ChainCatcher news, the parallel trusted computing network Arcium has acquired the core technology and team of the Web2 confidential computing project Inpher, with the specific acquisition amount undisclosed. This acquisition will enable Arcium to accelerate its mainnet launch by leveraging Inpher's confidential machine learning technology and performance improvements.In addition, to promote industry advancement, Arcium is open-sourcing all patents to accelerate the development of global confidential computing.It is reported that Inpher was founded by Professors Jordan Brandt and Dimitar Jechev, and has a history of nearly ten years, having raised over $25 million from investors such as JPMorgan and Swisscom.

ChainCatcher news, according to Unchained, Saga founder Rebecca Liao stated that the "Web3 Financial Compensation Report" shows that women in the Web3 finance sector earn an average of 46% less than men, a gap significantly higher than the 39% (U.S.) and 28% (U.K.) in Web2 finance.In 2024, over 90% of blockchain venture capital funding is directed towards male-dominated projects, and in 2023, women held only 26% of positions in the crypto industry, with only 6% in leadership roles.Although an earlier report from Pantera indicated that women in the crypto field earned 14.6% more than men, this study also showed that women in the industry had an average experience level of 5.3 years, compared to 4.5 years for men.Rebecca Liao stated that these two studies do not present a contradictory picture but rather emphasize the fact found by McKinsey in its 2023 Women in the Workforce report: women are not hindered by a lack of opportunities for C-suite promotions, but rather face a "leakage." This means that women progress from junior to mid-level positions at a slower rate than men, thereby hindering their chances of advancing to senior levels.

ChainCatcher news, according to NFT Plazas, the Roguelike card-building game Dimensionals, developed by Mino Games, has officially transitioned to a pure Web2 model.Mino Games CEO Sash MacKinnon revealed that the company initially attempted to enter Web3 in March 2023 by issuing the free Genesis Stone series NFTs to increase game visibility and attract mainstream players. However, the project faced issues such as bot malicious scraping, DDoS attacks, and rapid changes in the NFT market, leading to expected revenues dropping to zero. Additionally, the community was disappointed by the decline in NFT value, resulting in low user conversion rates.Mino Games attempted a second NFT minting and closed Alpha testing, but the results were unsatisfactory. After extensive discussions with investors and advisors, Mino Games decided to transition to Web2 to avoid further financial losses.Previous news, Mino Games completed a $15 million funding round to build Web3 games, led by Standard Crypto.

ChainCatcher message, Nubit has published a letter to the community, officially announcing the Minichain construction plan aimed at consumer-level applications. It expands on the Nubit Data Availability (DA) solution and introduces tools such as DeKit, Minichain-as-a-Service, and Universal Bridge, helping developers focus on building products without worrying about technical complexity.It is reported that Nubit is committed to helping Web2 developers easily transition to Web3 and bridging Web3 projects with billions of Web2 users on platforms like Telegram and Twitter, to build the next generation of consumer networks and achieve seamless connectivity between Web2 and Web3.

ChainCatcher news, focusing on the AI decentralized underlying protocol KIP Protocol announced a partnership with the AI-Agent platform Moemate to help its 3 million Web2 users enter the Web3 space. Moemate, as the flagship project of the new KIP AI alliance, will be provided with decentralized infrastructure by KIP Protocol to establish new standards for AI interaction scalability, security, and ownership.Moemate will gradually decentralize its architecture using KIP's tools and infrastructure. The collaboration includes account abstraction, tokenization and trading of roles, skills, and models, community-driven AI asset investment and crowdfunding, and support for both fiat and cryptocurrency payments. This partnership will help Web2 AI users seamlessly transition into the decentralized AI ecosystem of Web3, showcasing the scalability and real-world applicability of KIP Protocol.It is reported that KIP recently announced partnerships with NaaS operators NodeOps and easeflow. On July 18 at 12:00 UTC, the NodeOps platform will launch KIP node sales.