ChainCatcher news, according to Jinshi reports, four informed sources revealed that Tesla CEO Elon Musk has secretly funded a conservative political group in recent years, indicating that the billionaire entrepreneur had already been covertly supporting right-wing causes before endorsing Trump's re-election campaign in July.Two informed sources stated that Musk's donations to the "Building a Future for America" organization began in 2022, with total contributions amounting to millions of dollars, significantly boosting the morale of the organization. However, the exact amount and timeline of the donations remain unclear, and no documents have been found linking Musk to the organization's finances. Earlier on Wednesday local time, reports indicated that Musk also funded other pro-Republican groups.

ChainCatcher message, Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin responded to a Twitter user's suggestion that he stop selling ETH, stating: "Yesterday's ETH sale was initiated by a biodefense organization I funded, triggered by an automated CoW Swap TWAP order set up as early as August 29. This is the last order."It is reported that the time-weighted average price (TWAP) orders launched by the DEX aggregator CoW Swap allow traders to spread trades over a specified period to smooth out market price fluctuations and achieve an average market price position.

ChainCatcher news, according to on-chain analyst Yu Jin's monitoring, Synthetix founder Kain Warwick funded former Synthetix CFO SynthaMan with 2,000 ILV (86,000 USD). SynthaMan posted the day before yesterday that he lost all his crypto assets due to liquidation and published an address requesting donations to help him last until September when his ILV unlocks.1 hour ago, Synthetix founder Kain Warwick unlocked 150,000 ILV (6.45 million USD) and then transferred 2,000 ILV (86,000 USD) to the address SynthaMan requested donations to. As of now, SynthaMan has received approximately 112,000 USD in donations over the past 2 days.

ChainCatcher news, the first round of funding for the Sei Creator Fund has concluded, and the second round is about to launch. This event marks the beginning of the $10 million Sei Creator Fund program, which matched 862,500 SEI using the Quadratic Funding method from Gitcoin Grants Stack to support creators and projects that drive the development of the Sei ecosystem.Here are the top ten projects that received the highest funding:crossover: 72,029.91 SEIS3 Labs: 64,288.63 SEIYRRRRR LABZ! (SEI FUCKERS): 59,168.59 SEIdob: 55,294.63 SEIRemo's World: 47,492.54 SEIMassdrop: 46,864.87 SEIFrensei: 41,581.15 SEIPopo The Cat: 34,742.79 SEISeipex Finance: 34,285.24 SEIKatz: 24,653.59 SEI

ChainCatcher news, according to Cointelegraph, a spokesperson for the Dogwifhat on Vegas Sphere team recently stated that representatives from Sphere have developed new "cryptocurrency-specific" terms and held internal meetings to formulate cryptocurrency-related policies in response to the "sphere wif hat" initiative. The team is still working with them to meet their standards and requirements. Additionally, it was stated that if negotiations fail for any reason, all funds will be refunded to the donors.ChainCatcher previously reported that community information shows the "sphere wif hat" initiative of the dogwifhat (WIF) community has successfully raised $650,000, currently totaling $672,347. The raised amount will be used for advertising at the MSG Sphere (a massive spherical LED venue) in Las Vegas, USA.

ChainCatcher news, Kraken Exchange's Chief Security Officer Nick Percoco posted an update on social media stating that it can now be confirmed that the funds withdrawn due to the previous vulnerability have been refunded (minus a small fee loss).Previously, CertiK stated that all funds had been returned but did not align with Kraken's request and did not demand a bounty for the vulnerability.

ChainCatcher news, the Solana ecosystem meme project Slerf announced that it has refunded 30,125 SOL to presale purchasers, with 23,700 SOL pending refund. Over 27,000 wallets have received refunds (97%), with less than 800 wallets still pending.Slerf stated that it expects to complete all refunds in the coming weeks.

ChainCatcher news, Slow Mist founder Yu Xian stated, "Yesterday, the phishing group Inferno Drainer stole nearly 7 million dollars' worth of ETH re-staked assets from a user through permit offline authorization signatures. Today, surprisingly, Inferno Drainer refunded the amount, which is quite rare."It is reported that the victim seems to have recovered 80% (1445 ETH) of the stolen funds by paying a 20% (362 ETH) bounty. The Inferno Drainer operating group chose the refund and bounty model.

ChainCatcher news, according to official Degen news, has refunded 3.6 million DEGEN to users who lost funds on the Reservoir Relay bridge due to the Degen chain failure.Degen stated that it will continue to support all users affected by this incident.

ChainCatcher news, according to official information, the AI virtual social token SOAI, which was pre-sold on May 13, announced the cancellation of the ongoing IDO due to reforms in the mining mechanism on the first day of the pre-sale, and has refunded 100% of the raised funds to the users who participated in the pre-sale. SOAI also airdropped 1% of the token purchase amount to participating users as compensation.It is reported that SOAI raised 16,610 SOL on the first day of the pre-sale, worth approximately 2.4 million USD.

ChainCatcher news, the Solana ecosystem meme project Slerf announced on social media that it has refunded over $1 million to SLERF presale participants.

ChainCatcher news, according to a report by CoinDesk citing informed sources, Polygon Labs had paid Starbucks $4 million as part of the costs for the latter's establishment of the blockchain-based loyalty program Starbucks Odyssey.Last week, Starbucks terminated the Odyssey program.

ChainCatcher message, the Meme project LADYS states that the SOL refund ratio for the Milady Wif Hat oversubscription has been changed from 75% to 100%.

ChainCatcher news, blockchain network security technology provider Eyris announced the completion of a $3 million Pre-Seed funding round, fully backed by investment incubation firm Red Cell Partners, with specific valuation information not disclosed. Eyris provides a suite of blockchain technologies to enhance digital security for the Department of Defense, armed forces, and the private sector.It is reported that Eyris was founded in 2023 by U.S. Army veteran and former NSA innovation chief Kevin Keaton, who has 34 years of experience in the national security industry.

According to ChainCatcher news, the Sui Foundation announced the grant recipients for January and February of this year, with a total of 12 projects selected, which are:Mofa Labs: An open-source SDK developed using the Dart programming language, supporting cross-platform application development;ZeroAuth: Provides a multi-platform SDK, making it easy for developers to integrate zkLogin into their products;MoveBit: A Web IDE that supports development within the Move ecosystem;Venture23: Systematically organizes Kiosk data, supporting the growth and usage of Sui Kiosk;Nimbus: A personalized portfolio tracker that provides Sui users with asset and DeFi configuration tracking;SuiMove Linter: A linter tool designed specifically for Move source code, helping application builders analyze errors;Turbos Finance: Key features that enhance the experience of liquidity providers;Suilette: A decentralized lottery protocol that supports Sui community services and prize pools;Anti-Cheat System by FranklinDAO Research: Utilizes self-learning technology to prevent cheating in games;Reclaim: Makes HTTPS traffic verifiable through zero-knowledge proofs, providing new data privacy protection application scenarios;FRNZY: A peer-to-peer physical goods interactive shopping marketplace that allows users to initiate auctions;Interverse: Helps game developers establish in-game markets, supporting players in purchasing game assets from the Web3 marketplace.

ChainCatcher news, according to Bubblemaps monitoring, the four accounts holding the most SAVM tokens are all funded by the same wallet, accounting for approximately 40% of the supply.

ChainCatcher news, the on-chain trading platform Thunder stated that it has refunded the full losses to affected users, including 86 ETH and 439 SOL, will permanently waive trading fees for affected users, and will issue $100,000 in credit points. Thunder will enable point boosts and zero-fee trading in the coming days.Previously, it was reported that the multi-chain trading platform Thunder was attacked yesterday, resulting in a loss of approximately $240,000.