ChainCatcher news, according to Chainwire, the DeFi platform R0AR has announced the implementation of a regular buyback plan in response to a previous staking contract security incident. The platform will repurchase $1R0R tokens through weekly open market purchases, aiming to maintain token liquidity.ChainCatcher previously reported that SlowMist issued a security alert, stating that the root cause of The R0AR (@th3r0ar) vulnerability was a backdoor in the contract. During the deployment process, the R0ARStaking contract tampered with the balance of a specified address (user.amount) by directly modifying the storage slot. Subsequently, the attacker extracted all funds from the contract through an emergency withdrawal function.

ChainCatcher news, well-known market maker Wintermute announced on X that its investment arm Wintermute Ventures has invested in the DeFi lending protocol Euler Finance, with the specific amount not disclosed.

ChainCatcher news, according to a report by CoinGecko, in the first quarter of 2025, the total value locked (TVL) in decentralized finance (DeFi) decreased by 27.5%, a drop of $48.9 billion, due to the widespread decline in altcoin prices.Among them, Ethereum's TVL decreased by approximately $40 billion, with its market share falling from 63.5% to 56.6%. Solana and Base saw an increase in market share, but user deposits also retreated. The emerging public chain Berachain has a TVL of $5.2 billion, ranking sixth.

ChainCatcher news, Bitcoin's first native DeFi AI Agent "Satoshi GOAT" has launched on the GOAT Network, aiming to lower the entry barrier for Web3, allowing ordinary users to easily participate in DeFi yield strategy operations.Satoshi combines multi-chain infrastructure with natural language interaction capabilities, enabling users to perform operations such as swap, stake, and yield management through conversation without needing to master complex logic. In the future, features such as cross-chain information aggregation and one-stop asset scheduling will be gradually launched to further enhance the user experience. The Alpha test version is currently open, and it has introduced an on-chain "Joke-rating Jackpot" game inspired by Fomo3D, where users can earn $SATO airdrop points by telling jokes on Twitter or the official website for AI reviews, and have the chance to compete for the BTC prize pool.The project team stated that Satoshi will introduce a BTC + SATO joint prize pool mechanism and a complete AI chat interface in the future, aiming to create a "Web3 smart entry that everyone can use and chat with."

ChainCatcher news, according to CoinDesk, the DeFi protocol Neutrl announced the completion of a $5 million seed round financing, led by the digital asset private placement market STIX and venture capital firm Accomplice, with participation from numerous cryptocurrency angel investors including Amber Group, SCB Limited, Figment Capital, and Nascent, as well as Ethena founder Guy Young and derivatives trader Joshua Lim from Arbelos Markets (recently acquired by FalconX).According to the Web3 asset data platform RootData, Neutrl is a high-yield synthetic dollar protocol that utilizes over-the-counter arbitrage strategies to achieve scalable, market-neutral returns in the altcoin market.

ChainCatcher news, according to the official announcement, as BAL is delisted from Binance spot, Binance Futures will remove BAL from the DEFI Composite Index starting from April 16, 2025, 10:00 AM (UTC+8), thus adjusting the components of the DEFI Composite Index.In addition, Binance Futures will add ENA as one of the components of the DEFI Composite Index starting from April 16, 2025, 10:00 AM (UTC+8).

ChainCatcher news, Arthur, the founder and chief investment officer of DeFiance Capital, stated on the X platform that the biggest problem currently plaguing the liquidity cryptocurrency market is how projects and market makers collaborate to create artificially sustained prices, a process that is completely opaque. You cannot determine whether the prices are driven by real supply and demand or simply manipulated by collusion between projects and market makers to achieve other goals.It is astonishing that centralized exchanges (CEX) are completely ignoring this, while the altcoin market is increasingly becoming a confidence-lacking "lemon market." Not to mention that the pricing of most token generation events (TGE) this year has been a joke, with tokens dropping 70% to 90% within months of listing, causing significant losses for anyone who bought in. If major players in the industry do not step up to improve this situation, then for the foreseeable future, most of the market will remain unattractive to investors.

ChainCatcher message, Vitalik Buterin replied to a post by Aave's founder and CEO Stani Kulechov, stating: "Congratulations on keeping the hacker losses so low! According to a quick bot check, Aave's loss level is 50 times lower than the DeFi industry average and 250 times lower than centralized exchanges (actual annualized return of -0.01%, expected annualized return of -0.53%, expected annualized return of -2.75%). Given the recent instability in macro politics and financial markets, I think you (and DeFi as a whole) are quite competitive in terms of tail risk in fiat."