ChainCatcher news, according to official sources, Aethir has announced its integration with EigenLayer, a blockchain infrastructure platform for restaking solutions, to fundamentally transform the scalability and efficiency of decentralized cloud computing.This integration will simplify the on-chain process for non-Web3 native GPU service providers, expand Aethir's decentralized network capabilities, and bring new development opportunities to both communities, thereby significantly advancing the development of decentralized cloud infrastructure. The integration of EigenLayer's Active Validation Service (AVS) model can greatly enhance Aethir's scalability, providing more restaking opportunities for ATH token holders and maximizing their returns within the ecosystem. This diversified resource pool enables Aethir to maintain a utilization rate of 70%, far exceeding industry standards. The integration also helps to further advance Aethir's "New Horizons" program, which aims to expand its network by attracting high-quality cloud hosting providers."The integration of Aethir with EigenLayer is a key milestone in Aethir's journey to redefine the future of decentralized cloud computing," said Aethir CEO Daniel Wang. "By leveraging EigenLayer's restaking framework, we not only expand our community's staking opportunities but also unlock new growth opportunities for computing service providers and enterprises. Together, we are setting a new benchmark for the DePIN ecosystem."It is reported that Aethir is an enterprise-grade AI GPU-as-a-service provider, having raised over $140 million in total. Aethir has a rapidly growing network, with approximately 400,000 state-of-the-art GPUs across 93 locations, including over 3,000 NVIDIA H100s and more than 59,000 Aethir Edges, providing scalable GPU computing resources on demand globally.

ChainCatcher news, according to the Eigen Foundation announcement, the Protocol Council has officially launched, and the foundation has completed the final locking transaction to transfer control to the council.The Protocol Council is the core decision-making body of EigenLayer governance, responsible for reviewing and approving EigenLayer Improvement Proposals (ELIPs) to ensure that all protocol upgrades meet security requirements and support the sustainable development of the ecosystem. The council members are composed of diverse representatives from the Eigen ecosystem, aimed at promoting the decentralized governance of the protocol.

ChainCatcher news, according to on-chain analyst Yu Jin's monitoring, in October, 21 addresses spent 32.45 million USDC to purchase 8.917 million EIGEN at an average price of 3.64 dollars. Since last night, they have started to gradually redeem EIGEN and sell it on-chain. Since 7 PM last night, four addresses have redeemed 1,270,507 EIGEN (5.02 million dollars) from the EigenLayer staking contract and are currently selling it on-chain for ETH or USDC. A few days ago, when EIGEN peaked at 5.6 dollars, their 8.917 million EIGEN had an unrealized profit of 17.65 million dollars, but it has now fallen back near the cost line.

ChainCatcher message, EigenLayer announced on platform X that the Slashing testnet is officially live. The proposed protocol upgrade (ELIP-002) introduces slashing, which is a key tool for executing the economic commitments of AVS.

ChainCatcher message, according to data from DefiLlama, on December 19th, the total value locked (TVL) in DeFi protocols across the network reached $151 billion, among which:Lido has the highest TVL at $36.1 billion, down 4.37% in the past 24 hours;AAVE ranks second at $21.3 billion, down 4.80% in the past 24 hours;EigenLayer ranks third at $16.9 billion, down 4.39% in the past 24 hours.

ChainCatcher news, the Eigen Foundation has allocated 1% of the EIGEN token supply (approximately 16,736,465 EIGEN, worth over $83 million) to the Protocol Guild and has published the transaction hash. It expressed its pleasure in supporting the developers, researchers, and coordinators who are driving the thriving growth of Ethereum.

According to ChainCatcher news, in a Tuesday announcement, Wormhole is collaborating with re-staking protocol developer Nuffle Labs to develop a solution that extends EigenLayer's re-staking capabilities beyond the Ethereum ecosystem. This move aims to advance the security generated by shared staking, protecting multiple protocols and applications simultaneously. The solution leverages Wormhole's messaging architecture and Nuffle's NUFF protocol, allowing assets to be re-staked directly from any L1 or L2 blockchain without the need for asset bridging.It is reported that Nuffle Labs is a spin-off of the NEAR Foundation, developing modular blockchain technology to expand the ecosystem, including the NEAR data availability layer and the NEAR fast finality layer. The collaboration with Wormhole will make all tokens provided through the Nuffle infrastructure available for AVS built on the EigenLayer shared security framework.

ChainCatcher news, according to the official announcement, EigenLayer has launched its Rewards v2 testnet at 15:49 EST on December 14. Rewards v2 is a protocol upgrade in the EigenLayer ecosystem aimed at enhancing the flexibility, efficiency, and customization of rewards.

ChainCatcher message, EigenLayer has published its second EigenLayer Improvement Proposal (ELIP-002) on social media: Slashing Mechanism. This ELIP proposal introduces a slashing mechanism to the EigenLayer protocol to enhance cryptoeconomic commitments and provide tools for AVS (Active Verification Service) to innovate and reward high-quality service operators.The slashing mechanism designed in the proposal integrates two new concepts proposed by Eigen Labs: Unique Stake and Operator Sets, allowing AVS to penalize operators for failing to meet commitments (such as computational errors or liveness issues).Unique Stake ensures that each AVS has exclusive access to specific punishable stakes, reducing systemic risk. Operator Sets allow AVS to segment tasks and operators for better accountability and reward distribution.

ChainCatcher news, according to Cointelegraph, Eigen Labs plans to launch an upgraded version of Rewards v2, aimed at bringing greater flexibility, efficiency, and customization to rewards within the EigenLayer ecosystem. The testnet will be deployed on the Holesky testnet on December 12, with the mainnet deployment scheduled for January next year.This proposed upgrade is also the first EigenLayer improvement proposal (ELIP) to utilize the EigenLayer governance process (EigenGov) recently announced by the Eigen Foundation. The Rewards v2 upgrade proposal expands the platform's reward capabilities and introduces several features: Operator-oriented rewards: AVS can reward operators based on performance or custom logic. Variable operator fees: Operators can set their own rates based on AVS, providing economic flexibility and attracting diverse participation. Batch reward claiming: Stakers and Operators can claim multiple rewards in a single transaction, thereby reducing gas costs.

ChainCatcher news, according to Cointelegraph, ConsenSys' Ethereum validation node provider Infura has announced significant progress in its decentralized infrastructure network (DIN) and plans to launch as an Active Validation Service (AVS) on the Ethereum restaking platform EigenLayer.Infura DIN product lead Tom Hay announced at the Devcon 2024 conference: "By leveraging Ethereum's economic security through EigenLayer, we continue to build a permissionless Web3 infrastructure service marketplace on the steady progress of DIN." Launching DIN as an AVS through EigenLayer offers multiple advantages, including reduced development costs, increased accessibility and reliability of Web3 services, fostering a collaborative environment among providers, and simplifying the process of launching new services across Web3 gateways.The main goal of this deployment is to create a more accessible, reliable, and efficient decentralized infrastructure to support Web3 development while leveraging Ethereum's economic security. It also utilizes EigenLayer's restaking as an entry mechanism, providing staking and slashing protection without requiring projects to prematurely launch tokens.

ChainCatcher news, during the Devcon in Bangkok, the AVS Day event co-hosted by Consensys, EigenLayer, and AltLayer successfully concluded. The Hemera team received high recognition in the industry for its innovative technology, achieving first place.Hemera co-founder and Chief Growth Officer Sammi showcased the team's first comprehensive data integrity verification solution—History Transparency AVS. This solution utilizes a shared security mechanism and Account-Centric Indexing technology to provide a reliable and verifiable data processing (ETL) layer for AI, machine learning, and other data-intensive applications, ensuring end-to-end data integrity. This innovation not only enhances the reliability of data verification but also brings unprecedented transparency and trust to blockchain applications.Hemera AVS is set to officially launch soon, and will provide a programmable and verifiable data layer for the blockchain ecosystem, offering solid support for developers to create higher quality decentralized applications.

ChainCatcher news, MegaETH will jointly host World Computer Day with EigenLayer and Succinct on November 10th from 12:00 PM to 08:00 PM (GMT+7) in Bangkok.It is reported that World Computer Day will discuss the following topics:Is cryptocurrency a world computer or a fancy casino?How fast should global computers be by 2030?Should the world computer run on Raspberry Pi?Is the world computer controlled by humans or artificial intelligence?Is the world computer inevitable?

ChainCatcher news, according to official sources, the decentralized secure computing project ARPA Network has established a strategic partnership with the multi-asset liquidity re-staking protocol Bedrock to introduce uniBTC into ARPA AVS on EigenLayer.By adding uniBTC as a supporting asset, ARPA provides BTC holders with new liquidity avenues and reward opportunities.

ChainCatcher message, EigenLayer developer nader dabit recently posted on X: "99% of the metrics that most blockchain companies use to promote adoption are meaningless.500 million transactions, 10 million unique wallets (and similar data) are meaningless in a world where I can automate all of this with ChatGPT in 30 seconds.It is meaningless unless it has at least some degree of resistance to witch attacks.This raises the question of whether everyone here is just deceiving themselves while deceiving others, or if investors and the public still believe this nonsense?"

ChainCatcher news, according to The Block, two Ethereum researchers revealed in a message released today that they have resigned from their positions due to controversy arising from their roles as advisors for the restaking platform EigenLayer.Ethereum researchers Justin Drake and Dankrad Feist posted on the X platform that they resigned from their advisory roles to focus on the development of the Ethereum base layer. Drake stated that he stepped down from this position in September.

According to ChainCatcher, a report from the security firm stated that in October 2024, there were a total of 20 hacker attacks in the cryptocurrency sector, resulting in losses of approximately $88.47 million. The top 5 hacker attacks include:RadiantCapital: $53 million (bridged to Ethereum);U.S. government seized funds: $20 million (returned);Eigenlayer: $5.7 million (money laundering transferred to HitBTC, Bybit);TapiocaFoundation: $4.7 million (BNBChain);SUNRAYFINANCE: $2.86 million (BNBChain).