ChainCatcher news, Binance CEO Richard Teng posted on the X platform reminding the community to be cautious of scam groups on WhatsApp. He advised users to stay vigilant and report any suspicious activities immediately.

ChainCatcher news, according to Phoenix News, the Hong Kong police recently dismantled a scam group that used deepfake technology to lure others into investing in virtual currencies through social media platforms, involving approximately 34 million HKD.The Hong Kong Police Commercial Crime Bureau arrested 31 individuals, aged between 20 and 34, some of whom claimed to be students and unemployed, based on intelligence last week in two industrial buildings in Kowloon Bay, related to the same scam group, and seized their pre-written "scripts." The group would recruit young people looking to "make quick money," training them to create accounts on dating platforms with fake identities, pretending to have good looks and a luxurious lifestyle, and getting to know individuals from overseas, including Taiwan and East Asia, chatting according to the "script." After understanding the other party's background, they would cater to their interests and develop into online lovers, even using deepfake technology for video calls, subsequently luring the other party to invest in virtual currencies, claiming substantial returns, and asking them to deposit into fake platforms. Once the group received the virtual currency, they would immediately transfer it away and cut off contact with the victims.Hong Kong Police Commercial Crime Bureau Acting Chief Superintendent Kong Hing-fun stated: "They rented two scam centers located next to each other in Kowloon Bay to disperse risks and increase confidentiality. Most importantly, we noticed that these two scam centers operated in two shifts, aiming to continuously attract more victims day and night. Never think that participating in some tasks of a criminal group is just a minor issue; even if you are only assigned to meet victims online without direct contact with virtual currency investment work, it is still illegal."The police stated that this scam group has been operating for at least a year, with criminal profits exceeding 34 million HKD. The mastermind of the scam group, the center's head, and key members, a total of five individuals, have been charged with conspiracy to commit fraud and money laundering, and were brought to the Eastern Magistrates' Court on Monday.

ChainCatcher news, Nasdaq-listed company Canaan Creative Technology announced that its Singapore subsidiary Canaan Creative Global Pte. Ltd. has signed a mining machine purchase agreement with AGM Group Holdings Inc., initially providing 2,000 Bitcoin mining machines. Additionally, it has agreed to offer an option to purchase approximately 30,000 additional BTC mining machines.

ChainCatcher news, the multi-AI Agent platform Questflow announced that it has received funding from the Coinbase Developer Platform and launched a new feature, Twitter Agent Swarm. This milestone support will help Questflow accelerate its innovative development at the intersection of blockchain and artificial intelligence.Questflow is dedicated to building a scheduling layer for multi-AI Agents, empowering developers to commercialize and tokenize through AI Agent groups. With the SDK provided by Coinbase, developers can enable agents to understand user intent, perform corresponding actions, and receive rewards on-chain. At the same time, Questflow also supports wallet and transaction management, ensuring the security and efficient operation of the entire ecosystem.The funding from the Coinbase Developer Platform is not only a recognition of Questflow's technical strength but also an affirmation of its potential in promoting a decentralized intelligent economy. Questflow will use this funding to further optimize product features, expand partnerships, and promote the comprehensive development of the multi-agent economic ecosystem.

ChainCatcher news, the Hong Kong police have launched an operation called "Code Words" to make arrests, assisted by personnel from the Cyber Security and Technology Crime Bureau in gathering evidence related to online and cryptocurrency transactions. They have dismantled a local scam group involved in cryptocurrency, arresting 27 individuals and defrauding a total of up to 360 million Hong Kong dollars. Superintendent Yiu Wing-kin from the New Territories South Criminal Headquarters stated that the scam group primarily used online romantic relationships to lure victims into investing in cryptocurrency. To facilitate their fraudulent activities, the group employed technology specialists, including graduates from local universities majoring in digital media, for technical support, and collaborated with overseas scammers to set up a fake cryptocurrency platform.

ChainCatcher news, recently, the first AAA MOBA blockchain game in the Web3 field, Infinitar, announced the successful completion of a $11.9 million financing round, led by Lam Group and AccelByte, with follow-on investments from Waterdrip Capital, AC Capital, DEX Ventures, and Mason Labs, resulting in a post-investment valuation of $150 million.Previously, Infinitar announced the completion of a seed round and angel round financing totaling $2.9 million, with Series A financing amounting to $9 million. The continued investment from Lam Group and AccelByte demonstrates a strong confidence in Infinitar's future development potential, providing robust financial support for its further expansion into global markets and driving product innovation.

ChainCatcher news, Web3 AAA MOBA chain game Infinitar announced the completion of a $9 million Series A funding round, led by Lam Group and AccelByte, which also took up the remaining funding amount, with a post-investment valuation reaching $150 million.On October 1, Infinitar announced the completion of a total of $2.9 million in seed and angel round financing, with a planned total funding amount of $9 million.According to the crypto data platform RootData, Infinitar is a Web3 MOBA game that supports various arena modes, including individual rankings with 421 levels, 3v3, and 5v5 battles, catering to different player preferences.

ChainCatcher news, according to a report from Reference News Network, the Changhua police announced on the 10th that they have cracked a fraud group led by a man with the surname Lin. This group conducted scams using virtual currency, and after investigation, it was found that 68 people were defrauded, with a total amount of approximately 100 million New Taiwan dollars (1 New Taiwan dollar is about 0.22 Chinese yuan). Nine members of the fraud group have been transferred to the Changhua District Prosecutor's Office for investigation, and two individuals, including Lin, have been approved by the prosecutor to be detained and prohibited from meeting.Zhang Anjin, the deputy captain of the Criminal Investigation Brigade of the Changhua County Police Bureau, stated during a media interview that in September 2023, a man with the surname Zhan went to the police station to report that he had been lured by an online acquaintance to join a social media investment group, where he was required to meet in person to purchase virtual currency with cash, and then transfer the virtual currency to a wallet address provided by customer service personnel of the investment platform. When Mr. Zhan was about to withdraw cash, he was told that he needed to reinvest 10% of the profits as a "tax" in order to withdraw the cash. He realized he had been scammed after losing 3.4 million New Taiwan dollars and reported it to the police.

ChainCatcher message, Ethereum co-founder Vitalik commented under the post "Integrating Telegram Groups into the Farcaster Ecosystem" by Paradigm co-founder Matt Huang: "I really like Farcaster co-founder @dwr.eth and co, but I would prefer to delay this action until we establish an end-to-end encrypted communication system. Additionally, I believe that for the adoption of the entire (Farcaster) ecosystem, it should be federated, meaning that a person using one client should be able to communicate with others using different client applications."

ChainCatcher News, Japanese conglomerate DMM Crypto and Progmat have announced that they have begun joint research to issue a stablecoin that complies with the revised Payment Services Act.This unique stablecoin is initially planned for use in the digital economic zone envisioned by the DMM Group, the "Seamoon Protocol." The goal is to expand the token economy and increase the value of SMP by combining it with the unique crypto asset (virtual currency) "Seamoon Protocol (SMP)."It is stated that the plan will advance the use of the stablecoin in three phases. The first phase aims to stabilize the price of SMP and develop the economic zone; the second phase will expand its use as a means of payment between DMM Group companies; the third phase will use it as a payment method between whitelisted business partners and as a payment method for verified users (such as gamers).

ChainCatcher news, the cross-chain bridge Owlto Finance has announced that its official Telegram group now supports users to claim $Bera test tokens for free. Join the group and click the faucet button to claim for free.Owlto Finance is the number one cross-chain bridge on DefiLlama for 24-hour cross-chain volume, supporting WBTC/WETH test tokens to cross from Sepolia and BSC testnet to Berachain. Currently, there have been over 1.6 million cross-chain transactions from Owlto to Berachain testnet.

ChainCatcher news, the first NFT series Trekki incubated by Trip.com Group announced that it will officially terminate on August 1, 2024. The development of all Phase 2 features for Trekki NFT will cease, and all community operations and collaborative activities related to the Trekki NFT project will also come to an end.Previous news, Alchemy Pay announced a partnership with Trekki NFT incubated by Trip.com and expanded its NFT Checkout feature.

ChainCatcher news, blockchain engineering company Equilibrium Group has launched its venture capital arm Equilibrium Ventures and its first early-stage fund Equilibrium Ventures Fund I.Mika Honkasalo, the investment partner of Equilibrium Ventures Fund I, revealed that the company is seeking to raise €30 million (approximately $32.5 million), and has already raised about 20% (or $6.5 million) in the initial fundraising, with the expectation to complete the full fundraising by the end of this year.Honkasalo stated that the fund's supporters include Equilibrium Group itself, as well as Sebastien Borget from The Sandbox, Mask Network, and Jigeum Capital. Honkasalo mentioned that they aim to invest in startups focused on technology and infrastructure, particularly those working in the fields of zero-knowledge fully homomorphic encryption and other new cryptographic technologies.

ChainCatcher news, according to a screenshot released by a blockchain security agency, the hacker scam group Pink Drainer announced it will shut down its services after stealing over $75 million. The announcement stated that Pink Drainer has reached its goal and will be decommissioned as planned. All infrastructure will be gradually shut down, and the stored information will be cleared and destroyed. The administrators remind users to be wary of impersonators and state that they will not return in the future. If there are any messages claiming to be from them but not signed with their wallet addresses (0x636/0x9fa), then they were not issued by them.

ChainCatcher news, on social media, on-chain detective ZachXBT stated that the team behind ZebraDAO on Base may be the same scam group behind the newly deployed project Leaper Finance on Blast. The platform is currently live, with a TVL of $311,000. ZachXBT warns users that if they deposit funds into this protocol, they should withdraw their assets immediately.Previously, on-chain detective ZachXBT mentioned on social media that a scam group that stole tens of millions of dollars from websites like Magnate, Kokomo, Lendora, and Solfire has deployed a new project Leaper Finance on Blast. Last week, this scam group funded an address with about $1 million in washed funds from previous rugs on Blast and began providing liquidity to lure users in. ZachXBT stated that over a period of time, this scam group increased its TVL to over a million dollars, then stole all user funds deposited into the protocol and forged KYC documents, using low-tier auditing firms. Currently, this scam group has initiated scams on platforms such as Base, Solana, Scroll, Optimism, Arbitrum, Ethereum, and Avalanche.

ChainCatcher message, Atomicals Market stated on social media that we have found someone impersonating the AM telegram group and sending a large number of spam links within it. Please do not click on any links from that group to prevent asset theft.

ChainCatcher news, fintech company Fideum Group stated that its collaboration with traditional payment giant Mastercard will enable it to "integrate digital assets into everyday financial activities."

ChainCatcher News, the Japanese entertainment giant DMM Group's Web3 subsidiary DM2C Studio announced the completion of a $2.3 million financing through the issuance of convertible bonds, led by Galaxy Interactive, with participation from Shima Capital, Bitfinex, MARBLEX, SQUARE ENIX HOLDINGS CO., LTD., Planetarium Labs, Mask Network, and DeFimans Co., Ltd. This is DM2C Studio's first round of financing, aimed at establishing strategic partnerships for comprehensive global expansion. DM2C Studio also released the white paper for its Web3 initiative "Seamoon Protocol" on its website today.It is reported that DM2C Studio was established in January 2023, with the goal of developing DMM's Web3 business, including blockchain games and NFT projects. In June of this year, DM2C Studio launched the web3 project "Seamoon Protocol," which utilizes its token to provide new entertainment experiences in the digital space. The project plans to launch its proprietary blockchain "DM2 Verse" on Oasys Layer2, introduce its "DM2P" token, and implement initiatives such as blockchain gaming.