ChainCatcher news, according to Whale Alert monitoring, USDC Treasury minted 66,499,000 USDC on the Ethereum chain at 15:47, worth approximately 66,493,247 USD.

ChainCatcher news, according to Bloomberg, informed sources revealed that Swedish payment giant Klarna Bank AB plans to conduct an initial public offering (IPO) in the United States, raising at least $1 billion, and may publicly submit related documents as early as next week. The company plans to set the offering price for this listing on the New York Stock Exchange in early April, with Klarna's target valuation exceeding $15 billion.Related discussions are still ongoing, and details of the listing plan, including the timeline, may still change. According to a statement from last November, Klarna has secretly submitted an IPO application to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.Klarna Bank CEO Sebastian Siemiatkowski stated last month that the company is exploring entry into the cryptocurrency market. He posted on social media platform X on February 8, saying "I give up," and indicated that Klarna "will embrace cryptocurrency."

ChainCatcher news, according to Caixin, the chat software Discord is discussing a potential initial public offering (IPO) this year.

ChainCatcher news, according to The Block, Silicon Valley venture capital firm Foundation Capital has raised $600 million for its 11th fund. The firm, an early investor in Solana Labs, will continue to focus on supporting early-stage startups.This venture capital firm, established 30 years ago, primarily invests in areas such as cryptocurrency, fintech, and artificial intelligence. It stated that the new fund will continue its tradition of supporting founders before product building or revenue generation, providing support at the "zero starting point" stage. Foundation Capital noted that 80% of its investments occur before a company generates its first dollar of revenue, "We look for what we call 'zero-to-billion-dollar markets'—these opportunities do not appear in industry forecasts because they are only visible to those who can see beyond the current existence."Foundation Capital is one of the early investors in Solana Labs, having participated in its $20 million Series A funding round in 2019. Its cryptocurrency portfolio also includes Binance U.S., OpenSea, MoonPay, Algorand, Stacks, BCB Group, Helius, Jito, and Kamino. The firm stated, "We have been investing in blockchain since 2014, unaffected by the harsh cryptocurrency winter."Foundation Capital's 11th fund has grown by 20% compared to the previous $500 million fund that closed three years ago. The firm's partner Rodolfo Gonzalez stated on social media, "If you are a seed-stage founder working in cryptocurrency, fintech, or enterprise AI, please come talk to us."

ChainCatcher news, Sony's Layer2 network Soneium has distributed two types of OG NFTs to early users: the Soneium OG Badge (requiring at least 45 transactions) and the Soneium Premium OG Badge (requiring bridging 1 ETH or 2500 USDC or 70000 ASTR to the network), which can now be queried through block explorers like Blockscout.On-chain data shows that the total number of holding addresses for the two OG NFTs is 426992.

ChainCatcher news, the encrypted market maker Wintermute released a market research report indicating that recently, driven by ETF fund outflows, concerns over SOL unlocks, and liquidity issues following the Bybiy hack, the cryptocurrency market accelerated its decline when Trump announced new tariff policies, exacerbating trade war fears. Market risk aversion began to intensify, with nearly $3 billion in long leveraged positions being liquidated.The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has recently significantly reduced its enforcement actions against cryptocurrency companies, including:Agreeing to withdraw its lawsuit against Coinbase;Ending the investigation into OpenSea;Concluding the investigation related to Robinhood's cryptocurrency listings;Suspending the investigation into Uniswap's facilitation of unregistered securities;Ending the nearly two-year investigation into Gemini's yield program;This regulatory thaw marks a significant reversal from the previous administration's approach, with the SEC seemingly reassessing its stance toward the cryptocurrency industry.Bitcoin ETF net outflows hit a record, with $2.5 billion flowing out last week, including a single-day outflow of $1 billion, bringing the total outflow for February to $3.3 billion (compared to the previous record of $343 million set in April 2024). The CME futures basis dropped from 22% in December to a low of 4% last week, significantly reducing the profitability of basis trading strategies. Futures indicators reflect this shift: open interest fell to $13 billion, and monthly trading volume dropped to $247 billion, with both sides at their lowest levels since October 2024.The significant market reversal following Trump's announcement of a "cryptocurrency strategic reserve" on Sunday reveals that the cryptocurrency market is now highly sensitive to administrative signals. The market's reaction exceeded the actual content of the announcement, which largely reiterated the executive order from January. The unwinding of Bitcoin ETF arbitrage strategies highlights the increasingly tight integration between traditional markets and the cryptocurrency market, with both sides now responding quickly to each other's movements. As institutional cryptocurrency products and platform services expand, these cross-market dynamics and competitive user activities may intensify.

ChainCatcher news, according to Lookonchain monitoring, a certain whale unstaked 79,530 SOL (approximately 10.86 million USD) 2 hours ago. This whale withdrew 200,000 SOL (approximately 8.6 million USD) from Binance on November 8, 2023, and staked it, when the price of SOL was 43 USD.On November 6, 2024, this whale unstaked and deposited 120,000 SOL (approximately 22.2 million USD) into Binance. Currently, this whale holds 98,727 SOL (approximately 13.53 million USD), with total profits exceeding 27 million USD.

ChainCatcher message, Slow Mist Yu Xian stated, "Bybit was hacked for nearly $1.5 billion in ETH assets, apart from some being recovered, the rest has left Ethereum, with the vast majority entering the Bitcoin network, where complex coin laundering operations are taking place, and THORChain node operators have profited significantly."

ChainCatcher news, the Web3 gaming ecosystem CUTA has announced the launch of a $1 early bird reservation plan, allowing users to secure an early bird priced handheld device for just $1.CUTA is also launching an exclusive invitation incentive program, inviting global content creators, community leaders, and gamers to participate in promotion, obtain exclusive invitation links, and enjoy multiple incentives.CutaGames is a gaming ecosystem based on the Solana network, providing a one-stop platform for game creators to launch, manage, and monetize Web3 games, and returning the value of user game data to users through the Cuta game console, Cuta protocol, SDK, and operating system.

ChainCatcher news, according to on-chain analyst @ai_9684xtpa monitoring, the 131.64 BTC of a giant whale on Hyperliquid with 50x leverage has been fully closed, once again making a profit of nearly $300,000.

ChainCatcher news, according to Bitcoin.com News, North Korea's Lazarus group has accumulated nearly $1 billion in cryptocurrency, including $592 million in ETH, $319 million in BTC, and even $337,000 in BABYDOGE.

ChainCatcher news, Satoshi Action Fund co-founder and CEO Dennis Porter initiated a vote on the inclusion of U.S. crypto strategic reserves as assets on the X platform.As of now, the percentage of votes supporting the inclusion of only BTC is 54.6%; the percentage supporting the inclusion of BTC, ETH, XRP, and SOL is 30.4%; the percentage supporting the inclusion of the top ten cryptocurrencies by market cap is 12.3%; and the percentage supporting the inclusion of all cryptocurrencies and meme coins is 2.7%.

ChainCatcher news, according to Berachain staff Nezha ( @leslienomad ), "the information about the unlocking of 10 million BERA tokens this week is inaccurate. In fact, 10 million tokens correspond to 2% of the total supply, which is all the airdrop tokens from the Boyco deposits. This portion of the tokens will be released in one go to the depositors at the beginning of May."

ChainCatcher news, Binance founder Zhao Changpeng (CZ) stated that the market is currently clearly dominated by "US Coins," which are driving the development of crypto. He is pleased to see any progress made in cryptocurrency adoption, benefiting the industry as a whole, and encourages continued building.

ChainCatcher message, Binance founder Zhao Changpeng expressed his support for early innovative projects through angel investment, stating, "I am trying. I generally have a good sense of people, but it takes time.To understand an entrepreneur, one needs to observe how they make decisions and execute under various pressures, financial temptations, and user interests. Also, whether they are hardworking, flexible, market-aware, have a worldview, and possess leadership qualities. It's not something you can fully grasp just by chatting for a while. At least I don't have that ability.When I invested in Trust Wallet, I only met them once before investing. But I had been observing them for a while beforehand.In fact, this is what YZi Labs is doing. However, investing requires a significant amount of time commitment. There is no magical 'insight'."

ChainCatcher news, according to the Hong Kong Wen Wei Po report, the Hong Kong Investment Funds Association announced that the fund sales figures for Hong Kong in 2024 show that the total retail fund sales for the entire year reached 81.698 billion USD, an increase of 47% compared to 2023, marking a three-year high. Last year, the net inflow of funds also recorded 12.319 billion USD, a nearly 65-fold increase compared to 1.87 million USD in 2023.The CEO of the Hong Kong Investment Funds Association, Huang Wang Ci Ming, stated that the net inflow of funds in Hong Kong for 2024 recorded 12.319 billion USD, a nearly 65-fold increase compared to 1.87 million USD in 2023. Fund tokenization and virtual assets are still in their infancy, but these areas are expected to bring new business models, which will undoubtedly be significant for the future development of the fund industry. The success of the virtual asset market depends on an appropriate regulatory framework and infrastructure. The SAR government is about to launch the second virtual asset policy declaration and looks forward to participating in discussions before its release.