ChainCatcher news, according to Jinshi reports, 8 informed sources revealed that Trump's transition team is considering a former Uber executive and three current or former Republican congressmen (one of whom is now a Fox News host) to lead the U.S. Department of Transportation.Three sources stated that Trump's donor, tech entrepreneur with social ties to Musk, and former Uber executive Emil Michael has emerged as a leading contender.Seven sources mentioned that other candidates include Missouri House Representative and Chair of the Transportation and Infrastructure Committee Sam Graves, outgoing Louisiana Republican Congressman Garret Graves, and former Wisconsin Congressman Sean Duffy, who is currently a Fox News host.

ChainCatcher news, according to Cointelegraph, rumors have begun circulating on social media about Ripple Labs CEO Brad Garlinghouse's recent meeting with incoming President Trump, as the company and Garlinghouse face criticism from industry executives. In response to these rumors, former Messari CEO and founder Ryan Selkis commented, "Brad Garlinghouse is vigorously promoting the deployment of XRP and CBDCs." Riot Platforms Vice President of Research Pierre Rochard retweeted Selkis's comment.Rochard agreed with Selkis's view and wrote, "We cannot allow Ripple to influence U.S. policy-making with their anti-Bitcoin agenda," and expressed hope that Trump would appoint more Bitcoin supporters to his administration. It is rumored that Garlinghouse's meeting with Trump was one of the catalysts for the recent rise in XRP.When appearing on Fox Business recently, Garlinghouse neither confirmed nor denied the rumors of a meeting with Trump. However, he expressed confidence in the future of the crypto industry under Trump's administration. He also stated that he was not surprised by the positive reaction of the crypto market following Trump's victory on November 5. Garlinghouse pointed out that SEC Chairman Gary Gensler's hostility towards the industry is a major driving force suppressing U.S. crypto projects.

ChainCatcher message, according to the data from the RWA monitoring platform RWA.xyz, as of November 15, the market size of tokenized U.S. Treasury bonds is close to $2.4 billion, currently at $2.38 billion.Among them, BlackRock's BUIDL fund has a size of $541 million, ranking first; Ondo Finance's yield-bearing Treasury stablecoin USDY ranks second, with a size of $452 million; Franklin Templeton's FOBXX fund ranks third, with a size of $410 million.Ondo Finance's total TVL (market value of tokenized U.S. Treasury bonds) is approximately $653.57 million (including OUSG and USDY), ranking first among all protocols. In addition, the market value of U.S. Treasury bond tokens on the Ethereum chain is approximately $1.6 billion, ranking first among all networks, followed by Stellar (approximately $393 million).

ChainCatcher message, Slow Mist released the DEXX incident report (as of November 16, 17:00) has received over 590 reports of stolen funds from the community. After deduplication, it is confirmed that there are more than 500 independent victims, with total losses estimated at around 13 million USD (the specific amount may vary with price fluctuations).The above data is only a partial statistic, and more updates will be provided as the investigation progresses.

ChainCatcher message, Zhao Changpeng posted some recorded screen information about the introduction screen of his Web3 education platform Giggle Academy on the X platform, while stating that no user/child voices were recorded. In addition, Zhao Changpeng suggested that the community could provide feedback if they have already tried the application. Zhao Changpeng recommended users to try the "storybook" feature before bedtime, which is the second icon in the upper right corner of the app and seems to be very useful.

ChainCatcher message, according to GoPlus security monitoring, has currently discovered phishing scams related to rights protection and compensation, such as "Rights Protection Community," "DEXX Theft Registration," and "DEXX Compensation," specifically targeting users who have been stolen from DEXX. Users should be cautious in identifying these and must not upload private keys/mnemonic phrases or connect wallets for confirmation to avoid further harm.

ChainCatcher news, blockchain security audit company CertiK has issued a statement saying that it has recently received a large number of requests for help from users of the DEXX platform, who reported that their account assets had been emptied. After verification, CertiK confirmed that this security incident occurred on the Solana chain, which is not within CertiK's audit coverage.CertiK stated that the main reason for the incident was improper private key management on the DEXX platform, leading to the leakage of the official private key.It is reported that the large-scale theft of user assets on the DEXX trading platform has currently confirmed that the stolen funds have reached over 100 million yuan, and the hackers are still continuing their attacks. CertiK reminds all blockchain projects and users that the secure storage and management of private keys is key to ensuring asset safety.

ChainCatcher message, Slow Mist founder Yu Xian posted an update on the DEXX incident on social media, stating that Slow Mist has received nearly 500 requests for information regarding the DEXX theft. The incident analysis is still ongoing, and the preliminary assessment indicates a loss in the tens of millions of dollars (due to significant price fluctuations of some meme coins). Almost every victim corresponds to a different attacker address, indicating that the attackers had been planning this incident for a long time. The source of the gas was exchanged through XMR three days ago.

ChainCatcher news, according to Fox Business reporter Eleanor Terrett's post on the X platform, some Republican members of the Financial Services Committee, led by U.S. Congressman John Rose, have sent a letter to SEC Chairman Gary Gensler and FINRA CEO Robert Cook, expressing concerns about their continued silence regarding the Ethereum custody service launched by Prometheum Inc. in May of this year, which the relevant regulatory agencies believe falls under the so-called "crypto asset securities."The letter points out that the silence of these agencies on this matter indicates that, given the SEC has already acknowledged that ETH is not a security, and the term "crypto asset securities" does not apply to the tokens themselves but rather to the manner in which the tokens are sold, it has created market confusion and uncertainty.John Rose stated in the letter: "Participants in the digital asset space deserve certainty from regulators, yet under Gary Gensler's leadership, they have only received chaos and confusion. I hope that as Chairman Gary Gensler cleans out his office, he will seriously listen to our concerns and provide some real guidance before he leaves."

ChainCatcher message, Slow Mist stated on platform X that, according to data submitted by community users, the losses from the DEXX hacking incident have reached millions of dollars, and these funds are currently scattered across multiple different hacker addresses.

ChainCatcher message, OneKey's official Chinese account posted on social media that DEXX may have uploaded users' clipboard content.It has received feedback that the app repeatedly requests "upload user clipboard content" permission. If users have copied private key mnemonic phrases on their phones, they may need to transfer their assets as soon as possible.

ChainCatcher news, according to Coindesk, the lending protocol Aave is seeking community feedback to gauge interest in deploying Spiderchain on the Bitcoin L2 network.The driving force behind the protocol, the Aave-Chain Initiative (ACI), has released a discussion draft to solicit opinions on a proposal from Spiderchain developer Botanix Labs, aimed at expanding the scale of lenders and locking in over $17 billion in total value within the emerging Bitcoin DeFi environment.After collecting feedback, the protocol will need to identify and mitigate potential security risks. ACI has not provided a timeline for this process.

ChainCatcher news, according to Cointelegraph, a ruling by the New York State Supreme Court allows Greenidge Generation to continue generating power and conducting Bitcoin mining at its facility in Dresden, New York, and to reapply for the Chapter V air permit under the Clean Air Act that was denied by the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) in June 2022.Nevertheless, the court also affirmed DEC's authority to deny permits under the Climate Leadership and Community Protection Act (CLCPA). The court found that DEC's decision was arbitrary and capricious, but there was no evidence of improper policymaking by DEC, which means that Greenidge's permit will be reconsidered.

ChainCatcher message, according to on-chain data analyst @ai_9684xtpa's monitoring, a smart money FWuPs almost completed a full liquidation at the peak price of the Litecoin-themed meme coin LESTER on the Solana chain five hours ago, spending only 55.18 SOL (13,201 USD) to profit 556,000 USD, with a return rate of 4109.7%.

ChainCatcher news, according to official sources, the Avalanche Foundation has launched the InfraBUIDL () funding program to provide direct and retrospective funding for core infrastructure developers.It is reported that the supported project types include but are not limited to withdrawal, validator node market, virtual machines, wallets, oracles, interoperability tools, cryptography, cross-chain, browsers, RPC, data storage, indexers, and token engineering, and applications are now open.

ChainCatcher news, according to the Financial Times, Musk's SpaceX and xAI will achieve a valuation leap of billions of dollars through a new deal. According to insiders, Musk's artificial intelligence startup xAI has raised $5 billion, reaching a valuation of $45 billion, nearly double its valuation from a few months ago.According to insiders, SpaceX is preparing to launch a tender offer in December, selling existing shares of the company at about $135 per share. This would push the rocket manufacturer's valuation above $250 billion.

ChainCatcher message, according to Arkham monitoring, about five hours ago, the Blad BUIDL Fund transferred 250,000 USDC to Ondo Finance.