ChainCatcher message, on-chain detective ZachXBT posted: "A few months ago, when the U.S. government suffered a $20 million hack, I helped recover a significant amount of funds, for which I received $0 in rewards."

ChainCatcher message, Linea announced the completion of an additional witch attack analysis targeting LXP holders. The analysis found approximately 476,000 addresses showing clear signs of witch attack activity, which will be added to the existing blacklist and will not be eligible for the LXP token airdrop.If users believe they have been incorrectly flagged, they can submit an appeal via the feedback form within the next two weeks (by January 29, 2025, 23:59 UTC). Linea stated that this is the last planned witch attack review, and the final blacklist will be updated in mid-February 2025.

ChainCatcher news, according to Jinshi reports, a new White House official revealed that Trump plans to sign multiple executive orders and policy adjustments on his first day in office, including:Border and Immigration Policy:Declare a national border emergency and send more armed forces to the border;End asylum policies and close the borders to stop illegal immigration;Restart the "Remain in Mexico" policy and advance the construction of the border wall;Suspend the refugee resettlement program for at least four months;Take action to terminate birthright citizenship;Designate related criminal organizations as global terrorist organizations;Release 10 executive orders related to the border on Monday.Energy and Economic Policy:Declare a national energy emergency;End tax incentives for electric vehicles;An inflation memo requires the government to take "all measures" to address inflation, but no specific target is set for oil prices.Social and Judicial Policy:Terminate federal diversity and inclusion programs;Reinstate the death penalty as part of public safety;Ensure that official documents, including passports and visas, accurately reflect gender.

ChainCatcher news, South Korean authorities have discovered over 500,000 KYC violations at Upbit, with potential fines reaching up to $34.3 billion.Previous news, South Korean financial authorities have notified Upbit that it will face a suspension and rectification order.

ChainCatcher news, BNB Chain today announced the launch of the AI Agent competition, aimed at encouraging innovation and discovering promising AI decentralized applications. This competition is designed to foster innovation and development in the AI field, aligning with the development direction of BNB Chain AI First.The competition consists of 8 rounds, in each round, the best-performing AI agents will be selected based on specific criteria, including market capitalization ranking, market cap growth, community member influence, and community engagement. The BNB Chain Foundation will use BNB to purchase $10,000 worth of the winning AI project tokens in each round and distribute them through airdrops to 1,000 users holding these tokens.Competition DetailsCompetition Period: February 11, 2025, to April 7, 2025, with multiple rounds of competition.Eligibility: All AI agents deployed on BNB Chain; the leaderboard will be updated daily to track progress.Winner Benefits: Eligibility for the upcoming AI Fast Track program, market exposure opportunities, and marketing support.Real-time Leaderboard: The leaderboard will go live on February 6, 2025, providing key performance data for all participants.

ChainCatcher news, Chris Turner, an analyst at ING, stated in a report that the euro is struggling to achieve a substantial recovery due to concerns over a weakening economic outlook for the Eurozone and unfavorable political factors.The U.S. core inflation data released on Wednesday came in below expectations, providing a good opportunity for the euro to rise, as the two-year yield spread narrowed, but the increase was not significant. This may "represent a firm view that the Eurozone and the euro will perform poorly this year, due to weak growth in the region and weak leadership." (Jin Ten)

ChainCatcher news, New York Attorney General Letitia James has taken legal action to recover over $2 million in cryptocurrency that was fraudulently obtained. The scammers promised remote job opportunities to lure these victims into purchasing cryptocurrency.James stated in a recent announcement: "Scammers sent text messages to New York residents, promising them high-paying, flexible jobs, only to trick them into buying cryptocurrency and then steal it from them."With the assistance of the U.S. Secret Service, James indicated that the stolen cryptocurrency has been frozen and urged people to be vigilant against text messages from unknown senders, especially suspicious messages claiming to offer jobs or other opportunities.

ChainCatcher news, the Sui Foundation Hydropower Accelerator Program announced 12 winning projects, including the DeFi aggregator 7k, the peer-to-peer advertising network AdToken, the stablecoin-based fintech operating system CryptoMate, the digital rewards platform Gifted, the DeFi analytics and insights platform InsiDeX, the decentralized market maker and high-frequency trading infrastructure Lotus Finance, the liquidity layer Nativerse, the yield trading platform Nemo Protocol, the DePIN project Pomerene, the tokenization and financing platform Printr, the media Protocol Media Labs, and a project currently under confidentiality.Winning projects will have the opportunity to gain in-depth knowledge of Sui, meet with other developers, receive mentorship, learn from experts in the Web3 field, and gain practical support from the Sui Foundation.

ChainCatcher news, the ScaleBit security team under BitsLab stated that in October 2024, the ScaleBit security team under BitsLab discovered a vulnerability in the Uniswap iOS wallet, named "Unauthorized Access to Mnemonic Phrase." This vulnerability allows attackers with physical access to the device to bypass the wallet's authentication mechanism and directly access the mnemonic phrase stored on the device.The root cause of this vulnerability lies in the flawed design of the storage and access mechanism for the mnemonic phrase. The mnemonic phrase is not effectively encrypted at the application layer, and the triggering conditions for the recovery page are unreasonable, allowing attackers with physical access to the device to easily bypass the wallet's authentication mechanism and directly obtain the mnemonic phrase stored in the wallet.Currently, this vulnerability still exists in the latest version of the Uniswap Wallet (Version 1.42), posing potential risks to all users of this wallet. Therefore, users should pay extra attention to the physical security of their devices during use, avoiding the disclosure of unlock passwords or lending their devices to others.

ChainCatcher news, Indian cryptocurrency exchange CoinSwitch has announced the launch of a ₹6 billion ($69.9 million) WazirX hacker recovery fund.The company's recovery fund "CoinSwitch Cares" aims to assist WazirX users who suffered financial losses due to the alleged cyber attack in July 2024. As part of the initiative, CoinSwitch will distribute funds to affected users over the next two years, aiming to promote the Indian crypto ecosystem.

ChainCatcher news, BIO Protocol announced on social media that six new IP tokens are now live for trading, covering projects including: Alzheimer's (CLAW), industrial hemp fiber (HEMPY), ovarian aging (OVARIA), and low-temperature preservation (CRYORAT), among others.This launch is part of a series of significant advancements for BIO Protocol in recent times. The protocol launched its native token $BIO on January 3rd on the Binance and Ethereum mainnets, and plans to introduce $BIO to the Solana and Base networks soon. Additionally, BIO Protocol plans to launch two new BioDAOs, Long COVID Labs (LCL) and Curetopia, this month.BIO Protocol is developing a new decentralized science (DeSci) launchpad aimed at enabling more permissionless BioDAO releases. The protocol also revealed that it will discuss the future development of DeSci in the Solana ecosystem with the Solana Foundation and developers this week.

ChainCatcher news, the Web3 asset data platform RootData has now fully launched token distribution and unlocking data on both PC and App platforms. Users can currently view distribution models and unlocking ratio data for over 1,000 tokens, as well as detailed unlocking progress data for more than 200 tokens. In addition, RootData has also collected investor cost data for over 100 tokens, along with explanations of economic models, to help users make better investment decision analyses.To enhance the expansion and accuracy of token unlocking data, RootData will also launch a dedicated reward program, offering points and USDT incentives to users who provide valid feedback and supplements. Moving forward, RootData will continuously and rapidly add token economics model information for more projects, strengthening the coverage and credibility of its data models, and improving data openness through APIs, striving to provide users with the best Web3 project data query and usage experience.

ChainCatcher news, Web3 knowledge graph protocol 0xScope founder @0xOar announced on the X platform that the X account has been recovered early this morning. He apologized for the inconvenience caused and stated that there has been no financial loss. They will strengthen relevant security management in the future.Previously, the official X account of 0xScope disclosed that it had been compromised. Subsequently, SlowMist founder Yu Xian stated that SlowMist has intervened in this incident and has connected with relevant solutions.

ChainCatcher news, the encrypted wallet Phantom issued a statement, clearly denying any token issuance plans. In response to market speculation about a potential token airdrop related to social features, Phantom stated that the team's current focus is on optimizing the user experience for discovering new tokens and applications. The project is actively developing social discovery features, aiming to make cryptocurrency use more personalized and social, but will not launch a native token.

ChainCatcher news, according to Cointelegraph, the smart contract of the blockchain company Virtuals Protocol was accidentally found to have vulnerabilities by security researcher Jinu (pseudonym) during a review. Virtuals Protocol quickly released a fix and restarted its bug bounty program. On December 3, Jinu stumbled upon the issue while reviewing the contract and immediately reported it to Virtuals Protocol, only to learn that the company did not have an active bug bounty program, which meant his discovery did not qualify for a reward. According to Jinu, the Virtuals Protocol team also closed the Discord group specifically for reporting the vulnerability.In a post on the X platform, Jinu stated, "This vulnerability could impact the Virtuals ecosystem; if exploited, it would prevent the generation of AgentTokens until the contract is fixed." After making this information public on the X platform, Virtuals Protocol contacted Jinu and promptly released a fix. Despite the timely release of the fix, Virtuals Protocol has not yet announced a bug bounty reward for Jinu. In the message to the researcher, the company thanked Jinu for reporting the issue and apologized for the previous communication breakdown.

ChainCatcher news, according to Cointelegraph, the latest code leak from Elon Musk's social media platform X suggests that its payment system "X Money" may be launching soon. Currently, X has obtained money transfer licenses for its payment subsidiary X Payments LLC in 39 states in the U.S., but it has not yet covered all states.The code displays the message "X Money is not available in your state," raising speculation that it may launch ahead of obtaining approval from all states. X Money will support users in tipping content creators and may integrate cryptocurrency features. Analysts believe that Bitcoin and Dogecoin could be among the payment options.X CEO Linda Yaccarino has confirmed that the feature will launch in 2025, but has not verified the authenticity of the latest code. If true, X Money may launch first in the states where it has been licensed, temporarily not supporting 11 states including New York and Washington.

ChainCatcher news, Coinbase's Vice President of Legal, Ryan VanGrack, pointed out that over 50% of the SEC's record total fines in 2024 come from the $4.4 billion case against Terraform, but this fine may be difficult to recover. VanGrack believes that an excessive focus on enforcement data may create wrong incentives and suggests focusing on the amount returned to harmed investors as a metric.The Wall Street Journal previously reported that the SEC has not collected fines amounting to as much as $10 billion, including the $62 million fine imposed on Paul Bilzerian 31 years ago for securities fraud (which has grown to $180 million with interest), highlighting the SEC's limitations in enforcement recovery.

ChainCatcher news, according to Cryptopolitan, the Syrian Economic Research Center has proposed a plan urging the transitional government to adopt Bitcoin and other digital assets to combat inflation, stabilize the economy, and attract global investment. This plan comes at a time when the country faces enormous reconstruction challenges after decades of war and financial disaster. The proposal emphasizes Bitcoin as a lifeline for Syrian citizens and their faltering financial system. It suggests establishing a regulatory framework to legalize the use of Bitcoin in transactions, mining, and financial dealings.