ChainCatcher news, according to Jinshi reports, U.S. Secretary of Commerce Raimondo stated that there are no concerns about the U.S. dollar.

ChainCatcher news, according to official sources, the Layer2 solution OpenZK Network has announced the completion of a $6 million early financing round, with investors including Animoca Brands, Coinstore, Sovereign Trust, and other institutions. This round of financing will be used to support its technology research and development as well as ecosystem construction.It is reported that OpenZK was founded by former Goldman Sachs Asia Pacific Executive President Dave Sandor, and is currently actively negotiating partnerships with multiple institutions to advance its subsequent strategic layout.According to the Web3 asset data platform RootData, OpenZK Network is a second-layer solution based on zk-rollup technology, which can significantly reduce transaction costs and increase throughput, while also introducing a sustainable reward mechanism through native ETH staking, re-staking, and stablecoin staking.

ChainCatcher news, focusing on the innovative project EPHYRA, an AI-driven game companion, today announced the completion of a $5 million strategic financing round, with investment from the well-known gaming community joint fund in Japan and South Korea, Play & Connect Capital (PCC). This financing will be used to deepen the development of the AI interaction engine, expand into the Asia-Pacific market, and strengthen the gaming IP cooperation ecosystem.A PCC spokesperson stated that EPHYRA's distributed decision-making framework and adaptive learning system break the scene limitations of traditional AI agents: "Its technology not only supports gaming scenarios but can also be transferred to fields such as financial analysis, intelligent customer service, and industrial automation. We are optimistic about its potential to become the 'AI decision-making hub' for enterprise digital transformation."

ChainCatcher news, according to token unlocking data from the crypto asset data platform RootData, DIMO (DIMO) will unlock approximately 25 million tokens at 00:00 Beijing time on April 12, worth about 1.65 million USD.

ChainCatcher news, TensorOpera AI, another company co-founded by ChainOpera co-founder Salman and Aiden, has reached a strategic partnership with Samsung Electronics, showcasing groundbreaking innovations in multimodal generative AI applications on mobile devices.At CES 2025, TensorOpera AI announced its strategic collaboration with Samsung Electronics to achieve breakthrough applications of multimodal AI on mobile devices based on the Exynos processor. This technology enables low-latency, high-performance AI Agent operations on smartphones by optimizing Android applications and C++ inference pipelines, while ensuring privacy and personalized services.As a company within the ChainOpera ecosystem, TensorOpera shares its founding team and technical architecture, utilizing edge-cloud collaborative technology to reduce AI service costs to 10% of the industry standard. Currently, ChainOpera's AI Terminal has served over a million users, achieving cloud-edge-device three-tier linkage driven by LLM."We are pushing the potential of edge-cloud collaboration to the extreme," said co-founder Salman. The two companies are leveraging a hybrid edge-cloud architecture, combining blockchain and decentralized AI technologies to continuously expand the boundaries of edge intelligence. This collaboration marks a new phase in the large-scale application of mobile AI Agent technology.

ChainCatcher news, according to official sources, Animoca Brands announced today a strategic partnership with Soneium, an Ethereum Layer 2 blockchain under Sony Block Solutions Labs. Through this collaboration, Animoca Brands will create a Moca Network identity layer on the Soneium blockchain, aimed at enhancing user engagement and enabling partners on Soneium to issue and verify data credentials.It is reported that the Moca Network's account, identity, and reputation SDK (AIR SDK) will be integrated into the Soneium blockchain, allowing users to maintain embedded accounts, unique identities, and credentials while exploring various dApps on Soneium.

ChainCatcher news, according to Ai Yi's monitoring, half an hour ago, timothy0x.eth allegedly built a position of 1553 ETH, with a total value of approximately 3.2 million USD and a cost of about 2063 USD. This address had previously deposited the same amount of ETH to Binance at a price of 2054 USD two weeks ago, and it is currently uncertain whether this is a repurchase after selling.This portion of ETH was accumulated in batches from February to October last year, with an average cost of about 2435 USD. If it had been sold earlier, it would result in a loss of approximately 592,000 USD.

ChainCatcher news, according to official sources, the decentralized business network Domin Network has announced that it has received strategic investments from Animoca Brands, KuCoin Labs, Web3Labs.club, IBC Group Official, DWF Ventures, Presto, Outlier Ventures, KnightFury, ThreeDAO, Awakening Ventures, and AB DAO.

ChainCatcher news, according to Bitcoin Magazine, the Kentucky State Senate passed a bill protecting the rights of Bitcoin self-custody and digital asset mining with a unanimous vote of 37-0. The bill, titled "An Act Relating to Blockchain Digital Assets" (HB 701), has now been sent to the governor's office for final approval.The bill was introduced by Adam Bowling and T.J. Roberts, confirming individuals' rights to self-custody digital assets through self-custody wallets. Additionally, the bill prevents discriminatory local zoning laws against digital asset mining businesses, ensuring that Bitcoin miners can operate freely within the state.Key provisions of the bill include: protection of Bitcoin self-custody rights; prohibition of discriminatory zoning laws; exemption of home Bitcoin miners and digital asset mining businesses from money transmission licensing requirements; and a clear statement that digital asset mining and staking services do not fall under securities laws in Kentucky.The bill previously passed the Kentucky House of Representatives on February 28, 2025, with a vote of 91-0. If signed by the governor, Kentucky will become one of the more Bitcoin-friendly states in the U.S.

ChainCatcher news, U.S. Secretary of Commerce Raimondo stated that tariffs will not fund the U.S. sovereign wealth fund.

ChainCatcher news, Animoca Brands announced the appointment of Jamii Quoc as General Counsel. Jamii will play a key role in expanding the capabilities of the legal and compliance team to support the company's growth and drive the next phase of organizational maturity. Additionally, Jamii has joined the Executive Committee of Animoca Brands. Jamii joined Animoca Brands in 2022 as the Head of Legal - Business and M&A, and she is also a member of the Hong Kong Government Web3 Regulatory Group, Web3 Harbour, and other industry associations.Jamii has 25 years of legal experience as an M&A/PE lawyer in private practice and in-house environments. Before joining Animoca Brands, she served as General Counsel at Meridian Capital, leading the legal team in M&A and financing transactions, securities compliance, dispute resolution, and restructuring. Prior to her tenure at Meridian Capital, Jamii was a partner in the M&A practice at Kirkland & Ellis.

ChainCatcher news, according to CoinDesk, Animoca Brands' latest financial report shows that the company's total revenue for 2024 is expected to be $314 million, a year-on-year increase of 12%. The focus of the business has significantly shifted, with its Digital Asset Advisory (DAA) department surpassing traditional Web3 operations for the first time as the main source of revenue. In 2024, the consulting department contributed $165 million in revenue, a year-on-year increase of 116%; while revenue from traditional gaming and NFT operations was $110 million, a decrease of about 40% compared to $182 million in 2023; investment income and risk management fees contributed $39 million.Despite private investment holdings decreasing by 18% from $690 million to $564 million (affected by token unlocks, equity exits, and asset write-downs), Animoca Brands' overall balance sheet for 2024 has still strengthened. The company holds $293 million in cash and stablecoins (a year-on-year increase of 67%), $538 million in digital assets (a year-on-year increase of 165%), and $2.9 billion in off-balance-sheet token reserves. Its minority equity investments cover 540 companies, an increase from 450 last year.

ChainCatcher news, according to the token unlocking data from the crypto asset data platform RootData, DIMO (DIMO) will unlock approximately 25 million tokens at 0:00 Beijing time on March 12, worth about 1.5517 million USD.

ChainCatcher news, according to official news, Tether has appointed Simon McWilliams as Chief Financial Officer, responsible for financial auditing.McWilliams has over 20 years of experience leading large investment management firms through rigorous audits and will be responsible for advancing Tether's commitment to further enhance transparency and regulatory compliance.

ChainCatcher news, according to official news, Animoca Brands announced its entry into MultiversX as an ecosystem validator and contributor to leverage the synergies between Animoca Brands, its 540+ portfolio companies, and the MultiversX blockchain network, as well as development tools like Sovereign Chains.

ChainCatcher news, the AI-native entertainment application chain Infinity Ground has announced the completion of a $2 million seed round financing, with investors including Animoca Brands, MARBLEX, MH Ventures, Frachtis, KuCoin Ventures, KnightFury, PAKA, and Presto. The protocol supports developers in creating Agent applications on Base, BNB Chain, and Kaia using a customized proxy IDE and IDK based on Initia Stack.According to RootData, Infinity Ground is a pioneering AI-native entertainment application chain built on SVM. It not only creates its own AI games and interactive narratives but also provides developers with advanced tools to simplify the creation of AI-driven casual games. By nurturing a unified and rich AI-native gaming ecosystem, Infinity Ground is reshaping the landscape of digital entertainment.

ChainCatcher news, Ethereum Layer2 solution OpenZK announces early investment from Animoca Brands, and will focus on promoting the scalability and sustainable development of the Ethereum ecosystem.

ChainCatcher news, AI VC Agent HeyAni officially debuted at the Portfolio Day hosted by Animoca Brands in Hong Kong.HeyAni is co-developed by Animoca Brands and FLock.io, aiming to provide more comprehensive and professional investment and operational advice to projects through decentralized AI technology, lowering the entry barriers for Web3 entrepreneurs and investors.The underlying technology of HeyAni is fully built by FLock.io, relying on its decentralized AI training and verification network to achieve three core functions:Web3 projects can submit business plans, and AI will conduct intelligent assessments and provide optimization suggestions;Investors can query token codes, and AI will generate relevant analysis comments based on publicly available token information;HeyAni Alpha regularly analyzes and publishes a list of high-potential projects through AI.FLock.io provides a complete set of decentralized AI training and computing solutions, ensuring the transparency, fairness, and verifiability of AI assessments.HeyAni is based on the AI models trained on FLock.io platform Mainnet Task2 and Testnet Task 16, integrating Animoca Brands' investment and operational experience from over 540 Web3 ecosystem projects, creating an enterprise-level + retail-end crypto investment analysis platform based on decentralized AI, and promoting the Web3 ecosystem towards a smarter and fairer new phase.