ChainCatcher news, according to a report by CNN citing Jinshi, the Democratic Party in the United States accuses Musk of becoming the "de facto president," as last week, Musk successfully blocked a bipartisan government funding bill. In response, Trump spoke out at the "Turning Point USA" event in Phoenix. Trump said Musk "is doing a great job," and stated, "No, he will not be president. I like smart people," "They are starting a new round of attacks and all kinds of lies. The latest is 'President Trump handed the presidency over to Elon Musk.' No, no, that's impossible."Trump then praised Musk's SpaceX for its advancements in space travel and Starlink satellite technology, but reiterated that the South African-born billionaire "will not become president." "No, I can tell you, he will not become president," he said. "I am safe, you know why? He can't, he wasn't born in this country."

ChainCatcher news, Alipay officially refuted on X that "Alipay supports the purchase of cryptocurrencies" is false information.Previous news, according to community users, some users in mainland China recently received promotional ads for cryptocurrency funds on the Alipay homepage, stating "Global investment, cryptocurrency soaring, start investing from 10 yuan, get on board now." After verification, the fund is Huabao Overseas Technology C (QDII-FOF-LOF), which is a compliant investment model for overseas assets, indirectly holding Coinbase stocks and ARK Invest Bitcoin spot ETF. Currently, each person is limited to purchasing 1,000 yuan per day.

ChainCatcher news, according to Tencent News "Frontline" report, in response to the rumors that "the central bank's digital renminbi platform will distribute digital asset dividends," the Digital Currency Research Institute of the People's Bank of China has issued a stern denial.Relevant individuals emphasized that the institute has never released such information, nor has it organized any registration or subscription for "digital assets," or distributed "digital asset dividends." Previously, criminals misused the name of the institute to release false information involving "joint approval by the Ministry of Finance and the National Data Bureau" and "launching the second batch of asset registration review." The official reminder urges the public to remain vigilant against fraud and reiterates that the official download channels for the digital renminbi App are limited to major application markets and the official website.

ChainCatcher message, regarding the claim in the HBO documentary that Satoshi Nakamoto might be Blockstream CEO Adam Back, Blockstream CEO Adam Back has repeatedly responded on X, denying that he is Satoshi Nakamoto and stating that it was just a joke.

ChainCatcher news, ETF issuer VanEck announced its plan to close and liquidate its Ethereum futures ETF "EFUT".On September 5, 2024, the board of VanEck ETF Trust approved the liquidation and dissolution of the fund. VanEck stated that it continuously monitors and evaluates its ETF products, considering multiple factors including performance, liquidity, assets under management, and investor interest. This decision was made based on an analysis of these factors and other operational considerations to liquidate the fund.Shareholders of the fund may sell their shares on the fund's listing exchange before the market closes on September 16, 2024 (brokerage transaction fees may apply). After the market closes on September 16, 2024, fund shares will no longer be traded on the listing exchange and will subsequently be delisted. The expected fund liquidation date is around September 23, 2024, at which time shareholders still holding fund shares will receive a cash liquidation distribution equal to the net asset value of their shares in the cash portion of their brokerage accounts.

ChainCatcher news, according to Decrypt, Indian cryptocurrency exchange WazirX was hacked this month, resulting in a loss of $230 million. The compromised multi-signature smart contract wallet used in the attack was reportedly imported to the Liminal platform.However, cryptocurrency custody service provider Liminal refuted claims that the attack involved its infrastructure. A spokesperson stated that the company's systems were not breached, leading to WazirX's loss of $230 million in crypto assets. The spokesperson said, "As a wallet infrastructure support platform, we emphasize that this incident originated externally, highlighting the critical importance of comprehensive security measures across platforms."

ChainCatcher news, Vitalik Buterin refuted the statement made by Ethereum team lead Péter Szilágyi regarding "the research team fully accepting the idea that everything centralized as long as it can be verified": "I just attended the EF research workshop last week, and I can confirm this is incorrect. We had various discussions on minimizing centralization, including:In-depth analysis of multi-proposers to see if we can completely eliminate the builder role;Maximizing the power of inclusion lists (FOCIL);Ideas on fork choice depending on the inclusiveness of transactions;Analysis of Orbit SSF and ideas on accelerating the deployment of the Orbit mechanism, which could reduce the minimum deposit size by more than 10 times before we conduct SSF;Distributed block building for PeerDAS;Networking analysis and bandwidth optimization for PeerDAS and fullDAS;Making recovery from 51% attacks more partially automated, reducing reliance on the 'social layer';Ensuring inclusion lists are fully applicable to (i) blobs and (ii) native account abstraction (e.g., EIP-7560) transactions."Previously, Ethereum team lead Péter Szilágyi expressed concerns on social media about the direction of Ethereum's development, with his views involving the Ethereum PeerDAS proposal, which suggests increasing the Ethereum blob size to 32 MB. Szilágyi believes that the PeerDAS upgrade will hinder home stakers (typically those with simpler computational setups) from participating in the Ethereum network, which goes against the spirit of decentralization.

ChainCatcher news, the Abuja High Court in Nigeria will deliver a verdict on the Binance tax evasion case on October 11, 2024. According to reports, Binance faces four charges of tax evasion, including failure to register for tax with the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) of Nigeria.According to local media, Binance's lawyer Ayodele Omotilewa appeared in court on Friday, July 12, and pleaded not guilty to all four charges before Judge Emeka Nwite. Omotilewa urged the judge to dismiss the charges, arguing that the case lacks substance and is similar to previous dismissals of charges against Binance executives Tigran Gambaryan and Nadeem Anjarwalla.Judge Nwite decided to postpone the case until October for further deliberation and review of the evidence presented. This gives both the defense and prosecution more time to prepare their respective cases.

ChainCatcher news, according to Bitcoin.com, after Ripple proposed a settlement cap of $10 million to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), its Chief Legal Officer stated regarding the SEC's allegations, "Unlike the case with Terraform Labs, there are no victims to compensate in Ripple's case."

ChainCatcher news, according to Decrypt, just days after OpenAI announced the establishment of a new safety committee, former board members Helen Toner and Tasha McCauley publicly accused CEO Sam Altman of prioritizing profits over responsible AI development, concealing key progress from the board, and fostering a toxic environment within the company.However, current board members Bret Taylor and Larry Summers strongly defended Altman today, refuting these accusations and insisting on Altman's commitment to safety and governance.They wrote, "We do not accept the claims made by Ms. Toner and Ms. McCauley regarding the events at OpenAI, and we regret that Ms. Toner continues to revisit issues that have been thoroughly investigated instead of moving forward."The two former board members stated that Altman's "long-standing pattern of behavior" has prevented the company’s board from adequately overseeing "key decisions and internal safety protocols." However, Altman's current colleagues pointed out that an independent review commissioned by the company concluded: "The review's findings refute the notion that any AI safety issues warrant replacing Altman. In fact, the investigation found that previous board decisions were not made out of concern for product safety or security, development speed, OpenAI's financial status, or its statements to investors, customers, or business partners."Regarding the allegations of Altman fostering a toxic company culture, Taylor and Summers also refuted these claims, stating that Altman is highly respected by employees and expressing that Altman is committed to working with the government to mitigate the risks of AI development.

ChainCatcher news, El Salvador's official cryptocurrency wallet Chivo Wallet has denied reports regarding its software source code and the hacking of data related to over 5 million users associated with the KYC program. The management of the wallet clarified that its data security has not been compromised and that the leaked data did not originate from their systems.

ChainCatcher news, according to CoinDesk, regarding the allegations from the ENS founder that Unstoppable Domains patented the technology of ENS and provided legal grounds for Unstoppable Domains' press release about "committing the patent to the Web3 Domain Alliance," Unstoppable CEO Matthew Gould responded, "Given the ever-changing landscape of the industry, no meaningful forward-looking assurances can be made. In my view, the only solution is to strengthen collaboration and discussion."Additionally, Gould stated, "We refute the claims that we stole ENS intellectual property. Instead, we patented the technology we built for ourselves and used it in our system, which is different from the system built by ENS."Gould also mentioned, "The goal of the Web3 Domain Alliance is to help the Web3 domain industry avoid conflicts and set standards. ENS demands that we open-source all our patents, which overlooks the fact that we have extended a hand of collaboration through our non-assertion commitment, which ENS has yet to accept."

ChainCatcher news, according to Bitcoin.com, Sam Bankman-Fried's lawyers are trying to tell the jury that under the UK law governing the terms of service of FTX, there is no trust relationship between FTX and its customers, in order to counter the government's claim that SBF engaged in a "scheme to defraud customers by misappropriating deposits."SBF's lawyers argue that "the terms of service do not use terms like 'trust,' 'trust property,' or 'beneficial interest,'" and any language regarding trust obligations explicitly denies such a relationship.

ChainCatcher news, asset management company VanEck announced that its Ethereum Futures ETF (EFUT) is now open for trading.

ChainCatcher news, asset management company VanEck announced the upcoming launch of the VanEck Ethereum Strategy ETF (EFUT), an actively managed ETF that aims to enhance capital appreciation by investing in Ethereum (ETH) futures contracts. EFUT does not directly invest in ETH or other digital assets.The fund will invest in standardized, cash-settled ETH futures contracts traded on exchanges registered with the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC). Currently, the only ETH futures the fund intends to invest in are those traded on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange. EFUT will be listed on CBOE and will be managed by VanEck's head of active trading, Greg Krenzer.

ChainCatcher news, PROOF research director NFTstats.eth tweeted that Season 2 users lost 50,000 ETH, most of whom are airdrop farmers.Blur founder Pacman rebutted that the profit and loss calculation is very complex due to NFT transfers, loans, and mixed transactions, and no data source in the market will have accurate data at this time.

ChainCatcher news, recently, the payment protocol Zebec Protocol issued a clarification statement on its official Twitter, stating: "Zebec has no relationship or association with Protradex. They (Protradex) claim that the Zebec ecosystem is supporting them, but this is incorrect. As Zebec continues to develop, it is natural for projects to claim they are associated with us. As always, DYOR!"It is understood that a project called "Protradex," an NFT derivatives market, previously placed the Zebec project's logo in the partner section on its official website and displayed it publicly. The Zebec community believes that the Zebec Protocol project itself has no direct association with Protradex, including cooperation, investment, or even any basic intersection.Currently, the Zebec community is clarifying this matter through Twitter, hoping users can discern the market to avoid fraud.