ChainCatcher news, Slow Mist founder Yu Xian posted on X platform stating, "AdsPower fingerprint browser transparently disclosed an incident of being hacked. If you are using AdsPower and installed the extension wallet or manually updated the extension wallet between January 21, 18:00 and January 24, 18:00 (UTC+8), then the extension wallet on your AdsPower (such as MetaMask, etc.) may be a backdoored version, which could steal your mnemonic phrase/private key.Currently, based on our intervention investigation, the risk is controllable, and the official emergency response is timely. If users are stolen due to this situation, they can submit relevant information to Slow Mist channels."

ChainCatcher news, the Securities and Commodities Authority (SCA) of the UAE has released a draft regulation for securities and commodities token contracts and invited the public to provide feedback by February 14, 2025. According to the draft, securities tokens include equity tokens, bond tokens, and Islamic bond tokens, while commodities tokens include gold tokens, oil tokens, and others. These tokens are all built on blockchain/DLT platforms and can be traded on virtual asset DLT platforms. Among them, securities tokens and commodities tokens can only be traded and settled through markets or alternative trading systems, while bonds and Islamic bonds can be traded and settled over-the-counter.

ChainCatcher news, according to official sources, Bitcoin on-chain financial infrastructure Alpen Labs has announced the completion of a $8.5 million strategic financing round, led by DBA and Cyber Fun, with Ribbit Capital, Castle Island Ventures, and Geometry being the largest investors in its seed round and supporting Alpen again in this round. This funding will help accelerate the development of Bitcoin ZK Rollup "Strata" and aim to launch it on the mainnet in 2025.Strata is set to be launched as an open platform designed to expand and promote the use of Bitcoin, unlocking many practical features for Bitcoin: simple self-custody, intuitive and privacy-protecting payments, interoperability, Bitcoin-backed lending and stablecoins, and many other on-chain applications. Strata will be open to the public starting next month with the upcoming release of its test network.Previously, it was reported that Bitcoin L2 developer Alpen Labs completed a $10.6 million financing round, led by Ribbit Capital.

ChainCatcher message, Interactive Brokers' chief strategist Steve Sosnick pointed out last week that MicroStrategy's Michael Saylor's strategy is to issue convertible bonds and use the proceeds to buy Bitcoin, which is essentially the definition of leveraged trading------borrowing money to purchase financial assets.This approach works very well when the price of the asset moves in your favor, and Bitcoin has performed quite well. But if it moves in the opposite direction, this method can collapse in an unpleasant way. Steve Sosnick emphasized that MicroStrategy benefits from a "self-fulfilling feedback loop."It buys more Bitcoin, helping to push the price up, and then sells more debt and equity to buy more Bitcoin, further driving up the price. But such things never last forever and often end badly------the question is when? The short-term answer seems to be not yet.

ChainCatcher news, according to TheBlock, some Coinbase users reported that their accounts were suddenly restricted by the platform over the weekend. The official Coinbase Support account on X responded to users in a series of posts, asking them to "please be patient and not to trust everything on the X platform." In recent weeks, there has been an increase in reports of attacks targeting Coinbase users. According to a message posted on the X platform by pseudonymous security researcher and SEAL 911 team member @pcaversaccio, multiple accounts were attacked and funds were stolen on Saturday night.The official Coinbase Support account stated, "The increase in new users after the U.S. elections and the reactivation of old accounts has led to a 2-3 times surge in fraud attempts, but the anti-fraud system successfully saved tens of millions of dollars in losses." Researchers have recently advised Coinbase users to use virtual private networks, and Coinbase's Product Director Scott Shapiro stated in a post on December 2 that since attackers often use virtual private networks, even legitimate use may be seen as a risk signal. Using a virtual private network alone will not trigger a flag, but when combined with other factors (such as logging in from unknown devices and sending large amounts of cryptocurrency), it may trigger a security review. @pcaversaccio, in response to Shapiro's original post, stated that virtual private networks are a digital umbrella for users, helping to protect privacy. Competitor Kraken's Chief Security Officer Nick Percoco criticized Coinbase for forcing users to choose between financial freedom and privacy protection.

ChainCatcher news, the Australian financial regulator is seeking feedback on updates to its digital asset guidelines. These changes aim to clarify how the Corporations Act 2001 applies to digital assets and provide guidance for entities offering related financial services.The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) listed 13 practical examples in a document to illustrate how the current definition of financial products applies to digital assets and related products.The updated guidelines will detail how businesses can obtain an Australian Financial Services (AFS) license to deal with digital assets classified as financial products. It will also outline the criteria used by the Australian Securities and Investments Commission to assess license applications, emphasizing the need to comply with financial services laws.

ChainCatcher news, according to Cointelegraph, Binance's Chief Marketing Officer Rachel Conlan stated in an interview that Binance's team conducts detailed due diligence on the project's founders, team members, and roadmap. She emphasized that Binance's "secret research team" takes multiple factors into account, among which community feedback and opinions, as well as observing trends and insights from the community, are very important, and denied the idea that hype alone can drive listings.Although Meme coins often face negative reports due to a lack of utility, Conlan stated that some emerging Meme coins have built-in utility, "and that is exactly what we all need, because we need this use case." Conlan predicts that within the next 18 to 24 months, the cryptocurrency community will "experience exponential growth," which means there will be an increased focus on cryptocurrency projects with real use cases.

ChainCatcher message, Zhao Changpeng posted some recorded screen information about the introduction screen of his Web3 education platform Giggle Academy on the X platform, while stating that no user/child voices were recorded. In addition, Zhao Changpeng suggested that the community could provide feedback if they have already tried the application. Zhao Changpeng recommended users to try the "storybook" feature before bedtime, which is the second icon in the upper right corner of the app and seems to be very useful.

ChainCatcher news, the leading decentralized artificial intelligence agent DeAgentAI announced the launch of its community's first model based on the DeAgentAI feedback training mechanism ------ AlphaX.DeAgentAI is the first AI feedback mechanism incentive protocol in Web3, which tightly couples the feedback mechanism with the training process, realizing the concept of Proof of Insight for the first time, aiming to solve the challenge of rapidly implementing large models in various niche scenarios.AlphaX is developed by an AI team from top academic institutions such as Carnegie Mellon University, University of California, Los Angeles, and State University of New York, and has received widespread recognition from industry leaders and traders during its internal testing phase. It is reported that users can leverage AlphaX to obtain BTC and ETH price prediction signals generated by DeAgentAI's self-developed AI model, and provide feedback to the model by choosing to trust or not, offering more parameters for the team to train the model.To promote the marketization of AlphaX, DeAgentAI has engaged in strategic cooperation with multiple ecological partners such as Bitlayer, KiloEx, and oooo to jointly hold market activities. In addition, DeAgentAI has launched an incentive program worth 1 million USDT, giving users the opportunity to share in the 20 million tokens prepared for the AA's Dog activity season.DeAgentAI successfully completed a $6 million financing this year and held an ecological joint event GUESS2049 in September in collaboration with more than ten leading project parties such as B2Network, with a total of 300,000 users conducting over 440,000 on-chain transactions.

ChainCatcher message, Jupiter co-founder Meow posted a Jupiter spot stability update on X and called for community feedback. He stated: "A few weeks ago, I released and explained the stability issues of our spot products, including Swap, DCA, LO, and VA.As mentioned above, these issues were primarily due to the significant upgrades we made in the first half of the year to accommodate the massive growth of tokens and the market. We attempted to address important user experience issues and manage the workload and technical load of a set of APIs used across the entire ecosystem. Since then, we have been working hard to resolve these issues, including correcting dynamic configurations, optimizing MTS infrastructure to better serve APIs and internal users, increasing monitoring significantly, and making extensive changes to the LO/DCA systems.We still plan to fix some issues: dynamic slippage inference may be slow if the network is poor, it is not very effective for rapidly moving tokens, and the user experience during failures is not an ideal solution; pricing for tokens with lower liquidity remains a very challenging issue; there are delays during infrastructure upgrades; the execution speed of LO/DCA is still not as fast as we would like; we also have some significant upgrades coming, including a significantly improved version of dynamic slippage and limit orders. We encourage the community to provide feedback on this. We will strive to address every issue and resolve them in the coming weeks.

ChainCatcher news, according to Cointelegraph, the Abu Dhabi financial regulator plans to regulate fiat-referenced tokens (FRT), and the regulator has invited the public to provide feedback on the proposed regulatory framework. The Financial Services Regulatory Authority (FSRA) stated that the proposal defines FRT as a digital asset whose transfer and storage are electronically achieved through the use of distributed ledger technology.The Abu Dhabi Global Market Financial Services Regulatory Authority (FSRA) indicated that FRT issuers will be subject to operational restrictions and requirements. The FSRA proposed that the market value of reserve assets should be at least equal to the face value of all circulating FRT at the end of each business day. FRT should also be valued at the daily market price. The regulator further suggested that institutions issuing two or more FRTs should operate and maintain independent reserve asset pools for each FRT and manage each reserve asset pool separately.The FSRA has set October 3, 2024, as the deadline for submitting comments on the proposal. After receiving feedback, the FSRA will consider whether modifications to the proposed regulatory framework for FRT are necessary.

ChainCatcher news, according to Cointelegraph, the Bank of Ghana (BoG) has proposed new regulatory measures for digital assets after conducting a comprehensive internal review of Bitcoin, USDT, and other cryptocurrencies.On August 16, the Central Bank of Ghana released a draft guideline for digital assets and sought feedback from the public and industry stakeholders on the upcoming cryptocurrency regulations.According to the Bank of Ghana, data collected over the past three years indicates a significant increase in demand for cryptocurrencies in Ghana. Therefore, Ghana intends to implement laws addressing risks such as money laundering, terrorist financing, and fraud, as well as measures to protect consumer rights.The Central Bank of Ghana has proposed a cryptocurrency regulatory framework consisting of eight pillars, primarily aimed at strengthening registration and reporting requirements for cryptocurrency trading platforms or virtual asset service providers (VASPs). The central bank is currently soliciting suggestions from industry professionals, experts, and the public, with a deadline of August 31.

ChainCatcher news, according to Cryptonews, the Chicago Board Options Exchange (CBOE) has withdrawn its original application for a spot Bitcoin ETF option and resubmitted a more comprehensive version.Following this move, Bloomberg ETF analyst James Seyffart stated on X, "There will definitely be some changes to the Bitcoin ETF options." Seyffart clarified that the new document is a 44-page filing, replacing the original 15-page application. The updated document includes more detailed information, particularly regarding position limits and concerns about market manipulation.This suggests that the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission may have provided feedback, leading to the enhanced application.

ChainCatcher news, according to CoinDesk, the shared sequencer network Astria announced the completion of a $12.5 million funding round, led by dba and Placeholder VC, with participation from RockawayX, Maven11, 1kx, Bankless Ventures, Figment Capital, and Batu, as well as angel investors such as Yuki, DCBuilder, Hasu, Will Price, and Jason Yanowitz. The new funds will be used to continue building the Astria sequencer layer and Astria Stack.

ChainCatcher message, a16z crypto recently commented on the IRS's draft of the 1099-DA form, with the following key points:Each digital asset transaction requires multiple brokers to submit the 1099-DA form, resulting in unnecessary duplicate information reporting and placing an unreasonable burden on filers;The requirement for brokers to report wallet addresses is unnecessary and puts sensitive taxpayer information at significant risk;The cost of providing the information required by the 1099-DA form is too high, and in some cases, it is even unattainable;The final regulations should delay or "phase in" the effective date of digital asset information reporting requirements;Non-custodial wallets and digital asset payment processors should be removed from the "broker" category listed in the 1099-DA form;The IRS should not require the submission of the 1099-DA form when disposing of fiat-backed stablecoins and most NFTs (non-fungible tokens);The requirement to submit the 1099-DA form should include a minimum threshold, allowing brokers to aggregate transactions for reporting purposes.

ChainCatcher news, according to UXLINK's disclosure on the official X platform and Telegram group, based on community opinions and feedback, the token airdrop rules are open for discussion, with the main rules as follows:UXLINK has always adopted a three-step approach to prevent low-quality accounts/wallet addresses, with the airdrop being the final step. It will also open channels for self-reporting and appeals for non-compliant addresses, maintaining smooth communication with the community.The airdrop rules indicate that the main evaluation criteria will be based on community contribution scores, professional third-party ratings, and exchange certifications. It will also fully consider the needs of users who have made significant contributions but have low scores, as well as users from countries and regions that UXLINK cannot serve, taking measures such as delays and buybacks to meet the interests of contributors.According to the airdrop rules, UXLINK will allocate a portion of the project's profits for additional airdrops to community contributors, which can be claimed without the need for UXUY points. This portion of the rewards will be distributed openly, equally, and fairly to addresses that have contributed to the UXLINK community.According to the community leader: "There are over 6 million holders on the UXLINK chain, and we initially expect to airdrop to 1.5-3.0 million addresses. Due to the large scale involved, we are also being very cautious and are currently seeking community opinions."

ChainCatcher news, LayerZero Labs CEO Bryan Pellegrino stated on social media, "There are still many things to clean up, the feedback has been very useful, we are double-checking, and will release an updated list later today."ChainCatcher previously reported, LayerZero Labs CEO Bryan Pellegrino stated on social media that a temporary witch list has been released.