ChainCatcher news, Bitwise executive Jeff Park pointed out that under the framework of U.S. securities law, insider trading that results in losses does not constitute a violation on a technical level. This is because insider trading, as a form of securities fraud, must simultaneously meet the three elements of liability, breach, and damages.Jeff Park explained that the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) defines insider trading primarily based on the anti-fraud provisions of the Securities Exchange Act. Since the essence of insider trading is fraudulent behavior in securities transactions, if the trade does not result in a profit, it cannot be proven to have caused actual harm to others. This also explains why the civil penalties in insider trading cases are usually calculated based on multiples of "profits gained" or "losses avoided."Additionally, Jeff Park stated that for crypto assets like meme coins, if they are not classified as securities, then insider trading regulations do not apply, and they should be regulated from the perspective of market manipulation or fraud.

ChainCatcher news, according to on-chain analyst On Chain Lens monitoring, about 7 hours ago, a newly created wallet address withdrew 42,895 SOL (approximately 7.89 million USD) from Binance exchange, and then staked 42,805 SOL of that amount.

ChainCatcher news, according to Onchain Lens monitoring, goofyahh.sol has sold 10.4 million LIBRA, earning a profit of $496,000 in 40 minutes.It is reported that after Argentine President Milei forwarded the LIBRA token purchase tutorial, goofyahh.sol immediately spent 5 million USDC to purchase 10.4 million LIBRA.

ChainCatcher news, according to Lookonchain monitoring, the LIBRA team is suspected of using three internal wallets to preemptively purchase their own tokens and profit $6.65 million.Hours before the LIBRA token issuance, one address (0xcEAe...06e2) transferred 1.6 million USDC cross-chain to three wallets on Solana, then preemptively purchased 3.77 million LIBRA tokens and quickly sold them all for 8.25 million USDC, netting a profit of $6.65 million.Since this address previously transferred USDC from Avalanche to Solana and made payments to Dave Portnoy, analysts believe this address may belong to the LIBRA team.

ChainCatcher news, according to Onchain Lens monitoring, a whale address transferred 5.82 million ONDO tokens worth 7.3 million dollars to Coinbase.This address had previously accumulated these ONDO tokens for 5.04 million dollars between March 26, 2024, and October 4, 2024, making a profit of 2.26 million dollars from this transaction.

ChainCatcher news, according to Binance founder Zhao Changpeng's post on X platform: "According to Defillama data, the trading volume of BNB Chain has increased by 66.63% in the past 7 days, and it all started with a video tutorial.I heard the team is working on a new video tutorial to teach people how to create AI agents on BNB Chain."

ChainCatcher news, Meteora team member benchow.sol (@hellochow) clarified in a post on X: "The Meteora team has not participated in the deployment, market making, or release of LIBRA.The LIBRA team uses Meteora, which is a permissionless platform. We have never had any contact with this token or the Argentine president Milei.Many teams create Meteora pools through CLI/SDK/CPI, and there are many configuration options, so we indeed often use our technology to assist them. As we learn more, we will share further information in the future."Previous news, according to Arkham monitoring, 70% of LIBRA's supply is located in 2 addresses, while 15% of the supply is directly deposited into Meteora LP by developer addresses.

ChainCatcher message, according to Ai Yi's monitoring, smart money 0x177...4fe76, after holding OM for more than a year, is suspected to have reduced its holdings by 8.71 million tokens today, realizing a profit of approximately 61.23 million dollars.This address purchased 23.83 million OM tokens from Binance at an average price of 0.2261 dollars between January and March 2024, transferred 11.53 million tokens to a new address 11 months ago, and woke up 9 hours ago to partially recharge into the exchange. OM has increased by 36% in the last 24 hours and has accumulated a rise of 94% over the past month.

ChainCatcher news, according to on-chain analyst @ai_9684xtpa monitoring, a whale that built a position of 3000 ETH at $2615 two weeks ago has liquidated all ETH 5 hours ago, realizing a profit of $348,000.

ChainCatcher news, L1 intellectual property blockchain Story Protocol tweeted that it has opened the staking of token IP.

ChainCatcher news, according to a memo from the SEC, on February 5, 2025, staff from the crypto special action group met with representatives from Jito Labs and Multicoin Capital Management. The topics discussed by both parties were ways to address issues related to the regulation of crypto assets.Representatives from Jito Labs and Multicoin Capital Management provided accompanying documents that were discussed during the meeting. The accompanying documents indicated that the participants expected to discuss two main topics during the meeting: the ability to incorporate staking as a feature of ETPs; and potential models for staking in certain crypto asset ETPs.

ChainCatcher news, the modular blockchain Sophon announced its attendance at Consensus Hong Kong, and will co-host the event "Sophon Meet-Up: Taking Crypto to Consumers" with Web3Future, TinTinLand, and MetaEra on February 18 from 14:30 to 18:00 (UTC).

ChainCatcher news, according to The Block, the Ethereum staking ratio has dropped to 27%, returning to levels seen since July 2024, and marking the first decline since the peak of 29% at the end of 2024. Currently, 33.5 million ETH have been staked, continuing to support the security of the Ethereum network.Despite the decline in the staking ratio, liquid staking derivatives (LSDs) still dominate the Ethereum ecosystem, with Lido controlling about 69% of the market share, and Binance staking ETH holding 15% market share.

ChainCatcher news, according to on-chain analyst Yu Jin's monitoring, the creator of the Broccoli token turned 1 BNB (approximately $707) into 9,819 BNB (approximately $6.72 million) in just 24 minutes, achieving a return of 9,517 times. Currently, these BNB have been sold and exchanged for ETH, USDT, and USDC.Specific details show that after Zhao Changpeng posted a tweet about his dog Broccoli, the creator quickly created the token on four.meme and purchased 115.4 million Broccoli with 1 BNB. Subsequently, the token was sold through 12 transactions, and the BNB was ultimately transferred to the address 0xc77...894 and sold completely.

ChainCatcher news, according to data from The Block, the current ETH staking ratio has dropped to 27%, reverting to the level of July 2024. This marks the first trend decline since reaching a peak of 29% at the end of 2024, and it is also the first decline since staking became popular in May 2023. Liquid staking derivatives (LSD) continue to dominate the Ethereum staking ecosystem. Lido remains the leading liquid staking protocol, controlling about 69% of the LSD market. Binance's staked ETH ranks second, with a market share of approximately 15%, indicating a high concentration among major providers.While Ethereum continues to serve as a key infrastructure for DeFi and NFTs, recent market attention has shifted to other protocols and ecosystems. This trend may reflect investors seeking higher returns in other ecosystems and protocols, or reducing staking positions to participate in other market opportunities.

ChainCatcher news, the Algorand Foundation announced an investment in the decentralized peer-to-peer staking platform Valar, with the specific investment amount undisclosed.

ChainCatcher news, according to the official announcement, Binance's financial chain will launch Lista BNB staking on February 13, 2025, at 18:00 (UTC+8). Users can subscribe and stake BNB through their Binance accounts to earn on-chain returns provided by the Lista protocol.

ChainCatcher message, the Ethereum Foundation officially stated that it has deployed 10,000 ETH to Spark, 10,000 ETH to Aave Prime, 20,800 ETH to Aave Core, and 4,200 ETH to Compound. More content is coming in the future, including exploring staking.