ChainCatcher news, according to the official announcement, Binance will adjust the price limits for limit orders/market orders of U-based perpetual contracts such as SIRENUSDT, BROCCOLIF3BUSDT, PLUMEUSDT, WALUSDT, VIRTUALUSDT, and 1000WHYUSDT on April 2, 2025, at 14:00 (Beijing time). The adjusted ratio will be 50%. The update is expected to be completed within one hour.

ChainCatcher news reports that the first AI + DePIN project in the TON ecosystem, PinGo, has announced the restart of the CDN revenue distribution mechanism starting from April 1, adjusting to a linear distribution with a release period of 100 days to ensure stable revenue release.In addition, the PinGo official plans to launch a non-miner user revenue sharing model on April 10, allowing users to participate in miner revenue distribution through staking. Staking not only allows users to share in miner profits but also enhances the profit share for miner owners, thus providing additional opportunities for both stakers and miner owners to acquire $PINGO.Previously, PinGo launched CDN Pinger, which supports users in connecting mining devices for mining. The newly added CDN Staking mechanism aims to expand ecological gameplay, allowing non-miner users to participate in mining by staking $PINGO, achieving revenue growth, further promoting ecological development, and enhancing asset value.

ChainCatcher news, according to official sources, Japanese listed company Metaplanet Inc. announced that it has increased its holdings by an additional 696 BTC.

ChainCatcher message, according to the official announcement, Binance contracts will update the leverage and margin tiers for the 1000SATSUSDT, ACTUSDT, PNUTUSDT, NEOUSDT, NEOUSDC, TURBOUSDT, and MEWUSDTU perpetual contracts on April 1, 2025, at 18:30 (Beijing time).Existing positions of users will be affected, and it is recommended to adjust in advance to avoid forced liquidation.

ChainCatcher news, according to official sources, the Swap feature of Orbiter Finance cross-chain bridge will be launched this week, supporting one-click flash swaps of multi-chain assets, enabling seamless cross-chain and exchange of mainstream networks and tokens. It has now integrated with over 50 mainstream networks and will support instant trading of over 100 tokens.

ChainCatcher news, according to the official announcement, Upbit will launch the Compound (COMP) KRW trading pair.

ChainCatcher news, the globally compliant crypto asset trading platform Backpack has officially completed the acquisition of FTX EU. Starting today, Backpack EU has officially launched the asset recovery and fund distribution process, providing clear and convenient fund return services for former FTX EU users, helping them recover previously frozen fiat assets.After the completion of this acquisition, Backpack will reactivate the licenses held by FTX EU and will provide comprehensive cryptocurrency derivatives trading services within the European Union in the future.

ChainCatcher news, according to Cryptonews citing the Russian newspaper "Kommersant," the largest Bitcoin mining hotspot in Russia, Irkutsk Oblast, may ban all cryptocurrency mining activities year-round starting from April 1. This ban will only apply to the southern region of Siberia's Irkutsk Oblast but could last until mid-2031.The media outlet "Kommersant," which has good relations with the Kremlin, stated that its sources revealed the Russian government "may fully ban mining activities in southern Irkutsk Oblast as early as April 1."

ChainCatcher news, according to Cointelegraph, OpenAI founder Sam Altman stated that a "new open-source weight language model" with reasoning capabilities will be released in the coming months, but he first hopes to gather feedback on "how to maximize its utility." An open-source weight language model refers to a model that can be publicly used, downloaded, modified, or deployed. While it is not as open as a fully open-source model, it represents a significant shift compared to the completely closed GPT-3 and GPT-4.OpenAI partially open-sourced the GPT-2 model in February 2019 and completed the full open-source release in November of the same year. On February 12 of this year, Sam Altman stated that the company plans to launch GPT-4.5 and GPT-5 in the coming weeks or months.

ChainCatcher message, zkLend official stated on platform X: "Last night, the attacker of zkLend attempted to use Tornado Cash to mix 2,930 ETH of stolen funds and interacted with a known Tornado Cash phishing site, resulting in the funds being transferred to another party. This phishing site appears to have been operating for over 5 years.Currently, the security team has no conclusive evidence linking the phishing site to the attacker. As a precaution, we have included the new wallet addresses from the phishing site in our fund tracking efforts. Since last night, there has been a significant flow of funds from the wallet addresses controlled by the attacker. The security team and the zkLend team have been monitoring in real-time and are in contact with cryptocurrency exchanges (CEX) and relevant authorities. We will continue to work on tracking these funds."

ChainCatcher news, according to the official announcement from Binance, in order to better adapt to market demand, Binance C2C will adjust the T+1 withdrawal plan starting from April 1, 2025: Binance will add a T+0 withdrawal limit of $1,000 equivalent assets for all users on top of the existing T+1 withdrawal mechanism. If there are no assets in your Binance account, regardless of how much you buy on that day, you can withdraw a maximum of $1,000 equivalent assets on the day of purchase; the remaining assets can only be withdrawn 24 hours after the order completion time. If you already have assets in your Binance account, an additional T+0 withdrawal limit of $1,000 equivalent assets will be added on top of the existing C2C T+1 withdrawal restrictions. Any Trading Star user who buys any amount of cryptocurrency in C2C will not be subject to the T+1 withdrawal restrictions.

ChainCatcher news, the issuance of TRC20-USDT has increased to 66.7 billion, setting a new historical high. Since the beginning of this year, the TRON network has cumulatively issued nearly 7 billion USDT, and as of now, TRC20-USDT accounts for 46% of the total issuance of USDT across the network, with the number of holding accounts reaching 63.35 million and the total number of transfers exceeding 2.4 billion.In addition, the cryptocurrency payment gateway NOWPayments recently stated that TRC20-USDT has become a dominant force in the payment sector and is widely popular.It is reported that TRC20-USDT is a USD-pegged stablecoin issued by Tether on the TRON network, characterized by fast transfer speeds and low fees, which have attracted a large number of users. It is already supported by several exchanges including Binance, HTX, OKX, Bitfinex, MEXC, KuCoin, Gate.io, and Poloniex. The TRC20 version of USDT will significantly enhance the existing decentralized application ecosystem on the TRON network, bringing higher overall value storage and stronger liquidity for decentralized exchanges, and providing a more convenient blockchain entry for enterprise partners and institutional investors.

ChainCatcher news, according to Cointelegraph, Vanuatu has passed legislation to regulate digital assets and provide a licensing system for crypto companies wishing to operate in the Pacific island nation, which a government regulatory advisor described as "very strict."The local council passed the Virtual Asset Service Providers Act on March 26, granting the Vanuatu Financial Services Commission (VFSC) the authority to issue crypto licenses, as well as the power to enforce the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) standards for anti-money laundering, counter-terrorism financing, and travel rules on crypto companies. Under these laws, the VFSC has extensive investigative and enforcement powers and stipulates fines of up to 250 million Vatu (approximately 2 million USD) and prison sentences of up to 30 years.The law establishes a licensing and reporting framework for exchanges, NFT marketplaces, crypto custodians, and initial token offerings. Notably, the law allows banks to obtain licenses to provide crypto trading and custody services. The VFSC stated that while stablecoins, tokenized securities, and central bank digital currencies "may have some similarities with virtual assets in practice," this legislation does not affect them. The legislation also allows the VFSC commissioner to create a sandbox that permits licensed companies to offer a variety of crypto services for a period of one year, which can be renewed.In a statement on March 29, the regulatory body indicated that after years of "assessing the risks associated with virtual assets," it has developed a legislative framework that will "bring numerous opportunities" to Vanuatu and improve financial inclusion by allowing regulated services for crypto cross-border payments.

ChainCatcher news, BitMart founder Sheldon revealed on social media X that BitMart is about to launch BitMartGPT.It is reported that BitMart GPT includes: AI trading features, one-click AI smart trading, allowing users to select coins, purchase, and invest with a single click; AI trading strategy optimization recommendations, recommending the best trading strategies through AI deep learning; 24/7 intelligent advisors, enabling AI to smartly capture every market opportunity and provide real-time trading advice. At the same time, BitMartGPT also covers personalized information push, large model price predictions, and other features.

ChainCatcher news, according to OKX's official Twitter, former New York State Department of Financial Services head Linda Lacewell has recently been appointed as OKX's Chief Legal Officer. It is reported that Linda Lacewell has been a member of the OKX board since 2024, during which she has played a key role in providing strategic advice to the board and the legal department.OKX CEO Star stated: "This is a golden period for the cryptocurrency industry and OKX. OKX will continue to increase its investment in compliance and innovation. We look forward to launching more anticipated products in April to provide users with a better experience."

ChainCatcher news, the blockchain infrastructure project NULS announced on X that the AI-based smart platform AILink will be launched in April, enabling automation and optimization of workflows.

ChainCatcher news, the decentralized AI data liquidity network Vana has announced the launch of the VRC-20 data token standard, aimed at ensuring fair and transparent data token transactions, building a liquidity-driven data economy market, and promoting the true realization of DataFi.

ChainCatcher news, on-chain data analyst @ai_9684xtpa posted on social media that the previously disclosed situation of "high-frequency small sell orders for the GUN/USDT trading pair on Binance" may also be due to a large holder participating in the Launchpool setting up a bot to automatically sell tokens.Based on the previous sell orders, the hourly sell-off amounts to $216,000 worth of tokens, totaling $2.592 million over 12 consecutive hours; if this large holder triggers the BNB reward pool cap and mines for 3 days, they could indeed receive the corresponding 32 million tokens.Previous report, according to on-chain analyst @ai_9684xtpa's monitoring, at 3 AM yesterday, an associated address of the GUN project transferred out 191 million GUN tokens (about 2% of the total supply), which were originally intended for liquidity/market making. Subsequently, until 8 AM today, the token has continued to see high-frequency small sell orders, averaging about 10 transactions per second, with each order around $6, estimating an hourly sell-off amount exceeding $210,000.