ChainCatcher news, according to the Financial Times, the company behind the AI code editor Cursor, Anysphere, has just completed a $900 million funding round led by Thrive Capital, reaching a valuation of $9 billion. This round attracted participation from top venture capital firms, including a16z and Accel.Upon inquiry, it was found that the cryptocurrency exchange FTX was a seed round investor in Cursor, but after FTX's bankruptcy liquidation, its liquidation team sold the Cursor shares they held for $200,000, while those shares have now skyrocketed to a value of approximately $500 million.Cursor is an AI-powered code editor that has been rapidly developing recently. Before this funding round, Anysphere had raised $105 million in a Series B round led by Thrive Capital and Andreessen Horowitz at the end of 2023, with a valuation of $2.6 billion at that time. In just a few months, its valuation has more than tripled.

ChainCatcher news, BNB Chain recently launched a new open protocol called Model Context Protocol (MCP), which provides standardized support for establishing secure, bidirectional communication between AI applications and external data or tool systems, marking a key step towards achieving plug-and-play integration of AI agents in the Web3 space.As part of BNB Chain's "AI First" strategy, the MCP protocol connects blockchain data with AI models through standardized interfaces, helping developers build smarter, context-aware applications. Developers no longer need to create customized interfaces for each tool or dataset; they can simply integrate this secure standard framework designed for the collaborative development of Web3 and AI, allowing them to focus on their domain development. The core advantages of MCP include: data privacy protection; on-chain interaction auditability; model protection and encryption mechanisms; support for AML/KYC compliance, etc.This release also resonates with other BNB Chain AI First themes, such as the ongoing global BNB AI Hackathon, the official AI Agent solution, which provides developers with toolkits and launch support, and can accelerate project development through the AI Fast Track Program, as well as the MVB prepared for mature projects.

ChainCatcher message, according to SoSoValue data, the encrypted market is generally in a pullback, with the Layer2 and PayFi sectors down 2.05% and 2.30% respectively in the last 24 hours. Within the PayFi sector, XRP, Litecoin (LTC), and Stellar (XLM) fell by 2.78%, 4.50%, and 4.54% respectively, while Safe (SAFE) rose against the trend by 13.78%. In the Layer2 sector, ex-MATIC (POL) and Optimism (OP) dropped by 4.79% and 6.80% respectively, however, Movement (MOVE) remained relatively strong, surging 4.19% during the session.Additionally, the AI sector rose by 0.96% in the last 24 hours, with Bittensor (TAO) and Akash Network (AKT) increasing by 5.87% and 5.25% respectively; the CeFi sector increased by 0.74%, with Binance Coin (BNB) rising by 1.53%.In other sectors, the Layer1 sector fell by 0.31%, the Meme sector dropped by 1.53%, and the DeFi sector decreased by 1.74%, but Four (FORM) rose against the trend by 14.26%.Meanwhile, the cryptocurrency sector indices reflecting historical market trends show that ssiAI and ssiCeFi increased by 1.39% and 1.25% respectively in the last 24 hours.

ChainCatcher news, according to Cointelegraph, the legal team of the founder of the cryptocurrency mixing service Samourai Wallet sent a letter to the Manhattan federal court on May 5, disclosing that the prosecution is suspected of concealing important evidence. It is reported that the U.S. Department of the Treasury's Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) had clearly stated six months before the indictment that Samourai Wallet did not need to apply for an MSB (Money Services Business) license. However, the prosecution still filed charges against the founder for "operating without a license" and concealed this key information for as long as a year and a half.The two defendants in the case, Rodriguez and Hill, were previously charged with assisting in over $2 billion in illegal transactions. Currently, the legal team has requested the court to hold a hearing regarding the prosecution's delay in disclosing evidence and stated that they will refile a motion to dismiss the charges.

ChainCatcher news, according to the official announcement, OpenAI has announced a restructuring, abandoning its previous plan to reorganize as a for-profit company, and will continue to be controlled by a non-profit organization, while its for-profit entity will transform into a "Public Benefit Corporation" (PBC).OpenAI was founded in 2015 as a non-profit organization but transitioned to a limited-profit organization in 2019 and attempted to transition again to a for-profit organization. After the transition to limited-profit, OpenAI retained its non-profit division, which currently holds a controlling stake in OpenAI's corporate division. OpenAI board chair Bret Taylor and CEO Sam Altman stated that this move aims to ensure that AI development benefits all of humanity while enhancing the ability to mobilize funds to meet the enormous computational resources required in the era of AGI.

ChainCatcher news, according to Spazio Crypto, UAE real estate giant MAG has signed a $3 billion real asset tokenization (RWA) agreement with blockchain infrastructure company Mavryk, in partnership with Dubai financial derivatives institution MultiBank Group.According to the agreement, MAG's luxury real estate projects, including Dubai Riverfront, The Ritz-Carlton Residences, and Keturah Reserve, will be tokenized on the blockchain through MultiBank.io's compliant RWA market. MAG Senior Executive Vice President Talal Mofaq Al Ghaddah stated that these real estate assets will be issued as independent RWA tokens on the Mavryk blockchain.MultiBank will launch a native functional token MBG, which will provide features such as trading discounts and priority home purchasing rights within the ecosystem, and will adopt a deflationary buyback and burn model. The platform plans to expand its current asset scale from $3 billion to $10 billion.

ChainCatcher news, Tether CEO Paolo Ardoino announced on his X platform account that a new project named Tether.ai is set to launch.According to Ardoino, the core product of Tether.ai, "Personal Infinite Intelligence," will be a fully open-source AI Runtime. Its design goal is to be adaptable and operable on any hardware and device without the need for API keys, eliminating centralized points of failure, and being fully modular and composable. Notably, this AI Runtime will integrate WDK (presumably Tether's development kit) to support payments using the stablecoin USDT and Bitcoin. Ardoino envisions that Tether AI technology aims to ultimately build a peer-to-peer network composed of billions of AI agents.

ChainCatcher news, according to the Financial Times, AI code editor Cursor has completed a new round of $900 million financing, led by Thrive Capital, with participation from Andreessen Horowitz (a16z) and Accel. After this round of financing, Cursor's parent company Anysphere is valued at $9 billion.

ChainCatcher news, according to official sources, the AI-driven trading protocol COPX.AI has announced the successful completion of a comprehensive security audit conducted by the Web3 security auditing firm CertiK.It is reported that this audit covered the core smart contracts of COPX.AI, including token distribution, linear release mechanisms, and trading mining logic, ensuring their security and functional integrity. The COPX.AI team stated that this audit further enhances the protocol's transparency and security, and they will continue to optimize the smart contracts and explore more decentralized governance solutions in the future.

ChainCatcher news, Tron founder Justin Sun stated on X that the First Digital Trust (FDT) and ARIA fraud case involves over $500 million in funds, with individuals including Christian Alexander Boehnke De Lorraine Elbouef, Vincent Chok, Yai Sukonthabhund, Matthew William Brittain, and Cecilia Teresa Brittain. The funds flowed through FDT and Legacy Trust in Hong Kong to banks in Dubai such as Mashreq Bank, ADIB, Emirates NBD, and EFG.He urged the Dubai government, regulatory authorities, and relevant banks to take immediate action to freeze suspicious fund flows and conduct internal reviews to prevent becoming a haven for financial crime.

ChainCatcher news, according to the decentralized AI blockchain platform Sahara AI on the X platform, the public testnet SIWA will be released on May 19.

According to ChainCatcher news, the Hong Kong Commercial Daily reported that Meitu founder Cai Wensheng purchased the entire building in Tin Hau for approximately HKD 650 million. The transaction involves the property "PARK AURA," a commercial building located on Tin Hau Road. This property was completed in 2020, has 25 floors (from basement to 24th floor), with a floor area of about 2,041 square feet and a total floor area of approximately 53,000 square feet.Cai Wensheng stated on social media that he plans to transform the building into an AI-Web3 entrepreneurship center: the 1st and 2nd floors will feature an AI-themed café (similar to a garage café model), along with a space for AI technology lectures. Some floors will be designated as AI-Space shared office areas, available for free to Hong Kong entrepreneurs to apply for use. The remaining floors are planned to be studios in the fields of AI and Web3.

ChainCatcher news, according to the official website, Binance Alpha has launched Housecoin (House) and XAI gork (gork).

ChainCatcher news, according to the announcement from Huobi HTX, Huobi HTX will open the deposit service for GORK on May 1 at 18:00 (GMT+8). The GORK/USDT spot trading will open on May 1 at 19:00 (GMT+8). The withdrawal service for GORK will open on May 2 at 19:00 (GMT+8).It is reported that GORK (New XAI gork) is a meme coin on the Solana chain that imitates the official AI account Grok from X, which mostly posts in a humorous and sarcastic style.

ChainCatcher news, Web3 AIGC & AI Agent project MelodAI announces the launch of a KOL cooperation plan, aimed at establishing deep collaborations with global Key Opinion Leaders (KOLs) to jointly promote project development through exclusive incentive policies. This plan will provide participants with customized support to help expand the project's influence.It is reported that MelodAI focuses on providing advanced AIGC (Artificial Intelligence Generated Content) and AI Agent services for music and short video creators. Its team consists of Hollywood AI experts and seasoned Web3 operators, possessing rich industry resources and project experience.

ChainCatcher news, during the Token2049 Dubai conference, at the Founders Night event hosted by Scaling X and co-hosted by Morpheus, Morpheus co-founder Adam Zhao officially launched the first application product of its AI-native Web3 development platform Morpheus Ostraka.Through a live demonstration, Adam Zhao showcased how the platform can automatically convert natural language instructions (prompts) into smart contracts and deployable dApps, allowing users to complete full-chain interactions driven by agents without any coding.Ostraka is the first officially launched AI-native dApp from Morpheus, providing a fully on-chain smart contract experience powered by a network of agents and large language models. It not only demonstrates another possibility for dApps in the AI era but also marks the official starting point of the Morpheus language protocol ecosystem.During the event, Morpheus also initiated a social NFT lottery subscription activity aimed at high-net-worth Web3 participants on-site.

ChainCatcher news, decentralized AI project Gata today announced the completion of a $4 million seed round financing. This round was participated by YZi Labs, IDG Blockchain, Maelstrom Fund, Manifold Trading, Gate Ventures, Formless Capital, Anti Capital, MH Ventures, V3V Ventures, 071 Labs, and Echo.Gata focuses on developing decentralized large model inference, training, and data technologies to enable decentralized infrastructure to truly participate in and support the trillion-dollar global AI economy. Gata believes that decentralized inference, training, and data resources will bring lower costs, high availability, and censorship-resistant architectures to the AI industry, helping AI achieve sustainable and inclusive development.As one of the important milestones, Gata launched the DataAgent platform, which utilizes computing power resources contributed by global users to automatically generate the data required for AI training through AI, replacing the traditional manual data labeling method.