ChainCatcher news, according to an official statement from OpenAI, denies authorizing Robinhood to launch related tokenized stocks. The so-called "OpenAI token" is not company equity, and there is no established partnership or endorsement of related projects with Robinhood. OpenAI emphasizes that any transfer involving company equity must receive official approval, and currently, the company has not approved any such transactions, urging the public to remain vigilant.Previously, Robinhood announced that Robinhood EU launched the world's first tokenized stocks of private companies, including tokens for OpenAI and SpaceX. Robinhood EU is giving away the first batch of private company stock tokens for OpenAI and SpaceX for free. If you are a Robinhood EU user and meet the eligibility criteria, you can claim the tokens within the app.

ChainCatcher news, according to Jinshi Data reports, Trump stated on his social media platform "Truth Social" that "fake news CNN and the failing New York Times are colluding to downplay one of the most successful military strikes in history. Iran's nuclear facilities have been completely destroyed! Both the New York Times and CNN have been criticized by the public!"Earlier reports revealed by U.S. media indicated that the White House and the Department of Defense strongly refuted claims that the U.S. failed to destroy Iran's nuclear facilities. White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre stated on social platform X that the report was leaked by an anonymous intelligence official, and said, "When fourteen thirty-thousand-pound bombs hit their targets with precision, there is only one result—complete destruction." U.S. Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin stated, "Based on the information we have, our bombing operations destroyed Iran's capability to produce nuclear weapons." Trump retweeted Austin's relevant remarks on his social platform.

ChainCatcher news, Bitcoin staunch supporter and Strategy founder Michael Saylor stated in an interview with Bloomberg that he is not worried about quantum computing posing a threat to Bitcoin, calling it overhyped.Saylor believes that the real threat of quantum computing lies with traditional systems such as Microsoft, Google, JPMorgan Chase, and the U.S. government, rather than Bitcoin. He emphasized that even if quantum technology makes breakthroughs in the next ten to twenty years, blockchain systems are fully capable of upgrading to mitigate risks. The more immediate threat is phishing, not quantum attacks.

ChainCatcher news, according to Jinshi reports, U.S. National Economic Council Director Hassett criticized Moody's decision to downgrade the U.S. credit rating, calling it an outdated view, and stated that the Trump administration is committed to reducing federal spending.Hassett said, "There is no doubt that U.S. Treasury bonds are the safest investment on the planet. No other country's (bonds) makes me more willing to hold than U.S. Treasuries, so Moody can do whatever they want." Hassett added, "This is a retrospective approach, punishing our Biden administration for its reckless spending."Hassett also stated, "We are cutting spending, we are deregulating. We have supply-side growth, so we have every reason to believe we will have the best economy in the world. If you have the best economy in the world, you will also have the best debt. That's my assessment of it."

ChainCatcher news, according to The Block, the Trump family's crypto project World Liberty Financial (WLFI) responded to U.S. Senate Democrat Richard Blumenthal's investigation into the relationship between its USD1 stablecoin and former President Trump, stating that the investigation is politically motivated.World Liberty Financial emphasized that the USD1 stablecoin is backed by U.S. dollars and U.S. Treasury bonds, operates transparently, and complies with regulatory requirements. Previously, U.S. Senate Democrats expressed concerns about the ties between World Liberty Financial and the Trump family, pointing out that the company's $2 billion investment agreement with the Abu Dhabi state-owned enterprise MGX could present a conflict of interest. World Liberty Financial stated that its operations are independent of the Trump administration, and all investments follow compliance procedures.

ChainCatcher news, according to Cointelegraph, the Meme coin team of U.S. President Trump has denied rumors circulating on social media that official TRUMP token holders need at least $300,000 to attend an upcoming dinner with Trump.The rumor originated from community members citing information from the Solana blockchain explorer that displayed the token contract address holders. As of the time of writing, the explorer shows that the 220th holder possesses 33,114 TRUMP tokens, valued at over $400,000. However, the Meme coin team stated that the explorer does not reflect their standards.The team wrote in a statement: "People mistakenly took the data of the 220th holder on the blockchain explorer as a qualification line, which is inaccurate. This data includes locked tokens, exchange holdings, market maker holdings, and holdings of users who did not participate in the activity. Actual participation eligibility should be based on the official leaderboard."According to information from the Meme coin official website, the team will select winners based on "time-weighted holdings," a metric that takes into account both the number of tokens held and the duration of holding.Additionally, Trump's Meme coin team clarified that the rumor about "unlocking a large number of tokens" for this competition is also untrue. They stated that currently, user "Sun" is in the lead with 1,176,803 TRUMP (worth about $14 million), while the user in 220th place, "HAR," holds only 35.3 TRUMP (worth about $420).

ChainCatcher news, according to Business Insider, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman stated in court documents that Musk has "no facts" to support his claims that OpenAI is illegally suppressing competition. Altman's lawyers wrote in a lengthy 33-page court document to a federal judge in Oakland, California: "There are no facts supporting the existence of this conspiracy." The lawyers argued that Musk has also failed to prove any harm resulting from the alleged anti-competitive behavior of OpenAI.Musk's 107-page lawsuit accuses Altman of fraud, self-interest, and "unfair competition." "He claims that without judicial intervention, he will suffer irreparable harm, but has not provided a reasonable explanation of how or why he would suffer harm," Altman's lawyer Jordan Eth wrote in the document on Wednesday.The document is Altman's response to Musk's request for U.S. District Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers to order an immediate halt to what Musk describes as OpenAI's unfair and illegal restrictions on its competitors.Musk seeks an immediate injunction from Gonzalez Rogers to stop OpenAI's transition from a nonprofit organization to a for-profit entity, and he also wants the judge to prohibit OpenAI from forcing its investors not to invest in competing tech companies, including the chatbot Grok developed by Musk's own AI company xAI. (Business Insider)

ChainCatcher news, according to Sina Technology reports, there are claims that Liang Wenfeng, the founder of DeepSeek, has gone to Paris to attend an artificial intelligence summit. However, informed sources have denied this, stating that Liang Wenfeng is still in the country.

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."