ChainCatcher news, according to the monitoring by Shield, there has been a large amount of fund movement on the ARB chain DeFi project DeltaPrime, suspected to be under attack again.Previous report, on September 16, according to Cyvers Alerts monitoring, the ARB chain DeFi project DeltaPrime was suspected to have been attacked, and the administrator seems to have lost the private key, resulting in a loss of about 4.5 million dollars.

ChainCatcher news, according to The Block, the Trump family's DeFi project World Liberty Financial aims to raise $300 million at a $1.5 billion valuation in next week's token sale.According to the project's roadmap, the $1.5 billion is the fully diluted valuation of the project, and selling 20% of the token supply to raise $300 million indicates that there may be more token sales to come.

ChainCatcher message, the DeFi project World Liberty Financial, supported by the Trump family, has opened KYC verification on its official website. The website was temporarily down for maintenance multiple times on Monday morning.The project homepage states: "More information about World Liberty Financial is available only to those who have completed the KYC process and have been pre-qualified. In the United States, this information is available only to certified accredited investors. This page does not constitute an offer to sell tokens or a solicitation of an offer to purchase tokens in any jurisdiction."

ChainCatcher news, Oak Grove Ventures announced its participation in the $4 million seed round financing of the Movement ecosystem DeFi project Meridian. This round of financing was co-led by ParaFi Capital and Borderless Capital, with well-known institutions such as Amber Group, Saison Capital, and Interop Ventures also participating.It is reported that Meridian is a decentralized liquidity market and liquid staking protocol platform built on the Movement network. The platform utilizes smart contracts based on the Move language to provide deep liquidity for cooperative agreements while offering users secure and efficient asset yields. Meridian aims to become the central liquidity and yield hub of the Movement ecosystem, bridging the gap between the Move ecosystem and existing EVM and SVM solutions to provide users with broader DeFi opportunities.Additionally, the Web3 asset data platform RootData shows that Oak Grove Ventures is an early-stage investment fund focused on cutting-edge fields such as cryptocurrency, having successfully supported over 50 projects and 12 funds.

ChainCatcher news, according to PR Newswire, the decentralized liquidity market and liquid staking protocol Meridian, built on Movement, announced the completion of a $4 million seed round financing, led jointly by ParaFi Capital and Borderless Capital, with participation from institutions such as Amber Group, Saison Capital, Interop Ventures, and Oak Grove Ventures.With this funding, Meridian plans to expand its global team, actively recruiting talent in engineering, product, and marketing. The protocol is currently live on the testnet and plans to launch simultaneously on the Movement mainnet on its launch day.It is worth noting that compared to existing EVM and SVM solutions, the Move ecosystem currently accounts for only a small portion of on-chain liquidity and trading volume. Meridian plans to leverage the security and composability of the Move language to bridge this gap.

ChainCatcher news, according to Cyvers Alerts monitoring, the DeFi project DeltaPrime on the ARB chain is suspected to have been attacked, and the administrator seems to have lost the private key. Suspicious addresses are continuously transferring assets, and so far, the affected liquidity pools are DPUSDC, DPARB, and DPBTCb. The attacker has exchanged USDC for ETH.So far, the estimated total loss is about 4.5 million dollars, the attack is still ongoing, and the total loss may increase.

ChainCatcher news, a Texas federal judge dismissed the securities class action against the DeFi project Bancor protocol operators. Judge Robert Pitman agreed with the opinion of the court, ruling that the plaintiffs failed to prove that U.S. courts have jurisdiction over foreign defendants.The ruling indicates that Bancor's foreign operations are not subject to U.S. securities laws, and the plaintiffs cannot sue Bancor in the U.S. for its suspension of investment protection features. The judge also noted that Bancor and its founders do not have sufficient ties to the U.S., suggesting that the plaintiffs could file a lawsuit in an Israeli court.

ChainCatcher news, Zhu Su posted on platform X stating, "I am writing a script for a crypto short film. North Korean hackers built a DeFi project in Courchevel, France during the winter. Initially, his goal was to work hard, but he fell in love with an unassuming community member (or so he thought), and from that moment on, everything changed."

ChainCatcher news: Penpie, an independent decentralized finance protocol built on Pendle, was hacked this morning, resulting in a customer fund loss of approximately $27 million.Previously, Penpie had suspended all deposit and withdrawal operations, and a Pendle spokesperson confirmed that customer funds are safe, suspending all contracts until the issue is resolved.According to an Immunfi report, over $1.2 billion has been stolen through 154 hacking and exploitation incidents in 2024 alone. Immunefi founder and CEO Mitchell Amador stated that while most vulnerabilities occur in the DeFi space, vulnerabilities in CeFi infrastructure have caused the largest economic losses.A report from PeckShield indicated that losses from hacking attacks in August 2024 exceeded $313 million, with two major attacks stealing approximately $238 million in Bitcoin and $55 million in Dai.A report from Scam Sniffer noted that losses from phishing attacks surged by 215% in August 2024, with a single attack stealing $55 million.

ChainCatcher message, Trump posted a video related to the DeFi project World Liberty on social media, in which Trump stated, "Today I made a plan to make America the crypto capital of this planet. Those people want to strangle you, want to bankrupt you, and we will never let that happen."

ChainCatcher news, the DeFi project Mineral from the Merlin Chain ecosystem announced on platform X that the liquidity LP pool deployed by the project suffered unauthorized access, and all liquidity added by the official has been withdrawn. Mineral has initiated an emergency investigation and reported to the Merlin Security Committee. The project has filed a report, and is collaborating with SlowMist and BEOSIN on-chain to recover assets.Mineral stated that the LP pool that was attacked and stolen primarily came from the official. If any user LP assets incurred losses during this attack, the official will provide full compensation. The project contract and treasury are safe, and all staked assets have not been affected; only the LP wallet was attacked, and the distribution of mining rewards and other assets will not be impacted. The yellow crystal computing power will go live today as originally planned.In addition, Mineral will gradually add liquidity LP after the situation becomes clearer. Currently, the LP pool depth is insufficient, and users are advised not to add liquidity.

ChainCatcher message, the Blast ecosystem DeFi protocol Juice announced on platform X that the airdrop claim for Season 1 is now open. Users can continue to participate in Season 2 activities by providing liquidity for JUICE and locking LP tokens, thereby earning subsequent airdrop rewards and Blast points rewards.

ChainCatcher news, data from the crypto intelligence platform Santiment shows that Osmosis, a decentralized exchange built on Cosmos, has become the most actively developed DeFi project in the past 30 days.Santiment states that Osmosis had over 169 commits on GitHub in the past 30 days. The decentralized perpetual exchange dYdX ranks second with 145 commits, while the derivatives liquidity protocol Synthetix comes in third with 116 commits. Santiment indicates that the developer activity list is compiled by aggregating all non-redundant GitHub activities listed in each project's respective records and calculating the average of these values.

ChainCatcher news, the Blast ecosystem DeFi project Juice has completed a $1 million financing round, with participation from Arthur Hayes, DWF Ventures, Delphi Digital, and others. Juice is built on Blast by the OMEGA team, which focuses on cross-chain and Bitcoin DeFi infrastructure.

ChainCatcher news, BNB Chain has announced the launch of the second round of the TVL (Total Value Locked) incentive program. This incentive program targets Web3 projects deployed on the BNB Smart Chain (BSC). During the event, the top 5 projects with the highest TVL increase will share a prize pool of up to $160,000. The TVL incentive program aims to provide opportunities for decentralized finance (DeFi) projects on BSC to expand, making them part of a vibrant and rewarding ecosystem, thereby accelerating growth.It is reported that the total prize pool for the month depends on the total TVL growth of the participating projects during that period. The application period for the first phase of the program is from March 5, 2024, to March 14, 2024, with the competition period running from March 15, 2024, to April 13, 2024. Rewards will be distributed within two weeks after the program ends.

ChainCatcher news, according to Cointelgraph, the Bitcoin ecosystem DeFi project Ordiswap has announced that V2 is now live on the mainnet, currently supporting trading pairs such as BTC/ORDI and BTC/SATS, while allowing users to stake ORDS.In addition, Ordiswap has also announced plans to launch a proprietary Layer-2 (Ordilayer), over-collateralized and decentralized stablecoin (BTSD), and a BRC-20 launchpad (Ordipad), among others.