ChainCatcher message, Defi App announces its token HOME airdrop and staking are now live.

ChainCatcher news, the stablecoin dedicated network Plasma announced on platform X that it has reached a deposit cap of 500 million USD, with over 1,100 participating wallets and a median staking amount of approximately 35,000 USD.

According to ChainCatcher's message, monitored by on-chain analyst Ai姨 (@ai 9684xtpa), the initial staking of the stablecoin dedicated network Plasma, backed by Binance and Tether, ended within 2 minutes starting at 9 PM tonight. The final subscription amount will be allocated based on the deposit amount and staking time. Among them, a certain whale address starting with 0x790 staked 50 million USDC, accounting for 20% of the total staking share.

ChainCatcher news, the on-chain staking and yield protocol HashPower has announced the completion of a $4 million strategic financing round, with participation from HashKey Group, FBG Capital, Hailstone Labs, and DePIN X Capital. This financing will accelerate HashPower's expansion of decentralized mining capabilities, optimize staking yields, and build digital asset and AI infrastructure.HashPower provides users with staking yields and infrastructure services through its globally distributed node network and user-friendly platform protocol. Previously, HashPower signed memorandums of understanding (MOU) worth $60 million with several projects, including Aethir, Multiple Network, XPIN Network, Planck Network, DI Foundation, Inferix, Bitcoin on Base, and Automata Network. The parties will engage in deep cooperation in areas such as ecological growth, joint research and development, and the deployment of decentralized mining, computing power, and AI infrastructure.

ChainCatcher message, according to monitoring by The Data Nerd, a certain whale withdrew 1500 ETH (approximately 3.91 million USD) from Bitget 1 hour ago. Currently, it has staked 16886 ETH (approximately 44.22 million USD) in Lido and staked 14.8 million USDC in AAVE.

ChainCatcher news, according to official sources, Binance Staking has added new borrowable assets including Vaulta (A), Haedal Protocol (HAEDAL), Huma Finance (HUMA), Sophon (SOPH), and World Liberty Financial USD (USD1).

ChainCatcher news, according to Onchain Lens monitoring, a newly created wallet withdrew 4,000 ETH from Kraken, worth 10.57 million USD, and transferred it to Lido for staking.

ChainCatcher news, according to the official website information, Sky (formerly Maker) has begun to provide stablecoin incentives for SKY token staking, with incentives distributed in the form of USDS. The current APY for SKY staking is 17.48%.In previous news, two whales withdrew $5.4 million worth of MKR from Binance and staked it.

ChainCatcher news, according to Bloomberg, the U.S. SEC has expressed doubts about the Ethereum and Solana staking ETFs launched by REX Shares and Osprey Funds, believing they may not comply with the definition of investment companies and ETFs under the Securities Act.The U.S. SEC stated that these funds may have "incorrectly submitted their registration statements," and that "the disclosures in the registration statements regarding these funds' status as investment companies may be misleading."REX Financial's General Counsel Greg Collett said, "We believe we can satisfy the SEC's concerns regarding investment companies, and we do not intend to launch the funds until we do so."

ChainCatcher news, according to The Block, REX Shares and Osprey Funds have submitted applications to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to launch Ethereum and Solana staking ETFs. The new ETH and SOL funds will "invest at least 80% of their net assets in their respective reference assets," namely ETH and SOL. Each fund will also invest "at least 50% of its holdings" in these cryptocurrencies. These funds will operate as "regular C corporations" to address U.S. federal income tax, rather than as "regulated investment companies" like spot Bitcoin and Ethereum ETFs.

ChainCatcher message, according to Ai Yi's monitoring, a certain whale/institution has withdrawn 1.79 million KAITO (approximately 3.99 million USD) from Binance in the past 8 hours and deposited all the funds into Kaito for staking. In addition, the funds from this address have interacted multiple times with Continue Capital.

ChainCatcher news, according to the official website, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has released a policy statement regarding PoS network staking activities, clarifying that three types of staking activities do not constitute securities issuance: 1) Self-staking (node operators using their own crypto assets to participate in network validation); 2) Third-party non-custodial staking (asset owners retain control, only delegating validation rights); 3) Compliant custodial staking (custodians strictly segregate client assets, not used for operations or re-hypothecation).The statement points out that the network rewards obtained from the above staking activities are considered compensation for validation services, rather than investment returns based on the efforts of others in managing and operating, and therefore do not meet the securities definition standards of the Howey test. It also clarifies that four types of supporting services (penalty insurance, early unbonding, reward restructuring, asset aggregation) do not change the nature of staking. This policy does not apply to staking services that provide fixed returns or engage in trading using client assets.The SEC emphasizes that custodial institutions must ensure that staking assets: 1) are independent of operating funds; 2) are prohibited from being lent or re-hypothecated; 3) are not subject to third-party claims. This policy aims to provide regulatory certainty for compliant staking activities while maintaining enforcement authority over security tokens.

ChainCatcher news, according to official sources, OKX's smart arbitrage has completed a significant upgrade. Users can now stack staking rewards for SOL and ETH while activating smart arbitrage strategies. In addition, OKX has launched limited-time interest rate coupons for SOL and ETH, allowing users to achieve a triple stacking of annualized returns from arbitrage, staking rewards, and interest rate coupons, further enhancing capital utilization and annualized returns.It is reported that the smart arbitrage strategy is a method aimed at obtaining stable returns by hedging against market price fluctuations. Its core principle is to use a Delta neutral strategy by holding positions in the spot market and the futures market that are opposite in direction and equal in size, thereby hedging the risk of price changes.

ChainCatcher news, the decentralized AI training platform FLock.io recently launched the gmFLOCK staking mechanism. Data shows that within 3.5 hours of the mechanism going live, the locked amount exceeded 20 million, accounting for about 13% of the token circulation, with an average staking period of nearly one year.gmFLOCK aims to effectively suppress short-term selling pressure and optimize the token circulation structure by adopting liquidity locking and non-transferable design, helping to steadily release ecological value in the long term.

ChainCatcher news, the decentralized AI training platform FLock.io has officially launched the gm FLOCK staking mechanism. Within less than three hours of going live, the locked amount has exceeded 14 million. As an important part of the FLock ecosystem, gm FLOCK effectively optimizes the market supply structure of FLOCK by introducing liquidity locking and non-transferable soul-bound token economic design, suppressing the behavior of "mining and dumping," and enhancing the stability of token value.Users can now stake FLOCK to obtain gm FLOCK to participate in platform tasks. The longer the staking period, the better the exchange ratio and staking rewards, with a maximum staking period of 365 days. Upon the completion of the staking period, users can exchange gm FLOCK for the original FLOCK at a proportional rate. gm FLOCK will become the only way to participate in FLock platform tasks, including model training nodes, verification nodes, and delegated tasks.The launch of gmFLOCK optimizes the token model and enables the long-term sustainable development of the FLock ecosystem.

ChainCatcher news, Nasdaq-listed company DeFi Development Corp (DFDV) announced that it has become the first publicly traded company to invest in Solana liquid staking tokens (LSTs), which will utilize the LST technology developed by Sanctum to invest a portion of its SOL holdings in dfdvSOL.dfdvSOL is a liquid staking token delegated to DFDV validators.

According to ChainCatcher news, in an official blog post by the staking service provider Figment, Hester Peirce, the head of the SEC's cryptocurrency working group, clearly stated in a speech on May 19 that the technical activities involved in directly participating in Proof of Stake (PoS) and Delegated Proof of Stake (DPoS) systems do not fall under the jurisdiction of securities laws. This is the first time a senior SEC official has made such a statement regarding staking activities.Peirce pointed out that the SEC will issue further guidance to clarify which activities are not subject to securities laws, including technical services that assist in participating in consensus mechanisms. She acknowledged that the SEC's past enforcement approach has failed to effectively prevent fraud and has instead caused confusion for compliant operators. This statement is seen as a positive signal for U.S. institutions participating in staking activities. Figment stated that this will encourage broader adoption of staking services by U.S. institutions.

ChainCatcher news, Aethir has officially launched its ATH pre-staking activity on EigenLayer. Users can now stake ATH in the EigenLayer ATH vault and receive the liquid staking token EigenATH (eATH).The vault has integrated EigenLayer's AVS model, allowing computing power providers in the Aethir network to borrow ATH to operate a decentralized computing power network, with the service fees generated being proportionally distributed to eATH holders. All staked ATH will be locked for one year to ensure network stability.The redemption feature for eATH is expected to open on June 13, 2026, followed by a 30-day unlocking period.