According to ChainCatcher news, as reported by Decrypt, several commissioners of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) expressed support for establishing a regulatory sandbox for digital assets during the second digital asset roundtable, allowing cryptocurrency exchanges like Coinbase to experiment freely in new areas, including the provision of tokenized securities trading.SEC Acting Chair Mark Uyeda stated in a pre-recorded video statement, "I encourage market participants developing new ways to trade securities using blockchain technology to provide input on what exemptions may be applicable." Uyeda specifically noted that a "time-limited, conditional exemption relief framework" could provide unregistered cryptocurrency exchanges the freedom to innovate in areas such as tokenized securities before relevant rules and laws are established.

ChainCatcher news, reporter Eleanor Terrett tweeted that the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and Binance have jointly requested the court to pause the lawsuit for another 60 days. According to a recent document, both parties have had "productive" discussions, some of which relate to the work of the cryptocurrency special working group, and stated that continuing to pause the lawsuit is in the best interest of all parties. The court previously required both parties to submit a joint status report by April 14, 2025, and the case will be updated again in 60 days.Previously, it was reported that the U.S. court agreed to pause the legal dispute between Binance and the SEC until April, with both parties required to submit a report by April 14.

ChainCatcher news, Morpho Labs stated on its X platform that after continuous investigation, it has confirmed that the Morpho frontend is secure. Users do not need to take any additional measures. Morpho indicated that at 4:44 AM Central European Time today, the Morpho team discovered and fixed the frontend issue. Next week, the team will share a detailed article explaining the cause, scope, and solution.Previous news, according to monitoring by Shield, a certain address may have suffered a loss of 2.6 million dollars due to an attack exploiting the Morpho Blue frontend vulnerability, with the attack transaction being front-run by the well-known on-chain arbitrageur c0ffeebabe.eth, and the funds ultimately transferred to address 0x1A5B...C742.

ChainCatcher message, in response to the community's concerns about the security of EIP-7702, Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin stated on Warpcast that the correct usage should be "to delegate permissions to a contract that has been thoroughly reviewed by a wallet team and the Ethereum community," and that contract should implement its logic in a secure manner.

ChainCatcher news, Fuzzland co-founder Chaofan Shou tweeted that the vulnerability in the lending protocol Morpho's frontend (Bundler3) has been fixed.

ChainCatcher message indicates that, according to SoSoValue data, the cryptocurrency market sector is generally experiencing a pullback, with only the AI and DePIN sectors remaining relatively strong. The AI sector has risen by 0.66% in the last 24 hours, with Bittensor (TAO), Render (RENDER), and Fartcoin (FARTCOIN) increasing by 2.30%, 7.51%, and 7.94%, respectively. The DePIN sector has risen by 0.60%, with Helium (HNT) and Grass (GRASS) increasing by 2.47% and 3.82%, respectively.Meanwhile, the cryptocurrency sector indices reflecting historical market trends show that the ssiAI and ssiDePIN indices have increased by 1.72% and 1.19% in the last 24 hours, respectively, with the ssiAI index having a weekly return rate of 3.79%.Additionally, Bitcoin (BTC) has narrowed its decline to 2.47%, rebounding above $80,000. Ethereum (ETH) has dropped by 6.16% in the last 24 hours, falling below $1,600.In other sectors, the CeFi sector has decreased by 0.03%, but Hyperliquid (HYPE) has risen by 6.01%; the Meme sector has fallen by 0.85%, and the Layer1 sector has decreased by 0.99%, with Avalanche (AVAX) rising by 1.20% and Hedera (HBAR) increasing by 1.71%; the Layer2 sector has dropped by 1.09%, with Arbitrum (ARB) rising against the trend by 1.21%; the PayFi sector has decreased by 1.39%, and the DeFi sector has fallen by 1.45%.

ChainCatcher message, Fuzzland co-founder Chaofan Shou posted on the X platform that the front-end component Bundler3 of the lending protocol Morpho has a security vulnerability, advising users to avoid interacting through the front end.Shou emphasized that only the "Multicall" function is affected, and the other functions are safe. If users need to withdraw funds, it is recommended to execute the Withdraw function directly through the contract. Currently, user funds themselves are not affected.

ChainCatcher news, according to former U.S. federal prosecutor James K. Filan, the SEC and Ripple have jointly submitted a motion to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, requesting to "stay" the proceedings of both parties' appeals and cross-appeals, on the grounds that the parties have reached a "principled settlement agreement," which is currently awaiting approval from the SEC Commission. If approved, a motion for a declaratory judgment will be filed in the district court. The court has canceled the previously scheduled submission of response materials on April 16.This motion signifies that the case may soon reach a final settlement.

ChainCatcher news, according to The Block, Helium Network's developer Nova Labs stated that the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has dropped the charges against the company for selling unregistered securities.Helium stated in a blog post on Thursday that this means selling "hardware and distributing tokens to facilitate network growth" does not automatically make it a security. The SEC sued Nova Labs in January of this year, and a few days later, former chairman Gary Gensler resigned on January 20. The lawsuit involves three tokens related to Helium: Helium Network Token (HNT), Helium Mobile Token (MOBILE), and Helium Internet of Things Token (IoT), which the SEC claims are all unregistered securities.

ChainCatcher news, according to the official website of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), to further clarify the applicability of federal securities laws in the cryptocurrency market, the SEC's Division of Corporation Finance has issued a statement guiding the registration and disclosure requirements for relevant securities. The statement covers equity and debt securities related to networks, applications, and cryptocurrency assets, including cryptocurrency assets that are part of investment contracts. The guidance includes key disclosure elements in documents such as Regulation S-K, Form S-1, and Form 10, such as business descriptions, risk factors, securities characteristics, management information, financial statements, and requirements for displaying smart contract code.

ChainCatcher news, according to market news, VanEck has submitted an application to the SEC to list the Avalanche ETF on Nasdaq.

ChainCatcher news, the Hong Kong Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) officially announced on April 7 that it has issued regulatory guidelines regarding the provision of staking services to licensed virtual asset trading platforms, as well as guidelines for SFC-recognized funds investing in virtual assets (virtual asset funds) concerning their participation in staking activities. The virtual asset exchange HashKey Exchange received approval from the Hong Kong SFC on April 10 to become one of the first exchanges in Hong Kong authorized to provide staking services.The SFC stated in the announcement, "The SFC recognizes the potential benefits of staking in enhancing the security of blockchain networks and allowing investors to earn returns from virtual assets in a regulated market environment."In February this year, the SFC released the "Virtual Asset Development Roadmap" ("A-S-P-I-Re" framework) and proposed to consider expanding the range of virtual asset products under a regulatory framework, including providing staking, leverage, and lending services under clear guidelines.Terence Pu, Managing Director of HashKey Exchange, stated, "HashKey Exchange has built a staking service system that meets regulatory requirements, taking the lead in providing ETH staking services for spot ETFs, and is actively promoting staking services for all customers.This service relies on HashKey Cloud's excellent node operation capabilities to provide users with secure and compliant staking services. In the near future, investors will not only be able to hold Ethereum ETFs to earn staking returns but also hold ETH directly and earn additional returns through our staking services."

ChainCatcher News, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) announced on April 9, 2025, that it has officially accepted the listing application for the Fidelity Solana Fund submitted by the Cboe BZX Exchange. The fund will be listed as Commodity-Based Trust Shares, with the underlying asset being the Solana (SOL) cryptocurrency.

ChainCatcher news, Binance's second batch of voting for new coin activities has announced specific projects. These include ZEC, JASMY, FTT, STPT, ARK, ARDR, GPS, MBL, PERP, NKN, WING, LTO, FLM, BSW, ALPACA, VOXEL, PDA.

ChainCatcher news, according to official information, Binance will launch the second batch of voting for delisting activities on April 10. The voting period will start within 30 minutes, lasting for seven days from 2025-04-10 04:00 (UTC) to 2025-04-16 23:59 (UTC) (the "Voting Period"). Users must log in to their verified Binance accounts and hold at least 0.01 BNB in their trading accounts throughout the voting period for their votes to be eligible. During the voting period, each user can vote for up to 5 projects in the delisting pool, or choose to vote for fewer projects. Each verified account can only allocate one vote per project.

ChainCatcher news, according to SoSoValue data, Trump announced a suspension of tariffs and a reduction in tax rates for multiple countries. As a result, the cryptocurrency market rebounded across the board, with the crypto sector generally rising about 4% to 15% over 24 hours. Among them, the AI sector led with a rise of 15.82%, with Bittensor (TAO), Fetch.ai (FET), and Render (RENDER) increasing by 15.52%, 15.79%, and 16.71% respectively in 24 hours. Additionally, Ethereum (ETH) rose by 13.77%, breaking through the $1600 mark. Bitcoin (BTC) increased by 7.94%, briefly surpassing $83,000.It is worth mentioning that MAG7.ssi rose by 11.24%, DEFI.ssi rose by 15.92%, and MEME.ssi rose by 13.44%.In other sectors, the DeFi sector rose by 12.43% over 24 hours, with Ondo Finance (ONDO) increasing by 23.87%; the PayFi sector rose by 12.26%, with XRP increasing by 14.13%; the Meme sector rose by 11.87%, with Dogecoin (DOGE) rising by 12.48%; the Layer2 sector rose by 8.91%, with ex-MATIC (POL) increasing by 10.72%; the Layer1 sector rose by 8.52%, with Solana (SOL) and Cardano (ADA) rising by 12.72% and 12.56% respectively; the CeFi sector rose by 5.89%, with Hyperliquid (HYPE) increasing by 16.09%.Meanwhile, the cryptocurrency sector indices reflecting historical market performance show that the ssiAI, ssiDeFi, and ssiRWA indices rose by 16.27%, 13.79%, and 12.97% respectively over 24 hours.

ChainCatcher message, the second round of voting for the Binance listing event has ended today at 7:59. The final voting percentages are UXLINK (26.3%), ATH (17.1%), BIGTIME (15.2%), IP (11.5%), PLUME (9.5%), SAFE (6.9%), GRASS (3.2%), ONDO (2.8%), VIRTUAL (2.7%), WAL (1.7%), ZETA (1.6%), MORPHO (1.6%).