ChainCatcher news reports that in 2024, TIDO Capital will deeply invest in the Web3 sector with a systematic investment strategy, completing investments in 21 high-quality projects throughout the year, with a total investment amount reaching 23 million USD. By the end of the year, it will establish a secondary market investment fund with a scale of 100 million USD and form strategic partnerships with over 30 top trading teams, covering liquidity management, quantitative strategies, and ecological collaboration. Its brand event, Venture Horizon, successfully held three sessions in Dubai, Singapore, and Bangkok, facilitating over 50 institutional investments in accelerated projects, partners, and portfolios, and plans to hold the fourth session during Consensus HK on February 19, 2025, to deepen resource integration in the Asia-Pacific region.Core capability upgrades include: completing a brand strategy renewal, building a full-cycle project accelerator system covering business model design, technology development, global financing, and listing guidance, serving 22 accelerated projects within the year, deeply incubating 9 benchmark cases, with customer satisfaction reaching 100%; the ecological empowerment network covers 20+ high-growth public chain ecosystems, 1000+ global partner institutions, and 30,000+ industry nodes, forming a cross-regional resource synergy effect.2025 Strategic Plan:Primary market strategy focus: Anchor on three strategic tracks: Infrastructure, AI, and Mass Adoption, with a focus on decentralized infrastructure, AI, and large-scale application ecosystems;Secondary market efficiency enhancement: Expand the secondary fund size to 150 million USD, iterate multi-factor quantitative models and risk hedging mechanisms, aiming for an annualized return rate in the top 10% of the industry;Global ecological infrastructure: Hold 10-15 VC brand special events in global core hub cities (Hong Kong, Dubai, Singapore, Tokyo, etc.), building a cross-regional capital-project-technology hub network;Accelerator system iteration: Launch the TIDO Labs 2.0 plan, integrating compliance, liquidity, and exchange resources, aiming to incubate 5 projects with valuations exceeding 100 million USD.TIDO Capital is committed to consolidating its leadership position as a top crypto asset investment institution and ecological accelerator in the Asia-Pacific region through capital empowerment, ecological collaboration, and technological innovation, driving the value paradigm upgrade of the Web3 industry.

ChainCatcher news, according to Imk.fun (formerly Scopescan) monitoring, the Trump family's crypto project World Liberty Financial has staked a total of 19,400 ETH (worth 64.11 million USD) in Lido.

ChainCatcher news, McAfee widow Janice Elizabeth McAfee forwarded information about the meme coin Ainti, stating that this is an initiative to commemorate her husband's genius image and continue his legacy. The new project will integrate McAfee's core principles of freedom, privacy, and technology, combining cryptocurrency with AI technology.Previously, blockchain security company Shield confirmed that the late tech entrepreneur John McAfee's X account was not hacked. The account had previously posted promotional information about the Ainti token, which currently has a market value of $28.7 million.

ChainCatcher news, in response to rumors that the Ethereum Foundation will separate into a new organization called "Second Foundation," Lido co-founder Konstantin Lomashuk issued a statement saying, "In fact, the Second Foundation has not yet been established. Ethereum is the ultimate world computer, and every Ethereum enthusiast can help it grow, evolve, and succeed. If the Second Foundation is indeed established, it must have a clear goal to complement the tremendous work of current contributors. I appreciate everyone's support and believe we need more organizations to contribute to Ethereum."Previously, Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin stated that the future world computer is decentralized, and the Ethereum Foundation (EF) is just a part of the world computer. Some people want to reform and reach greater heights with an organization, but that organization is not the Ethereum Foundation; it is Consensys (or a third entity in the same category). The Ethereum Foundation should not "give up halfway," but should confidently represent the aspects of Ethereum that it can effectively represent and intentionally create and nurture open space for other organizations to represent other aspects of Ethereum. Some of these other aspects may even be more meaningful in a for-profit form.

ChainCatcher news, Lido and P2P.org founder Konstantin Lomashuk announced the establishment of the "Second Foundation," aimed at further supporting the development of the Ethereum ecosystem.

ChainCatcher news, according to Onchain Lens monitoring, 3 hours ago, the Trump family's crypto project WLFI purchased 10.8 million TRX for 2.65 million USDT, bringing its TRX holdings to 30.1 million, worth approximately 7.36 million USD; at the same time, it exchanged 5,252 ETH worth 17.43 million USD for stETH and staked it on Lido Finance.

ChainCatcher news, according to Onchain Lens monitoring, 3 hours ago, the Trump family crypto project WLFI spent 4.95 million USDT to buy 1,489 ETH.It also exchanged 4,747 ETH for stETH and staked it on Lido Finance.

ChainCatcher news, the staking protocol Lido announced on platform X that Lido v3.2 Liquid eModes has expanded to Base and Arbitrum. Users can now use LRT as collateral to borrow wstETH, thereby opening up DeFi use cases with reduced gas costs.

According to ChainCatcher news, the AI-driven Web3 social platform Metya has announced the completion of a new round of financing, with investors including TIDO Capital, Candaq Ventures, and Oasis Labs.Metya is an innovative Web3 platform that integrates DePIN infrastructure, AI Agent technology, and on-chain social protocols. By combining AI and blockchain technology, the platform offers personalized social experiences and value-driven interactions. The upcoming AI Agent feature will further enhance the intelligence and fun of user interactions on-chain.This financing will be used to optimize DePIN network deployment, advance the application of AI Agent technology, and expand social ecosystem development. It is worth mentioning that Metya's token $MET will have its TGE on January 15, attracting significant market attention.

ChainCatcher news, Spores Network announced that the IDO of the artificial intelligence infrastructure project Koii will launch on the Spores Launchpad on January 7, 2025.IDO Details:Total fundraising amount: $200,000Time: January 7, 2025, 10:00 UTC to January 9, 2025, 11:00 UTCAccording to RootData, Koii Network is an artificial intelligence infrastructure startup dedicated to providing reliable and more cost-effective computing power for businesses and startups, and promoting ecological development by rewarding global computer users for contributing computing power.

ChainCatcher news, Spores Network announced that the IDO of the artificial intelligence infrastructure project Koii will be launched on the Spores Launchpad on January 7, 2025.IDO Details:Total fundraising amount: $200,000Time: January 7, 2025, 10:00 UTC to January 9, 2025, 11:00 UTCAccording to RootData, Koii Network is an artificial intelligence infrastructure startup dedicated to providing reliable and more cost-effective computing power for businesses and startups, and promoting ecological development by rewarding global computer users for contributing computing power.

ChainCatcher news, according to data from TokenTerminal, the net deposits of the lending protocol Aave and the liquid staking protocol Lido first broke through $70 billion in December (currently falling back to $67.37 billion). Among them, Aave ranks first with $34.3 billion, followed closely by Lido at $33.1 billion. The two major protocols account for 45.5% of the total deposits of the top 20 DeFi applications.In terms of Total Value Locked (TVL), Lido leads the DeFi ecosystem with $33.8 billion, while Aave ranks second with $20.6 billion. Over the past 30 days, Aave's revenue grew by 27.5% to $12.5 million, and Lido's revenue increased by 24% to $9.6 million. The total locked value in DeFi for 2024 has increased by 107% to $185 billion, briefly surpassing $212 billion on December 16. (CryptoSlate)

ChainCatcher message, according to Spot On Chain monitoring, in the past 7 days, Sun Yuchen's address has redeemed 39,999 ETH (140 million USD) from Lido Finance and ether.fi, and then deposited all of it into HTX.Since November 10, as the ETH price began to rise, he has deposited 108,919 ETH (400 million USD) into HTX at an average price of 3,674 USD, usually close to local peaks.Currently, he still has 42,904 ETH (139 million USD) being unstaked from Lido, which may soon be deposited into HTX.

ChainCatcher news, according to Dune Analytics data, the total amount of ETH staked on the Ethereum Beacon Chain has reached 34,213,997 ETH, with staked ETH accounting for 27.9% of the total supply. Among them, the liquid staking protocol Lido has a staking share of 28.36%. In addition, there has been a net inflow of 16,047,943 ETH since the Shanghai upgrade.

ChainCatcher news, Boost VC announced an investment in the decentralized research project PoSciDonDAO, with the specific amount not disclosed. After the transaction is completed, PoSciDonDAO will join Boost VC's Go-To-Market program.It is reported that Boost VC is expanding into the decentralized science (DeSci) field, and its portfolio also includes Molecule, ResearchHub, HairDAO, and Data Lake.

ChainCatcher news, according to official sources, as part of the Lido Community Lifeguards Initiative, Lido has announced the launch of a new program "The Lido Community Staking Tribes Initiative," aimed at transforming employees and contributors of Web3 organizations (whether companies or DAOs) into independent Ethereum stakers by empowering them to run validators using the Lido Community Staking Module (CSM).

ChainCatcher news, according to The Block, Lido announced on Monday that it will stop Polygon staking services and informed users that they can withdraw funds before June 16, 2025. The announcement also stated that after June 16, 2025, users will withdraw through a browser tool.The announcement indicated that multiple factors prompted Lido to reassess and ultimately exit the staking service on the Polygon PoS chain, including limited user adoption, insufficient rewards, resource-intensive maintenance requirements, and changes in ecosystem dynamics.

ChainCatcher message, Lido posted on social media to remind stMATIC holders of important dates to keep in mind:Staking on Lido on Polygon will stop on December 16;From December 16 to June 16, 2025, there will be a transition period during which withdrawals can be processed through the Lido on Polygon UI;From January 15 to January 22, 2025, the protocol will be paused and will resume operation afterward, during which no withdrawals can be processed;On June 16, 2025, front-end support will end, and withdrawals can only be made through browser tools.The Lido community had previously released a discussion proposal in October to initiate a sunset process for the staking protocol Lido on Polygon, similar to that on Polkadot and Kusama.

ChainCatcher news, according to Spot On Chain monitoring, Sun Yuchen withdrew 52,905 ETH from Lido 1 hour ago, worth approximately $209 million.This is part of the 392,474 ETH he purchased from February to August through 3 wallets at an average price of about $3,027 (totaling $1.19 billion), with an estimated total profit of $349 million (+29%).On October 4, 2023, he unstaked 80,251 ETH (worth $131 million at the time) from Lido and sent it to Binance over the next 4 days, after which the price dropped by about 5% in mid-October.