ChainCatcher news, the DeFi application layer Rujira stated in its official blog: "Rujira has successfully raised $7 million from a group of investors who got involved early after the merger announcement. With this funding, we are capable of executing our plans without the need for additional capital at this time.In the future, if necessary, we will be able to obtain additional funding through over-the-counter transactions to further support the development of Rujira. The completion of this round of financing also clears a key hurdle for the RUJI TGE, which is currently expected to take place in February next year. As always, this timeline is for reference only and may be subject to change."According to reports, Rujira is the DeFi application layer on THORChain, created by the Rujira alliance between Kujira, Levana, and THORChain. It combines Kujira's DeFi tools with THORChain's liquidity and cross-chain capabilities to achieve seamless, bridge-free access to blockchain networks.

ChainCatcher news, Tether CEO Paolo Ardoino posted on the X platform stating that the goal is to provide a complete user experience of Hadron through API by early February next year, allowing any institution and enterprise to seamlessly integrate Hadron into their platforms.Hadron is an asset tokenization platform launched by Tether, which can be used to issue and manage the entire lifecycle of digital tokenized assets, offering modularity, security, reliability, and a seamless user experience.

ChainCatcher news, according to Decrypt, the content tokenization platform Promeet has completed a $3.1 million Pre-seed funding round. This round of financing was raised through a Simple Agreement for Future Equity (SAFE), and the funds will be used to expand the team, enhance platform features, and grow the user base.It is reported that Promeet has already launched and is operational, with thousands of creators joining, allowing them to start monetizing their content immediately. Compared to traditional platforms, Promeet facilitates transactions through USDC on the Polygon network, ensuring that creators receive their payments quickly and securely.

ChainCatcher news, according to Bitcoin.com, the gamified social trading platform XYRO has completed a $1.4 million private fundraising round, led by Animoca Brands.It is reported that XYRO users can choose from four game modes: Rise and Fall, Target, 1v1, and Layout. All modes revolve around cryptocurrency trading and predicting the price trends of BTC and other major coins.

ChainCatcher news, according to axios, the crypto securities platform Prometheum has completed a $20 million financing round, with funds coming from a group of undisclosed individuals and institutions, bringing Prometheum's total fundraising to approximately $64.3 million.Prometheum has two subsidiaries. One is an alternative trading system expected to launch in the first quarter of 2025. The other is a custodian currently serving institutional investors, focusing on a few well-known crypto assets. This funding will be used to add more crypto assets and launch the upcoming security tokens.

ChainCatcher news, according to Fortune, UK stablecoin infrastructure company BVNK has raised $50 million in a Series B funding round. This round was led by Haun Ventures, a large fund focused on cryptocurrency, with participation from Coinbase Ventures and existing investor Tiger Global.According to a source familiar with the transaction, this funding round values BVNK at approximately $750 million.

ChainCatcher news, the Hong Kong government recently announced that it has committed to implementing a crypto asset reporting framework (reporting framework) to enhance international tax transparency and combat cross-border tax evasion, as stated to the OECD Global Forum on Tax Transparency and Exchange of Information.In light of the rapid development of the crypto asset market, the OECD published the reporting framework in June 2023 to ensure the maintenance of global tax transparency. As an extension of the existing "Common Reporting Standard for Automatic Exchange of Financial Account Information on Tax Matters," the reporting framework establishes a similar mechanism for users or controllers of crypto assets to automatically exchange tax-related information on crypto asset accounts and transactions with the tax jurisdiction of their tax residents each year.To ensure the fair and effective global implementation of the reporting framework, the Global Forum has invited all relevant crypto asset industries and tax jurisdictions identified as directly related to the reporting framework (including Hong Kong) to implement the reporting framework.Hong Kong has committed to implementing the reporting framework with suitable partners on a reciprocal basis, with those partners required to meet standards for data confidentiality and security. Considering the latest timeline established by the Global Forum, the government plans to complete the necessary local legislative amendments by 2026 or earlier, and to begin the first automatic exchange of information under the reporting framework with relevant tax jurisdictions starting in 2028.

ChainCatcher news, Bitcoin mining company Riot Platforms announced the completion of a $594.4 million convertible senior note offering. After deducting the initial purchaser's discount and commissions as well as the estimated offering expenses payable by Riot, the net proceeds from the issuance of the 2030 notes are approximately $579.2 million. Riot has used a significant portion of the net proceeds from this offering to purchase additional Bitcoin.

ChainCatcher news, the AI virtual world Ark Of Panda has completed a $2 million financing round, with participation from European WEB3 accelerator Flow Capital, Japan's Wabi Sabi Trading, Web3link, Tido Capital, Coresky, GHVC, Lulala Labs, and others, and will receive incubation and brand promotion support from the European gaming company Uncore.Ark of Panda is an innovative AI + UGC (User Generated Content) virtual world ecosystem that supports various public chains and provides users with cross-chain trading and asset management services. Ark of Panda lowers the threshold for UGC creation, allowing users to easily create assets, design virtual scenes, and conveniently establish unique scenes and games within the ecosystem, realizing their creative dreams.

ChainCatcher news, according to official sources, the Meme project Slerf stated, "Transfer 0.2 SOL to a designated donation wallet, and if all Slerf holders do this, the refund will be completed. Let's see what happens next."

ChainCatcher news, according to Blockworks, the DePIN project DAWN has completed a $2.5 million financing round, with participation from VanEck Ventures and VanEck's Digital Assets Alpha Fund.Andrena CEO Neil Chatterjee stated that with the rollout of 5G and Starlink, society will shift from wired internet access to fully wireless access, and DAWN is designed to leverage "the transformation of our lives."

ChainCatcher message, Vana posted on platform X that it has completed the airdrop of testnet community rewards. Users can check the airdrop by adding the Vana network to their wallet.

ChainCatcher news, economist and gold advocate Peter Schiff posted on X: "Most of the people buying Bitcoin now believe it will make them rich. Most of those who already own Bitcoin refuse to sell because they hold the same belief. The majority of those selling Bitcoin have already become wealthy because they bought Bitcoin years ago and are now cashing out.Many people buying gold actually need it for business. Investors buy gold not to get rich, but to preserve wealth, or at least to maintain the value of their existing assets. So there is a significant difference between the two."Schiff also stated: "Today's Bitcoin price has once again reached a new all-time high. It is very likely that tomorrow we will find out the buyer is Michael Saylor. This seems to be a trend, as this has happened for the past five Mondays."

ChainCatcher news, on-chain data analyst @ai_9684xtpa posted on social media that although COW is not on the asset list of Trump's crypto project World Liberty, the recent on-chain purchases of tokens have all used Cowswap, which may have caused the price of COW to rise by nearly 93% in the past seven days.

ChainCatcher news, summarized by Galaxy's Vice President of Research Christine Kim, highlighted that the 147th Ethereum Core Developer Consensus (ACDC) meeting focused on the advancement plan for Pectra Devnet 5. The Mekong network (based on the Pectra Devnet 4 specifications) is running stably, with no new issues reported.Developers suggested removing the GAS limit for validator modification blocks to avoid consensus failures and decided to remove EIP 7742, simplifying the Pectra upgrade process by increasing the Blob count through modifications to the genesis configuration. The team plans to complete the deployment of Pectra Devnet 5 by the end of the year and continue optimizing related EIPs and specifications.

ChainCatcher news, according to The Block, the stablecoin sector is attracting increasing attention from venture capital. Y Combinator has listed stablecoins as a key focus area for the Winter 2025 batch, with several projects receiving significant funding: the stablecoin infrastructure project usdx.money completed a $45 million financing at a valuation of $275 million; Binance Labs invested in the Solana ecosystem stablecoin protocol Perena; the MiCA-compliant EU stablecoin issuer Quantoz Payments received investments from Tether, Kraken, and others. Stripe acquired the stablecoin payment platform Bridge for $1.1 billion, setting a record for the largest merger and acquisition deal in the cryptocurrency industry.Galaxy Ventures partner Will Nuelle expects that by the end of 2026, the transaction volume of stablecoins for non-cryptocurrency use cases such as trade finance and payment processing will reach $1 trillion, accounting for over 1% of the global cross-border B2B payment market share. VanEck Ventures partner Juan Lopez predicts that in the next 3-5 years, about 30% (approximately $20 billion) of remittances from the U.S. to Mexico will be completed using stablecoins.

ChainCatcher news, Berko, the community leader of the blue-chip NFT project Pudgy Penguins, posted on the X platform hinting at no intention to compete with CryptoPunks. He stated, "It's never punks vs penguins, but always punks and penguins."

ChainCatcher news, according to Cointelegraph, Société Générale has completed the first repurchase transaction using blockchain technology within the euro system central bank. This transaction was carried out in collaboration with the Banque de France through Société Générale's digital asset subsidiary, Forge.In the Forge transaction, the repurchase involved tokenized bonds issued in 2020 on the Ethereum blockchain as collateral, while the central bank digital currency (CBDC) issued by the Banque de France was exchanged as cash. Société Générale stated that this transaction demonstrates the technical feasibility of interbank refinancing operations on-chain: "It illustrates the potential of central bank digital currencies to enhance the liquidity of digital financial securities."It is reported that a repurchase transaction is short for a repurchase agreement, which is a financial transaction in which one party sells securities to another and agrees to repurchase them later at a predetermined price.

ChainCatcher message, the AI data layer protocol Glacier Network announced on platform X that it has completed a total of approximately $4.2 million in public sale fundraising through Fjord Foundry.In addition, Glacier Network also announced that 10% of the total supply of GLS tokens has been allocated, with the token's launch on CEX and DEX expected on December 18.