ChainCatcher message states that according to South Korea's "Virtual Asset User Protection Act," exchanges must notify users in advance of the reasons for blocking deposits and withdrawals. However, the Financial Supervisory Service's latest "Non-Action Opinion" indicates that in emergencies such as hacking attacks, money laundering, or fraud, exchanges may delay notification and prioritize implementing deposit and withdrawal restrictions.At the same time, the regulation adds strict conditions: a comprehensive assessment must be made to determine whether the reasons for the restrictions are foreseeable and the necessity of delaying notification. For special requests made by administrative or investigative agencies, the Financial Supervisory Service also emphasizes that, without justifiable reasons, the principle of prior notification must still be upheld to protect investors' rights from being infringed.

ChainCatcher news, according to Protos, former Binance CEO Zhao Changpeng has not yet been incarcerated due to the procedural aspects of the criminal justice system and the Fifth Amendment's protection of due process. According to the judge's signed ruling, Zhao Changpeng "should surrender to serve his sentence upon notification from the probation or pretrial services office." However, the notification has not yet been issued.It is reported that the aforementioned office has been conducting a statutory review of the applicability of the SeaTac Federal Detention Center and Jail to Zhao Changpeng's personal circumstances, in order to avoid any legal remedies resulting from the failure to provide the constitutionally mandated due process.

ChainCatcher message, the cross-chain protocol Orbit Chain tweeted that it has notified the attacker of the final negotiation deadline, which means that all communications based on standard protocols (including bug bounties) will cease after 9:00 on January 11, 2024. If the attacker does not respond or rejects the proposal, the Orbit Chain team will open the bounty to the public and continue to track the attacker with the active support of contributors worldwide.If it is found that North Korea or its related organizations are responsible for this incident, negotiations will be terminated immediately. The Orbit Chain team will use all available resources to track the attacker to the end and will continue to work to prevent any attempts to withdraw stolen assets.

ChainCatcher news, according to Fox Business reporters Eleanor Terrett and Charles Gasparino, although the SEC's actions are difficult to predict, the likelihood of approval early this week is low considering that the SEC still needs to review and comment on the S-1 forms submitted last Thursday and Friday. Terrett noted that based on her communication with the issuers, the SEC may notify the issuers of the final submission date for the S-1 forms after this round of review, and make it effective within the following 24-48 hours, similar to the approval timeline for Ethereum futures last October.At the same time, Charles Gasparino learned from BlackRock that the firm has not yet received any news from the SEC.

ChainCatcher news, Celestia's inscription CIAS tweeted that the subscription process has reached about 29%, with a total of over 52,000 holders. Over 50% of transactions on the Celestia chain are related to CIAS. Within 1 hour of the open subscription, there were over 1 million visits from more than 120,000 people, causing RPC to encounter failures. The team will improve user experience and restore the service as soon as possible, and will notify the recovery time 12 hours in advance.

ChainCatcher message, Nansen stated on its social platform that on September 20, it was attacked due to a vulnerability in a third-party vendor, resulting in a data leak of some Nansen users. Nansen has promptly organized unauthorized access and immediately launched an investigation. According to preliminary investigations, 6.8% of Nansen users were affected, with their email addresses leaked, and a small portion of users had their password hashes leaked. Additionally, on-chain addresses of some groups were also leaked.As a security precaution, Nansen has requested affected users to reset their passwords via the email support@nansen.ai between 5 PM and 9 PM (UTC time) on September 21.

ChainCatcher news, according to The Block, Worldcoin has confirmed that it has temporarily suspended its services in Kenya after receiving a suspension notice from the Kenyan government yesterday. A spokesperson for the Worldcoin Foundation stated that the verification services have been temporarily halted out of caution and to reduce the number of people gathering. There is significant demand for its verification services in Kenya, with thousands of people waiting in line to obtain a World ID.Earlier, ChainCatcher reported that, according to a statement posted on the Facebook page of the Kenyan Ministry of Interior, the Kenyan government has suspended the operations of the identity crypto protocol Worldcoin, co-founded by OpenAI co-founder Sam Altman. The statement mentioned that the government is concerned about an organization called "WORLD COIN" that is conducting citizen registration activities by collecting eye/iris data. Relevant financial, security, and data protection agencies have begun investigations to determine the legality of the project and the status of data protection.

ChainCatcher message, in the Discord community, Sui officials stated that they have currently stopped accepting Recognition Sale applications. The Recognition Sale will be open to community members who joined Discord before February 1st, with the theoretical number of eligible members just exceeding 340,000 accounts. Currently, the total number of final submissions for the Recognition Sale is 180,000 (filtered out various ineligible accounts, including known bots and duplicate Discord IDs).The Sui Foundation has developed a random selection algorithm for this purpose, which is expected to randomly select 96,000 winning accounts from the 180,000 submitters (assuming each whitelisted user purchases at the maximum quota). Users in regions with ambiguous regulatory guidelines may need to perform additional participation steps.The Sui Foundation will begin contacting whitelisted users via email on April 20, 2023, and will activate the whitelist on trading platforms on April 21.It is important to note that the Sui Foundation will not ask winning users to provide information that has already been submitted, and the email will not contain any external links. Users should be cautious of scams and phishing activities.

ChainCatcher message, Euler announced the latest progress, having prevented direct attacks by helping to disable the EToken module, while collaborating with TRM Labs, Chainalysis, and the broader Ethereum security community to help investigate and recover funds. The team has also notified law enforcement agencies in the US and UK and shared information, and has attempted to contact those responsible for the attack. (source link)

ChainCatcher news, ConsenSys has acquired the blockchain notification tool Hal to strengthen Web3 development, with specific terms of the deal not disclosed. Hal is a platform that filters blockchain data and allows users to create notifications for transactions, governance voting, and tax compliance.It is reported that this acquisition brings 10 Hal employees and over 40 APIs for "blockchain asset management and signals" to ConsenSys's Web3 connectivity layer Infura. (source link)

ChainCatcher news, FTX Japan officially announced that it has notified customers via email to confirm their account balances. Customers need to complete asset transfers through another trading platform, Liquid Japan. Once the preparations are complete, customers will be notified of the specific withdrawal time as soon as possible. According to previous news, based on the repayment plan announced by FTX Japan last December, the exchange will return assets to users this month. If all goes well, FTX Japan will become the first subsidiary under FTX to return assets to users. (Source link)

ChainCatcher news, Bitcoin P2P market Paxful CEO and co-founder Ray Youssef shared his recent weekly letter sent to users on Twitter, notifying them to transfer their Bitcoin to self-custody wallets, and stating that users should not keep deposits on Paxful or any exchange, as Paxful only retains tokens that are in demand for trading.It is reported that Paxful is a peer-to-peer marketplace similar to eBay, where users can buy and sell cryptocurrencies using over 300 payment options. (source link)

ChainCatcher message, Binance founder Zhao Changpeng tweeted that Binance has sent notifications to users of Skyrex and 3commas urging them to reset their API keys.Previously, Binance user Carlos's account was suspected to have been accessed by others, and the account funds were allegedly lost due to a wash trading purchase of AXS. Subsequently, Skyrex admitted to being attacked, and Binance also stated that it would attempt to disable all API keys that had been used on Skyrex. (source link)

According to ChainCatcher, James Webber, a partner in the antitrust practice at the law firm Shearman & Sterling, revealed that Binance's acquisition of FTX may need to be notified to the European Commission, which is the EU's antitrust authority. This is because if a large company with a turnover exceeding €250 million operates within the EU and engages in a merger, it must notify the European Commission. Even if the turnover does not exceed €250 million, the EU may still obtain jurisdiction over such transactions in some way.However, a spokesperson for the European Commission stated that no notification regarding Binance's acquisition of FTX has been received, as Binance has only expressed "interest in purchasing." (source link)

ChainCatcher news, Web3 messaging application Notifi announced the completion of a $10 million seed round financing, co-led by Hashed and Race Capital, with participation from Struck Capital, HRT Capital, Wintermute, Superscrypt, and others.It is reported that this startup, which was established only 10 months ago, aims to address the fragmented communication patterns in Web3 that span multiple applications and messaging platforms such as Telegram, Discord, and Twitter, across Layer 1 and Layer 2 blockchain ecosystems. Notifi provides communication infrastructure and software development kits (SDKs) for decentralized applications on blockchain platforms, offering streamlined and customized notifications. (Source link)

ChainCatcher message, NFT platform LiveArt has released an update on the theft incident. After soliciting feedback from the community, the team has decided to destroy all (197) stolen Seven Treasures NFTs to reduce the total supply. It will also compensate buyers of the stolen NFTs. LiveArt CEO Boris Pevzner stated that they have not communicated with the hacker because they do not want to negotiate; the company has filed a police report in Delaware, USA, and believes it may be able to identify the responsible party. (The Block)

Chain Catcher news, the Ethereum Push Notification Service (EPNS) has officially announced its rebranding to Push Protocol. According to the official announcement, this brand transformation lays the foundation for its expansion beyond Ethereum and push notifications. Push Protocol will support all forms of communication and span any L1 or L2, aiming to become the Web3 communication platform.Additionally, the launch of Push Protocol will not affect existing notifications, channels, or subscribers that were initiated or joined EPNS in the past year; these users will continue to enjoy push notifications under the new brand. The PUSH token remains the only native token of the protocol. (Source link)