ChainCatcher message, Tim Beiko, the protocol support lead at the Ethereum Foundation, updated on X about the latest information regarding the Pectra upgrade.A new long-term testnet, Hoodi, will launch on March 17, and this testnet will execute the Pectra upgrade test on March 26;After Hoodi successfully executes the Pectra upgrade test, the mainnet upgrade time will be decided, expected to be at least 30 days after the test upgrade (on or after April 25).The Fusaka plan will be executed synchronously, with the deadline for proposing EIPs set for March 24, and the tentative freeze date for the upgrade scope set for April 10.

ChainCatcher message, according to on-chain data, Circle has issued an additional 38,987,630.26 USDC on the Ethereum mainnet.

ChainCatcher news, Safe responded on platform X to Bybit's hacking forensic report, stating that the forensic review of the targeted attack by the Lazarus Group on Bybit concluded that the attack on Bybit Safe was executed through compromised Safe{Wallet} developer machines, leading to disguised malicious transactions.Lazarus is a government-backed North Korean hacking organization known for its complex social engineering attacks on developer credentials, sometimes combined with zero-day vulnerabilities. The forensic review by external security researchers did not indicate any vulnerabilities in the Safe smart contracts or the source code of the front end and services.Following the recent incident, the Safe{Wallet} team conducted a thorough investigation and has now phased the restoration of Safe{Wallet} on the Ethereum mainnet. The Safe{Wallet} team has completely rebuilt and reconfigured all infrastructure and rotated all credentials to ensure the complete elimination of the attack vector.After the final results of the investigation are released, the Safe{Wallet} team will publish a complete post-mortem analysis. The Safe{Wallet} front end is still operational and has implemented additional security measures. However, users need to be extra cautious and vigilant when signing transactions.

ChainCatcher message, the encrypted KOL clarified that the previous analysis regarding the Bybit hacker using the Solana network and Kanye Meme coin for money laundering was misleading due to @barneyxbt's post. He stated that the $1.38 billion worth of ETH on the Bybit hacker's address is still on the Ethereum mainnet and has deleted the previous analysis tweet.

ChainCatcher message, Ethereum co-founder Vitalik responded on the social platform regarding the "ETH 3.0" issue:There is currently nothing that can be called "ETH 3.0".Some might say that Justin Drake's 5-year plan is it, but that plan is only for the consensus layer, not the execution layer, so it is just a part of the future of the Ethereum blockchain.The relationship and balance between L1 and L2 is an execution layer issue. Here is another roadmap:Strengthen L1's capabilitiesImprove interoperability across L2, increase blobs, etc.I also think that the question of whether L2 is paying enough transaction fees to L1 should not be viewed too short-term. For example:Before EIP-4844, the complaints were the opposite: Is L1 sucking the blood of L2?Now, in the last 30 days, the blob fees are 500 ETH. If the blob target increases from 3 to 128, according to our plan, if the blob gas price remains the same, it would burn 21,333 ETH per month, which amounts to 256,000 ETH per year.So the narrative can change quickly here; now we need to strengthen L1, ensure that things that should happen on L1 can happen on L1, increase blobs, and maintain the adaptability of our community.

ChainCatcher news, according to Lookonchain monitoring, in the past 7 days, the issuance of stablecoins (USDT & USDC) on the Ethereum mainnet increased by 2.43 billion, the issuance of stablecoins (USDT & USDC) on the Tron chain increased by 2.08 billion, and the issuance of stablecoins (USDT & USDC) on the Solana chain increased by 598 million.

ChainCatcher message, the Ethereum block explorer Etherscan released a weekly data snapshot indicating that from February 3 to February 9, the number of transactions on the Ethereum mainnet reached 8.84 million, with a median Gas fee of 1.245 gwei and Blob fees amounting to 41.46 ETH.

ChainCatcher news, according to Lookonchain monitoring, in the past 7 days, the stablecoins (USDT and USDC) on the Tron Network increased by 592 million, while the stablecoins (USDT and USDC) on the Ethereum mainnet increased by 573 million.

ChainCatcher news, the Base ecosystem DEX Aerodrome announced on platform X that, according to @dexscreener data, the daily trading volume on the Ethereum L2 network Base has surpassed that of the Ethereum mainnet for the first time, reaching $2.3 billion, while the latter's daily trading volume was $2.2 billion.In addition, the WETH - USDC pool on Aerodrome currently exceeds the total of the top 6 WETH pools on the mainnet, reaching $698 million. The trading volume of the cbBTC pool on Aerodrome is nearly twice that of the trading volume of the top 4 BTC pools on the Ethereum mainnet.

ChainCatcher news, according to Whale Alert monitoring, USDC Treasury has minted a total of 100 million USDC on the Ethereum chain today at 5:31 and 5:52, with 50 million USDC minted each time.

ChainCatcher news, according to Defillama data, Raydium's fee revenue in the past 7 days surpassed Ethereum mainnet and Uniswap, reaching 35.29 million dollars.

ChainCatcher message, the Bio Protocol official stated that BIO is currently only issued on the Ethereum mainnet. Any tokens on other blockchains are scams.

ChainCatcher news, Slow Mist founder Yu Xian posted on X, stating that the BitmapPunks project contract, which is raising the Gas on the Ethereum mainnet, has not been open-sourced for verification, and he hasn't looked into whether there are any risks yet.

ChainCatcher news, stablecoin issuer Circle announced on the X platform that it plans to launch the new version of CCTP V2 on the Ethereum mainnet, Base, and Avalanche in early 2025, with more chains to follow. The new version will feature faster transfer speeds and low-latency settlement.

ChainCatcher news, according to Hong Kong media Xin Bao, SC Ventures, a subsidiary of Standard Chartered, revealed that its tokenization platform Libeara will launch a dollar-tokenized money market fund in Singapore this month, initially on the Ethereum mainnet. Alexandre Deschatres, the head of business development at Libeara, stated in an interview that before a full on-chain launch, they will assess the liquidity of U.S. Treasury bonds with Wellington Asset Management and Fundbridge.

ChainCatcher news, the Trump family's crypto project World Liberty Financial (WLFI) has initiated a new proposal to deploy an Aave V3 instance on the Ethereum mainnet for the protocol. This instance will be managed by external risk managers and will be built on the existing Aave v3 infrastructure, launching on the Ethereum mainnet.Initially, the WLFI protocol will allow lending of USDC, USDT, ETH, and WBTC, with additional assets to be added through future WLFI voting proposals.

ChainCatcher news, Unichain posted on X that some details about early developers accessing the Unichain mainnet have been publicly circulated, but the Unichain mainnet has not yet been launched, and the bridge specifications have not been finalized. Since it is not ready for public use, the RPC during the developer access period has been disabled, and the details of the public RPC will be released once it is ready.In the meantime, cross-chain users can still withdraw to the Ethereum mainnet.

ChainCatcher news, the consumer-grade public chain Morph has announced the launch of its mainnet on Ethereum. Projects built on Morph can now transition to the mainnet and continue to leverage this scalability to develop their technologies, further driving growth at the consumer layer.According to RootData, Morph is a completely permissionless EVM L2 that combines optimistic and zk rollup technologies, providing developers building financial, gaming, social media, and entertainment applications on the chain with a user-friendly option.During the Morph testnet period, there were over 6 million addresses registered, more than 100 million transactions executed, over 200 projects deployed, and more than 1 million community members participated.

ChainCatcher message, the Unichain white paper states that to become a validator in UVN, node operators must stake UNI tokens on the Ethereum mainnet. The staking status is tracked in Unichain's smart contract, which receives notifications of staking and withdrawal operations through a native bridge. Unichain's blocks are divided into fixed-length Epochs. At the beginning of each Epoch, the current staked balance is snapshot, and Unichain chain fees are collected and calculated for the reward value of each staked token.Participants can also stake and vote for validators, thereby increasing the staking weight of that validator. A limited number of validators with the highest staking weight will be considered the active set and will be eligible to publish proofs and receive the designated rewards for that Epoch.

According to ChainCatcher news, the Aave community has initiated a temperature check proposal vote to "add EIGEN to Aave v3 on the Ethereum mainnet," which will end on October 13. This proposal aims to add EigenLayer's native token EIGEN to Aave v3 on the Ethereum mainnet. Through this integration, Aave users will be able to provide and borrow EIGEN, thereby enhancing the utility and liquidity of the Eigen Layer token within the DeFi ecosystem, particularly within the Aave ecosystem.