ChainCatcher news, according to Jinshi reports, Apple (AAPL.O) CEO Tim Cook met with U.S. President-elect Trump at Mar-a-Lago in Florida for dinner on Friday (13th).The New York Times stated that this is the first meeting between the two since Trump won the U.S. election. The Associated Press reported that Cook has become the latest tech giant executive seeking to connect with the president-elect, joining others such as OpenAI CEO Sam Altman, Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg, and Amazon founder Jeff Bezos.During Trump's first term, the relationships of Sam Altman, Zuckerberg, and Bezos with Trump fluctuated, so they are all currently seeking to improve their standing in the eyes of the president-elect.

ChainCatcher news, according to 4E monitoring, as the U.S. election enters its final countdown, the three major U.S. stock indexes collectively fell on Monday while most investors remained on the sidelines. The S&P 500 index closed down 0.28%, the Dow fell 0.61%, and the Nasdaq dropped 0.33%. Given the tight race between Trump and Harris, supporters on both sides were eager to "place another bet" before Monday. After three consecutive days of double-digit declines, Trump's media technology group, which at one point fell 5% on Monday, ultimately closed up 12.37%. Meanwhile, bets favoring Harris's victory also increased, with solar and clean energy stocks collectively rising on Monday.The cryptocurrency market continued to decline under the weakening influence of the "Trump trade." As of the time of writing, Bitcoin was priced at $67,939, down 1.4%, and Ethereum was at $2,407, down 2.32%.In the forex and commodities sector, the "Trump trade" was scaled back, coupled with expectations of a 25 basis point rate cut by the Federal Reserve on Thursday, leading the dollar index to drop over 0.4% to below 104, hitting a two-week low and marking the largest decline in over a month, with non-dollar currencies rising broadly. Oil prices were supported by OPEC+'s announcement to delay production increases, with intraday gains exceeding nearly 3%. Gold prices were boosted by safe-haven demand due to the uncertainty of the U.S. election, expectations of a Fed rate cut, and the dollar index reaching a two-week low, with spot gold closing up 0.05% at the end of U.S. trading.In recent days, a series of polls have shown the gap in winning probabilities between Trump and Harris rapidly narrowing, with both sides' vote counts now very close. The market is concerned that controversial vote counting results may delay the election outcome by several days. Additionally, if Trump loses the election, his supporters may cite these data to "prove" election fraud, potentially inciting unrest. Another catalyst for safe-haven sentiment is the Federal Reserve's interest rate decision on Thursday, along with Powell's remarks at the press conference.As the two storms approach this week, market volatility has intensified, and demand for safe havens has increased. eeee.com is a financial trading platform that supports assets such as cryptocurrencies, stock indices, commodities like gold, and forex. Recently, it launched a USDT stablecoin financial product with an annualized return of 5.5%, providing investors with a potential safe-haven option. 4E reminds you to be aware of market volatility risks and to allocate assets wisely.

ChainCatcher news reports that the decentralized finance protocol Penpie has been hacked, with total losses reaching 27.3 million dollars, according to monitoring by Lookonchain. Based on on-chain data analysis, the stolen assets include:2,695 rswETH, worth approximately 6.62 million dollars;4,101 agETH, worth approximately 10.17 million dollars;2,723 wstETH, worth approximately 7.77 million dollars;2.52 million sUSDe, worth approximately 2.77 million dollars;The attacker subsequently exchanged all the stolen assets for 11,109 ETH, with a total value of approximately 27 million dollars. Notably, the hacker has deposited 1,000 ETH (approximately 2.34 million dollars) into the anonymous mixing protocol Tornado Cash.

ChainCatcher message, Ethereum founder Vitalik Buterin tweeted that the robustness of Ethereum L1 is improving, and pointed out that there is a strong willingness for collaboration among L2 projects to enhance the overall interoperability of the ecosystem.Vitalik noted that the claim that "PoW is the gold standard of assets" is being proven wrong, and the proportion of blocks that censor transactions continues to decrease. The block building section in the roadmap ("the Scourge") is also starting to show promise, with discussions mainly focused on FOCIL+APS and BRAID.Vitalik also stated that for DeFi, the top priority is to ensure that users do not encounter -100% annualized returns. He believes that the robustness of L1 (including censorship resistance) and the success of smart contract wallets are beneficial to this.

ChainCatcher news, focusing on the decentralized underlying protocol KIP Protocol, has obtained the management rights of a $10 million fund provided by Open Campus. As the sole AI partner of Open Campus, KIP Protocol will work hand in hand with Open Campus to layout and explore the "DeAI + Education" landscape. According to the OCP-12 proposal, KIP will manage the fund and continuously build Open Campus U (OCU) using decentralized AI technology. In addition, $KIP will work alongside $EDU as the circulating currency of OCU.Animoca will also fully support Open Campus and KIP in the commercial development of the "DeAI and Education" field. The three parties will leverage market resources to attract more users to OCU and collaboratively build a decentralized AI-driven online learning education platform.

ChainCatcher news, according to official sources, the meme project $FOUR on BNB Chain has reached a strategic partnership with the meme LaunchPad platform four.meme on BNB Chain. Together, they will create the largest meme alliance on BNB Chain.$FOUR is currently receiving significant attention and support from the BNB Chain community.Both $FOUR and four.meme use the "4" gesture as a key element, representing a tribute to CZ and more industry builders, while also symbolizing the indomitable spirit of grassroots in the crypto world, rebellion, and the opposition to traditional establishments, aiming to create a new world. Currently, their collaboration has been retweeted by the official BNB Chain Twitter.

ChainCatcher message, Ethereum client Geth has released version v1.14.6. This version introduces experimental witness building validation code used in the "cross-validation" proposal, improves the display of database statistics, and fixes some previous vulnerabilities.

ChainCatcher news, Sun Protocol announces the completion of its first round of seed financing, with participation from the Moore Foundation and DFG. This round of financing will be used for market-making funds and to support developers in building the Sun Protocol ecosystem.Sun Protocol brings together the main technical architecture of Web3 and dapps on the same network, allowing users to fully experience all activities of Web3 within the Sun Protocol framework.

ChainCatcher news, according to official news, BNB Chain recently announced the launch of Multi Datastore for BSC Geth. This solution can split a single database into three: Block, Trie, and Snapshot databases. By aligning storage with data access patterns, this separation will improve performance, scalability, and maintainability.Testing shows that performance improved by 17% when using multiple databases (especially when using multiple disks).