ChainCatcher news, according to official sources, the decentralized trading protocol Balancer has announced the upcoming release of version V3, with major updates including fee optimization, improved pool efficiency, and a simplified fee model. Meanwhile, Balancer has launched the ETH-USDC passive concentrated liquidity pool on the Base network.

ChainCatcher news, Bitfinex released a report stating, "Bitcoin's approach to the historic $100,000 mark is driven by unprecedented inflows into Bitcoin ETFs and strong institutional demand. Despite facing profit-taking resistance at its latest all-time high, Bitcoin has shown resilience, maintaining around $96,000 over the weekend and then regaining some upward momentum in early trading on Monday. Since the pre-U.S. presidential election low of $66,880, Bitcoin has risen by 47%, and it has astonishingly increased by 130% year-to-date, paving the way for new horizons. The performance of Bitcoin compared to traditional assets is undeniable: Bitcoin's market capitalization has now surpassed Saudi Aramco, becoming the seventh-largest asset globally, with a peak valuation exceeding $1.9 trillion.Although Bitcoin's upward momentum is remarkable, it is not without profit-taking from long-term holders. Despite increased pressure, the current pressure remains manageable compared to the historical peaks in March 2021 and March 2024. These trends indicate a temporary stagnation in market momentum, but the overall market may absorb selling pressure and continue to rise in the medium term.The overall cryptocurrency market (excluding Bitcoin and Ethereum, referred to as the Total3 index) has also reached a new cycle high, with investor sentiment surging, driving the Total3 index to experience a 23.2% increase from low to high last week—this is the largest increase since April 2021. Large-cap altcoins, such as Solana (SOL), have reached new all-time highs, marking their breakthrough of key resistance levels, including the April 2022 peak.The market capitalization of altcoins is now approaching the $984 billion high from May 2021, indicating that speculative funds are shifting from Bitcoin to altcoins. Historically, this kind of fund rotation often heralds the arrival of "altcoin season," where altcoins outperform Bitcoin.In fact, the annualized funding rate for large-cap altcoins has surpassed the 45% threshold, marking an increase in speculative activity. With the participation of retail investors on the rise, short-term volatility is expected to increase, further driving the momentum of altcoins. However, these conditions also require caution, as extreme funding rates often signal severe market corrections."

ChainCatcher news, Mohannad Aama, portfolio manager at Beam Capital Management, stated that the current higher bond yields can be said to increase market risk.However, both stocks and Bitcoin have not succumbed to the pressure brought by rising borrowing costs, but have been capitalizing on investors' enthusiasm for the "Trump trade." The "downside" is that this will lead to a more perfect pricing of both Bitcoin and stocks.If corporate earnings do not meet investors' expectations, or if Trump fails to deliver on his promise to establish a national Bitcoin reserve, both markets could face difficulties.

ChainCatcher news, according to official information, Australia's Monochrome spot Bitcoin ETF (IBTC) held 252 BTC as of November 24, with an AUM of approximately $38.457 million.

ChainCatcher message, Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin stated on Warpcast: "The idea of developing applications for the sake of needing applications is fundamentally soulless; it completely abandons the notion that cryptocurrency is meant to bring about concrete changes in the world, making it more free, open, and collaborative. At the same time, ignoring applications and focusing on generality is also a short-term escape strategy.What we need are specific categories of applications that can truly make the world more free, open, and collaborative, and that can achieve organic usage. Polymarket is a good example, and anoncast is also a great opportunity to bring the best free speech to the forefront while avoiding the quagmire of spam and low-quality content."

ChainCatcher message, Ethereum co-founder Vitalik expressed in an interview with Tencent's "Deep Dive" that he is concerned that if particularly smart people do not engage in Crypto, those who remain in the Crypto space may not have any interesting ideas, and the only applications will be the financial applications that have been around for many years. This would lead to a situation where—issue a token, create an exchange; issue another token, create another exchange; issue yet another token, this token features cute dogs—these things are fun, but if they are the only things our industry is doing, then the industry is failing. The challenge our industry faces is to create applications that are both meaningful and widely engaging.Regarding why the Ethereum ecosystem and the Web3 ecosystem still lack practical applications, Vitalik stated that before this year, transaction fees were too high, some important technologies were not mature, and issues related to account security and privacy had not been resolved. Therefore, before this year, our industry did not have enough technology to create applications that ordinary people could participate in. One reason for the success of DeFi applications is that DeFi can generate more money. This year, we have finally started to address these issues. This year is the best time to create meaningful applications.

ChainCatcher message, according to @ai_9684xtpa's monitoring, the whale DZsGo...YjG2L has incurred an unrealized loss of $290,000 due to continuous averaging down on ai16z.He fomoed in at the peak of ai16z on 11.19, buying more as the price fell, and has currently averaged down 15 times with an investment of $1,023,000; his average cost is $0.2044. Due to the controversial remarks made by the ai16z founder this morning, his unrealized loss has reached a maximum of $535,000, nearly a halving.

ChainCatcher news, according to Bitcoin.com, the Australian Treasury has invited the public to provide feedback on the implementation of the OECD's Crypto Asset Reporting Framework (CARF).In a consultation paper released on November 21, the Treasury stated that implementing the CARF developed by the OECD would "complement the government's efforts to enhance tax transparency." The document will explore the policy advantages of incorporating the OECD model into domestic tax law and consider a timeline for implementation that can minimize compliance costs.It is claimed that the rapid growth of the cryptocurrency market has posed challenges for the government in terms of tax evasion and avoidance. To address this issue, the OECD developed the CARF, aimed at improving international tax transparency by ensuring that crypto-related information is reported in a standardized manner. The framework is expected to enhance the ability of OECD countries to monitor and tax crypto-related activities, thereby reducing opportunities for tax evasion and avoidance.The CARF will require crypto intermediaries, such as exchanges and wallet providers, to report specific crypto transactions to tax authorities. This includes information on the buying and selling of crypto assets. As explained in the consultation paper, Australia expects CARF reporting to begin sometime in 2026.

ChainCatcher news, Meme coin KOL Murad posted on social media, "In this cycle, we will see more than 10 Meme coins with a market cap exceeding 10 billion dollars."

ChainCatcher message, Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin announced a "Sublinear Staking Contract Vulnerability Bounty" on Bountycaster, with a total bounty amount of 2 ETH for identifying any errors/vulnerabilities in the contract and providing specific suggestions for fixes. If multiple issues are found, the bounty will be distributed based on severity.The specific requirements are: in the released Sublinear Staking Contract, if a user is on the whitelist (designated as an ERC1155 collection), then they can stake N tokens, and each slot will earn N ** 0.75 tokens in return, as long as the contract has tokens to pay it. There is a fundedUntil mechanism to ensure that if the contract runs out of money, each staker will receive rewards for each period before the fundedUntil timestamp, and this mechanism will not turn into a fractional reserve.

ChainCatcher news, according to on-chain data analyst @ai_9684xtpa, the deployer of the meme coin ZEREBRO spent 5 SOL to buy 153 million ZEREBRO tokens after creating the token on October 25, accounting for 15.32% of the total supply, and subsequently increased their position with another 1 SOL after the token went live.After that, the deployer transferred 40 million ZEREBRO (worth 21.5 million USD) to the Truth Terminal public address, currently only selling 30% of the tokens, with the remaining 79.63 million tokens spread across four addresses, having an unrealized profit of 42.96 million USD.

ChainCatcher news, according to 8marketcap data, Solana's market capitalization has reached 124.79 billion USD, surpassing companies such as Ping An Insurance and China Merchants Bank, ranking 149th in the global asset market capitalization.

ChainCatcher news, according to The Block, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) finalized a rule this Thursday that grants it the authority to regulate "large non-bank companies," but explicitly excludes crypto assets. The CFPB stated that this rule only applies to transactions denominated in U.S. dollars.The new rule is titled "Defining Larger Participants in the Market for General Digital Consumer Payment Applications" and applies to non-bank financial companies that process more than 50 million transactions annually, requiring them to comply with the same rules as large banks and credit unions. The CFPB emphasized that the definition of "annual covered consumer payment transaction volume" is limited to transactions denominated in U.S. dollars and does not include digital assets such as Bitcoin and stablecoins.The crypto industry and some Republican lawmakers had previously expressed concerns about the potential impact of the rule on crypto assets. The DeFi Education Fund welcomed this and stated that the regulation of digital assets should be led by Congress, not regulatory agencies.

ChainCatcher news, according to The Block, the market-based news and entertainment platform Truemarkets has raised over $4 million through a public NFT sale, raising $4.03 million by selling 15,071 NFTs, with a minting fee of 0.08 ETH (approximately $250) per NFT. Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin purchased 400 of these NFTs, spending a total of 32 ETH (approximately $107,000).Truemarkets allows users to bet on real-world events. Truemarkets has two types of NFTs: Oracle Patron NFT and Truth Seeker NFT. NFT holders are eligible to claim the upcoming asset TRUE tokens in the platform's token generation event.

ChainCatcher news, Grayscale announced on platform X that Grayscale Bittensor Trust is now open to qualified investors, who can gain TAO investment opportunities through this trust fund.

ChainCatcher news, European Central Bank board member Patsalides warned that if U.S. President Donald Trump follows through on his threatened trade tariffs, the European economy could ultimately fall into stagflation. The Central Bank of Cyprus governor stated in Nicosia on Thursday, "Trade tensions are escalating, and if trade restrictions become a reality, the result could be inflation, economic recession, or worse, stagflation."He noted that while there is room to continue lowering borrowing costs, it should be done "at a steady pace and magnitude."

ChainCatcher news, the decentralized gamer network KGeN (Kratos Gamer Network) announced the completion of a $10 million ecosystem round financing, led by Aptos Labs, with participation from Polygon and Game7, bringing its total funding to $30 million.It is reported that the Kratos gamer network primarily operates in India, Brazil, Nigeria, Southeast Asia, and the Middle East and North Africa.Additionally, the Web3 asset data platform RootData shows that since 2022, Kratos Studios' mission has been to bring millions of micro gaming communities in emerging markets into Web3 to create the most powerful POG (Player Owned Game) engine and the Kratos gaming network (KGeN). The POG engine will enable gamers and game developers worldwide to interact seamlessly with each other through the multi-chain gaming data network KGEN.