ChainCatcher News, an agent from the Internal Revenue Service tracked and seized 120,000 bitcoins stolen from the cryptocurrency exchange Bitfinex using a MacBook Pro, which is now housed at the Smithsonian in Washington, D.C.Ellen Feingold, the curator of the National Numismatic Collection (NNC), explained in an article for Smithsonian Magazine on November 18: "This laptop is at the center of a criminal case, indicating that people's understanding of cryptocurrency is continually evolving."The owner of the laptop is former IRS agent Chris Janczewski, who now leads global investigations at blockchain intelligence firm TRM Labs. Janczewski helped uncover the keys to the 120,000 bitcoins stolen by Ilya Lichtenstein from Bitfinex, who was sentenced to five years in prison earlier this month for hacking.

ChainCatcher news, sources say that the White House is preparing to select Christy Goldsmith Romero, a senior official at the U.S. derivatives regulatory agency, to lead the reform efforts at the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC).Sources indicate that the government has not yet made a final decision on this, and an announcement could be made as early as this week.

ChainCatcher news, Web3 company BLOCKSMITH has completed its second round of angel financing by issuing SAFE stock options, with participation from institutions such as MZ Web3 Fund and SAKURA UNITED PLATFORM. The new funds will be used to accelerate its product development efforts.

ChainCatcher news, according to Axios, the fan engagement platform MITH based on the Polygon blockchain has announced the completion of a $3.5 million seed round financing, led by Point72 Ventures and A+E Networks, with participation from Warner Music Group, CMT Digital, Winklevoss Capital, Synergis Capital, Near Foundation, 4RC, and Alpha Praetorian Capital.

ChainCatcher news, the Web3 technology company BLOCKSMITH has announced that it has successfully completed its angel round of financing, attracting investments from SBI Group, Headline Asia, J-CAM Corporation, and others. Previously, 100% of the company's shares were held by its parent company KLab Inc. and founder Tetsuya Sanada. This is the company's first time bringing in external funding, and the financing is aimed at strengthening its financial position and preparing for an IPO. The funds raised will be used for product development, research, and other areas.It is reported that BLOCKSMITH has successful experience in blockchain development and operations, including providing "Captain Tsubasa - RIVALS -" to Thirdverse Group. In addition to developing blockchain games, the company also focuses on the research and development of related technologies, including the establishment of an AI laboratory and announcing a business collaboration with Facial Recognition Web3 Wallet in September 2023.

ChainCatcher message, OKX will delist the spot trading pairs KOL/USDT, GM/USDT, SRM/USDT, SRM/USDC, UMEE/USDT, VALUE/USDT, MITH/USDT, JFI/USDT, SOS/USDT from 4:00 to 4:30 Beijing time on October 16.If users fail to cancel their orders in a timely manner before the trading pairs are delisted, the order system will automatically execute for the users. Order cancellations may take 1 - 3 working days. After the delisting of the coins is completed, users can check the relevant assets through "Assets > Fund Account > Non-tradable Assets".

ChainCatcher news, Binance founder Zhao Changpeng posted on social media to explain the reasons for "delisting MITH." Zhao Changpeng stated that the price of MITH has fallen far below its level at the time of release, and the project's website is offline. The project's official Twitter account has not posted any tweets or updates to the community for nearly 2 years. It is believed that the Binance team made the right decision in this matter and acted fully within the rights owned by Binance.According to the cooperation agreement provisions provided by Zhao Changpeng, if the project's token price remains below 50% of $0.13 for 15 consecutive days, or if there are any adverse facts related to the token or the project that are detrimental to Binance users, Binance will have the right to deduct all or any part of the deposit as an additional fee.Earlier reports indicated that Binance announced yesterday that it would stop trading and delist MITH on December 22 at 17:00 due to not meeting project review standards. Subsequently, MITH's official account accused Binance of unilaterally terminating the cooperation and requested the return of a 200,000 BNB deposit. (source link)

ChainCatcher news, MITH's official tweet states that Binance announced today the delisting of MITH. As part of the listing of MITH, Binance required a deposit of 200,000 BNB, which has never been refunded. MITH, representing the Mithril community, requests Binance to return this deposit so that Mithril can continue operations. Given that Binance has unilaterally decided to terminate the partnership, MITH requests the return of its 200,000 BNB deposit.Previous reports indicated that Binance would delist MITH, TRIBE, REP, and BTCST tokens. (Source link)

ChainCatcher news, Binance officially tweeted that due to not meeting project review standards, it has decided to stop trading and delist MITH, TRIBE, REP, and BTCST on December 22 at 17:00. The removed trading pairs include MITH/USDT, TRIBE/BUSD, REP/USDT, and BTCST/BUSD. (Source link)

Chain Catcher News, cryptocurrency investment service provider RiskSmith announced the completion of a $1 million pre-seed funding round, led by Mercury Digital Assets. The new funds will accelerate RiskSmith's product expansion and growth.RiskSmith provides individual investors with professional-grade portfolio toolkits and analysis services. RiskSmith's database tracks over 10,000 cryptocurrency trading pairs, allowing users to understand how crypto assets and stocks work together in a portfolio, with related services currently offered for free. (Finsmes)