ChainCatcher news, according to Cointelegraph, security company Gen Digital stated that it is currently monitoring an organization called "CryptoCore," which uses AI-driven deepfake scams to deceive cryptocurrency holders. This organization profits by peddling fake cryptocurrency investments, leveraging official videos of well-known figures such as Elon Musk, Michael Saylor, Vitalik Buterin, and Larry Fink. They replace audio with AI-generated voices or mix unofficial materials with official videos to carry out their scams.Gen Digital reported that this criminal organization spreads its videos on social media platforms like YouTube, X, and TikTok. The scammers also use hacked social media accounts with a large number of followers and then conduct live streams to promote their scams.

ChainCatcher news, Hong Kong-based cryptocurrency asset management company Metallpha Technology, listed on NASDAQ, announced on its official website that it has invested in NextGen Digital Venture Limited.It is reported that NextGen Digital is a platform that provides traditional finance and cryptocurrency investment services, aiming to offer compliant digital asset investment channels for institutional investors, but the specific investment amount has not been disclosed yet. Last April, Metallpha and NextGen jointly launched the cryptocurrency fund Next Generation Fund I, focusing on investing in structured products under Grayscale. After the completion of this investment transaction, Metallpha will also provide additional management support to NextGen.

ChainCatcher message, a one-stop liquidity-as-a-service DeFi protocol [iZUMi Finance](https://www.rootdata.com/zh/Projects/detail/iZUMi Finance?k=MTMwMw==) announced the completion of a $22 million financing round. Regarding the fundraising method, iZUMi Finance issued the "iZUMi zk-Fund" fund series products (SFT, semi-homogeneous tokens) through its strategic partner Solv Protocol's latest paradigm protocol Solv V3, receiving support from funds and individual investors including Unicode Digital, NextGen Digital Venture, Bella Protocol, Incuba Alpha, among others, raising a total of $22 million in mainstream digital currency assets such as ETH, stETH, USDC, and USDT.iZUMi Finance will use this round of financing to support the early liquidity of iZiSwap Pro on the zkSync Era network. iZiSwap Pro is iZUMi Finance's on-chain order book DEX product, utilizing iZUMi's innovative Discrete Liquidity AMM (DL-AMM) model, fully on-chain, achieving 100% decentralization. (Source link)