ChainCatcher message, according to the official announcement, OKX has announced that it is upgrading the Fractal Bitcoin network services. Currently, the BRC20/NFT services on the OKX Web3 wallet for the Fractal Bitcoin network are temporarily unavailable. Users can use the services again after the upgrade maintenance is completed.

ChainCatcher news, according to the official announcement from Swell, the SWELL token will be launched soon, and users can claim it through the designated link on November 7.

ChainCatcher news, according to SolanaFloor, Solana gift cards have been launched in retail stores across Switzerland. After users purchase and activate them, the tokens will be stored offline in the Cryptonow wallet.

ChainCatcher message, the test token TestME released by Magic Eden is now available for claiming and can be traded.

ChainCatcher news, Phantom official announced that its services are currently experiencing availability issues, and some services may be temporarily interrupted. The official recommends that users can ignore simulation errors in emergency situations and try to complete transactions through decentralized applications (dapps). The team is actively addressing the issue.Previous news, according to SolanaFloor monitoring, the crypto wallet Phantom is down due to a major backend incident.

ChainCatcher news, Matrixport's dual-currency investment product is officially launched for EigenLayer (EIGEN), supporting flexible investment periods of 1 to 6 days, with real-time APY reaching up to 44.56% (real-time data as of 16:30 on the 24th, for reference only).Dual-currency investment is a structured product pioneered by Matrixport, flexibly meeting users' investment needs for buying low and selling high. Currently, Matrixport's dual-currency investment supports 13 types of crypto assets including BTC, ETH, BNB, and EIGEN.Founded in 2019, Matrixport is a leading global and Asia's largest one-stop crypto financial service platform, dedicated to creating a super account for users that integrates functions such as crypto asset trading, investment, lending, custody, RWA, and research. Matrixport's asset management and custody volume reaches 6 billion USD.

ChainCatcher news, according to Caixin, multiple developers received emails from Microsoft stating that due to local regulatory requirements, the Microsoft Azure OpenAI service will be shut down on October 21, and in the future, only enterprise customers in mainland China will be able to subscribe to Azure's OpenAI services.Most developers received the email on the morning of the 17th. One developer stated, "This was the only window for personal identity to use OpenAI compliantly in the country, and now it is closed." Meanwhile, some developers expressed dissatisfaction with Microsoft for "only giving four days to handle this." As for this matter, Microsoft has not yet made a statement.

ChainCatcher news, according to CoinDesk, the on-chain data availability (DA) project Hyve has announced the completion of a $1.85 million seed round financing, led by Lemniscap, with participation from Paper Ventures, Frachtis, and others.It is reported that Hyve's solution HyveDA is a completely permissionless data availability layer, currently supporting a throughput of 1 GB per second.

ChainCatcher news, according to Newsis, the head of the Financial Supervisory Service of South Korea, Lee Bok-hyun, stated at the National Assembly's Political Affairs Committee's national inspection meeting that they are investigating abnormal transactions of various cryptocurrencies, including suspicious trading activities of the AVAIL token on the Bithumb exchange. He also mentioned that the financial regulatory authorities are continuously improving the abnormal transaction detection system and handling multiple related investigation cases to enhance market confidence.It is reported that the AVAIL token was listed on Bithumb on July 23, 2024, with an initial price of 236 KRW. Within 15 minutes of its listing, its price surged over 1300%, but it fell back to around 200 KRW in less than 24 hours, raising market concerns about price manipulation.Democratic Party lawmaker Min Byeong-deok pointed out that the AVAIL token incident exposed flaws in Bithumb's abnormal transaction monitoring system. He revealed that Bithumb had stated that only transactions exceeding 5% of the total issuance would be considered abnormal transactions, a standard that clearly failed to effectively prevent such incidents.Director Lee Bok-hyun promised that the Financial Supervisory Service will continue to monitor and investigate various suspicious cryptocurrency trading activities, striving to enhance market transparency and investor protection.Previous news, South Korean lawmakers have requested access to abnormal trading data of AVAIL on Bithumb and are investigating potential price manipulation.

ChainCatcher news, according to The Block, the modular project Avail has reached a strategic partnership with the re-staking protocol Symbiotic, making Avail DA the data availability solution for the Symbiotic ecosystem, allowing a new generation of innovative applications to utilize various verified services (such as intent networks, insurance networks, strategy engines, computation engines, validation and ordering services, co-processors, etc.).In addition, Avail Fusion combines Symbiotic's re-staking model, allowing re-staking of ETH and other ERC20 tokens, which will directly enhance the cryptoeconomic security of the Avail network.

ChainCatcher news, South Korean lawmaker Min Byoung-dug plans to criticize AVAIL as the second "Hamburger Coin" that raises questions during the parliamentary audit. Note: Hamburger Coin is a virtual asset issued overseas and traded domestically in South Korea, while the local one is Kimchi Coin.The lawmaker has requested data on abnormal trading of AVAIL on Bithumb and is investigating its sudden surge upon listing, potential price manipulation, and the effectiveness of customer protection measures at the exchange.The Financial Supervisory Service, which is investigating this incident, declined to comment and stated: "Mentioning specific tokens or the progress of the investigation may affect market prices, so the principle is that the case is handled and disclosed thoroughly."

ChainCatcher news, according to the Korea Economic Daily, South Korean lawmaker Min Byoung-dug plans to criticize the AVAIL token as a "hamburger coin" during a parliamentary audit. The term "hamburger coin" refers to foreign cryptocurrencies listed on South Korean exchanges. Min Byoung-dug has requested data on suspicious AVAIL transactions on the cryptocurrency exchange Bithumb and is investigating the surge in listings, potential price manipulation, and the effectiveness of customer protection measures at the exchange.AVAIL is also implicated in overseas money laundering allegations, including accusations involving a user representative named "yieldfarming" who was banned from trading with foreign investors on Bithumb. In last year's audit, Min Byoung-dug also pointed out similar issues with cryptocurrencies and criticized the exchange for failing to adequately protect investors.

ChainCatcher news, Zhou Lele, Deputy COO of Victory Securities, published an analysis stating that the virtual asset market continues to show slight fluctuations following last week's trend. Major assets like Bitcoin and Ethereum are experiencing swings and entanglements, but high-odds Altcoins are recovering and moving out of the downtrend channel.Last week, approximately $3.08 billion flowed into Bitcoin ETFs, while Ethereum ETFs saw inflows of about $5 million; the weak balance in the market has been broken, with short-term holders gradually increasing their positions, potentially signaling the start of a recovery phase. The shadow stock of virtual assets, MicroStrategy, reached a new high, and the trading volume of its double long ETF is also gradually expanding.Investment in MEME coins is heating up in the market, with an increase in risk appetite. However, compared to the assets themselves, there is a stronger willingness to trade high-odds derivative products. Virtual assets may need to wait for the wealth effect from the global stock market to spill over, increasing market share.

ChainCatcher message, the re-staking protocol Puffer Finance announced that its native token PUFFER will begin airdrop on October 15, 2024, at 07:00 (UTC+8), and the airdrop event will last until January 15, 2025, at 07:00 (UTC+8).The total supply of PUFFER tokens is 1 billion, of which 7.5% will be used for the Crunchy Carrot Quest Season 1 airdrop, allowing community users to participate and vote to decide the future direction of the protocol. In addition, Puffer will allocate 1% of the token supply to the Ethereum core development team to support its 4-year development plan. PUFFER is the core of all products in the project, including the world's first permissionless LRT and UniFi-based fast Rollup solution.

ChainCatcher message, ether.fi posted on social media that they are conducting regular maintenance on OFT. The weETH bridging on Stargate will be unavailable for approximately 2 hours, and updates will be provided when the bridging is restored.

ChainCatcher message, the WalletConnect Foundation posted on X that a scam incident has recently been discovered, where criminals developed a malicious application that impersonates the WalletConnect name and listed it on the Google Play Store. The application has now been removed. Please note that WalletConnect does not have an official application, and be wary of such scams.

ChainCatcher news, according to a report by Checkpoint Research, a fake wallet application that was available on the Google Play Store for four months stole over $70,000 worth of cryptocurrency in a phishing attack, and was later reported and taken down. The malware impersonated WalletConnect, directing unsuspecting users from the official store to other websites, tricking them into authorizing transactions to gain access to their funds. The counterfeit app was downloaded a total of 10,000 times, with 150 people falling victim.

ChainCatcher news, according to official sources, modular data solution provider CARV has announced a strategic partnership with the Bitcoin-secured consumer network Nubit.This collaboration aims to combine CARV's modular data layer with Nubit's data availability (DA) solution, enhancing the data availability and scalability of decentralized applications while eliminating barriers between Web2 and Web3.

ChainCatcher news, Bitcoin L2 BOB announces that BOB Fusion Season 3 is now live, and it is also the final season. At the same time, it offers some new ways to earn Spice, including staking Bitcoin and using LST in the BOB app, voting for favorite projects, and participating in special reward events.