial strategy, planning to initially invest $5 million to purchase Bitcoin. Following this news, ATAI's stock price briefly rose.The company's chairman, Christian Angermayer, stated that the company plans to initially invest $5 million to purchase Bitcoin while retaining sufficient cash, short-term securities, and public equity to ensure the company's operating funds until 2027.

ChainCatcher news, according to the official announcement, Binance will update its fiat trading market maker program on March 24, 2025, at 08:00 (UTC+8).Starting from March 24, 2025, at 08:00 (UTC+8), a new EUR market tier will be added to the fiat market maker program. The review tier for this market will be adjusted from one tier to two tiers; the trading volume percentage requirement for Tier 1 orders (Maker) is 0.5%; the trading volume percentage requirement for Tier 2 orders (Maker) is 1.0%; after qualifying, the fee rate for Tier 1 orders (Maker) is -0.005%; the fee rate for Tier 2 orders (Maker) is -0.010%; market maker accounts will be reviewed weekly based on the new activity review mechanism; starting from April 1, 2025, at 08:00 (UTC+8), the maker fee rebate will be distributed based on the market maker's trading performance in the designated spot fiat market from the previous week.

According to ChainCatcher news and monitoring by Ai Yi, the balance of the public repurchase address for SHELL market makers has increased to 19.95 million tokens, estimated to be worth 5.92 million dollars based on the proposed price, which means 74% of the repurchase progress has been completed (the most recent proposal was made 11 hours ago). However, the price of SHELL has not shown a significant increase, currently priced at 0.3029 dollars.

ChainCatcher news, according to on-chain analyst Yu Jin's monitoring, the whale address nemorino.eth sold 2,500 ETH after making a profit from short-term trading in ETH.This address bought ETH at a price of $1,906 two days ago, and then sold 2,500 ETH at a price of $2,021 eight hours ago after the ETH price rose by more than $100, exchanging it for 5.05 million USDC, realizing a profit of $287,000.

ChainCatcher news, according to on-chain analyst Yu Jin's monitoring, a whale has transferred 44,700 AAVE (approximately 8.18 million USD) to Binance exchange.This whale accumulated 43,800 AAVE (approximately 6.6 million USD) from Binance and on-chain during the period from August to November 2024 at an average price of 150.4 USD, and this time transferred to the exchange at a price of 183 USD, realizing a profit of approximately 1.46 million USD (+22%).It is worth noting that this holder had an unrealized profit of over 10.45 million USD when AAVE reached its price peak in December 2024.

ChainCatcher news, according to Lookonchain monitoring, DWF Labs has just received 3.6 billion X (X Empire) for market making, approximately 307,000 USD.

ChainCatcher news, according to CoinDesk, cryptocurrency market maker Keyrock has established an office in New York, USA, with Chief Business Officer Robert Valdes-Rodriguez as the head.Keyrock's CEO stated that as the largest capital market in the world, the clarity of U.S. regulations under Trump will improve, which is expected to bring prosperity to digital assets.

ChainCatcher news, the NYSE-listed consumer food company DayDayCook announced that it will purchase 100 bitcoins and inject them into its financial reserves within the next three months. The funds will be raised by issuing Class A common stock to investors at a premium price ranging from $0.50 to $1.25 per share. The first delivery of 25 bitcoins will be completed within 30 days.In addition, crypto market maker Volmart's CEO Alex Yang will serve as a strategic advisor.

ChainCatcher news reports that, according to Ember monitoring, a whale using 50x leverage to short on the Hyperliquid platform closed 6,210 BTC short positions (worth $520 million) within 10 minutes, pushing the BTC price from $82,400 to $83,200. During this 4-day trading period, the trader made a profit of $4.73 million with a margin of $17.15 million.After closing the positions, he allocated the funds as follows: purchasing 3,202 ETH ($6.1 million), 1,039 PAXG ($3.1 million), and depositing $12.5 million into Maker.It is reported that this trader typically converts part of the funds into ETH and PAXG after closing positions, while the remainder is deposited into Maker, waiting for the next trading opportunity.

ChainCatcher news, according to Jinshi reports, Bastian Freitag, head of the German fixed income department at Rothschild Wealth Management, stated that the Federal Reserve is expected to remain on hold this week, with the earliest window for the next rate cut in June.In a report, Freitag noted that inflation continues to stagnate above the Federal Reserve's 2% target, and this sideways trend may persist. The punitive tariffs already imposed by the U.S. government and those that will still be imposed may continue to elevate prices. "Meanwhile, we have observed an increase in survey-based inflation expectations, which reduces the Fed's room for premature rate cuts," Freitag said. He expects the Federal Reserve to cut rates in June, September, and the first quarter of 2026.

ChainCatcher message, Bitcoin has a poor start in 2025, especially as investors enter a risk-off mode, but it may soon ease, as Wall Street expects Bitcoin to make a strong rebound in the second quarter of this year after experiencing weakness in March.

ChainCatcher news reports that, according to Ember monitoring, an institutional investor suspected to be Blockchain Capital has sold 766,000 ENS tokens in the past three months, worth approximately $17.71 million, realizing a profit of $8.2 million. As of now, the institution still holds about 540,000 ENS tokens, valued at approximately $8.85 million.The institution extracted and accumulated a total of 1.306 million ENS tokens from Binance through four different addresses in 2023, at that time worth $16.23 million, with an average purchase price of $12.4. After the ENS price broke $40 at the end of 2024, it began to gradually transfer out tokens, with the average price of the transferred portion reaching $23.1. These ENS tokens entered exchanges such as OKX, Bybit, and Gate via the address 0xC4D...611.

ChainCatcher news, according to Ember monitoring, a high-leverage trader successfully arbitraged again on the Hyperliquid platform. He deposited 4.03 million USDC as margin to Hyperliquid at 4 AM and went long 50,000 ETH (approximately 93 million USD) at a price of $1,856 with 25x leverage.Subsequently, the trader closed the position around 7 AM at an average price of $1,880, successfully making a profit of 1.18 million USD. It is worth noting that after each profit, the trader converts the withdrawn USDC into ETH, only exchanging ETH back to USDC when he needs to engage in leveraged trading again.

ChainCatcher news, two well-known Ethereum developers eric.eth and sassal.eth stated on X that the address that deposited 30,098 ETH into Maker this morning is not the Ethereum Foundation address.Previously, Arkham marked the address suspected to be the Ethereum Foundation, which deposited 30,098 ETH into the Maker vault at 04:15 (UTC+8) today. Currently, this address holds a total of 100,394.447 ETH as collateral and has a debt position of 78,035,224.7182 DAI, with a liquidation price of $1,127.065.