ChainCatcher news, according to official news, the crypto payment framework AEON announced a partnership with the RWA public chain project Plume to support the offline payment function of its native token $PLUME. Users can now use PLUME for consumption at over 10,000 brand stores worldwide, including McDonald's, Starbucks, and Uniqlo, accelerating the application of crypto assets in daily life.

ChainCatcher news, the encrypted payment framework AEON announced a partnership with Neo, integrating its offline payment product AEON Pay with the Neo EVM sidechain Neo X, officially supporting $NEO for offline payments. Users can now use $NEO for shopping and dining in various emerging markets, including Southeast Asia, through AEON Pay, covering a merchant network of over 20 million merchants and 10,000+ brands.

The encrypted payment framework AEON announced a partnership with the public chain Stellar. Its offline encrypted payment product AEON Pay now supports $XLM and USDC issued on the Stellar chain. Users can use the above-mentioned cryptocurrencies to make payments at over 20 million merchant physical stores and online scenarios in multiple countries in Southeast Asia.

ChainCatcher news, the AI-driven cryptocurrency payment protocol AEON has announced the expansion of its offline cryptocurrency payment product AEON Pay to the Philippines, supporting the country's central bank-promoted QR payment standard QR Ph. Local users can scan QR codes at merchants that support QR Ph to pay with cryptocurrency, enhancing the usability and compatibility of crypto assets in offline consumption scenarios.AEON Pay currently supports cryptocurrency payments at over 20 million merchants and more than 10,000 brands worldwide.

ChainCatcher news, Binance founder Changpeng Zhao (CZ) responded to a related report from the Wall Street Journal, stating "WSJ is really trying hard to smear me," and mentioned "they seem to have forgotten who went to jail and who didn't." He pointed out that those who become government witnesses will not be sentenced, but rather will be protected. Changpeng Zhao also hinted that someone is paying WSJ employees to publish negative news against him.

ChainCatcher news, on April 8th at the "Crypto 2025: Breaking the Deadlock and New Beginnings" event co-hosted by RootData and ChainCatcher, AEON CEO Eddie Li mentioned in his presentation titled "Unlocking the Future of Crypto Payments for EffOrtless Mass Adoption" that AEON is providing real-world application value for digital assets through AEON Pay. With the concept of "payment abstraction," it aims to break the technical barriers of traditional crypto payments, helping cryptocurrencies truly reach the masses and promoting crypto payments in offline scenarios and broader application fields.It is reported that AEON is a Web3 modular payment protocol platform. It aims to provide users with a crypto asset management and trading tool that supports multi-chain operations. The platform combines the transparency and security of blockchain, allowing users to seamlessly manage their digital assets in a cross-chain ecosystem and participate in decentralized finance (DeFi) services.

ChainCatcher news, according to Blockworks, the developer of the crypto shooting game "Shrapnel," Neon Machine, is facing serious financial difficulties. So far, the company has spent nearly $86.9 million in operating funds, with projected revenue of $21.7 million for 2024, but high operating costs of about $33 million have prevented it from becoming profitable, resulting in a net loss of $11.4 million.Sources say that Neon Machine's monthly cash burn is as high as $2 million to $3.5 million, and it is currently in a state of cash depletion, with significant unpaid debts, owing millions of dollars to external suppliers. The company’s new round of financing, originally scheduled for early 2025, has also failed to materialize. Previously, the company completed a $20 million Series A funding round in October 2023, led by Polychain Capital.Moreover, the company's workforce has sharply decreased from nearly a hundred at its peak to just over a dozen, with very few people actually involved in the development of "Shrapnel." To extend its cash flow, the company has implemented at least three rounds of layoffs and has asked high-salaried employees to voluntarily take a pay cut of about 20%. The Seattle headquarters was also closed at the end of March.Despite this, the company still claims to be "in the strongest position ever" and plans to launch "Shrapnel" globally by the end of 2025. However, several insiders close to Neon Machine are skeptical about whether the game can be launched smoothly, stating that the project is not yet complete and funds have been exhausted.In addition, according to People's Daily - Jinbao News, Lingjing People's Game Laboratory held talks with the creative team of "Shrapnel" (tentative Chinese name: 弹片), reaching a preliminary cooperation intention on issues such as the minting and distribution of game digital assets in the Chinese market, compliance circulation, and market operation.

ChainCatcher news, AEON CEO Eddie Li will attend the "Crypto 2025: Breaking the Deadlock and New Beginnings" event on April 8. AEON is a Web3 modular payment protocol platform designed to provide users with a tool for managing and trading crypto assets that supports multi-chain operations. The platform combines the transparency and security of blockchain, allowing users to seamlessly manage their digital assets in a cross-chain ecosystem and participate in decentralized finance (DeFi) services.It is reported that the "Crypto 2025: Breaking the Deadlock and New Beginnings" event will be held on April 8 from 14:00 to 18:00 at the 2nd floor of the Hong Kong Dorsett Event Hall (28 Stanley Street, Central), co-hosted by Web3 data company RootData and ChainCatcher. This event will invite multiple leaders from the crypto industry, representatives from cutting-edge innovative projects, top VCs, and well-known KOLs to focus on hot topics in crypto such as AI, RWA, and PayFi, discussing the future of the industry.

ChainCatcher news, the encrypted payment protocol AEON announced a partnership with TON and Tether, enabling users to use $TON and the native $USDT for payments at tens of thousands of online and offline stores. It will provide various forms of crypto payment touchpoints such as DApps and Telegram mini-apps, gradually covering over 20 million merchants in Southeast Asia, Africa, Latin America, and other regions, promoting the application of crypto assets in real-world payments.

ChainCatcher news, the encrypted payment protocol AEON announced a partnership with Bitget Wallet, and its AEON Pay DApp has officially been integrated into the Bitget Wallet, which has over 60 million users.This collaboration allows Bitget Wallet users to make direct payments via QR code using crypto assets such as USDT, USDC, TON, BNB, and more for daily consumption at tens of thousands of brands and millions of offline merchants in Southeast Asia and globally.In the future, AEON Pay will expand and support several emerging markets, including Africa and Latin America.

ChainCatcher news, Infini founder @Christianeth posted on the X platform: "Recently, many people have impersonated me to scam, please do not believe anything that requires payment."Previous news, the Infini founder left a message on the hacker's blockchain, hoping to reach a white hat agreement, allowing 20% of the stolen assets to be kept as a bounty.

ChainCatcher message, Yuga Labs co-founder Greg Solano tweeted that someone used a flash loan to fake a bid in the Punks market.Previously, CryptoPunks Bot tweeted that the new bid for Punk 5822 is 8,888 ETH ($19,587,819.67), made by 0xe62ae5.

ChainCatcher news, Slow Mist posted on platform X stating that its security team received reports from victims, disclosing that someone impersonated a Slow Mist data scientist and acted as a Web3 recruiter to commit fraud, tricking victims into installing malware, resulting in the theft of victims' wallets and X accounts.The Slow Mist team has launched an investigation and disclosed some known details. Currently, law enforcement in Baden-Württemberg, Germany, has intervened and advised the fraudster to immediately return the victims' funds.Previous report, Slow Mist founder Yu Xian posted on platform X stating that someone impersonated a Slow Mist employee to commit fraud and steal coins.

ChainCatcher message, Slow Mist founder Yu Xian posted on the X platform stating that someone is impersonating Slow Mist employees to scam, poison, and steal coins, reminding users to be cautious.Yu Xian added that he has gathered enough information about the relevant individuals, including another active X account, and advised them to return the stolen funds.

ChainCatcher News, the American Fox News Channel released an interview video with Trump and Musk on February 14 local time. In the video, the host asked Trump if he was aware that some American media were trying to sow discord with phrases like "President Musk."Trump stated that he was not surprised by this situation, as there are people who want to break him and Musk apart and spread many similar rumors, but they have not succeeded because if these media were very good at smearing themselves, then he would not have been able to successfully become the President of the United States. Musk, sitting next to Trump, frequently nodded in agreement with what Trump said.

ChainCatcher news, the payment protocol AEON has announced a strategic partnership with the high-performance blockchain platform Viction. AEON Pay now supports the application of Viction ecosystem's native assets ($VIC, $C98, and stablecoins) in offline consumption scenarios.Users can use AEON Pay to scan and pay $VIC, $C98, and stablecoins within the Viction ecosystem at over millions of merchants in Southeast Asia and globally, covering various offline consumption scenarios such as shopping and dining.

ChainCatcher news, a woman in her 40s was arrested by the police for stealing another person's phone and embezzling virtual currency worth approximately 700 million Korean won.The suspect stole the phone of a man she met in a public social networking (SNS) chat room in Jeju City, and then used personal information obtained in advance to transfer the virtual currency into her own account. The police launched an investigation based on the victim's report and successfully arrested the suspect in an emergency in Gimcheon, North Gyeongsang Province. The suspect confessed that she planned this crime to repay her debts.

ChainCatcher news, according to Xiamen Evening News, a man stole virtual currency from others and cashed out over 1.6 million yuan after incurring losses while helping a friend invest in futures. Recently, the Huli District Procuratorate in Xiamen, China, reviewed and prosecuted this theft case.In September 2021, the defendant Chen met the victim Hong through a friend's introduction. Hong entrusted Chen to help operate virtual currency investments and provided his account and login password.At the end of September 2022, Chen fabricated a story about the account being offline to trick Hong into providing various verification codes. He then successfully changed the account's login password and replaced the linked email with his own. At this point, Hong's account was under Chen's control.After that, Chen repeatedly used the excuse of the account being offline to deceive Hong into giving real-time verification codes, continuously transferring the virtual currency from Hong's account to his own. He then quickly sold these virtual currencies for a profit of over 1.6 million yuan, using all of it to repay personal debts.In May 2024, Chen voluntarily went to the police station to confess and truthfully admitted to his crimes.The Huli District Procuratorate filed a public prosecution against Chen for theft. According to Article 264 of the Criminal Law, theft of public and private property, with particularly large amounts or other particularly serious circumstances, is punishable by more than ten years of fixed-term imprisonment or life imprisonment, and may also involve fines or confiscation of property.

ChainCatcher news, gold advocate Peter Schiff posted on the X platform stating: "Someone has really created USAcoin, my previous post was sarcastic, so do not buy USAcoin. But the previous point was that if the U.S. government created a similar token and committed to establishing a strategic USA coin reserve, it would make more sense than storing Bitcoin, this part is not a joke."Previous news, Peter Schiff tweeted that the U.S. could save a lot of money by creating USA Coin instead of creating a Bitcoin strategic reserve. Like Bitcoin, the supply cap can reach 21 million, but USA coin can only be truly used for payments after upgrading the blockchain.

ChainCatcher news, Arthur Cheong, founder, CEO, and CIO of Defiance Capital, stated at the "Cold Thoughts Behind the Bull Market Frenzy: Cyclical Characteristics, New Narratives, and Investment Strategies" X Space event hosted by RootData: we will see more projects conducting ICOs in the future; when discussing the current shortcomings of the industry, Arthur believes that DeFi security issues and wallet experience problems are particularly prominent, but improvements are already underway.Regarding the secondary market, Arthur stated that leverage should not be too high; industry participants should focus deeply on the sectors they are interested in.On the judgment of short-term market trends, Arthur mentioned that in the next two weeks, the trading volume and liquidity on exchanges will gradually decrease, and he does not believe there will be significant surges or drops in the market.