ChainCatcher news, DWF Labs partner Andrei Grachev posted on the X platform that he has just transferred some tokens to DWF Labs' public wallet. DWF Labs is currently buying a large number of various altcoins and will send them to the wallet one by one.Grachev added, "Perhaps we will establish our own strategic reserve. It's under consideration..."

ChainCatcher news, according to 8 Market data, Bitcoin's market capitalization has surpassed Amazon (AMZN.O), reaching $2.044 trillion, rising to the fifth position in the global mainstream asset rankings.

ChainCatcher news, according to the official blog of the Ethereum Foundation, the total amount of funding grants for the first quarter of 2025 is $32.647 million, covering several key areas including community and education, consensus layer, cryptography and zero-knowledge proofs, developer tools and experience, execution layer, protocol growth and support, etc.

ChainCatcher news, according to Bloomberg, Eric Trump, the son of Trump, spoke at the Token2049 event in Dubai, stating: "I love Bitcoin. I firmly believe it is digital gold. I personally hold a large amount of Bitcoin, and Trump holds quite a bit as well. Moreover, I believe that Bitcoin will experience exponential growth in the coming years. Personally, this is a big bet for me."

ChainCatcher news, Nasdaq-listed Thumzup Media Corporation announced that it has submitted an amendment to its "universal shelf" registration statement S-3 to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), increasing the maximum total offering amount from $200 million to $500 million.Once effective, this increased registration statement will allow Thumzup to raise up to $500 million in funds to increase working capital and further advance its Bitcoin (BTC) acquisition strategy. The company's board of directors had previously authorized Thumzup to allocate up to 90% of its liquid assets to BTC as part of its capital management strategy.According to the terms of the offering, Thumzup may raise funds through one or more offerings within three years after the registration statement becomes effective, using various securities, including common stock, preferred stock, warrants, debt securities, purchase contracts, and/or units.

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, Yua Mikami Meme coin official posted on X platform stating that the valid subscription address for this presale is 17,560, with a total valid subscription amount of 23,320.74 SOL.The team identified over 21,000 spam transactions, which attempted to submit less than 0.002 SOL, totaling approximately 1.158 SOL. Therefore, addresses with deposits greater than 0.002 SOL will receive Mikami coins proportionally.

ChainCatcher news, according to on-chain analyst Yu Jin's monitoring, in the past 8 days, the Trump lady MEME project Melania has continued to sell 9.99 million MELANIA (4.65 million USD) through unilateral liquidity and DCA methods.Since 3/16, the Melania project team has transferred a total of 41.675 million MELANIA from Community to Liquidity addresses over a period of one and a half months, and then sold them by adding unilateral liquidity and DCA, converting them into 170,000 SOL. Worth 23.063 million USD, with an average selling price of 0.55 USD. They will then gradually sell the SOL for USDC to transfer to other chains or for withdrawals.

ChainCatcher message, according to Onchain Lens monitoring, a whale purchased 2.48 million VIRTUAL tokens through Ethereum (ETH) and Aerodrome (AERO), with a total transaction amount of approximately 4.28 million USD and an average transaction price of 1.72 USD.

ChainCatcher news, according to Solscan data, the fundraising amount for the Meme coin MIKAMI released by Yua Mikami has exceeded 20,000 SOL, currently reported at 20,307.05 SOL, approximately 3,059,257.23 USD as of the time of publication.

ChainCatcher news, Solana version of MicroStrategy SOL Strategies released its performance update for April, disclosing that the company has secured up to $500 million in convertible note financing to expand its SOL holdings, with a validator uptime of 99.995%. The total number of staked SOL tokens has now exceeded 3 million (3,036,462 tokens). As of April 30, 2025, SOL Strategies holds 269,258 SOL, of which 268,671 SOL are actively staked with the company's validators.

ChainCatcher news, according to Coinglass data, the total liquidation amount of SIGN in the past 4 hours reached 5.27 million USD, surpassing Bitcoin's 3.11 million USD, ranking first in the entire network, among which the liquidation of SIGN long positions was 1.69 million USD, and the liquidation of SIGN short positions was 3.58 million USD.

ChainCatcher news, according to Cointelegraph, the founders of the crypto fintech company Bankera have been accused of using funds raised from the 2018 Initial Coin Offering (ICO) to purchase luxury properties worldwide.According to leaked company records and bank statements, founders Vytautas Karalevičius, Justas Dobiliauskas, and Mantas Mockevičius transferred nearly half of the ICO funds (approximately $114 million) into a bank they purchased in Vanuatu. The bank subsequently issued loans to companies owned by the three for the acquisition of luxury properties in the French Riviera and Lithuania.Bankera had promised to become "the bank of the blockchain era" and obtain an EU banking license, but this has not yet been realized. Its originally planned profit-sharing program was suspended in 2022. The founders' lawyer denied any fraudulent activity in the ICO but declined to comment on specific transactions.

ChainCatcher message, Binance founder Zhao Changpeng stated on social media, "Satoshi Nakamoto is an artificial intelligence from the future. I was just asked during a live interview in Turkey (still ongoing) 'Who do I think Satoshi Nakamoto might be.' I always tweet while I'm in meetings."

ChainCatcher news, Alliance DAO founding partner Imran Khan posted on the X platform, stating that an important yet widely overlooked competition is unfolding among AMMs, aiming to become the default infrastructure for token launch platforms. This competition involves differentiated bonding curves, anti-front-running mechanisms, and refined fee generation frameworks.Imran Khan pointed out that AMMs successfully capturing this market could establish a moat and generate substantial revenue, but whether they can form a long-term advantage remains to be seen. It is expected that AMMs will design mechanisms to lock in the launch platform for as long as possible.

ChainCatcher news, Zhao Changpeng posted on platform X stating, "Trading platforms need trading volume. For many years, many centralized exchanges (CEX) have been reluctant to list BNB, missing out on the high trading volume brought by this top five market cap cryptocurrency.Now they are starting to catch up. While this intensifies the competition Binance faces, it is beneficial for BNB itself. I am pleased to see Kraken start supporting BNB trading."

ChainCatcher news, according to The Block, the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York recently sentenced Long Island resident Eugene William Austin Jr. (also known as Hugh Austin) to 18 years in prison for charges including conspiracy to commit wire fraud, money laundering, and interstate transportation of stolen property.The court found that Austin conspired with his son Brandon Austin to falsely promise victims large cryptocurrency transactions, short-term high-return investments, and services to introduce high-net-worth investors to startups, while actually defrauding them to fund personal luxury expenses.Brandon Austin pleaded guilty in 2023 and was sentenced to 4 years in prison. The two caused over 20 victims to suffer cumulative losses exceeding $10 million. Eugene Austin's sentencing date is set for February 20, 2025, and he faces a maximum of 45 years in prison.